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Need to Know
- If your church has not already done so, please submit your Certificate of Election for Delegates & Alternates and your Communicants in Good Standing Form to the Secretary's Office of the Diocese. These were due on April 1. Please note that each region must elect a youth delegate, as well. All forms are available on the Council Web site.
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Diocesan Events
- Save the date for these upcoming events at Shrine Mont sponsored by the diocesan Parish Youth Ministries Committee:
- 8th-Grade Weekend, October 5-7, 2012
- 6th- & 7th-Grade Weekend, November 9-1, 2012
- Senior High Weekend, April 12-14, 2013
- The Bishop's Fall Clergy Retreat will take place October 15-17 at Shrine Mont. Registration and more info will be available soon!
- The Stewardship of Creation Committee will host "Educating People of Faith: Personal Choices, Agricultural Sustainability and the 21st Century Challenge of World Hunger," September 29 at St. Stephen's, Richmond. Learn more and register online now!
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Church Calendar
8/19: Film Festival, Holy Comforter, Vienna
8/19: Taize Worship Service, Buck Mountain, Earlysville
8/24-26: Write and Reflect Church Retreat at Shrine Mont, Calvary, Front Royal
8/26: Film Festival, Holy Comforter, Vienna
8/26: Jazz Vespers, St. Paul's, Richmond
8/26: Hymn Sing, St. James's, Richmond
Read more.
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ICRIBINKI
I Can't Remember It Because I Never Knew ItThis year, diocesan staff have sent bins full of shampoo, soap, magazines and novels to the Richmond City Jail to be distributed by the Rev. Alonzo Pruitt, under sheriff and chief of chaplains.
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Other Events & Announcements
- The 14th Annual Tee with the Bishop Golf Classic will take place September 9-10 at Shrine Mont, with 18 holes at Bryce Resort's par 71 championship course. Learn more and reserve your spot!
- The Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care will offer a Pastoral Ministries Consultation and Support Program designed to promote mature pastoral leadership and healthy congregations in a complicated age. This program offers twice monthly sessions Oct 2012 to May 2013 (except Dec) focused on facilitating growth, ministry consultation and periodic forums on high-interest topics. Contact Sandy Hamilton, 804-282-8332 for more information.
- A new Wednesday morning Bible study class begins on September 19 at St. Mark's, Richmond. Co-sponsored with Grace and Holy Trinity Church, this class will study the people, places and stories of the Bible. The class will meet from 10-11:15 a.m. For more information visit: www.stmarksrichmond.org or www.ghtc.org or call Malinda Collier at 804-358-4771.
- Do you know of any effective resources for women's Bible study? We're looking for suggestions to share with churches in the Diocese. Share your ideas or curricula with Emily Cherry: echerry@thediocese.net.
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