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August 20, 2014
Diocesan Events & Info   

Diocesan Annual Giving Workshops  
Members of the diocesan Committee on Stewardship will facilitate workshops on annual giving using The Episcopal Network for Stewardship's 2014 materials, "Walking the Way."  The next workshop will take place today, Aug. 26, at Christ Church, Winchester. For other dates, visit the diocesan events calendar.

Ordination to the Priesthood, Sept. 13, St. Paul's, Bailey's Crossroads

God willing, the Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston will ordain the Rev. Liz Tomlinson to the sacred order of priests at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, at St. Paul's, Bailey's Crossroads, where Liz serves as deacon.

 

Ordination to the Diaconate, Sept. 13, Epiphany, Richmond 

God willing, the Rt. Rev. Susan E. Goff will ordain Ms. Dorothy White to the sacred order of deacons (transitional) at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, at Epiphany, Richmond.

 

Anti-Racism Workshop - Oct. 17-18, St. Mark's, Richmond

Hosted by the diocesan Committee on Race & Reconciliation. Learn more.   

 

Save the Date: Advent Retreat for Women Priests - Dec. 3,  Roslyn  
Need to Know 

The diocesan website now has a user-friendly mobile version!  We've made the most frequently visited pages as accessible as possible, and you can still access the full site using a link at the bottom of the page.   
 

The Finance Office has released the updated Lay Compensation Reports for 2014.  Since 2013, 144 churches have updated their employee data, and this information is available here. As a reminder, Resolution A138, adopted at General Convention 2009, requires us to provide pension benefits for any paid lay employee of the Episcopal Church working 1,000 hours or more per year (20 hours per week) and to utilize the Church Pension Group standards as a baseline. General Convention 2012 allowed an extension for schools until January 1, 2018, using a phase-in model. If you have any questions about these reports or the requirement for lay pension, please contact Ted Smith at tsmith@thediocese.net or Joy Buzzard at jbuzzard@thediocese.net. 

Church Calendar 

8/21: Third Thursdays!, Holy Comforter, Vienna
8/22: EfM Summer Video Series,
Holy Comforter, Vienna
8/24: Celtic Evensong & Communion, St. George's, Fredericksburg 
8/24: Pray for Peace Sunday, Christ Ascension, Richmond and Beyond
8/24: Alternative-Style Eucharist, St. Paul's on-the-Hill, Winchester
8/24: A special guest from Rwanda, St. Stephen's, Richmond
Other Events

  

The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland will host a Latino Ministry Conference Sept. 20-21 at Iglesia Episcopal de la Resurreccion in Baltimore, Maryland. The keynote speaker, the Rev. Sarabeth Goodwin, Latino missioner for St. Stephen and the Incarnation, Washington, DC.,  will discuss the unique cultural and spiritual relationship in a mixed culture community. Learn more.

On Sunday, Sept. 7, the Union of Black Episcopalians will honor the life and legacy of notable saint, the Reverend Alexander Crummell. They designate the day "UBE Sunday" to commemorate the racial justice ministry of the organization, which was an outgrowth of the Crummell's advocacy. Bulletin inserts for use on Sunday, Sept. 7, are available here.

Frances Caldwell of GOTAP Consulting will offer a series of workshops: "Changes: Assessing them, Making them, Thriving with them." This year's workshop will help you sort through new ideas, practices that will work, and others that have run their course in order to find the balanced way to use the best of the old and new.   Learn more and register now! 

 

The Rev. Dr. Rosemary Beales and the Rev. Emily Griffin will offer commuter core Godly Play training at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, Alexandria, beginning Sept. 20. Learn more and register.   
The Rev. Anne A. Jones, pastor at Christ Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, and chaplain at The House, the Episcopal and Lutheran campus ministry at Mary Washington University, invites you to send her contact information of any incoming or returning students so she may extend an invitation to join their worship community. Read her letter here.

Episcopal Campus Ministry at Virginia Commonwealth University is hosted by Grace and Holy Trinity Church. The campus ministry meets for worship and dinner on Sunday nights at 5 p.m., on Monday nights for discussion and on Wednesday evenings for supper and fellowship. The campus ministry also engages in service projects such as the weekly soup kitchen and Spring Break Mission Trips.  Learn more. 
VTS: Lifetime Theological Education Opportunities

VTS offers year-round continuing education courses and learning opportunities. For the 2014-15 schedule of classes, visit here.

The Evening School of Theology at VTS offers both traditional and enriched class offerings. The traditional track includes courses geared toward lay people who want more than traditional Sunday morning classes.
Learn more. The enriched class offerings are master's-level courses with limited enrollment. Learn more.

In addition, VTS is offering a conference on Oct. 27-29  for clergy who are considering the next steps toward retirement, "Singing the Lord's Song in A Strange Land:
Life and Ministry in Retirement." Learn more.

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