I-91 Welcome Center Coffee Break Fundraiser Friday August 30 is the date for this year’s ASC Coffee Break at the I-91 Welcome Center. It’s the Friday of Labor Day weekend!!! A great fun summer fund raiser for All Souls (more than $1200). We “offer” our goodies for “by donation” to travelers coming to Vermont stopping … Continue reading I-91 Welcome Center Coffee Break coming soon!
All Souls Church Picnic/BBQ at Townshend Lake/Dam Come join All Souls at the Third Annual Church Picnic/BBQ in Townshend on Sat August 17 starting at noon, Davis Pavillion, the 1st one. There are picnic tables, shade, playground, and close to bathrooms and beach. There are grills if you want to BBQ (your own meat) and/or … Continue reading ASC Picnic
The Unitarian Universalist Association convened our 58th General Assembly of congregations in Spokane, Washington—a five-day event running from Wednesday, June 19, to Sunday, June 23. Nearly 2,600 people attended from 541 congregations. Attending from All Souls Church were Jamie Gibson and Marty Shaw, serving as delegates empowered to vote on the UUA’s annual business, and … Continue reading Highlights from General Assembly
These pictures are from the May 12 Pete’s 100th celebration. As Annie Patterson put it, “We sang songs celebrating the life and work of Pete Seeger, one of the greatest human beings I have ever met. Pete spent his life working for justice and inspired us all to sing together. A full house (over 200 … Continue reading Pete Seeger 100th Celebration was a sell out
Charles Butterfield has compiled an excellent overview of the history of All Souls Church, beginning in the early 1790s when the Rev. Hosea Ballou, “Father of Universalism in America,” preached to a small gathering in West Brattleboro. His narrative covers a lot of ground from there until 2019. You can read his history here.
I’m sharing the good news that we have hired architectural design professional Robin Sweetapple to assist us with our capital project planning and building maintenance issues for the next year. We will be resuming our capital planning group next week, Wednesday March 20, at 5:00. Robin will be presenting at this and subsequent meetings of … Continue reading Architect hired
Brattleboro-West Arts has become a fixture of our community’s vibrant art scene through exhibits, open studio events, public forums and creative workshops. This year, its members felt moved to share a positive message about the current political climate with the community. All Souls Church at the West Village Meeting House has also become a … Continue reading Brattleboro West Arts and All Souls Church at The West Village Meetinghouse Collaboration
We now have “Fragrance Free” seating in the Main Hall for Sunday Services. Please note the small signs pinned to several seats in the last row on the left in the Main Hall to mark seating for folks who may be sensitive to perfumes, and other cosmetic smells (deodorants etc). A visitor remarked that she … Continue reading Fragrance Free Seating in Main Hall
For those of you wishing you had a copy of one of the inspiring Sunday service sermons you heard here at ASC in the past, now you can have one! Many sermons are now available here on the website. Go to this page and click on the service whose sermon you would like to read. … Continue reading Sermons of Past Worship Services
I will start with the numbers. Our tally is $6574, this is up from last year, so Yippee! The Main Event – the wreaths, greens, and ornaments, brought in more than half of the total bazaar income, led by Ruth L. and Becky C,, $3593. Linda H.’s new wreath making machine made about half of … Continue reading Bazaar Wrap-Up 2018 by Kathy Squires
