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The Diocese of Vermont includes 42 congregations and more than 5,000 Episcopalians across the Green Mountain state. Led by Bishop Shannon MacVean-Brown, we draw our inspiration from the story of the apostle Peter, who stepped out of his boat and followed Jesus into the midst of a storm. Together we are putting our trust in God and finding new ways to serve, worship, and care for creation. Join us.
From the Bishop
Daily Prayer with the Green Mountain Online Abbey
I didn’t expect to start a congregation at the outset of the pandemic. But in an emergency situation, you gather and you pray together. Since March 2020, that’s what we have been doing in a community we now call the Green Mountain Online Abbey. Join us for prayer at 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8:00 p.m. Sunday.News
A Parish’s Commitment to “People Who Are More Challenging to House”
The story behind the 18-unit apartment house rising in the lot behind St. Paul’s Church in White River Junction began in a moment of prayer. Then things got complicated. The Rev. Scott Neal, who was then the church’s rector, was sitting in its old parish house one day in 2018 seeking some divine inspiration about …
With God’s Help: Bishop Shannon’s Easter Message
Dear People of God in the Diocese of Vermont, In just a few hours, our Lenten fast will end as we renew our Baptismal Covenant during the Great Vigil of Easter. We are buried with Christ by Baptism into his death and raised with him to newness of life, as the liturgy tells us. And …
Trial Good Friday Liturgy Approved For Use
In 2022, General Convention approved the trial use of alternative Good Friday liturgical texts, and Bishop Shannon has authorized those texts for use in Vermont this year. The texts were developed in the Diocese of Texas by the Rev. Dr. Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, an Episcopal priest who is now the director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning …Events
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