May 15, 2013  



Notes from Evans House    

Remember that diocesan policy requires that all who deal with children and youth in church settings (Christian Education, Vacation Bible School, choir . . . ) have participated in Safeguarding God's Children training and that this training must be renewed every two years. Those who have been trained may enroll in online renewal training by contacting Lynn ([email protected]) and providing their current email address, the name of their parish, and the last 4 digits of their Social Security number. Others need to take part in "face to face" training with a trainer. Parishes without trainers should contact Maile Armstrong ([email protected]) to arrange a training session.

 

Lynn's Nags, Round Three:  

 

These parishes have missing or incomplete documents, all due quite a while ago:

  • St. Mary's, Bluefield - Part 3 (oaths) of 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Good Shepherd, Blue Grass - Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Emmanuel, Bristol - 2012 Parochial Report (p. 1 incomplete), Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Christ, Buena Vista - 2012 Parochial Report (page 1 incomplete)
  • St. Thomas', Christiansburg - Parts 1 & 2 of 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, 2012 Parochial Report (pp. 1, 2, & 4 incomplete), Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • St. Mark's, Clifford - 2013 Parish Officers Report, 2012 Parochial Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • St. Andrew's, Clifton Forge - 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, 2013 Parish Officers Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Good Shepherd, Folly Mills - 2012 Parochial Report
  • St. Stephen's, Forest -  2012 Parochial Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • St. John's, Glasgow - 2012 Parochial Report
  • R. E. Lee Memorial, Lexington - Certificate of Election for Council 2014 
  • Trinity, Lynchburg - Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • St. Paul's, Martinsville - 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, 2013 Parish Officers Report, 2012 Parochial Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Peace in the Valley, Nellysford - 2013 Parish Officers Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • All Saints, Norton - Part 3 (oaths) of 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Christ, Pearisburg - 2012 Parochial Report
  • St. Luke's, Pedlar Mills - 2103 Notice of Vestry Elections, 2013 Parish Officers Report, 2012 Parochial Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Christ, Pocahontas - Part 3 (oaths) of 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Grace, Radford - 2012 Parochial Report
  • Trinity, Richlands - 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, 2013 Parish Officers Report, 2012 Parochial Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Christ, Roanoke - 2012 Parochial Report (p. 1 incomplete)
  • St. Elizabeth's, Roanoke - 2012 Parochial Report, Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • St. James', Roanoke - 2012 Parochial Report
  • St. Mark's, St. Paul - 2013 Notice of Vestry Elections, 2013 Parish Officers Report, 2012 Parochial Report (pp. 1 & 4 incomplete), Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • St. Paul's, Salem - 2012 Parochial Report
  • St. Paul's, Saltville - Certificate of Election for Council 2014

Events


Retirement Celebrations for the Powells: The latest information, including an online form for advance registration to help the picnic planners know how many people to prepare for, is available at www.dioswva.org. Click the link to the Bishop Search and Transition Website and then choose the "Picnics" button.

The youth of the diocese will  be holding a Stop Hunger Now pack as part of the Bishops' Bash to be held on the eve of the consecration, Friday, July 19, at St. John's, Roanoke. Details coming soon! 

 

Save the Date-Episcopal Church hosts major topical forum: Fifty Years Later-The State of Racism in America

 

Live webcast on November 15

On November 15, the Episcopal Church will host and produce a forum centering on a critical topic for our times:

Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America. Originating from St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, MS (Diocese of Mississippi), the 90-minute ecumenical forum will be live webcast beginning at 2 pm Eastern. 

 

The forum will be moderated by well-known journalist and PBS commentator Ray Suarez. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will keynote the event. Two panel discussions will focus on main themes: Racism in America today - why does it persist? And Racism in America's future - where is there hope for change? 

 

The forum is ideal for live group watching and discussion, or on-demand viewing later. It will be appropriate for Sunday School, discussions groups, and community gatherings. 


Additional information is available here.
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Dio SwVa t-shirts for sale! Please visit the youth website to order your very own Dio SwVa - "The best diocese you've never heard of..." shirt. You can even pay on line via Paypal if you prefer. Shirts can be shipped to any location!

