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North Chapel Sunday Services are held in the Sanctuary at 10 am.
Service reflections will continue to be recorded whenever possible.
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Last Sunday’s Reflections
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Reflection by Rev. Leon Dunkley
The Good News
How do we build the house of hope in times as harsh as these? Where can we always turn to find the good news? Faith, as James Baldwin reminds us, is the evidence of things not seen. These are powerful words—not just because James Baldwin lived through harsh times but he did not choose to be not a man of faith, not in the traditional sense. His father was a preacher…which is why young James chose not to be. And yet, James Baldwin was deeply faithful in his own way. He was courageous enough to be a man of faith in the way that was right for him. Are we that kind of brave?
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WORSHIP THEME
March 2026
Side With Love
You are loved beyond belief. You are enough, you are precious, your work and your life matter, and you are not alone. You are part of a “we,” a great cloud of witnesses living and dead who have insisted that this beautiful, broken world of ours is a blessing worthy of both deep gratitude and fierce protection. Our ancestors and our descendants are beckoning us, compelling us onward toward greater connection, greater compassion, greater commitment to one another and to the earth.
- Ashley Horan
Previous Sunday Services
February 22, 2026
Reflection by Bob Williamson
“It’s Not a Tug of War, It’s a Pull for Peace”
Bob will share his nearly 38 years of gun reform work from the shooting tragedy at his children's school that prompted his advocacy, to State Houses in Illinois and Vermont, transforming the political landscape around firearms with lifesaving, evidence-based policies.
Bob Williamson earned his B.A. at Claremont Men’s College in 1971 & an M.A. in English from Indiana University in 1975. He held various editing, writing & teaching jobs for some years after that, but he became a gun reform activist 38 years ago when a deranged woman went on a shooting spree in his children’s elementary school in Winnetka, Illinois. Six youngsters were shot & eight-year-old Nicky Corwin was killed. Bob’s two daughters Clare & Kate were spared, but only by dumb luck. Clearly the status quo wasn’t working. That tragedy changed Bob’s career path to public safety activism. He chaired Chicago’s annual Walk Against Gun Violence for a decade for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence & leveraged support from that event for Illinois’s Safe Neighborhood Law (which lowered drive-by shootings in Chicago by 41%). Since moving to Vermont in 2004, Bob serves on the Board of Gun Sense Vermont, which has spearheaded several historic gun reforms (e.g., safe storage; a 72-hour waiting period; background checks on all gun sales, etc.).
Memorials and Tributes
We offer a place to honor those who have passed.
All are invited to send photos and stories to the office so that they can be included in the online tributes on this page of our website.
Contact Us
North Universalist Chapel Society 7 Church Street, Woodstock VT 05091 Directions/Map
Minister: Rev. Dr. Leon Dunkley can be reached by calling or texting 802-369-5104.
Administrative Assistant: Joanne Boyle can be reached at 802-369-9838 or northchapelcommunications@gmail.com
Director of Spiritual Education: Tatum Barnes can be reached at 646-675-9232 or tatumali1030@gmail.com