Delegates to the Vermont UCC Annual Conference...

...since it was in nearby Castleton, it was easy for us. This meeting celebrated 50 years of the UCC!

Highlights included a nice opening dinner (of course...), and workshops about Disaster Relief and how congregations can get involved, plus a workshop on Creating a Peace Community in Your Church. We were most impressed with the Peace Breakfast which had participants describe what they are actually doing in home churches to bring peace and joy to their fellow parishioners. Marsh had our display describing the Alternative Christmas Project that Missions undertook this year.

Marsh set up refreshments in the main lobby with donations going to Fair Haven Concerned.

We enjoyed the conference and may actually sign-up to be delgates next year, too.

At the Dismas House Auction and Dinner...

...we offered a weekend for the live auction which was won by Rita McCaffery, President of Dismas House Vermont, Inc...neat!!!

Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, was the keynote speaker, wow!

At the Vermont Buisness Expo in Burlington to get some information and insights into our work.

Check out the Vermont Smoke and Cure products...yummy!

We will become a Vermont Socially Responsible Business partner soon, too!

At the home of Linda and Uncle Pete and their Middletown, CTyard sale...

...who are those young shoppers?...

...happy times at the Villages in Florida...

We did some cleaning and preparation at our East Poultney Museums.

Hope to see all of you!

Here's our newest chicks! Soem really cute girls and guys, not too many males we hope!!!!!!!!!

Woodstock's Community Town Hall was the scene of the Tuvan Throat Singers from the Alexa River area...

...wow, prettty cool!

Here are some very nice folks who paid us a visit the other day...a quick trip up from Connecticut...

...thanks...

Here's some of our wonderful guests at the Birdhouse Inn...

...Mr. and Mrs. Temple hail from the Bay State...

...guess where they live?

Fun times at the FHCC Ham Supper...

...on the same day as GMC's graduation!

Are we crazy or what?

Reid graduates from GMC, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

And who are the lovely parents?

And sister Cassie, too!

Way to go!!!

Steff Pierce's graduation from Green Mountain College on a beautiful sunny day!

Congratulations!

Happy Cinco de Mayo Party at the Birdhouse Inn...ole, ole...

...please name those characters!

...please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You may get our cinco mayo poem via e-mail by request!

Some beautiful, picuresque scenes while taking a walk around the Lake Bomoseen area...

Jay and Mary Hogan, stayed with us while dropping a car off for Samantha at GMC...

...who's the little friend?

Some special views of Texas...

...can you name the places where we were?

A prize goes to whom this time??????????????????