Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Fall issue of The Grapevine newsletter is here
Click here for the Fall 2016 issue of The Grapevine, a quarterly newsletter
of the Diocesan ECW distributed via email. If you have news you would
like included in The Grapevine, or know of someone who would like to be
added to email list, please contact Nancy Smith, ECW Diocesan
Communication Chair, at nsmithwtr@aol.com. The deadline for the Winter 2016 issue in October 31, 2106.
Acolyte Festival at Washington National Cathedral
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Chanco seeking new members for the Board of Directors
Each
year, a class of board members rotates off and a new class begins. Our
new class will begin February 2017 and we are seeking applications now.
The Chanco board meets monthly or bi-monthly on the first Tuesday of the
month at 4 pm at Chanco. These volunteers are responsible for the
oversight and strategic planning for Chanco's future. If you have a
passion for Chanco's ministry, this could be for you! Members must be in
good standing in an Episcopal Church in our diocese. Click here for a board member application. Questions? Contact Executive Director Gareth Kalfas at director@chanco.org or at 888-7CHANCO (888-724-2626). Thank you for your prayerful consideration of this important service to Chanco.
Applications accepted for UTO young adult, seminarian grants for 2017
Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 United Thank
Offering grants: 10 grans of $2500 for young adults (ages 19-30); and
10 grans of $2500 to seminarians (no age limit). The focus of the grants
is Evangelism and Reconciliation.
UTO is a ministry to promote thankfulness and mission in the whole Church. Known worldwide as UTO, the United Thank Offering awards grants for projects that address human needs and help alleviate poverty, both domestically and internationally in the Episcopal Church.
Complete guidelines are here.
UTO is a ministry to promote thankfulness and mission in the whole Church. Known worldwide as UTO, the United Thank Offering awards grants for projects that address human needs and help alleviate poverty, both domestically and internationally in the Episcopal Church.
Complete guidelines are here.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Meet Diocesan Disaster Coordinator Carter Sinclair
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I am Carter Sinclair, the newly appointed Diocesan Disaster
Coordinator for Southern Virginia. I am a member of Eastern Shore
Chapel, Virginia Beach, and a Postulant for the Vocational Diaconate. By
profession I am a structural engineer and also a structural specialist
with Virginia Task Force 2, an Urban Search and Rescue Team with FEMA.
I will be contacting parishes throughout the diocese, introducing myself, and will also be present at Annual Council in February 2017. I want to help Southern Virginia be as prepared as possible when emergencies occur. Helping parishes to appoint and equip their own disaster coordinator and encouraging members to enroll in ERD's volunteer and skill database, Ready to Serve, are some of the ways I hope to achieve that goal.
I will be contacting parishes throughout the diocese, introducing myself, and will also be present at Annual Council in February 2017. I want to help Southern Virginia be as prepared as possible when emergencies occur. Helping parishes to appoint and equip their own disaster coordinator and encouraging members to enroll in ERD's volunteer and skill database, Ready to Serve, are some of the ways I hope to achieve that goal.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns, wcs@spc-eng.com (work), sinclair.carter@gmail.com (home), 757-417-0565 ext. 11 (work), 757-376-8984 (cell).
Thank you,
Carter Sinclair
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
YASC missionary from Southern Virginia to serve in Hong Kong
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Adrienne Davis and her mom, Sue Davis, Director of Child & Youth Formation at St. David's.
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"HDH does lovely work in advocacy for the population of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong. In large part these women migrated from the Philippines and Indonesia to work in peoples houses doing things like cleaning, childcare, and elder care," said Adrienne in a recent blog post. "For numerous reasons these women are often abused by their employers, when this happens we provide a variety of services including but not limited to education of legal rights, support on criminal and civil court cases, and liaising with relevant government agencies."
YASC is a ministry of the Episcopal Church for young adults,
ages 21 - 30, who are interested in exploring their faith in new ways by
living and serving in communities around the Anglican Communion.
Please keep Adrienne, her mission and her family in your prayers. You can follow her experiences on her blog here.
Please keep Adrienne, her mission and her family in your prayers. You can follow her experiences on her blog here.
Communicators & Administrators/Secretaries lunch group to meet Sept. 22
The Communicators & Administrators/Secretaries Lunch
Group will hold its first meeting on Thursday, September 22, 12 to 1:30
pm at the Diocesan Center in Newport News. Extend an invitation to
anyone you think would like to participate. Bring your own lunch,
beverages will be provided. There's no agenda, just come with your
questions, resources you'd like to share, or just come to get to know
your colleagues in Southern VA. If you plan to attend, RSVP to Ann
Turner, aturner@diosova.org.
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