Youth group hauls timber, builds privy

LINCOLN — “They’re heavy,” Steve Abbot said. “They’re really awkward to carry. So you put (one) on your shoulders, and that works for 10 minutes. And then you start carrying it, and your arms get tired.”“They” are eight-foot-long, four-by-four-inch pieces of lumber provided by the Green Mountain Club at the trailhead of the Emily Proctor Trail, which leads to the 217-mile Long Trail.The log carriers: a group of teenage volunteers from the Congregational Church of Middlebury’s youth group who were led by Abb … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Congregational Church of Middlebury pastor Andy Nagy-Benson knows what it’s like to lead a donation drive. Asking folks to give money, even for super-worthy causes, can be challenging — particularly during a pandemic. But Pastor Andy recently … (read more)

Found pennies come from heaven That’s what my grandpa told me. He said Angels tossed them down Oh, how I loved that story! So goes the Charles Mashburn poem, a cute ode to found money. The Congregational Church of Middlebury is living its own version of t … (read more)