Our Holiday Bazaar is a fundraising event that involves almost every member in some way. It was started sometime in the 1980s. Mary Dunham, with her great talent in growing things and leading people, was one of the key organizers. The event drew many people from the wider community who came for the beautiful, all … Continue reading The Bazaar
Maisie Crowther’s Pathway Chuck and I met through a mutual friend, an “Experimenter.” We moved to Brattleboro in 1966 – because he was working at The School for International Training. We ‘experimented’ by sampling the local churches. One Sunday in 1968, we attended the downtown Old Stone Church. We were ‘welcomed’ at coffee hour in … Continue reading Maisie Crowther
James Levinson’s Memories America’s First Interfaith Jewish/Muslim Service In the wake of the horrific situation facing Muslims following 9/11, BAJC and the School for International Training organized at WVMH what turned out to be the first interfaith Jewish/Muslim worship service in America. A large group of Jews and Muslims gathered to offer both traditional prayers … Continue reading James Levinson
Mary Copans’s Memories My introduction to The West Village House was in July of 1977 when we had just moved here from Hanover, New Hampshire. Our dear friends, the Coopers, New York intellectuals thought we had left the cultural center of New England to moved to the outback. We invited them to join us for … Continue reading Mary Copans
Faith Schuster from the BAJC If you were to ask almost anyone from the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community what the West Village Meeting House means to them, they’ll probably say “It’s our home away from home—where we gather for the high holy days and other services and events when our synagogue is too small for … Continue reading Brattleboro Area Jewish Community
Amer Latif’s Memories This was in the mid-nineties, 1995 onward, Kabir and Camille Helminski, founders of the Threshold Society and publishers of best selling Rumi books like Open Secret (Barks), led a meditation/study group for Sufism. This group was connected to Rumi’s lineage in Turkey and as part of their studies, the group offered the … Continue reading Amer Latif
The WVMH has been used for a number of ceremonies and services for other religions. In this section, you will find appreciation from several good friends for our hospitality over the years.
In 2004, Laura Lawson Tucker and Darlene Jensen founded the Theater Adventure Program under the auspices of the New England Youth Theater. They found a comfortable home and support for their productions at the West Village Meeting House. If you have a memory about the West Village Meeting House that you would like to share, … Continue reading Theater Adventure
In 2006 Trial by Jury was staged as a fundraiser for the WVMH. It was the last of many G&S productions over the years. Church members Tom Baehr and Gay Maxwell performed along with a number of other church members. If you have a memory about the West Village Meeting House that you would like … Continue reading WVMH Productions
Peter Gould and Stephen Stearns drew large audience for their serious fun starting in the 1980s. If you have a memory about the West Village Meeting House that you would like to share, please tell us about it in the “Reply” section below.