The "Crooked Road" fundraiser 

 

In an effort to raise money to support the work of the youth pilgrimage this summer, members of the diocese are asked to purchase a mile on the crooked road! 1/10th of a mile is $10.00. 

 

If you would like to recognize someone in ministry in the diocese or make a donation in memory of someone, purchase a mile in their honor. The cost of a mile is $100.00. The person's name will be posted on the crooked road on the youth website. We already have one mile in memory of Michael Sandridge, another in honor of Bishop Powell, and a third honoring Bishop-elect Bourlakas. 

 

All the proceeds will go toward purchasing supplies to paint the inside of Emmanuel, Eagle Rock, to build several picnic tables for the communities of Eagle Rock and Glasgow, and to do some minor repairs at St. John's, Glasgow.

 

Send checks, payable to Diocese of SWVA with "Crooked Road dedication" on the memo line, to Crooked Road, PO Box 2279, Roanoke, VA 24009. 


 

The Church Periodical Club's Miles of Pennies Benefits Jackson-Feild Homes 

 

Founded in 1888, the Church Periodical Club (CPC) is an Episcopal institution that provides books, magazines, tapes, videos and computer programs at no charge to those who cannot otherwise obtain them. Within the CPC is a fund called Miles of Pennies that provides grants up to $844.80. Laid edge-to-edge, it takes 84,480 pennies to cover the distance of a mile. Hence, the name of the fund and the maximum amount of grants provided. The Miles of Pennies program focuses exclusively on the book needs of children from kindergarten through high school. 

 

The Miles of Pennies program is a national program funded through the work of local coordinators within every diocese of the Episcopal Church USA. The Presiding Bishop of each diocese designates one Sunday each year as Church Periodical Sunday, and donations are collected to support the Miles of Pennies Fund as well as other funding programs within the CPC. Each year, a total of $18,000 to $25,000 is awarded to worthy recipients with 95% of the funds coming from Episcopal Church Women throughout the country. 

 

Jackson-Feild Home's Hayden Gwaltney School recently received a full grant of $844.80 from this fund. . Over the years, The Gwaltney School has received more than $6,900 from the Miles of Pennies program, and the students have benefitted enormously. This year's grant was used to purchase 77 books that focus on healthy relationships, history or classic literature. Jackson-Feild Home, The Gwaltney School, the teachers, and the students are very pleased to once again be the recipients of this grant and thank all who contribute each year to the Miles of Pennies program.


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REPEATED NOTES FROM EVANS HOUSE:   
 

Found at St. John's, Roanoke, after the Electing Council on March 9:

One spiral-bound notebook, plain brown cover; 7 3/4" x 5 1/2"; has notes and drawings inside. Can be claimed at St. John's desk, 1 Mountain Avenue, Roanoke, 24016, or call (540) 343-9341.


The Transition Committee encourages everyone to write a note to Bishop-Elect Bourlakas and his family:

 

The Very Reverend Mark Bourlakas 

5209 Hempstead Road 

Louisville, KY 40207

 

Dean Bourlakas' wife is Martha, and their daughters are Hannah (19), Sarah (16) and Elizabeth (9).
 
   
REPEATED EVENTS:

      

From The Rev. Becky Crites: On Sunday, June 2 at 3 pm, St Thomas Episcopal Church (between Bedford and Big Island) will hold a dedication and organ recital of their completely refurbished 1883 Hook and Hastings organ. 

 

David E. Wallace & Co. LLC Pipe Organs completed the restoration and reinstalled the organ for us to have Easter Sunday! 

 

F. Johnson Scott, III will offer a recital as part of this dedication. Mr. Scott teaches courses in music theory, aural skills, and music technology at Lynchburg College and is the organist at Centenary United Methodist Church in Lynchburg. He is familiar with our organ, having played for Sunday services at St. Thomas while he was in high school. He loves this little flat-pedal organ!

 

From the Transition Committee: Help get the word out!

Below we have provided an announcement that you can cut and paste into your Service Leaflet announcements and newsletters. Please run this as frequently as possible. We are hoping to have a great turnout for each picnic and we need your help encouraging your parishioners to attend!

