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Diocesan Events
- The deadline to receive the $50 registration discount for Annual Council (January 20-22 in Reston) is this Friday, December 10. Visit the Council Web site for a registration form and more important details, including nomination forms and guidelines on submitting resolutions and amendments. Remember to save the date for the pre-Council meeting on January 8, and stay tuned to the Council Web site for nominations, resolutions and amendments that will be posted in the coming weeks.
- Bishop Johnston will ordain Kenneth Nicholas Forti, Christopher Martin Garcia, Valerie Jean Hayes, Catherine Delbridge Hicks, Cornelia Miller Weierbach and Anne Lane Witt to the sacred order of priests on Saturday, December 11 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's, Goochland. The Rt. Rev. G. Porter Taylor, bishop of Western North Carolina, will ordain Sara Caroline Ardrey-Graves to the sacred order of priests at Emmanuel, Harrisonburg on January 8 at 5 p.m. The Rt. Rev. W. Michie Klusmeyer, bishop of West Virginia, will ordain Amy Porterfield Turner and Brian William Turner to the sacred order of priests at Trinity, Fredericksburg on January 8 at 11 a.m.
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Church Calendar
12/9: Monthly Integrity/Charlottesville, St. Paul's Memorial, Charlottesville
12/11: Holiday Bake Sale, Trinity, Highland Springs
12/12: Concert of Celtic Music, St. John's, West Point
12/12: Advent Lessons & Carols, Epiphany, Richmond
12/12: St. Nicholas Party, St. Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Station
12/13: Holiday Memorial Service, St. Stephen's, Richmond
12/15: Blue Christmas Service, Our Saviour, Charlottesville
12/17: The Choirs of Jesus, Cambridge at St. George's, Arlington
12/19: Service of Lessons & Carols, Epiphany, Oak Hill
12/19: Festival of Lessons & Carols, All Saints', Richmond
12/19: Parish Gala, St. Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Station
12/19: Columbia Pike Community Chorus Performance, Trinity, Arlington
12/21: Blue Christmas Service, Epiphany, Richmond
1/6: Monthly Integrity/Charlottesville, St. Paul's Memorial, Charlottesvlle
1/21-1/22: Contemplative Retreat, St. James's, Richmond
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Other Announcements
- Stuart Hall, an Episcopal Church School, will host a community basketball camp December 20-22. Call 540-213-7421 or visit stuarthallschool.org.
- The Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at Duke Divinity School will host "The Sound of Hope" study day on March 10, 2011 for clergy and church musicians. The Rev. Dr. Jeremy Begbie will lead attendees in exploring how music can help inform and reshape the way one imagines Christian hope.
- St. George's College is an Anglican center offering various programs, open to all, for pilgrimage and learning in Jerusalem, Galilee and around the Holy Land, Jordan, Egypt, and Turkey. Participants stay at the College within the peaceful grounds of Jerusalem's Anglican Cathedral, a 10-minute walk from the heart of Old Jerusalem, and discover more about Jesus Christ, faith and the local Churches.
- The Rev. Alexandra Conrads, a former priest of this Diocese, will be featured in an upcoming television program on the Discovery Network, "Heaven Help Her."
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Episcopal Youth Event
The Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) began in 1982 and has quickly become one of the largest gatherings of Episcopalians - second only to General Convention. It is a triennial event which brings together high school youth from across the country as well as the larger Anglican Communion. It includes music, worship, fellowship, discussion, food and fun, on the national level!
EYE will take place June 22-26, 2011 on the campus of Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. We are looking for young people in high school to attend and represent our Diocese. You are eligible to apply if you are in high school or will be a senior 2010 - 2011. We will be working with the 12 other dioceses in Province Three to coordinate transportation on buses.
Applications must be submitted to the Diocese by January 16. Learn more online!
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ICRIBINKI
I Can't Remember It Because I Never Knew It
Want to learn more about the history of the Advent wreath? Bishop Johnston offers a teaching and reflection, "Advent Wreath Liturgy," from his time as rector at All Saints', Tupelo.
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