Thank you so much to those friends of Christ Church Guilford who donated so immediately and generously to the special appeal we sent out in early May! Very soon after we sent the email, we had received over $15,000 in donations to help meet the match for our $20,000 VDHP grant to repair the plaster… Continue reading
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Donor Acknowledgments by Giving Category: January 2025 – January 31, 2026
Thank you to everyone who has donated to Christ Church Guilford this past year – we are so grateful! Ephraim Gale: $1000+ Lawrin and Pam Crispe Morris and Sandra Gregory Carol Leitch Don and Evelyn McLean Molley: $500-999 Anson Baldwin Tree Care Edmund Meade Laura Systo Algiers: $250-499 Eric and Dale Morse Guilford: $100-249 Zon… Continue reading
Back O’ Town Concert Enjoyed by Many
Sunday evening, September 14th, Back O’Town Cajun Band, featuring accordion, guitar, and fiddle, brought an hour and a half of high-energy dance music to the quiet lawn beside Christ Church Guilford in Algiers. Their music included classic Cajun 2-steps and waltzes, old-time country music, the blues, zydeco, swamp pop, jazz, New Orleans R&B and Mardi… Continue reading
Thank you, Anne!
The Board of Directors and many supporters of Christ Church Guilford offer our utmost gratitude to Anne Montgomery for 15 years of dedicated service as she steps down from the Board! It is almost impossible to list the number and types of tasks and responsibilities Anne has undertaken over the years. Following the deaths of… Continue reading
Remembering Bishop Tom Ely
We were very sad to hear the news that retired Episcopal Bishop, the Right Reverend Thomas C. Ely, had died on August 30, 2025. He was a great friend of Christ Church Guilford and, in fact, has had a green burial in the cemetery. Christ Church Guilford is owned by the Trustees of the Episcopal… Continue reading
Summer 2025 Exhibit at St. Michael’s
While Christ Church remains closed to the public, the Events Committee and the Board of Directors of the Christ Church Guilford Society, Inc. (CCGS), keep our work in the public eye in ways other than indoor events. In addition to a concert on the lawn featuring the BUHS Jazz Band in late May, and an… Continue reading
Thank you, BUHS Jazz Band!
The weather forecasts earlier in the week were iffy, but Thursday, May 29th, turned out to be nearly perfect for a delightful concert on the Christ Church lawn by the Brattleboro Union High School Jazz Band. Thirteen young musicians, including a female vocalist, led by Director Alex Brady, serenaded an appreciative audience with familiar and… Continue reading
Donor Acknowledgments by Giving Category: January 2024 – January 31, 2025
Thank you to everyone who has donated to Christ Church Guilford this year – we are so grateful! Ephraim Gale: $1000+ Dana Berry and Thomas Tucker Morris and Sandra Gregory Molley: $500-999 Edmund Meade, in memory of his parents Algiers: $250-499 Alan and Dr. Judith McBean Guilford: $100-249 The Rt. Rev…. Continue reading
Thank-you, Celebration Brass Band!
The third time seemed to be the charm! After two cancellations in 2023 due to heavy rain, we were finally able to host a fabulous concert on the lawn by the Celebration Brass Band of Vermont on Thursday evening, October 10, 2024. The weather was a bit chilly, but we were blessed by sunshine, dry… Continue reading
Grounds Clean-up Day 2024
The sun shone brightly on a recent Sunday morning in Guilford! On June 2, 2024, Board Vice President Anne Montgomery met with members of the Youth Group from St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Brattleboro, for a very successful Clean-up Day on the grounds of Christ Church. Led by parishioner Lydia Taggert of Greenfield, Mass., the Youth… Continue reading