Message From Rev. Telos I open my mouth in astonishment. Praises fall forth with my every breath…. I bless that justice is only just if it transforms me as well as the world outside me. I bless that what is fractured still dares to dream of wholeness. I bless that the good are not those … Continue reading Message from Rev. Telos for April 2025
Message From Rev. Telos You are in the story of the world. You are the world coming to know itself. May you trust that all you will ever say or do Belongs in the story of the world. by Ean Huntington Behr Dear ones, We celebrate the women of our history this month, and throughout … Continue reading Message from Rev. Telos for March 2025
Soul Fire by anastasi birosh As we light this flame of hope, May our congregation become a kaleidoscope Of souls and people. In the presence of this flame, In me, in you, in us, is an invitation to sit at the table. May we tend our Soul Fire Through these challenging and trying times To … Continue reading Message from Rev. Telos for February 2025
Dear ones, Let us take time to honor the beginnings of this new year. We embark together with intention, apprehension, hope, and possibility…. Though a single day signifies a new year, it may not feel any different, but it is an opening to imagine a change or embrace. There is so much to be anxious … Continue reading Message from Rev. Telos for January 2025
The first two Sundays of Advent, we will light a chalice of patience and one to dispel injustice. For the third Sunday, we will pledge to work for that most rare of things—peace on earth. In this holiday season May we find peace inside ourselves; May we be peace for those around us, And may … Continue reading A Message from Rev. Telos for December 2024
We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been – a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands … Continue reading A Message from Rev. Telos
Dear ones, Our sanctuary was filled with the deep energy of peace and community on September 21st, as the Women of Vision shared their music and songs, stories of their childhoods and varied experiences in Israel. They honored each other’s experience as Jewish and Palestinian women and together we created an earth altar and … Continue reading Message From Rev. Telos
“For Equilibrium, a Blessing: Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore, May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul. As the wind loves to call things to dance, May your gravity be lightened by grace. Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth, May your thoughts incline with reverence and … Continue reading Message from Rev. Telos Whitfield
I want to specifically thank ASC Presidents Leslie Kinney (2020-2024) and Ed Burke (served until 2020) and Treasurers Ron Niswander and Jamie Gibson (served until 2022) for their care and direction of All Souls Church. They have brought All Souls to 2024 in fine fashion through myriad challenging circumstances, milestones and celebrations. Gratitude also … Continue reading Letter From our Incoming President
Message From Rev. Telos Whitfield Dear ones, We are in the precious few weeks of summer in Vermont, may we have time to appreciate the greening abundance all around us. I hope that each of us might have time for reunions with friends and family, sitting by a lake or stream, eating together, sipping … Continue reading Message From Rev. Telos Whitfield
