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by Bill Fahey
Sunday’s Reflection
June 15, 2025
Reflection by Rev. Dr. Leon Dunkley
“Joy and the Sweetness of History”
The roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet. There is such chaos in the county. Heavy tanks parade in Washington, D. C. as “No Kings” protests take place in 1,900 cities around the country. American passions are clashing about the bitterness and the sweetness of history. It’s really becoming a problem but it’s easy enough to solve. The solution, of course, is bittersweet…and we can handle it.
- Upcoming Service -
June 22, 2025
Reflection by Shari Borzekowski
"Why HomeShare?"
(rescheduled from March when we had a snow day)
This Sunday, Shari Borzekowski will talk about HomeShare and how it facilitates Aging at Home, while helping people find affordable housing. HomeSharing is aided by a case manager who helps to build the relationship between Host (who owns their home) and Guest (who needs an affordable place to live). A kind of housing match-maker, Shari guides applicants through the steps of the process, introducing likely matches to each other, helping them to create a HomeShare Agreement outlining expectations of service and rent, and keeping an eye on the match to ensure it is going smoothly, or helping it to end when it's not.
Shari Borzekowski has been living in Killington with her family for 20 years.
She has become part of the Woodstock community first as an active member of Congregation Shir Shalom, then as a “Yoh Mama” when both of her kids took to the stage, and then for the past 10 years at the Thompson Senior Center. Her role as Aging at Home Resource Manager has grown to include work as a HomeShare Vermont Case Manager. The work is compelling and meaningful as she hopes to help solve Vermont’s housing crisis one HomeShare match at a time!
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Monthly Reflection Themes
Worship Theme for June 2025
Joy
Joy has the audacity to sidle up to surprising characters: Sorrow and Suffering. Fear and Fraudulence. Pain and Perseveration. It's a wonder when she arises like a gift. One of the possibilities is always Joy. We can choose her. Or not. She’s not a bypass of everything in this world that’s hard to hold and feel, she is a tool that helps us grapple with our reality.
Worship Theme for July 2025
Interdependence
Who we are is deeply intertwined with where we live. And yet our connection to and with our nearby world is often frayed. Talk of interdependence immediately calls up the work of saving the planet, rightly so. But what if the first step toward saving the planet is learning to speak to it and hear it? And what if nature itself is the only one who can help us remember?
Previous Sunday Services
June 8, 2025
“I Want the Truth!”
Reflection by Rev. Dr. Leon Dunkley
Scripture tells us that the truth will set us free but that isn’t true. At least, it isn’t true all of the time. It certainly isn’t true immediately. The truth takes time and we have to work for it. It has been this way for a while now. Amelia Earhart had to work for it when she flew across the sea in 1928. Charles Lindberg had to work for it when he did the same the year before. It was this way for the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Orville and Wilber had to work hard for the truth that set them free. Are we willing to work hard for the truth that flies in the face of disbelief? Or should we blindly accept what is handed to us? Where is the joy in that?
Memorials and Tributes
We offer a place to honor those who have passed.
All are invited to send photos and stories to the office so that they can be included in the online tributes on this page of our website: https://www.northchapelvt.org/joys-sorrows-milestones/details
Contact us.
North Universalist Chapel Society 7 Church Street, Woodstock VT 05091 Directions/Map
Minister: Rev. Dr. Leon Dunkley can be reached by calling or texting 802-369-5104.
Music Director: Diane Mellinger can be reached at 802-234-6619 or vermontdianem@aol.com
Administrative Assistant: Joanne Boyle can be reached at 802-369-9838 or northchapelcommunications@gmail.com
Director of Spiritual Education: Tatum Barnes can be reached at 646-675-9232 or tatumali1030@gmail.com