Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,let us also lay aside every weight … and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.-- Hebrews 12:1 One year ago, when I sent out our annual pledge in-gathering letter, we were still coming to grips with the new…
Friday News at the White Meeting House — October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021 Waterbury Congregational Church at The White Meeting House Waterbury, Vermont LINKS Calendar Zoom Link Bulletin VT Conf. Bylaws Meeting Help Wanted! Dear friends, For the second (and she tells me the final) time Polly Sabin is retiring! I put an exclamation point there, not because I am happy for me or for the…
Why We’re Not Singing Indoors, Yet
The church council made the recommendation in late August not to sing together indoors. This is following not only the recommendation of the UUA (the UCC has not issued such recommendations, that I am aware of). It is also in line with what we know about the delta variant. A simple, graphic illustration shows the…
The First Window Is In Place
Kathy Chapman and her helpers arrived in Waterbury Thursday morning with one of our stained-glass windows in tow. I'd seen a photograph of the finished window sitting in her shop. It looked beautiful -- clean and straight, with shiny leading. It popped. But that was nothing compared to what the window looks like with a…
VT Conference of UCC Bylaws Vote
Over the past three years or so, the Board of Directors of the Vermont Conference of the UCC have been working on a new set of bylaws for the conference. The reason for this is because the conference has essentially not been able to abide by them -- they don't reflect the reality of the…