Welcome to the website of the Diocese of Vermont. Questions? The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont The Right Reverend Thomas Clark Ely 10th Bishop of Vermont 5 Rock Point Road Burlington, VT 05408-2735 Phone: 802 863-3431 In Vermont: 800-286-3437 Fax - 802-860-1562 Email: tely@dioceseofvermont.org Interview with Bishop Ely on VPR's Vermont Edition, December 15, 2008. Listen, download or request a transcript. Bishop Ely's December 18, 2007 Testimony to the Vermont Commission on Family Recognition and Protection News of Bishop Ely's Sabbatical Leave December 3, 2006 - April 2, 2007 Clergy Deployment News Companion Ministry Program Description and links to resources Search This Site Bishop Booth Conference and Retreat Center Click here for information  Read the September 2008 plan for continuing ministry at the BBCC Rock Point Summer Camp Click here for information on the 2008 season Download 2008 brochure Camp Agape Summer camp experience for children with parents who are incarcerated. Download camper brochure. Download volunteer brochure. Resources (Diocesan Handbook, Canons, Application Forms, etc.) Archives (Previous Diocesan Conventions, General Convention 2003, and other older material) Rock Point School Click here for information Lambeth Commission on Communion/ The Windsor Report Bishop Ely's April Mountain Echo Column on the House of Bishops meeting Covenant Statement from the House of Bishops A Word to the Church from the House of Bishops Communique from the Primates of the Anglican Communion, Feb. 24, 2005 Links to Windsor Report, Primates' meetings, articles and resources Links to responses from Episcopal Church Task Force on the Blessing of Persons Living in Same-Gender Relationships Task Force Page Download Task Force Report (pdf) Links to other downloadable resources Listserve Click here to join the diocesan email group. . Members can receive and post news and information of general interest to others in the Diocese of Vermont. "The Sin of Racism," A Pastoral Letter from the House of Bishops, March 2006 House of Bishops' Word to the Church March 2006 Photos from the Investiture of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Washington National Cathedral, November 4, 2006   Site last modified December 16, 2008		Coming Events Click here for information on coming events in the diocese. Participate in the annual Trinity Institute, "Radical abundance: a theology of sustainability" at Trinity Church, Shelburne, January 21-23, 2008" Click here for information and to register Click here for information on retreats sponsored by the Spiritual Life Committee. 2008 Diocesan Convention "Tending God's World – NOW!" Links to all Convention information pages Bishop Ely's Convention Address Bishop McLeod's Convention Sermon Watch for images of Convention The 2008 Lambeth Conference Links to news sources, Bishop Ely's notes and other Lambeth Conference resources Vermont Deputies respond to "St. Andrew's Draft Covenant" March 2008 House of Bishops Meeting Report on effort to have the Bishop of New Hampshire invited to the 2008 Lambeth Conference Bishop Robinson's Response Statements on Lambeth Conference, depositions of Bishops Schofield and Cox, and resolution on "waterboarding" The Diocese of Vermont in the News Links to news articles from Vermont and national news sources Diocesan Resource Center Education Opportunities Christian Formation Committee/Resources Diocesan Study Program-DSP Education for Ministry-EFM Training for a Safer Church Youth Ministry Calendar and Links Kids4Peace Vermont Mountain Echo columns by Bishop Ely December 2008 November 2008 Past columns Mountain Echo the newspaper of the Diocese of Vermont Read the latest issue Read the special August 2007 issue on the MDGs 2008 deadlines and links to back issues If your browswer does not support reading pdf files on line, the Echo will be downloaded in pdf format. It requires Adobe Reader, which may be downloaded free by clicking on the button below. Episcopal Life Online 2007 Diocesan Convention Convention Journal (pdf) Links to more information on the 175th Convention of the Diocese View on-line video of Presiding Bishop's Forum Convention Images Global Reconciliation MDG Resources and Grant information Become a ONE Episcopalian and join the campaign to make poverty history September 2007 Meeting of the House of Bishops 2006 Diocesan Convention Convention Journal (pdf) Links to Resolutions, Photos, Election Results and more Links to Materials from previous Diocesan Conventions The Anglican Communion (Index of items on this site and links to other sites) Proposed Anglican Covenant (Index of covenant drafts, study guides and responses) Vermont Deputies respond to "St. Andrew's Draft Covenant" The Primates' Meeting of February 2007 (links to articles and documents) 2006 General Convention of the Episcopal Church General Convention Web Site Vermont site General Convention index Deputies and Alternates Cristosal Learn how you can help our brothers and sisters in El Salvador. 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