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December 17, 2015
In this issue:
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 Notes from Bishop Mark
● Please continue to offer prayers of healing for our Presiding Bishop Michael Curry following his surgery earlier this month. Read more.
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Acolytes at St. Paul's, Lynchburg
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● Sunday Visitations: On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, I will worship with the people of St. John's, Lynchburg. On the Third Sunday of Advent I worshipped at St. Paul's, Lynchburg. (Click on the link to see the photo album on Facebook.)● Pastoral Concerns: --The Rev. Jim Lively has a painful case of the shingles and his wife, Tracy, has had some ongoing back issues. Please add the Lively family to your prayers.
--The Rev. Gene Anderson is being treated for a pinched nerve. Keep Gene in your prayers.
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The Rev. Kimberly Glenn's ordination to the Sacred Order of the Priesthood at St. John's, Lynchburg, on December 12
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● Clergy Participation and Attendance: In January, we will ordain Whitney Burton to the priesthood and hold our Annual Diocesan Council. Sharing in the larger life of the body of Christ is both part of the commitment of our ministry and a sign of respect for and fellowship with our brothers and sisters, lay and ordained, who make up our diocese. Council attendance is expected of all canonically resident clergy except where permission to be excused is granted. The upcoming ordination (see below, "Evans House" section) gives another opportunity to participate. I trust all clergy will remember the spiritual significance of their own day of ordination.
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Remember to check out the diocesan
Bulletin Board--you'll find information about available grants, seminars, and upcoming training opportunities, as well as parish events!
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● Registration for Annual Council is now open here. The Early Bird discount ends January 18, 2016.
● Evans House will be closed from December 24 through January 1. The staff wishes you a blessed Advent and Christmas!
● Now available on the Parochial Report website ~ pdf files of --the 2015 Parochial Report form --General Instructions for Completing the 2015 Parochial Report --Workbook for Page 2 (Membership, Attendance, and Services) --Workbook for Page 3 (Stewardship and Financial Information) Lynn highly recommends using the Workbooks to help you complete the Report correctly. Remember that this finished Report is, by Canon, due by March 1, 2016.
● Free to Good Home: --The Rev. Ron Johnson wishes to offer several long-sleeved black clergy shirts (size 16 1/2, 31-32), a black cassock, and two white albs to anyone who might find them useful. --The Rt. Rev. Heath Light is offering several of the cassette tapes he has listened to while on the road (including one set of Rowan Williams' father-in-law, the former Bishop of Hull), two reel-to-reel tapes, and the slides from his trip to Israel. If interested, please contact Evans House at 540-342-6797.
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. . . with the Diocese
● Council attendees will remember Trevor Floyd, who has been an exhibitor at Annual Council several times, bringing vestments and more. Trevor will not be with us for Council this year, but he will be in the vicinity earlier in the week and asked to share this message.
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. . . with the Wider Community
● Volunteer Disaster Chaplaincy Training takes place at the Sewanee Inn, in Sewanee, Tennesee., on March 8--9. Read more.
● Presiding Bishop Michael Curry issues letter to the staff. Read more.
● Justice and Advocacy Fellowship applications accepted for poverty alleviation ministry. Read more.
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Resources and Links
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as of November 14, 2015
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Bishop Marmion Resource Center
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as of December 17, 2015
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St. Nicholas Day Appeal & more!
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www.dioswva.org
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Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia
1002 1st Street SW ~ Roanoke, VA 24016
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