by Hazel Knight | Nov 17, 2025 | News
For many, the eight individuals on our staff team represent the face of The BTS Center. Working alongside our staff, though, mostly behind-the-scenes, are a wise and intrepid group of brilliant people who comprise our Board of Trustees. Our Board meets six times each...
by Hazel Knight | Sep 10, 2025 | News
The Board and staff of The BTS Center are thrilled to welcome Ophelia Hu Kinney to the staff team in the new role of Strategic Communications Director. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in communications and non-profit leadership as well as a deep commitment...
by Hazel Knight | Sep 9, 2025 | News
The BTS Center announces that four extraordinary leaders have been elected to serve on our Board of Trustees, and the Board has recently elected a new slate of officers. Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, Rev. Peter Ilgenfritz, Rev. Alison Patton, and Tim Wilkins were elected to...
by Hazel Knight | Sep 7, 2025 | Media
In September 2025, The Maine Monitor spoke with BTS Center Executive Director Allen Ewing-Merrill and Chaplainy Initiative Coordinator Alison Cornish in an article examining the role of chaplains in addressing climate anxiety. Ewing-Merrill was hired as executive...
by Hazel Knight | Aug 25, 2025 | News
Twenty years ago this week — August 29, 2005 — Hurricane Katrina struck, devastating New Orleans and so many communities around the Gulf Coast. Although it has been two decades, many of us recall with horror the tragic loss of life, the unspeakable destruction and...
