Each year on Good Friday, Christians all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary. The devotion we are using is an adaptation to local usage of a custom widely observed by pilgrims to Jerusalem: the offering of prayer at a series of places in that city traditionally associated with our Lord's passion and death. This Friday at 1:00 p.m. our Stations of the Cross liturgy will be complemented by photographs from recent world events.  We will walk the Way of the Cross with Jesus and pray for the life of the world along the way.  We hope you will join us on this powerful journey.

For the 32nd year, the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy helped people of faith from across the Commonwealth to engage Virginia's General Assembly to transform public policies and create systemic justice. A look back through our data paints an inspiring picture of how people of faith in Virginia are taking action for sound and compassionate public policies in our Commonwealth. Everyone's participation in advocacy this past year has mattered and our collective voice is making a difference. For the full report on the Center's efforts during the 2014 General Assembly, please follow this link to our latest Faithful Engagement Report.

Mark Saturday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m. on your calendars for the next round of lunch making for the Embry Rucker Shelter! Children old enough to pack their own lunches are more than welcome! As always, the more volunteers we have, the faster our lunch bagging and sandwich making go; typically the whole activity lasts about 45 minutes or so. Please click here to sign or for more info or you may contact Emily McPhie. Thanks! 

Please join us on Easter morning, April 20 at 8:30 a.m. to help us hide the eggs for the St. Anne's Easter Egg Hunt. And, join us again on Sunday, April 27 from 6:15-7:15 p.m. for a tie-dye extravaganza. Don't forget to bring your own prewashed plain white t-shirt! Questions? Please contact Rev. Laura.

The annual Dungannon Mission Trip is one in which we join other Episcopal churches from Region V to repair substandard housing and help those in need in Appalachia. This trip for rising 9^th graders and up is scheduled for July 26 - August 2. You may sign up on the clipboard in the narthex or email Rev. Laura directly with your interest. Sign up and $125 deposit are due by Thursday, May 15. Please make checks payable to "St. Anne's Episcopal Church" and put "Dungannon" in the memo line. Questions? Please contact Rev. Laura. 

On May 19, the Book Group will be meeting at Café Montmartre in Lake Anne Plaza to discuss Shores of Knowledge: New World Discoveries and the Scientific Imagination by Joyce Appleby. The Book Group will take a break for the summer and meet up again on Sept. 15. At that time they will discuss The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd.