Day: April 1, 2019

Vermont Interfaith Power & Light (VTIPL) invites members and friends of The Episcopal Church in Vermont to join with congregations across the country that are participating in National Interfaith Power & Light’s Faith Climate Action Week from April 5 – 14. Faith Climate Action Week challenges participants to answer the question: How we can take …

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Led by The Rev. William C. Redfield While Holy Week is an intense and holy time in the Christian calendar, most people are unable to participate in a residential retreat. In response to this need, I will be leading a Virtual Holy Week Retreat this year, starting on Passion/Palm Sunday, April 14, and concluding on …

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Trail Stewards (six needed) Ambassador/Friendly Educator to guide guests in using trails Trail monitoring and maintenance Got 2 or 3 hours once a week to once a month? Pollinator Docents (three needed) Lead tours of demonstration garden and meadow Help plan, plant and care for plants and their pollinators Help provide educational workshops Flexible schedule …

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By Craig Smith Bishop Tom and Ann Ely will be moving from Rock Point to Newfane, Vermont on June 15 as a step towards their next chapter. A careful and thorough search process for our next Bishop will soon culminate at our Electing Convention set for May 18. Bishop Ely officially retires after the September …

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Rock Point’s first Land Use Plan was created in 2015 by a task force of five Rock Point Board members, and then began to involve other interested people. This February a group of around thirty partners and friends created its second, which will serve as a guide for the next four years.The Rock Point Land …

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By Molly Huddle Coffey March at Rock Point School means sugaring! Students are learning about the process, history, and tradition of maple sugaring and its importance to the Vermont economy. In the afternoon, students are hanging buckets, collecting sap, stacking wood, and using the evaporator in the sugar shack. Starting in late March, Rock Point …

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The popularity of the Rock Point Day Camp has created a need to add another session. Rock Point Camp is held at the Rock Point Center (formerly known as the Bishop Booth Conference Center) in Burlington, Vermont on the shore of Lake Champlain. Each morning begins with free play while everyone arrives. The community gathers …

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The Rock Point Pollinator Project, now starting its third year, is going to show some real results this spring and summer. (For those who know what good soil looks like, it already has, but the cover crop of clover is going to give way to pollinator-attracting flowers and shrubs, starting in May and throughout the …

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