LET’S THANK JANE WILLARD:
To All Members of the
During this Advent season
of gift-giving, the Conference Board of Directors and the Christian Education
Department invite you to send a special scholarship gift to the Vermont
Conference acknowledging the 22 year ministry of Jane Willard. The Vermont
Academy of Spiritual Formation (VAST) is a Conference program that benefited
greatly from Jane’s oversight. VAST offers education courses—over a three year
period--in such areas as Old and New Testament, Church History, Christian
Ethics, Spirituality, Theology, and Educational Ministries. VAST classes have
equipped countless numbers of lay leaders, Christian Educators and Licensed
Ministers for service in our
Because VAST was such an
important part of her work, it seems fitting to recognize Jane’s service with
contributions to the VAST scholarship fund. Although the Conference seeks to
keep the cost as low as possible, there are still a number of persons who do
not have the funds to cover VAST tuition. Expanding the scholarship fund would
be a wonderful way of building on the time and energy that Jane invested in
this vital program. After the first of the year, we will notify Jane of the
names of individuals or churches who donated money in gratitude for her work.
Checks should be made out
to Vermont Conference with VAST Scholarship written in the memo line; mail to:
Vermont Conference, UCC,
IT’S CHRISTMAS PAGEANT SUNDAY! We are
grateful for the following young participants: Fiona and Shannon Adams; Abbie and Catherine
Anne Barker; Daniel Vazquez; MacKenzie Munro; Megan Meany; Amelia Allen;
Christopher and Carlton Cummiskey; Noah, Isabel and Liam Carr; Maggie and Katie
Delaney; Nick and Rose Kaufmann; Milo (Baby Jesus), Forest, and Iyah Lavit;
Katie and Nicole Defreest; Natasha and Sabrina Burbank; Claire, Emma and Maddie
McGeorge; Lillian and Winston Cadwell; Karl and Gianna DeJong-Kaiser; Alexis
Belknap; Courtney Degen; Aurora Cunningham; Rebecca and Charlotte Thompson;
Jakob and McKayla Kingsbury; Miranda Rayfield; Erin, Kaylie and Eli Viens.
We
offer special thanks to The Ted Defreest family of Warren for their donkeys;
Kim Kathan for her sheep; Sally Kendall and Jeremy Gully of Little Hands Farm
for the use of their shed; all the parents who drove and helped dress the
children for the photo shoots, directors Patti Kaufmann and Jane Cunningham, and
a HUGE thank you to Charlie Brown for his expert production skills in putting
this all together!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
December
23 (Sun) 10:00 Worship w/ Christmas Pageant
5:30 Luminaria Service—
6:00 Cookies and hot cider at the Warren Store, followed
by caroling
8:00 Mad River Chorale
Concert—Waitsfield UCC
24 (Mon) 7:00 Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at
8:00 and 11:00 Christmas
Eve Services in Waitsfield
25-31 (Tues-Mon) Rev. Susan
away visiting family
28 (Fri) NO PRAYER GROUP
8:00 AA
30 (Sun) 10:00 JOINT WORSHIP IN WAITSFIELD (Bring
animals—live or stuffed-- for blessing)
January
3 (Thu) 7:00 a.m. Synergy
meeting
7:00 p.m. Deacons
4 (Fri) 9:00 Prayer Group
8:00 AA
6 (Sun) 10:00 Rev. Susan’s last
Sunday before Sabbatical
6:00 Senior High YG