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Need to Know
- Did you know that the Diocese has online video and Web meeting software, available for use by diocesan committees, commissions and related organizations? Contact your group's diocesan staff liaison to learn more about making use of this new meeting option!
- Check out the Richmond Times Dispatch's video feature on Grace & Holy Trinity's upcoming presentation of the unique Hummel Mass in Richmond.
- The new Virginia Episcopalian magazine wants to hear from you! You can get involved with the upcoming summer issue in a couple of ways:
- The Readers' Page is a new feature that will include readers' reflections, prayers, photos and other submissions. The focus of the next issue's Readers' Page is "Why Am I Episcopalian?" Send your submissions - in the form of written responses to the question, drawings, reflections, etc. - to Emily Cherry, editor, at echerry@thediocese.net.
- We want to see your churches - specifically, your church doors! Send electronic, color photo files of the front doors of your churches to Emily Cherry at echerry@thediocese.net to be included in a special photo feature.
- The Most Rev. Dr. Daniel Deng Bul Yak, archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, has issued appeals for peace to the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan. Learn more.
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Diocesan Events
- It's time to register for the Bishop's Spring Conference, an opportunity for clergy, lay professionals and their spouses to come together at Shrine Mont May 7-9 for fellowship, spiritual growth and professional development. New this year will be a series of workshops under the theme "Serving Christ: Spirit, Mind & Body," with special teaching sessions from our bishops. Learn more and sign-up now!
- Members of the retired clergy community are invited to attend a luncheon with the bishop in Winchester on May 2. Please return your form, which you should have received in the mail, to the Rev. Charlie Johnson by Friday, April 20. Questions? Contact Charlie at gincha@verizon.net.
- The diocesan offices will host a New Clergy Orientation on Tuesday, May 22 at the Mayo Memorial Church House in Richmond.
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Church Calendar
4/27: Relay for Life Dinner, St. Mary's, Colonial Beach
4/28: Multi-Church Yard Sale, Epiphany, Richmond
4/28: Walking the Path of a Thistle Farmer: Becca Stevens Workshop, St. Stephen's, Richmond
4/28: A Night in Venice - Spaghetti Supper, St. Barnabas', Annandale
4/29: Dancing Heart Ensemble, St. Patrick's, Falls Church
4/29: Hummel's Mass, Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond
4/29: Compline, St. Stephen's, Richmond
4/29: Casual Sunday & Welcome BBQ, St. Peter's in the Woods, Fairfax Station
4/29: Free Gospel/Bluegrass Concert, Christ Church, Spotsylvania
4/29: Contemplative Prayer Service, St. Anne's Parish, Scottsville
5/2: Yoga, Meditation, Life Plans, St. James's, Richmond |
Other Events
- Province III of the Episcopal Church will host an annual Christian Formation Retreat May 22-24 at Shrine Mont, with facilitator the Rev. June Hardy Dorsey from the Diocese of Virginia. Learn more.
- The Episcopal Church Building Fund has established a micro-loan fund to assist small to mid-sized congregations to develop creative uses for their biggest material assets. Learn more.
- Samaritan Ministry will host the Next Step Breakfast, a free, one-hour fundraising event in which attendees will hear from program participants, volunteers and others about how the Next Step Program is changing lives. The event will be held at the National Press Club on
Wednesday, May 16. RSVP to 202-722-2280 x319 or
CRodman@samaritanministry.org.
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Goff Elected
Bishop Suffragan
The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is pleased to announce that the Rev. Canon Susan E. Goff was elected as bishop suffragan of Virginia at a special Electing Council of the Diocese held on Saturday, April 21 at St. George's, Fredericksburg. Goff was elected on the fourth ballot, with 148 votes in the clerical order and 164 votes in the lay order. An election required 104 votes in the clerical order and 130 votes in the lay order. A suffragan is a bishop elected by a diocese to assist the diocesan bishop.
"We are most grateful to all six of the candidates for journeying with us through this process," said the Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, bishop of the Diocese. "They all displayed an immense amount of faith, dedication and good spirit." The other candidates were the Rev. Randy Alexander, the Very Rev. David May, the Very Rev. Dr. Hilary Smith, the Very Rev. Shirley Smith Graham and the Rev. Canon Sue Sommer.
"I am excited to be able to welcome Susan to the Virginia episcopate," added Johnston. "In her work as canon to the ordinary, she brings much wisdom, grace and discretion, qualities that I know will translate well in the role of bishop suffragan."
Goff, a graduate of Union Theological Seminary, is canon to the ordinary of the Diocese of Virginia. She and her husband, the Rev. Tom Holliday, live in Richmond.
The bishop suffragan elect will be consecrated on July 28 at St. Paul's, Richmond, pending consents of the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in early July.
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