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 Notes from Bishop Mark
● Bishop Light Recovery from Open Heart Surgery: Bishop Light underwent successful heart bypass surgery earlier this week. After a couple of days in ICU, he is now recovering in a regular hospital room. I visited for a while with him this morning and, while he is not the most enthusiastic patient, he is doing well for this point in his recovery. Please keep him in your ongoing prayers.
● Pastoral Care
--The Rev. John Furgerson has been recently diagnosed with lung cancer. Please keep him and his wife, Alice, in your prayers.
--The Rev. Deborah Hunley's husband, Bill, had surgery yesterday at UVA hospital to remove a tumor on one of his kidneys. Keep Bill's recovery in your prayers.
● Visitation: I visited with the people of St. Luke's, Hot Springs, on July 10, and there was one confirmation. Click the red link to see more photos on Facebook.
Pictured: Bishop Mark at St. Luke's, Hot Springs
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● Bishop's Reminders:
--The Rev. Diane Vie Appointed Diocesan Intake Officer: I have appointed the Rev. Diane Vie, Associate Rector at St. Paul's, Lynchburg, to serve as Intake Officer of the Title IV process for matters involving clergy misconduct. Incidents or suspicions of clergy misconduct should be reported directly to her at this address: intakeofficer@dioswva.org.
--Fall Clergy Gathering with the Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile. Save the Dates: Our overnight fall clergy gathering will be Wednesday evening, October 19, through early afternoon on Thursday, October 20. Attendance by all active clergy is expected and is encouraged of all others.
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Connecting
● Pokemon Go has been in the news and in our communities. Foreward Movement offers a bulletin insert and other resources for parishes to use, particularly parishes who have discovered a Poke-spot or Poke-gym on their grounds. Find those resources here. ECF Vital Practices has provided resources and examples related to this phenomenon as well.
Even as we welcome game-playing wanderers, the Rev. Connor Gwin, diocesan Canon Missioner for Youth and Young Adult Ministries, reminds us not to lose sight of bigger issues in his latest blog post, Pokemon Go is a Distraction.
● Emily Sproul, diocesan Media Missioner, and Jim Cramer, lay missioner from Trinity, Staunton, have teamed to provide the second installment in our series, Hands and Hearts for Haiti. ● The Acts 8 Movement offers the Episcopal Church a welcome video for congregations. They hope this video can be a key component in a plan to invite your neighbors to church this fall. It is free to use on your website, on Facebook, etc. ● A note for parish offices using Constant Contact: We recently became aware of a Constant Contact glitch that resulted in long-time subscribers receiving two copies of each email. CC has fixed the glitch, but individual contact lists need repair to end the duplicates. Sort by email and look for email addresses listed twice. In most cases, no name will be associated with the newer profile, which can be deleted. We're hoping the diocesan list is repaired--but this email will be the test. Anyone getting two copies should let Kate Garcia know.
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● Maryanne Meloy reports great success with a pack to provide toys, games, and more to children living in West Virginia shelters following massive flooding in that area. Read more.● Enjoy the Summer Festival of Organ Music at Christ, Roanoke, on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 PM. A varied and entertaining program will be followed by a festive reception in the Parish Hall. The next guest organist will be John Cummins (Winston-Salem, NC) on July 19. All are welcome!
● There's still time to sign up for Outreach Camp at the Phoebe Needles Center. Participants will work with neighbors to learn the skills needed to remodel the houses of the elderly and those in need in our community. This service learning program is all about working together with people in the community to accomplish a task none of us could do by ourselves. Read more about all the summer sessions.
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Remember to check out the diocesan
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. . . with the Wider Community
● The Rt. Rev. Edmond Lee Browning, the 24th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, died on July 11, 2016. The funeral services will be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Hood River, Oregon, and Tuesday, July 19 at 2 pm Pacific at Trinity Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. A service is also planned at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu, Hawaii, at a later time. Read more about Browning's life.● Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry has issued a video asking every Episcopalian to share in deep prayer following the shootings in the United States. The video and information about other resources may be found here. ● The youth and adult members of the 2017 Episcopal Youth Event (EYE17) Mission Planning Team have been announced by Bronwyn Clark Skov, Episcopal Church Officer for Youth Ministries. One member is Grace Aheron, formerly of St. James', Roanoke. Read more.
● Coming up at Kanuga:
- -Faith, Politics and the Golden Rule ~ The 2016 Lansing Lee conference at Kanuga, October 16-18, will consider whether civility and respect as spiritual values are essential to democracy. Led by New York Times writer Mark Oppenheimer and a panel including Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig and Arsalan Iftikhar, participants will explore transformational leadership. For information and to register, please visit www.kanuga.org/lansinglee.--What if you DID know: Conscious Living through the Spirituality of the Enneagram ~ Discover how the truths of the Enneagram can be used for healing and wholeness as we address both global issues and family and parish dynamics. Led by Dr. Joe Howell and a team of presenters from the Institute for Conscious Being, the Enneagram Conference will be held at Kanuga on October 27-10. For more information and to register, visit www.kanuga.org/enneagram.
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Links and Resources
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Bishop Marmion Resource Center
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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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