We, the deacons, priests and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont sign this letter and send it out to all our members in attestation and celebration that we are all fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. We urge you and your loved ones to get vaccinated if you have not already done so. We are particularly proud of the high vaccination rates in Vermont and especially encouraged by high vaccination rates for our youth.
The coronavirus pandemic has been long, deadly and tiring for all of us. But we will get through this together. By caring for each other, getting vaccinated, continuing to wear masks indoors, maintaining social distance and following the guidance of our public health authorities, we demonstrate the simple Gospel value of loving God by loving our neighbors as ourselves. That means paying special attention to younger children and those with compromised immune systems who are not able to be vaccinated at this point.
We ask your prayers for our ministry together here in our brave little state and assure you of our continued prayers for the health and well-being of all in these unprecedented times. May God bless us all as we seek to serve Vermont in the name of Jesus, our Lord of love.
Faithfully,
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Shannon MacVean-Brown, Bishop
The Rev. Jennie M. Anderson
The Rev. Lisette D Baxter
The Rev. Janet Brown
The Rev. Canon Walter Brownridge
The Rev. Thora L. Chadwick
The Rev. Diana Collins
The Rev. Catherine Cooke
The Rev. Canon Lee A. Crawford
The Rev. William A. Davidson
The Rev. Martha Dyner
The Rev. E. Angela Emerson
The Rev. Rachel Field
The Rev. Steven Fuller Sr.
The Rev. Sarah C. Ginolfi
The Rev. L Paul Gratz
The Rev. Kim Hardy
The Rev. Kathy Hartman
The Rev. Canon David G. Hamilton, D.Min.
The Rev. Beth Hilgartner
The Rev. Earl Kooperkamp
The Rev. Bob Lee
The Rev. Dr. Robert K. Leopold
The Rev. Mary D. Lindquist
The Rev. Beth Ann Maier, deacon
The Rev. Margaret Mathauer, deacon
The Rev. Dr. Frederick Moser
The Very Rev. Diane Nancekivell
The Rev. Scott B. Neal
The Rev. Zarina Suárez O’Hagin, deacon
The Rev. Canon Susan Ohlidal
The Rev. Paul V. Olsson
The Rev. Sherry Osborn
The Rev. Lucy Pellegrini
The Rev. John Perry
The Rev. Nicholas Porter
The Rev. Donna Reidt
The Rev. Stephen Reynes, deacon
The Rev. Diane Root
The Rev. Amy Spagna
The Rev. Rob Spainhour
The Rev. Kevin Holland Sparrow
The Rev. Bob Stuhlmann
The Rev. Mary Heller Taggart
The Rev. Carole Wageman
The Rev. Bob Wilson
The Rev. Dr. Oliver Larry Yarbrough