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June 23, 2010
Need to Know
Diocesan Events
  • Calling all Shrine Mont Camp alumni and parents! Bishop and Mrs. Johnston invite you to an open house at their residence at 8737 Roslyn Road on Thursday, October 6 from 6-8 p.m. RSVP to [email protected]
  • Registration is now open for several exciting events sponsored by Parish Youth Ministries! Youth from across the Diocese, and their youth leaders, are invited to participate in the following opportunities. Stay tuned to the e-Communique for more info. Questions? Please contact Kathlyn Jones, 800-DIOCESE x1031 or [email protected].
    *PYM 8th-Grade Weekend, Oct. 7-9, Shrine Mont
    *PYM Day of Service, Oct. 29, St. James the Less, Ashland
    *PYM 6th- & 7th-Grade Weekend, Nov. 11-13, Shrine Mont  
Church Calendar 

9/22: When Words Fail: Practical Ministry to People with Dementia, Westminster-Canterbury, Richmond

9/23: Drum Circle, St. Stephen's, Richmond

9/24: Children's Clothing & Toy Consignment Sale, Christ Church, Glen Allen 

9/24: Oktoberfest Dinner for the Shenandoah Co. Free Clinic, Emmanuel, Woodstock

9/24: Community Health & Services Fair, St. George's & San Jose, Arlington 

9/25: Unity to Disunity & Back Again, St. John's, Richmond

9/25: Evensong Featuring Music from England Performances, St. James's, Richmond

9/25: Picnic in the Park, St. John's, Arlington

9/25: Contemplative Prayer Service, St. Anne's Parish, Scottsville

9/25: Celtic Eucharist Service, Buck Mountain, Earlysville 

9/26: Advance Directives Session, St. Margaret's, Woodbridge

9/27: The Challenges & Gifts of Caregiving, Epiphany, Richmond

10/1: Pohick Country Fair, Pohick Church Fairgrounds

10/1: Holy Food & Groceries, St. Stephen's, Richmond

10/1: Annual Country Fair, St. Francis', Great Falls

10/1: Roaring Twenty's Auction/Dinner, St. Paul's, Hanover 

 

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Other Events
  • Episcopal High School will host a 5K and 1K Run on October 30 at 2 p.m. to benefit the Alma Bishop Orphanage through the Haiti Micah Project. Register online!   
  • The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Baltimore, will host "What Matters Now" with Mpho Tutu, Brian McLaren and Alexander Shai Nov. 10-11. With a rancorous presidential election, a struggling global economy and Christianity declining in influence and seemingly at odds with itself, what are the attitudes and practices that will hold our communities in a time of inner and outer storms?  Sponsored by the Diocese of Maryland, the Cathedral of the Incarnation and Quadratos Programs. Learn more at quadratos.com.
  • Richmond Hill will host a Clergy Convocation on October 20, 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Administrators and social service directors of Metropolitan Richmond's jurisdictions will address clergy and give specific information for prayer and engagement for their congregations. Please contact 804-783-7903 or [email protected]

Preparing for the 2012 Council

The Web site for the 2012 Annual Council of the Diocese of Virginia is now live! The 217th Annual Council will take place in Reston, Va. at the Hyatt Regency Reston Hotel January 26-28.

 

This year, for the first time, attendees will have the option to register and pay via credit card online.  

 

Please visit the Council site for frequent and important updates, including the following dates & deadlines.    

*Register by December 9 to receive a discounted registration fee. The final registration deadline is January 11.  

 

*Lodging arrangements should be made by January 4.  

 

*Nominations, resolutions and canonical amendments must be submitted by January 11. 

 

*Pre-Council Open Hearings will take place January 14 at All Saints', Richmond.  

 

Questions? Please contact Anna Moncure at 800-DIOCESE x1025 or [email protected]

 

  ICRIBINKI
I Can't Remember It Because I Never Knew It

Today Austin Bartenstein starts his work at the Diocese as the third clerk to Bishop Johnston. Welcome, Austin!

 

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