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Need to Know
- Mustard Seed Grant guidelines and applications are now available for parishes, missions, regions and college chaplaincies working to strengthen the various ministries of the Diocese. The deadline for the initial letter of inquiry is April 2, 2012. Learn more about diocesan grants.
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Diocesan Events
- The bishops of the Diocese invite clergy to attend the Reaffirmation of Ordination Vows and Blessing of Oil of Chrism. Four services will be held during Holy Week, all at 11 a.m.: on April 3 at St. Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Station; on April 4 at Emmanuel, Woodstock; and on April 5 at Epiphany, Richmond and at St. Stephen's, Culpeper. Please register online.
- The Episcopal Church Women will sponsor their annual Lenten Quiet Day on Thursday, March 29 at the Virginia Diocesan Center at Roslyn under the theme, "Blessed Are They Who See." The Rev. Canon Susan E. Goff will lead the the event, exploring the theme through Scripture, music, meditations and silence.
- Make plans now to attend two exciting events planned by the Parish Youth Ministries Committee! The Spring Day of Service, March 17 at St. Andrew's, Arlington, will bring together youth (grade 6-12) to learn about mission and its value to our diocese while participating in a community service project. Senior High Week, April 13-15 at Shrine Mont, will challenge, inspire and strengthen high school students. All youth and youth leaders are welcome.
- Friday March 16, please join the Rev. Canon Susan Goff and Yogi Browning in Arlington for a conversation about the last 50 Years of Camps at Shrine Mont. For more information, contact Frances Caldwell at fcaldwell@thediocese.net or Kirk Gibson at cgibson@shentel.net.
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Church Calendar
3/14: The Essential Jesus, St. Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Station
3/14: Bible Babel, St. Mark's, Richmond
3/14: Acts of Faith Plays, St. Paul's, Richmond
3/14: Taize Service, St. George's, Arlington
3/14: Lenten Program, All Saints', Richmond
3/14: Lenten Program, St. Paul's, Hanover
3/16: Stations of the Cross, St. John's, Warsaw
3/16: Lenten Lunch Speaker Series, St. Paul's Memorial, Charlottesville
3/17: Charlie's Annual Chili Cook-Off, St. Timothy's, Herndon
3/17: Lenten Quiet Day & Retreat, St. Paul's on-the-Hill, Winchester
3/17: Serving with the Saints, St. Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Station
3/17: Celtic Celebration, St. Stephen's, Richmond
3/18: Candlelight Concert & Compline, St. Mary's, Arlington
3/18: Compline, St. Stephen's, Richmond
3/18: Agape Service with Dwight McCall, Holy Comforter, Richmond
3/18: Discovering Jesus Lenten Program, St. Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Station
3/18: Walking the Way of Sorrows, Emmanuel, Richmond
3/20: Potluck Welcome Supper, Wicomico Parish Church
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Other Events
- The Center for Art & Liturgy will host their 26th Annual Good Friday Gathering at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. on April 6. Learn about Barnett Newman's "The Stations of the Cross" and spend time in meditation.
- Westminster Canterbury Richmond invites clergy and lay congregational ministers to a seminar, "When Words Fail: Practical Ministry to People with Dimentia," on April 26. The seminar will highlight the physiological, emotional and spiritual effects of dementia. The cost is $20, includes materials/lunch. RSVP to Vanessa Perry at vperry@wcrichmond.org or 804-200-1502.
- This Spring at Roslyn:
Easter Brunch Buffet - Sunday, April 8, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Featuring fine fare, family and friends. Reservations required.
Complimentary Clergy Retreats - Offered to all Virginia clergy and their spouses at no cost. Includes meals, rest and reflection; spiritual director available; April 9-12.
Family Reunions at Roslyn - Roslyn is now accepting reservations for family reunions. Host 100 people with meeting spaces, picnic pavilion, dining hall and lodges.
Reservations - Call 804-288-6045 or e-mail info@rolsyncenter.org.
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Kony 2012 and the Diocese of Virginia
If you follow social media at all, you've now doubt seen the YouTube video Kony 2012. This film describes the horrific terror created over the last 26 years by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA started in Uganda and has since moved west where it now operates in and out of South Sudan, DR Congo and the Central African Republic.
Kony 2012 can only be described as a phenomenon. In just a couple of weeks, the site has been viewed by tens of missions of people. Groups around the world are clamoring to join the movement to combat the LRA by bringing focus to Kony's actions, and ultimately bringing him to justice. A few weeks ago, almost no one had heard of Joseph Kony and the LRA. Now they are front page news.
But they are not news to the Diocese of Virginia. For five years, churches and individuals in the Diocese of Virginia have helped communities in South Sudan recover from attacks from the LRA. We've visited villagers forced to flee their homes and we've provided food relief. Longer term efforts include helping support teachers in Ibba, a diocese that was attacked several times by the LRA. A major effort is underway to build a brick cathedral in the Diocese of Ezo, a project that has needed to pause from time to time because of fear of LRA raids. And we've recently established connections with the Church in the DR Congo, also impacted by Kony and the LRA.
So if you watch the video and want to help, great. But remember you can do more than put up posters. You can help by becoming partners with the communities impacted by Kony's terror in South Sudan and the DR Congo. For more information, please e-mail Buck Blanchard at bblanchard@thediocese.net.
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