Maine School of Ministry

The Maine School of Ministry (MESOM) is a leadership development program of the Maine Conference UCC established in 2013 as successor to the Conference’s Academy for Congregational Life and Leadership. It was formed to respond to the growing need across our Conference, the region’s Conferences, and our denominational Partners for a regionally-based, low cost, and sound program of theological education dedicated to preparing leaders for and to supporting leaders in our churches.

MESOM aims to provide all who feel so moved, from our own and from our Partner’s congregations, the educational opportunity to explore their callings to spiritual formation (or re-formation) and to preparation for authorized ministry. Students will also include clergy, deacons, and other leaders who have served the church for some time and who wish then to return to study (sometimes called recurrent education). All will experience guided inquiry across one or another of the School’s four teaching areas, starting with Biblical studies, conducted around a (real or electronic) seminar table and led by a master teacher.