Dear People of God, In the sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, I write with the sad news that Bishop Thomas C. Ely died last night at the Rutland Regional Medical Center. He and his family were celebrating Labor Day weekend when his health began to decline rapidly. Bishop Tom Ely…
From June 19 through June 25, youth from Trinity, Rutland, First Congregational Church, and College Street Congregational Church in Burlington participated in a mission trip and pilgrimage to the Rutland area. The partnership came out of a discussion between Will Gunger, the youth minister at First Church and College Street Church, and the Rev. Sarah…
When the first cohort of the Communities for Spiritual Vitality began in August of 2024, participants were unsure of what was to come. Now, as the program gears up for a second cohort, members of the first cohort and the facilitators look back on a year rooted in prayer and spirituality practices. The Communities for…
Rock Point Summer Camp may have closed its doors in 2019, but thanks to a growing partnership with the Greater Burlington YMCA, campers are back at Rock Point. Now in its fourth year, the Y Adventure Camp held at Rock Point Commons has brought a new generation of campers to the shores of Lake Champlain….
The Ven. J. Stannard “Stan” Baker, archdeacon and chaplain to retired clergy, died on June 24. He was 79 years old and his death was quite sudden. He is survived by his husband Peter Harrigan. Planning for a thanksgiving of life is underway, and details will be made available at a later date. Stan was…
On June 16 at 6:30 p.m., join the Racial Justice and Healing Committee for a virtual film screening and discussion of Traces of the Trade. This event will be held on Zoom and registration is required. Traces of the Trade follows the descendants of the DeWolf family, the largest slave traders in U.S. history, as they retrace the steps of…
The newly formed youth group at Trinity, Rutland is teaming up with a Burlington area UCC youth group to host a Rutland Youth Mission Trip and Pilgrimage from June 19 through June 25 of 2025. From June 19 to 23, youth will stay at Trinity, Rutland while participating in local service projects such as aiding with the…
At the 2020 Diocesan Convention, the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont passed a resolution to end the use fossil fuels in each of [its] parishes and properties…in Vermont.” This resolution was reinforced last June when General Convention voted to phase out fossil fuels by 2034 and called on each diocese to create a plan to do so by September 2026….
At the 2025 Diocesan Convention, clergy and lay delegates will consider what to do with the THRIVE canons, the canonical changes regarding diocesan structure and governance set to expire at the conclusion of the convention. This decision comes at the end of the three-year period of experimentation recommended by THRIVE, the Taskforce for Hope, Revitalization,…
Dear Friends in the Diocese of Vermont, As we live through a period with high market volatility, we understand that many of us are anxious about the status of our various endowment and retirement accounts. For those of you who have deposited your funds in the Diocesan Unit Trust (DUT), we would like to affirm…
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