To train and support people to be of service through skill and spiritual practice
The Chaplaincy Institute of Maine is an Interfaith wisdom school and open community committed to transformation of the self and planet earth through education, ordination, support, celebration and service. ChIME will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, marital status, beliefs, age, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability. ChIME is a non-profit educational organization governed by a Board of Trustees.
Weekly Meditation Quote:
"By opening yourself to the flow of the sacred, somewhere, resounding in some inner form, the swell of the divine ocean can move through."
-Matthew 6:6, Aramaic translation from One River Many Wells by Matthew Fox
(Silent meditation: Thurs. in Portland at 9:30 A - FMI call 347-6740)


Ordination 2009. Five students graduated and were ordained on June 6th and 7th in Newburyport Mass. Jacob Watson and Interfaith Ministers in attendance offer hands on blessings; First Year student Phil Boynton plays the flute during the processional; the five graduates receive the Tallit Blessing.
Ordination Address by
Rev. Jacob Watson
may be viewed on home page.