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We are thrilled to announce that the Shout It from the Mountain capital campaign for Shrine Mont Camps has reached its $2 million goal! We must now seize that momentum to propel us toward our stretch goal of $2.5 million. As Bishop Johnston stated last week in his letter to the Diocese thanking you for your help in achieving this goal, "It is urgent that every household and church in the Diocese of Virginia realize that the "stretch" goal is most definitely not a luxury, but a necessity now."

We have always believed this campaign could achieve more than the $2 million recommended by the feasibility study, and that is why we set a stretch goal of $2.5 million for the campaign. The additional funds raised in the stretch phase will support projects and endowments that are as vital to the future of our camps as those already achieved.
 
During our campaign discernment, we heard from people across the Diocese of Virginia who recognized that camp staff salaries must be competitive to provide the opportunity for older youth to experience Shrine Mont Camps as counselors. Our stretch goal will raise the funds needed to realize this and other critical elements of an overall successful campaign - endowing staff salaries, increasing the diversity of our counselors, and renovating the Camp headquarters at Vienna House.
 
If you are still considering a gift to the campaign, please visit the campaign website, shouitfromthemountain.org. There you will find a number of tools, including bulletin announcements, newsletter articles, and email templates, to help you and your church determine how to participate in the campaign.
Need to Know

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Stay in a camp cabin and join other Shrine Mont Camp alumni as we celebrate the past and welcome the future.
 

Jonathan Daniels Bulletin Request 

Bishop Johnston would like to request that any church which commemorated Jonathan Daniels in the Sunday service send a hard copy of the bulletin to the diocesan office. 

Pathways: Spiritual Direction 

Pathways: Spiritual Direction, a ministry of spiritual direction is currently being offered at Roslyn.  Each hour long session is $65, overnight lodging at Roslyn is at an additional cost. For more information, visit our website. 

 

Future residencies:  

  • Sept. 28 - Oct.1: The Rev. Howard Kempsell
  • Nov. 10 -12: Ms. Linda Nelson
  • Dec. 14 - 17: The Rev. Howard Kempsell

To check availability during these residencies, please contact Amy Williams, awilliams@thediocese.net.


A Call for Photos 

The Office of Mission and Outreach would like to share your ministry with the wider Diocese. To do that we would like to receive any beautiful, powerful and transformative photos and videos of your mission trips or local outreach work. Please send to Ashley Cameron at acameron@thediocese.net.

Annual Giving & Generational
Giving Workshops 

For a full explanation of stewardship workshops, visit the Stewardship and Generosity page on the diocesan website.  Register today!

Workshop Dates include:
  • Sept 1, 6-8:30 p.m. Buck Mountain, Earlysville (Annual Giving)
     
  • Sept. 12, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. (Annual Giving), 12:30 - 3p.m. (Generational Giving)
    Emmanuel, Delaplane
     
  • Sept. 16, 7 - 9:30 p.m. Holy Comforter, Vienna
 
Diocese of Virginia Disaster Prep and Response Forum
August 29 from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.,
Virginia Theological Seminary, Addison Academic Center, Room 201 (Click here for map)
Participants will review and discuss the needed disaster response for their communities, what is needed to provide those services, and how we can all help within our communities. This is a great opportunity with an impressive line-up of government agency, non-profit and faith community speakers.

Lunch is provided. Registration is limited to 50.

Register today!  Registration will end Aug. 23.

"Women of Acts: Women of Action"
Sept. 11-13, Roslyn Conference & Retreat Center, Richmond 
"Women of Acts: Women of Action" will be the theme of the Episcopal Church Women weekend retreat led by the Rt. Rev. Susan E. Goff. Participants will spend the weekend in the company of super women from the Book of Acts and learn from them something of how we are called to live our lives. Registration, schedule and cost are available here. Registration is also available online at  www.ecw.thediocese.net.
Hand-in-Hand Listening Sessions
  • Calvary, Front Royal: Sept. 19, 10-11:30 a.m.
  • Trinity, Charlottesville: Sept.  24, 7-8:30 p.m.
  • Grace, Kilmarnock: Oct. 1, 7-8:30 p.m.
With a focus on gaining a better understanding of rising racial tensions, the Diocese is continuing to host a series of
Indaba listening sessions this fall. 

