All Souls U.U. Church

From the Leadership

• From Rev. Telos Whitfield
  May 26, 2022
  Dear Ones,  As a faith community,  we send our healing and prayers across our country to the families of Avalde, Texas. We mourn the deaths of nineteen children and two teachers after this tragic shooting. This tragedy weighs on our hearts and we grieve… As with past shootings, it is a cry for action and response. I have been involved with GunSenseVT over the years and commit to re-engaging with needed collective response… let us reach out to each other for support as we grapple ... read more
• Minister’s Message for June
  May 6, 2022
  Message from Rev. Telos Whitfield Every year everything I have ever learned in my lifetime leads back to this:  the fires and the black river of loss whose other side is salvation, whose meaning none of us will ever know. To live in this world you must be able to do three things:  to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, let it go. [“In Black Water Woods” by Mary Oliver from American Primitive, Back Bay ... read more
• President’s Message for June
  May 6, 2022
  100th Annual Meeting!  Reflections from the President On May 22nd we held our 100th Annual Meeting as a UU Congregation in Brattleboro, VT.  The church’s history dates back to the early 1790’s but the joining together of the Unitarian and Universalist Congregations of Brattleboro occurred in 1922.  We celebrated this milestone with a robust Annual Meeting and an anniversary cake.   We approved our annual budget for FY23, acknowledging that there may be a large increase in our expense for ... read more