Camp Hogwarts, 2010-2015 With as many as 40 campers some years, Camp Hogwarts was begun by Jessie DeVries, Director of Religious Education in 2010 and continued by Linda Hay through 2015. It was open to children from throughout the wider community for six glorious years. The assistance of the Congregation, in person and financially, enabled … Continue reading Linda Hay
Carol Barber’s Memories Even though the building was designed for the southwest so no consideration was taken to retrofit it to the Vermont climate for years, one redeeming feature is the way the winter sunlight pours into the foyer to make it a light and warm place on cold winter afternoons. One group that met … Continue reading Carol Barber
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A very important aspect of the WVMH are the fundraising activities which help to bond the members working on them and draw in friends from the wider Brattleboro community. The following testimonies will give you an idea of the creativity and range of these activities over the years.
Karen Tyler’s Pathway I was born into a large and extremely close-knit Orthodox Jewish family which, until I was eight, was pretty much my world. Then we moved to the suburbs and joined the Conservative temple, and stopped keeping Kosher. (My grandparents were horrified. My grandfather said we were “becoming Unitarians.” I had no idea … Continue reading Karen Tyler
John Spicer’s Pathway (Click on the picture below to hear John’s story in his own words.) What connected both my wife Targ and me to All Souls Church? It all happened in the Main Hall in what the community knew as The West Village Meeting House. The event we joined in this hall introduced us … Continue reading John Spicer
Lou Nelsen’s Pathway My associations with WVMH began during its first decade as a house of worship and community space. Its hilltop setting welcomed my family as members. My husband Paul taught theatre at Windham College, later at Marlboro College. He brought students to Sunday services to perform. Paul, and David Bury, worked with Blanche … Continue reading Lou Nelsen
Laura Lawson Tucker’s Pathway By taking stock of my relationship to the West Village Meeting House, it has become clear to me that a host of key events during many periods of my adulthood are intimately connected to the West Village Meeting House. I was in my late teens when I first entered the West … Continue reading Laura Lawson Tucker
Dion LaShay’s Pathway As told in September 2020 to Christina Gibbons As a boy in the 1970s, Dion LaShay lived in an apartment at Dalem’s Chalet, right across the street from the church driveway. He saw the big sign at the bottom of the hill and wondered about the building at the top. Little did … Continue reading Dion LaShay
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