 

Farewell Picnics for Neff and Dorothy Powell  

You are invited to attend a farewell picnic for Neff and Dorthy Powell. Three different picnics will be held throughout the diocese so that everyone can have an opportunity to attend. A bar-b-que lunch will be served, presentations will be made, and a fun-filled afternoon is promised. This is an opportunity for you to celebrate the Powells' years in the diocese and wish them well in their retirement. The picnics will take place from 11 am to 2 pm at the following locations:

    • Glen Maury Park - Buena Vista on June 1st
    • Phoebe Needles - Callaway on June 15th
    • Hemlock Haven Hungry Mother Park - Marion on June 22nd 
Please see www.bishopsearchandtransition.dioswva.org for individual picnic details, activities, and directions. You can also rsvp for the picnics at this site, or call the diocesan office at (540) 342-6797 or (800) 346-7982. 

 

See you there!

 

If the Good Lord's Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise . . . Appalachian Pilgrimage for Youth

  • July 12-22
  • Cost: $200 

Youth currently in grades 8-12 may attend. 

 

25 spots are available. 

 

Please visit the youth website to register.

 

Change in the time of the Consecration on July 20:

The service will begin at 11 am, not at the previously published time.    

 


REPEATED NEWS:

 

Late-breaking News for the Consecration Choir! 

 

Two new regional rehearsals have been added:

  • Sunday, June 30, 3-5 pm, The Church of the Good Shepherd, Galax. Dwight Dunbat
  • Thursday, July 11, 7-9 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, Staunton. Gen Bolena 
These rehearsals are in addition to the
previously announced times and sites for regional rehearsals:
  • Sunday, June 9, 2:30-4:30 pm, Christ Episcopal Church, Blacksburg
  • Sunday, June 23, 6:30-8:30 pm, R. E. Lee Memorial Church, Lexington
  • Thursday, June 11 AND 18, 7:30-9 pm, St. John's, Lynchburg
  • Wednesday, June 12, 7-9 pm, St. Elizabeth's, Roanoke 

Singers are expected to attend at least one regional rehearsal and the rehearsals before the service Friday, July 19 (6-9 pm) and Saturday, July 20 (9-10:30 am) in Roanoke. 

 

The Consecration will be Saturday, July 20 at 11 am in the Performing Arts Theater in Roanoke.

 

 

St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Roanoke has an opening for a part-time church secretary/parish administrator:

 

Responsibilities and Expectations: This person needs to be warm, friendly, and welcoming to the public and to parishioners, serving as an ambassador for Christ, St. Elizabeth's and embodying the radical hospitality St. E's is known for at its best. Performs detailed secretarial work, have good computer skills, be responsible, a self-starter and relieves the Rector and Senior Lay Leaders of a variety of administrative and clerical tasks. 10 hours a week and initially $10.00 per hour with some flexibility and room for negotiation.


The Transition Committee asks help in publicizing the farewell picnics for the Powells, the Consecration and the Consecration Choir by circulating this flyer.

 

MINISTER TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES--Position Available at St. John's, Roanoke 

 

The mission of Children's and Family Ministries at St. John's, Roanoke, is to nurture and inspire every child who walks through our doors to lead and serve in the example of Jesus Christ. 

 

To that end, St. John's seeks an energetic and creative lay Minister to Children and Families who will oversee its growing and vibrant ministries to children and families. The Minister oversees all ministries that ensure the spiritual growth of children and that support parents as they raise their children in the Christian faith and the Episcopal tradition. 

 

Full details are available here

 

Interested persons should apply by sending a resume and cover letter to Mrs. Sheryl McNally, Search Committee Chair, in care of Kristi Brown ([email protected]) in the parish office.

 

All Saints' Episcopal Fellowship in New London needs fifteen to twenty hymnals. If anyone has extra 1982 hymnals to give away or sell,  please contact Phyllis Bruce at 434-944-1608 or [email protected] with particulars. Many thanks.  

Evans House Staff

The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern VA

540-342-6797

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