e-Communiqué for August 14, 2013

August 14, 2013

Need to Know

The Episcopal Church Roanridge Trust Award Grant program is now accepting applications for creative models of leadership development, training and ministries in small towns and rural communities. Learn more.
Are you following along with our blogs? New on the Shrine Mont Camps Blog, read about blessings at the Shrine with Bishop Goff and appreciate the small things with the Rev. Canon Pat Wingo. On DioDocs, check out this webinar roundup and newly revised communications resources, plus some mission inspiration stories.
Follow along with the stories of three Virginian Episcopalian women serving in the Young Adult Service Corps! Please keep Ashley Bingaman (Christ Church, Winchester), Ashley Cameron (St. James', Leesburg) and Keri Geiger (St. John's, Richmond) in your prayers.

Diocesan Events

The Diocese of Virginia, in conjunction with the Episcopal Church Building Fund and Alexandria's Church of the Resurrection, invites you to a one-day workshop to address how your congregation can Jump Start itself to a renewed and revitalized existence. Jump Start will take place September 14 at Resurrection. Space is limited, so reserve a spot today!
Retired clergy are invited to attend upcoming luncheons with the bishop on September 13 at Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge and on October 16 at Goodwin House Alexandria. Invitations and more info should arrive in the mail this week.
Registration is now open for Fall Camp, October 21-24 at Shrine Mont, with keynote speaker Phyllis Tickle!
The diocesan Committee on Race & Reconciliation will host "Seeing the Face of God in Each Other," an anti-racism training, October 25-26.

Church Calendar

8/14: Taizé Prayer Service, St. George's, Arlington
8/17: Hymn Text Writing Workshop, Messiah, Fredericksburg
8/19: Financial Peace University, St. Paul's, Richmond
8/24: Historic Sanctuary Tours, St. Peter's Oak Grove
8/26: Financial Peace University, St. Paul's, Richmond
8/29: National Cathedral Choristers Perform at Evensong, All Saints, Richmond

More Church Events

Food Sustainability Conference

The diocesan Committee for the Stewardship of Creation will bring together environmental experts and speakers for an interfaith conference on food sustainability on September 21 at Our Saviour, Charlottesville.

The day will be an opportunity for clergy and lay leaders to come together and discuss the intersection of faith and environment - and how to make a difference as a church community.

"The Challenge of Food Sustainability: Preserving Biodiversity, Forests, Cropland, Water" will explore the challenges posed by agricultural sustainability and food insecurity - and how those issues are connected to moral and ecological concerns for environmental justice.

The registration fee of $25/person ($20/person for multiple attendees from the same church) includes a sustainable lunch and program materials.

Learn more and download registration materials online.

GoTaP Consulting Events

GoTaP Consulting is pleased to offer creative annual giving workshops, aimed at providing you with everything you need to develop an inspiring narrative budget and an effective campaign. The workshop will focus on communication, relationship building and financial capacity.

Tues., Aug. 20 - Emmanuel, Harrisonburg (register by 8/16)
Mon., Aug. 26 - St. Christopher's, Springfield
Tues., Aug. 27 - Leeds, Markham
Tues., Sept. 10 - Christ Church, Spotsylvania
Wed., Sept. 11 - Holy Comforter, Richmond

Workshops will be held from 6-9 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring dinner if you do not have time to eat before the workshop begins. There is a charge of $25 per person for the first three people; there is no charge for the fourth person from each church.

The workshops are open to all churches and we encourage each church to send three to four people. The workshops are being partially funded by the Diocese of Virginia's Bishop Peter James Lee Endowment for Small Church Revitalization, benefiting churches with an average Sunday attendance of less than 200.

Please register in advance. Contact Frances Caldwell to register at: fcaldwell@GOTAPconsulting.com or 804-248-6432, or visit www.facebook.com/GOTAPConsulting for more info.