Edgecomb Community Church has recently hired a new pastor, Aram Mitchell, of Cambridge, Massachusetts who will begin his tenure on Sept. 29. 

Mitchell received his bachelor’s degree in religious studies at Houghton College (Summa Cum Laude), and his master of arts in religious studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. 

Pastor Mitchell is a facilitator, retreat leader, coach, teacher, wilderness guide, and minister with experience working for nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and communities of spiritual practice.  He has helped to direct several nonprofit organizations in delivering services that contribute to the formation and well-being of justice-oriented community leaders. 

Aram has designed programs, led workshops, and taught continuing education courses about wilderness spirituality, climate change, vocational burnout, compassion fatigue, ecological grief, self-care, nature connection, theology, poetry, feminism, and mature masculinity. And he has supported hundreds of people in the process of becoming more true to themselves, more faithful to the earth, and more confident in their capacity to sustain good work for the long-haul. 

Mitchell’s past and present working titles include CEU Instructor for the School of Global Citizenry, Wilderness Guide and Facilitator, Eco-ministry Guide for Center for Wild Spirituality, Director of Partnerships & Formation for the BTS Center, Faculty Advisor for the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, Executive Director of Renewal in the Wilderness, and Congregational Minister for Children for Clairmont CUCC in California. 

Mitchell is also a licensed Wilderness First Responder through Wilderness Medical Associates International, a Registered Maine Guide for the State of Maine, and a CEU Certified Instructor through Tumbah Global. 

Edgecomb Community Church members are so excited to have Pastor Mitchell with them and look forward to working together diligently alongside him on their faith journey.  

Pastor Mitchell will be here for the weekend of July 13 and 14. Saturday, the 13th, the church will be hosting a potluck supper to introduce Aram to the community at large. The supper will begin at 5 p.m. and all are invited; please bring a dish of your choice. Sunday, the 14th, Pastor Mitchell will officiate a special service at 9:30 a.m. commemorating Edgecomb’s 250th anniversary. An ice cream social will follow the service downstairs in Fellowship Hall at around 10:30 a.m.  Please come and meet our new leader and catch up with your friends and neighbors as well.  Edgecomb Community Church is an all-inclusive church catering to the needs of its community.