Ruth Nangeroni, the Hospice Program Coordinator of Brattleboro Area Hospice will be the guest speaker at 10:00am at All Souls Church. She will share a brief history of the hospice movement and how it has shifted over time. Ruth will share about the work being done at Brattleboro Area Hospice in offering care and supporting … Continue reading A Good Life to the Very End
Belonging to a community can offer support and inspiration, vision and comfort. There is a yearning to belong, to feel connected, and understood by the people around us. What does it mean to belong? We anticipate that this service will be both in-person and on Zoom. Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 a.m. to join via … Continue reading What Does It Mean to Belong?
This special time of year, when day and night are equal, is rich with meaning in the ancient traditions. Come and celebrate with us as we observe the Equinox with a ritual in the manner of these age-old practices, which still resonate with us so deeply today. Through music, rhythm, and ceremony, we will seek … Continue reading In the Balance: An Autumn Equinox Celebration
Join us for our Ingathering Service where we will come back together again, share stories of summer, time spent near and far from home. We will hold our Water Ceremony so bring water from your travels or your own dear tap so we may fill our common bowl. Welcome Home again! “Returning Home-Our Ingathering Service” … Continue reading Returning Home-Our Ingathering Service
On September 4, All Souls Church welcomes Marilyn Chiarello and Tom Green, who will speak about the current work of Edible Brattleboro. In 2015, with the support of Post Oil Solutions, several area residents set out to transform spaces in and around town into edible landscapes, by planting vegetables and fruits in help-yourself gardens. While providing food for … Continue reading “Earth Was Given as a Garden: Transforming the Urban Landscape”
Carried By the Breeze – Embracing Kindness as a Practice led by Rev. Telos Whitfield. There are times when it can be difficult to be kind, but it may yet be the most needed and transformative practice. What can we do to increase our capacity for kindness and care for our whole community? We anticipate … Continue reading “Carried by the Breeze-Embracing Kindness as a Practice
Hope Is An Action led by Dr. Charis Boke. We learn from abolitionist scholar and activist Mariame Kaba that “hope takes work” and practice. In this time where hope and action are needed more than ever, this service will reflect on practices that ground and grow our hope for a better world. Charis is an … Continue reading “Hope is an Action”
This service, inviting participation of all members and friends, will be a celebration of poems that have inspired us. We anticipate that this service will be both in-person and on Zoom. Click right here Sunday shortly before 10:00 a.m. to join via Zoom. Click here to read our protocols for in-person attendance.When attending in person, please completely power off … Continue reading “Soul Poems Remembered”
Join us to sing about hope in challenging times, and to share that seeking and finding with others. Music performances by Steve Squires, Michael McKinney, Marie Gorst, Peter Gibbons, Jan Chaillou, Orion Barber, George Carvill, and others. For surprise guests, stay tuned! We anticipate that this service will be both in-person and on Zoom. Click right here Sunday … Continue reading “Songs of Hope, Old & New”
“A Call for Compassion” Jen Frey is the owner of Newfane Village Yoga and a Buddhist Practitioner. She has studied with Khenpo Lama Migmar Tseten in Boston. Jen will explore the question “How do we continue to cultivate compassion in our troubling world?” Please join us with your open heart. We anticipate that this service … Continue reading “A Call for Compassion”
