 Connecting . . . with Evans House
● Bishop Mark's Lenten Reflection from the beginning of Lent can be found by clicking here.
● Reminder to Canonically Resident Clergy:
Please complete a Beirne Carter Education Grant application by March 31 to be eligible for 2016 grants. Find the application here.
● These files have been updated and are on the diocesan website:
--Diocesan Canons (as of close of Council 2016)
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. . . with the Diocese
● New at the Phoebe Needles Center
--The next program for the Center for Lifelong Learning is Tuesday, April 12, at 10:00 AM. Dr. Harry Brown and Martha Perry will present a program titled Song of Myself: Walt Whitman's Greatest Poem. Check out
--Attached are two flyers from the Phoebe Needles Center--one is about the residential camp program for 5th--12th grade youth, and the second is about the day camp program for 1st--4th graders. If you can't use the information for yourself, please pass it on to a friend or a neighbor, or post it at your church! ● A Scholarship Fund for the South Sudanese African youth has been set up to provide for the Middle and High School youth to attend diocesan retreats and summer camps at Phoebe Needles. The South Sudanese Christian Fellowship is a nesting congregation at St. James, Roanoke, and they have been meeting every Sunday evening at 5:30 PM for worship since Trinity Sunday 2009. There are a growing number of youth who are eligible to attend diocesan youth events, and the young people are very eager to participate. Contributions are invited to support the Christian Formation of the South Sudanese youth. Checks can be sent to St. James Episcopal Church, 4515 Delray Street, NW, Roanoke, VA 24012; please designate in the memo line, "South Sudanese Youth Scholarship". For more information, contact the Rev. Susan Bentley, 540-366-4157 or SEB@rev.net.
● Love Feast: Together at the Table: On March 20 at 6:30 PM, at St. John's, Roanoke, Martha Bourlakas will lead a discussion of faith, disability, and food based on her book Love Feast: Together at the Table, which was released in February. Join her in a look at the unexpected ways we experience God's grace through our perfectly imperfect selves and those walking beside us. Please come share a glorious feast of love!
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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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. . . with the Wider Community
●"We reject the idolatrous notion that we can ensure the safety of some by sacrificing the hopes of others." The House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church, meeting in retreat, unanimously approved A Word To The Church. Read more.
● Nineteen grants for a total of $140,816 have been awarded through the Conant Grants from The Episcopal Church for the 2016-2017 academic year. Learn 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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