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
Hope & Expectation We are entering a month full of activities, each of which calls upon our energy, expectations, and enthusiasm. We begin the month with the Thursday, May 2 Benefit Concert for Standing Together. George Carvill iscoordinating this event. Put this on your calendar! Come and support a critical cause and let George know … Continue reading ASC Board President’s May Message
Each year, Mother’s Day is celebrated in many countries, but it has been important and inspiring to me to recall the origins of this holiday. Here in the United States, we go back in history to 1870, when Julia Ward Howe – a Unitarian and abolitionist best remembered as the poet who wrote “Battle Hymn of the … Continue reading ASC Minister’s May Message
MESSAGE FROM REV. TELOS WHITFIELD *blessing the boats may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water … Continue reading ASC Minister’s April Message
Reflections from the President Anticipating and Preparing for the Future We have just completed our formal Stewardship month, with hopes that each member and friend will have considered and made a financial commitment to All Souls Church for the fiscal year July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025. If by chance, you have not yet … Continue reading ASC Board President’s April Message