As Bishop Johnston outlined in his Pastoral Address at the 220th Annual Council in January of this year, "We must do all we can to put our own house in order before we can have real impact upon the problems of society. In other words, it is when we can witness and minister out of the reality and integrity of our own healing and wholeness that we can make the most difference in our communities."

The Hand-in-Hand Listening Sessions are open to all members of the Diocese. Please help us spread the word in your congregations. 
Register online.

"Seeing the Face of God in Each Other" - Anti-Racism Workshop
Oct. 2-3. St. Mark's, Richmond  

The Anti-Racism Workshop will be facilitated by the Diocesan Committee on Race and Reconciliation. The goals of the workshop are to: 

  • Acquire anti-racism tools
  • Explore avenues to reconciliation
  • Renew your spirit with us

The workshop will begin Oct. 2 at 5p.m - 9p.m. with a  light supper. The session on Oct. 3 will be from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. and contintential breakfast and lunch will be served. The cost is $25.  

 

To register, please email Ellyn Crawford, crawfordellyn@yahoo.com.You may bring a check with you or mail one to the Diocese c/o Mary Anne Bryant.  


Taste and See that the Lord is Good: A Conversation between a Farmer, a Chef, and a Theologian
Oct. 3, Grace & Holy Trinity, Richmond 
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An invitation and an opportunity to explore the relationship between faith and food:

 

Our relationship with food, God, and the environment is the focus of our Stewardship of Creation Conference this fall. With the help of our keynote speaker, Rachel Marie Stone (Eat with Joy), together with the panelists and workshop leaders, participants will be invited to discern a new relationship with food, one which honors both God and the world as God's gift.  

 

The program cost is $15 and includes a "wholly" meal. Register here. 
Other News & Events

The application process is now open for Episcopal delegates to the March 2016 meeting of United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). For more information, click here.

You're Invited! Boys Home of Virginia will be holding a luncheon celebration for Donnie Wheatley's thirty years of service on September 11 at 1 p.m. Read more.

Patricia H. Delano, President and CEO of Jackson-Feild Behavioral Health Services was recently named an at-large member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for Children's Behavioral Health (NACBH). NACBH is a national organization dedicated to enhancing the availability and delivery of services for children with emotional and behavioral disorders and for their families.

Join us Sept. 1 at 3 p.m. at Westminster Canterbury, Richmond, for The David F. Peters Lecture: "The Heavens Declare the Glory of God" as we travel light years across the universe!  Dr. Anton M. Koekemoer, research astrophysicist at the Hubble Space Telescope, uses spectacular images of deep space to show how God has been at work across eternity. He has led the Hubble imaging work for a number of large cosmological projects such as the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, and is continuing active research on several more recent and ongoing projects. He is also a committed Christian whose faith plays a central role in his life, and he considers the universe to be one of the ways in which God has chosen to reveal His glory to humankind, so that it is possible for our Christian faith to be reconciled in perfect harmony with our scientific understanding of the universe. Reservations are required. Please call Vanessa Perry at (804) 200-1502.

The Men of St. Peter's Episcopal Church invite the Diocese of Virginia to Come to Eat! The 24th Annual Crab Feast and Fish Fry will take place on Saturday, September 12, 2015 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dorey Park, 2999 Darbytown Rd, Henrico, VA 23231 at Shelters 4, 5, 6, and 7.  

Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for children ages 6 to 16 years old, and Free for children ages 5 years old and under.  Tickets cover ALL YOU CAN EAT, but bring your own drinks and newspapers. 

All proceeds benefit the mission and ministry of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in the East End of Richmond.  To purchase tickets, contact the Reverend Andrew B. Terry, vicar of St. Peter's, by email andrew.b.terry@gmail.com or by phone 804-405-3046.
 
    
Church Events
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8/22: Celtic Communion, St. Paul's on-the-Hill, Winchester
9/6: Healing Eucharist, Holy Comforter, Vienna
9/6: Bluegrass Mass, St. Thomas', Richmond
9/9: Region 1 Council Meeting, Christ Church, Spotsylvania
9/26: Celtic Communion, St. Paul's on-the-Hill, Winchester
9/27: Blessing of the Animals, St. Barnabas', Annandale
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