Living Into Koinonia: Youth Reflect on Rock Point Retreat
From May 15 to 17, six youth from around the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont gathered for a retreat and service project at Rock Point. Youth and adults spent time in…
Updated Reopening Guidelines Released
We hope that you and your congregation are staying safe and healthy as we move into fall. The Restart Team is busy reviewing plans for re-opening our parish offices and…
How We Meet God is Changing: A New Vision for Mission Farm
If this were an ordinary summer in Killington, tourists set on spending their vacations hiking, biking and fishing would be filling the hotels, restaurants and shops of the ski resort…
Born in a Pandemic, an Online Congregation Prepares for its Future
On July 7, the 40 or 50 people who had been meeting twice each day for 17 weeks to pray with the bishop of Vermont on Zoom dubbed themselves the…
A Chaplain to the Dying in a Season of Pandemic
It’s not as though the Rev. Ann Hockridge didn’t know there was a pandemic on. By March 15, she had already suspended the in-person worship service she leads for two…
Reopening Guidelines Released
Dear People of God in the Diocese of Vermont, The diocesan Restart Team has developed the following five-phase plan for returning to in-person worship across our diocese. This plan takes…
Reaffirming Our Renunciation of Evil: A Message from Bishop Shannon
Dear People of God in the Diocese of Vermont, Yesterday, members of our diocese prayed and fasted as we joined people of many faiths to mourn the deaths of over…
Our Continuing Commitment to Protect the Vulnerable
Dear People of God in the Diocese of Vermont, On Friday, Governor Scott announced that effective immediately faith communities may resume services and gatherings at 25 percent of a building’s…
In Barre, COVID-19 Creates the Chance to Make a Change
With the pandemic came an opportunity. The Rev. Earl Kooperkamp and the people of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Barre had been working to help homeless people in…
Diocesan Service of Lament June 1 at 12:15 p.m.
Watch an edited video of the Diocesan Service of Lament on YouTube. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has joined other faith leaders in calling for a national day of mourning and…
New Bridge Loan Program from the Diocese of Vermont
The diocesan Grants & Loans Committee has announced a new no-interest loan program for parishes struggling to meet expenses in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Loans through the Butterfield Fund…
Episcopal Church Foundation Offers Webinars May 16
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, many people of faith are thinking about both end-of-life preparations and how to support the institutions and causes that matter to them through legacy planning…
Statement from the Province 1 Bishops on the disestablishment of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Statement from the Episcopal Bishops of New England on the Disestablishment of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Easter 2020 The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, the People of the First Light, have lived…
