The Old Meeting House of East Montpelier

09/13/2026

Happy Pride, Burlington! Honored to join with Vermont Conference, UCC in celebration. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

07/29/2026

Vermont Says No Deportation of our Neighbor
Mohsen Mahdawi
Community support and fundraiser on Sunday , August 9,
Montpelier, Vermont
The Social Action Committee of the Beth Jacob
Synagogue, in cooperation with the Unitarian Church
of Montpelier, invite you to a show of public support
and fundraiser for Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian
Vermonter threatened by the Trump Administration
with deportation.
The event will take place at 7pm on Sunday August
9th at the Unitarian Church Montpelier, and is free
and open to the public.
Speakers will include Mohsen Mahdawi, David Cole,
Shaul Magid, Grace Oedel, Mark Hage, Joan Javier-
Duval, Eric Levi Jacobson, and the community and
families of Jewish and Palestinian Vermonters
standing up together to protect our neighbors.

07/24/2026

Mustard seeds, hidden treasure and pearls. Our parables for the week remind us that part of being a community of faith is continuing to evaluate and reject conventions, when they are not guiding us toward realizing God's preferred vision.

Context matters!

06/11/2026

The Old Meeting House and Bethany Church, UCC are proud to be selected to co-host a 2026 Vermont Reads Event!

The book is Charity and Sylvia, by Tillie Walden. Created from historical archives, Charity and Sylvia is a groundbreaking biography that is also the story of 19th century America. For 44 years Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake lived together as life partners in small town Vermont. Charity and Sylvia features themes of Vermont’s (and America's) early history, the importance of friendships and family networks, the role of religion and faith in communal life, and the evolution of LGBTQIA+ identity.

We will have 40 copies of the book to share between the two churches. Details to follow!

06/10/2026

OMH! I will already be away by the 16th. I highly encourage those who are able to join Bethany Church, UCC and Devon Thomas in standing in solidarity with Pastor Steven Tendo. -d.

Blessings, Bethany Congregation,
Rev. Steven Tendo is a Ugandan pastor who lives in Vermont. Earlier this year, ICE attempted to deport him. After a public outcry from his Vermont neighbors, he was released. Rev. Tendo has a check-in at the St. Albans office this Tuesday, June 16th, and there is a fear that ICE will attempt to deport him again.

I will be canceling our Bible study on the 16th so that I can stand in solidarity with pastor Tendo, and I invite anyone who can make an early rally in St. Albans to join me. I pray that with the eyes of our community upon them, ICE will leave Pastor Tendo to continue living his life here in VT.

Blessings from your Pastor,
Rev. Devon Thomas

06/08/2026

You are ready, you are capable, and you are deeply, unconditionally loved! ❤️ Grateful for the abundance of spirit in this Children’s Sunday, bringing our youngest members deeper into our worship practice, and blessing our graduating seniors for the journey ahead.

05/31/2026

Love these kids! Next Sunday is Children’s Sunday, a celebration of our Christian Education programming, and a warm recognition of the changing lives of our 5 senior youth.

05/30/2026

So what happened on Pentecost?

With a gale force wind, the spirit herself tore across the land, spreading through the ranks of those gathered in faithful witness to the life and power of Christ.

What did she do?
She didn’t instruct them to go out and create a structure of power and hierarchy.
She didn’t bless favored nations.
She fulfilled Joel’s prophesy: I will pour out my spirit on every kind of people.

How did God do that?
Through the removal of barriers to participation.

05/29/2026

Love is:
- the ground of kindness and compassion?
- the beating heart of peace?
- the fuel that lights the fire of generosity and hospitality?
- the way of inclusion that welcomes all people?
ALL OF THE ABOVE!

(adapted from "Love Is" by Dr. Amanda Udis-Kessler)