May 22, 2013  



Notes from Evans House    

 

Parish Clergy: Please be sure that your congregation knows about the farewell-to-the-Powells picnics-June 1, 15, and 22. Though the information has been provided a number of times in a number of ways to clergy and lay leaders, it's possible that some parishioners may not be aware of these events and that ALL are invited.


In response to the Oklahoma tornado, Episcopal Relief and Development has made bulletin inserts available here.

 

The June issue of Connections is now available online from the "Of Special Interest" area of the front page of www.dioswva.org. Find updated information from the Transition Committee on our upcoming celebrations, learn about upcoming programs at Phoebe Needles this summer, and enjoy Bishop Powell's reflections on his last diocesan Clergy Day.

 

Lynn's Nags, Round Four:  

 

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
  • 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 
  • 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 - 2013 Parish Officers Report, 2012 Parochial Report
  • 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 (p. 1 incomplete), Certificate of Election for Council 2014
  • Christ, Roanoke - 2012 Parochial Report (p. 1 incomplete)
  • St. Elizabeth's, Roanoke - 2012 Parochial Report,  
  • 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


From Maile Armstrong: River Adventure Opportunity + the June 1 Bishop's Picnic 

 

This is a short morning jaunt on the Maury River so that we can end up at Glen Maury Park for the Bishop's picnic. We plan to meet at 9 am at the put-in for this trip. We will either run from Ben Salem Wayside to Route 60, or along the Chessie River Trail just downstream from Glen Maury Park. After some on-land teaching and running shuttle, we will take a beautiful 2-3 mile paddle on the Maury River. There is time for swimming and playing both in the boats and in the river. We plan to end in time to travel the short distance to Glen Maury Park and arrive around 12 noon to celebrate and say good-bye to Bishop and Dorothy Powell. Our cars will be at the take-out to facilitate getting to the picnic pavilion on time. A wonderful way to enjoy the day AND the farewell to our Bishop! No canoeing experience is necessary, but all participants must be able to swim. Children 11 and older are expected to paddle. Children 8-10 can choose to paddle or be a passenger. Children under 8 will be passengers for the journey. Participants under age 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Cost is $10/person with a $30/family unit max. All boats, paddles, lifejackets, instruction and guides are included. Trip Leaders are Joe Harden and Jess Gawor. Registration for this trip is online at http://www.campbethelvirginia.org/RAP.htm  

 

These trips are organized and led by qualified and experienced canoe staff who are a part of the DIOSWVA River Adventure Program in operation since 1974. Each leadership team includes at least one American Canoe Association qualified Canoe Instructor also trained in Wilderness First Aid and CPR. Most of the RAP staff have more than 20 years of experience in safely leading canoe trips.

 

Questions? Contact Maile S. Armstrong, RAP Program Director,(540) 947-5016 or [email protected]

 

From Anita Boyd: Dedication of the new bunkhouses at Grace House 

 

Please count this as your formal invitation to join us at Grace House for the dedication ceremony of the new bunkhouses, Thursday, June 6, at 11 am, with lunch immediately following. Please let me know if you plan to attend, so I can have a rough estimate of numbers for food preparations. Would love to have each of you join us, as we cannot begin to express our deepest appreciation for all you have done to help us through this. 

 

Blessings in Christ's name,

 

Anita Boyd, Director
Grace House on the Mountain
5100 Pewter Dr.
St. Paul, VA 24283

(276) 395-6588

 

A Safeguarding God's Children Training Opportunity

  • Sunday, June 9, 1-4 pm
  • St. Mark's, Fincastle, Youth Center
  • Contact Emily Talbot-Guillote if you plan to attend: [email protected] or (540) 520-6286

The next program of the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Phoebe Needles Center is Tuesday, June 11, at 10 am. Recent Highlights from Historic Architecture Survey in Southwestern Virginia with Mr. Michael J. Pulice. Join us for this great program and a delicious lunch by calling the Phoebe Needles Center office (540-483-1518) by noon on Friday, June 7.

 News
    

Episcopal News Service provides new offering to post professional announcements 

 

Episcopal News Service has launched a new section, On The Move , sharing the news of churchwide appointments, job transitions, clergy ordinations and retirements.  

 

On the Move joins other reader-driven sections of the Episcopal News Service website, including Featured Jobs and Calls, a bulletin board where Episcopal Church-related institutions can post job announcements for free  and Featured Listings, a similar area for announcement of events and other opportunities. In January, Episcopal News Service launched a section for reader-submitted obituaries

 

Advancing to General Convention 2015: "Greening and Screening" Note: The following is the first in an ongoing series designed to inform, educate, and prepare for General Convention 2015. 

 

Plans are well underway for the Episcopal Church's General Convention in 2015, and the triennial event won't be business as usual. 

 

The 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church will be held June 25 - July 3, 2015 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, UT (Diocese of Utah). 

 

The Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe, Executive Officer of the General Convention, explained, "General Convention 2015 will not be 'business as usual' for the General Convention of The Episcopal Church, and not just because the Church will be selecting a Presiding Bishop and considering what a 're-imagined' Church might be. It will also be the gathering of a Church dedicated to continuing to reducing its carbon footprint, while using innovative software and technology to streamline its legislative work and improve on its efficiencies." 

 

Read more here

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REPEATED 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.


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.

 

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!

Change in the time of the Consecration on July 20:

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

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.  

 

REPEATED NEWS:

 

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. 

 

 

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

P.O. Box 2279 * Roanoke, VA * 24009