Diocesan Council Meeting Highlights – January 19-20, 2018 By Lisa Newton Friday, January 19, 2018 The gathering began at the Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction, with a clear and informative presentation on the Diocesan budget from Gerry Davis, MD, Treasurer. This presentation was followed by a quick review of 2017, which is summarized here: …
Announcing a Celtic Ireland Pilgrimage 2018 Destination – Southwest Ireland Dear friends, We would like you to be among the first to know about our pilgrimage to Ireland in October 2018. This will be another very special journey, this time to areas in the Southwest, the home territory of our exceptional guides. The pilgrimage will …
Sanctuary Event Coming April 15: Mark Your Calendar! Mark your calendar for an Interfaith Conference on Sanctuary sponsored by The Interfaith Committee on Sanctuary Vermont, Sunday, April 15 from 1:30 to 5:30pm at Holy Family Catholic Church, Lincoln St., Essex Junction. The event offers ways to accompany our immigrant neighbors threatened by harsh federal policies. …
‘Our Watershed in Winter – Where the Sacred and Science Meet’: A Snowshoeing & Hiking Event at Lewis Creek on February 24 The Vermont Clean Water Network invites you to join us for a morning of snowshoeing or hiking around the headwaters of Lewis Creek beginning at 10 AM. Learn from a naturalist about special …
‘Doubt, A Parable’: An Opportunity for Deep Discussion About Our Baptismal Covenant Church Groups Encouraged to See the Play February 22-25 and March 1-4 at Essex Center’s Memorial Hall By Peggy Bonesteel For congregations seeking new and interesting topics for their discussion forums, the Essex Players’ winter production of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, A Parable …
Matching Gifts and Needs After a Disaster By Episcopal Relief & Development When Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) partners with a diocese after a disaster, it begins by working with local leadership to identify what gifts the local diocese and local churches bring to the affected areas. Every diocese and congregation has a diverse pool …
Spread the Word / The Mountain Evangelism Series: Going Forward with Words and Deeds By Fr. Liam Muller | Trinity Episcopal Church, Rutland (Editor’s note: The following was Fr. Liam Muller’s Homily and Rector’s Report, delivered during Mass at Trinity Church Rutland on January 28, 2018.) Immediately after bidding Peter, Andrew James and John to …
Bishop’s Report to Diocesan Council – January 20, 2018 (1) I ordained Veronika Travis as a transitional Deacon on Sunday Dec. 17, 2017, at Trinity, Shelburne. (2) Along with Bishop Alan Gates, from the Diocese of Massachusetts, I shared in the ordination to the Priesthood of Duncan Hilton at Saint Michael’s, Brattleboro on January 6, …
Reflection: We have a problem… By Jane Lee Wolfe We have a problem… Here’s the problem in context: We know that it is important to attend to our body’s condition whether we bother or not. We know it is important to attend to our brain’s ability – we pretty much have to go to school …
Where Do We Go From Here? Racial Reconciliation Team Seeks First-person Stories from Vermonters of Color for Diocesan Racial Healing Video Series In his fourth and final book, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. poses a question crucial to the survival of people in the United States “bound together in a single garment of …