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July 11, 2024 Dear Ones, Once again, just a year after Montpelier, Barre, and several other communities were hit by devastating floods, the remnants of Hurricane Beryl are creating another deluge in central Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom. We know that many of our communities and congregations are already involved in recovery efforts, and we…

Deacon Stannard Baker had a good time chairing the House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music at the recently concluded General Convention of the Episcopal Church. That’s not always the case for the person who leads the committee, which, in recent decades, has handled some of the most controversial questions facing the…

The Rt. Rev. Sean W. Rowe of the Episcopal Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York was elected the 28th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church on the first ballot today at the church’s 81st General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. Rowe, 49, received 89 of 158 votes from the House of Bishops which gathered…

Two Zoom information sessions are scheduled this month to introduce lay leaders in congregations that do not have full-time clergy to Communities of Spiritual Vitality, an initiative that seeks to offer them enhanced opportunities for spiritual growth and is backed by a $1.168 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The sessions, which are also open…

From: The Rev. adwoa Wilson, Vicar for Discipleship and Formation and Director of the Communities for Spiritual Vitality and The Rev. Darcey Mercier, Communities Program Manager To: Lay Colleagues Thank you for your faithful service, your concern for your fellow parishioners, and for all that you do with your church. Whether as a vestry member,…

The official purpose of the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Rock Point Commons on September 9 is to celebrate the transformation of two former conference center buildings into the new home of the Burlington School District’s alternative education programs for high school students. But it will also be an opportunity for Kelly Kimball, executive director of Rock…

Reflection and hope in the life of our diocese Dear People of the Diocese of Vermont, We on the Executive Council and the Standing Committee greet you in the joy and hope of these seasons of Easter, Ascension and Pentecost.    Executive Council, brought into being by the canonical changes made by the 2023 Diocesan…

This Sunday, May 19, everyone is invited to join Bishop Shannon on Zoom at 7 p.m. for a Diocesan Household Meeting — a new way to gather as a diocesan community and hear updates from the bishop and her staff. The program will include: The meeting will take place on the Green Mountain Online Abbey Zoom…

On the night of July 10, 2023, the city of Barre lost 13 percent of its housing stock when the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River flowed over its banks and into the streets, exacerbating Barre’s housing shortage and inflicting particular damage on working class neighborhoods on the city’s north side. “It has just been…

The story behind the 18-unit apartment house rising in the lot behind St. Paul’s Church in White River Junction began in a moment of prayer. Then things got complicated. The Rev. Scott Neal, who was then the church’s rector, was sitting in its old parish house one day in 2018 seeking some divine inspiration about…