Bishop Benhase will make his visitation to St. Mary's, Augusta, in the morning and Christ Church, Augusta, in the afternoon. 

Canon Logue will preside and preach this Sunday at King of Peace, Kingsland.

On Saturday, Program Manager Rudy Reyes will be at the Vocare Reunion at All Saints, Tybee Island. 

The Rev. Stan Christian, Bishop Scott Benhase and Deacon John Lane at St. Matthew's, Fitzgerald for this past Sunday's visitation.

Moms or Dads who would enjoy coming to Summer Camp for a few days with one younger child are invited to take part in a pilot program being tested this summer. Up to ten parents with one (or two) child(ren) each who has completed kindergarten through second grade, may register for the parent and child program. This new program gives young children an introduction to our summer camp at Honey Creek with the safety net of having a parent on hand.
   
The parent and child (or children) will stay in a lodge room with a private bath. Meals will be with the 3rd-5th grade campers in the dining hall. Some times will be available for the parent and child to take part together and moms or dads will also have a little downtime with their child busy in the summer camp program without them.
   
The dates for the program are June 22-24 or July 13-15. Cost for this program from Sunday through Tuesday is $325 for the pair including 2 camp t-shirts, crafts and other program activities including all room and board. Interested parents should call our Camp Director, Elizabeth Burns at (912) 656-9905 or email her at eburns@gaepiscopal.org

The fifteen members of the Dominican Republic mission team sponsored by Christ Church, Valdosta, returned safely to the United States on Saturday, June 14th. During the week they were at the Episcopal camp in the central highlands of the Dominican Republic, they finished about half of the construction of a concrete-block house for a village resident and also half of the construction of playground equipment for the Episcopal K-8 school on the grounds of the camp. A youth mission team from the Diocese of Nebraska will arrive on June 23rd to complete both the house and the playground projects. Both the Georgia and Nebraska teams have been planning these mutual projects since February 2014, and have raised funds to share the costs of both. 

The Christ Church team also conducted five afternoons of knitting and crocheting classes for 25 women and teenagers of the village, continuing a project that has been going on annually since 2006. On the last afternoon they were at the camp, the team sponsored a "splash party" for around 200 village children, complete with wading pools, a slip-and-slide, and a hot dog & ice cream lunch. 

One of the many highlights of the trip was the presentation of 30 scholarships for students in the Episcopal school for the next academic year. These scholarship funds had been donated both by team members and also by members of the "home teams" in the six Episcopal dioceses who had sponsored one or more of the "go team" members. For more information on the Diocese of Georgia's mission trips to the Episcopal Diocese of the Dominican Republic, go here: http://gaepiscopal.org/?page_id=19     

Centerpiece

Above is the centerpiece from the reception following the Celebration of New Ministry held this past Friday at St. Michael and All Angels' Savannah. The Rev. R. Kevin Kelly and the lay people of the congregation enter a new phase of ministry together, with Kelly as their rector.

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