Our conference Resource Center is located in Randolph, Vt. and has over 1000 books and dvd's to use in local church educational ministries.
When returning A/Vs or printed materials mark them "LIBRARY MATERIALS" and the postal department will ship them at a less expensive rate. Pre-addressed return labels will be enclosed with all resources, for your convenience.
Since many of our A/Vs and printed resources are in continual use throughout the state, we ask that you handle them with extra care. We do expect a certain amount of wear with use, but you are responsible and will be billed for replacement of resources lost or beyond use. 
All churches of the Conference recieve a paper catalog. Can't find yours? Contact the Conference Office.
Looking for the on line version of the Resource Center Catalog? You've come to the right place. The catalog is divided into two sections, one for printed resources, the other for audio-visual resources. The catalogs are in Adobe format. Click on the links below to view or download your own copy!
Printed Resource Catalog
Audio Visual Catalog
Don't have the Adobe Reader? Click here to download the free program.
Christine Damm has joined the Conference Staff as the Acting Coordinator for the Conference Resource Center
Christine will begin her work with us this week. She comes to us with an extensive history of work in a variety of non-profit organizations. Christine is enthusiastic about the Resource Center position and looks forward to meeting the laity and clergy who use our extensive library of print and AV resources.
Christine’s hours in the Resource Center here at the Conference Office are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10-4:30.
Her email address is: resource.center@vtcucc.org
You may reach her by phone during office hours at 802-728-4999.
Resources may still be browsed and checked out any day the office is open (Monday-Friday, 8:30-4:30.)
You may wish to call ahead and make certain that a meeting is not taking place in the Conference Room because that makes some resources temporarily unavailable.
What's New In the Resource Center!
RESOURCE CENTER RECEIVES COPY OF NEW FILM: HOLDING OUR OWN: RECLAIMING THE END OF LIFE
A DVD copy of the newly released film Holding Our Own: Reclaiming the End of Life has been donated to the Vermont Conference Resource Center. This powerful film, by Vermont filmmaker Camilla Rockwell (a student of Ken Burns) , awakens both heart and mind to the transformative gifts found at the end of life. It is a celebration of the beauty, wisdom and courage that are waiting to be discovered and experienced when one journeys with the dying, and it is also a plea for our society to finally "grow up" in the ways it cares for and honors those who experiencing the end of life. Featured in the film are reflections by Ira Byock, M.D., author of Dying Well, moving portraits of the elderly created from fabric by Vermont artist Deidre Scherer, and the singing of the Brattleboro Hospice-based chorus, Hallowell. Filmed in Brattleboro, it also includes reflections by members of the Hallowell chorus, Hospice staff, and Lise Sparrow, pastor of the Guilford Community Church, U.C.C. The film is just under 1 hour long. A study guide comes with the film. It would be a moving, stimulating and inspiring contribution to a church program dealing with ministry to the elderly and the dying.
Some comments by those who have seen the film:
We are in great need of teachers who show us, without fear, the process of dying. HOLDING OUR OWN introduces us to hospice patients who, in sharing their final days, are embraced by community, receiving comfort and great aliveness at the end of their lives through the gifts of art and music. The film brings the process of dying into the bright light of day - a reminder that this final journey need not be hidden and feared."
Rachel Inker,M.D. Community Health Center of Burlington Burlington, VT
Challenge yourself, your loved ones, your friends and your community! See this film! Think about the issues it raises for you - for each of us! 'Holding Our Own' opens us to our fears around aging, loss, death, grief and spirituality. It shows us how we might reclaim a rich community-based potential at the end of life. With the help of Deidre Scherer, one of America's greatest living artists, Dr. Ira Byock, a thoughtful and articulate guide on these uncertain shores, and 'Hallowell', a very special hospice chorus, we find possible answers to questions we have probably feared to address. This film can be a great gift if you risk 'opting in' to its gentle, wise, on the edge, view of our human condition.
Balfour M. Mount, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Oncology & Palliative Medicine McGill University
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