MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS TIPS FOR QUARANTINE This was posted on DemocraticUnderground.com from a Facebook post by a psychologist: After having thirty-one sessions this week with patients where the singular focus was COVID-19 and how to cope, I decided to consolidate my advice and make a list that I hope is helpful to all. I can’t … Continue reading Mental Health Wellness Tips For Quarantine
Do not despair. You hold the memory of what it was to be whole. It lives deep in your bones. It abides in your heart that has been torn and mended a hundred times. It persists in your lungs that know the mystery of what it means to be full, to be empty, to be … Continue reading Blessing for a Broken Vessel by Jan Richardson
The minister search task force is in full swing. We’ve had several meetings working on our church profile which will be put on line for prospective ministers to read. Our profile describes what we think good worship services are like, askes us about our history which we dated back to 1922 when the Unitarians and … Continue reading Minister Search Task Force
We are a community rich in beautiful traditions, and we will be celebrating those traditions of relationship, connection, service, joy, music and so much more this coming June when we revel in the 50 year anniversary of All Souls move to the then-new West Village Meeting House! The Board has been in joyous concert about … Continue reading 50th Anniversary: Note from ASC President, Ed Burke
When Inclement Weather Occurs Around Services and Other Events at All Souls Church ▸ Decide on your own safety first when wondering whether or not to attend an event at ASC. ○ No event is worth risking harm or injury to yourself or others to attend. ▸ The Church Office is closed when schools in … Continue reading Inclement Weather and Cancellations at ASC
50th Anniversary Planning – Soup & Chat on December 8th Please join members of the 50th Anniversary Planning Committee to brainstorm ideas of how we might celebrate this upcoming anniversary of the establishment and move to the West Village Meeting House. An informal chat will take place after the Sunday service. Soup, bread and dessert … Continue reading 50th Anniversary Planning
Every year at this time we prepare and serve a meal for the Winter Overflow Shelter held at the old Austine School in Brattleboro. It was the Brattleboro Inter-faith Council and our former minister the Rev. Barbro Hansson who started the service more than 8 years ago, feeling that the community could provide a hot … Continue reading Preparing the Winter Overflow Shelter Meal, 2019
Come to the 18th Annual Pancake Breakfast on Wednesday, January 1st at 8:30 or so, but don’t dawdle too late, we have ran out of pancakes by 9:30. Gluten free pancakes will be also be served. Everyone is welcomed. And we have a little bit more time than our 3 Sunday before church breakfasts. Bring … Continue reading Happy New Year!
After a holiday hiatus, the ASC Book Group will reconvene to discuss 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann. Contrary to what you probably learned in school, pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the … Continue reading ASC Book Group News
As All Souls’ Day approaches some updates and news. Looking forward, looking back. Continued from last month’s post: On October 7. Robin Sweetapple, our design consultant, filed an application with the Vermont Department of Historic Preservation for the amount of $20,000 to assist with phase 1 of replacing/ repairing our shingles. We have set aside … Continue reading From ASC President, Ed Burke
