For more information and to schedule your training, please
contact Dr. Bill King at 757-572-3853 (cell) or 804-479-3301 (home), or ddc@diosova.org. For documentation and training materials contact Diocesan Communications Officer Ann Turner at 757-213-3388 or aturner@diosova.org.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Does your church have a disaster management plan?
A diocesan disaster management program
is available to help congregations plan for potential incidents,
provide direction during times of crises, and foster cooperation in
recovery efforts. The central
focus of the disaster management program is assisting congregations to
develop and maintain an All-Hazard Disaster Management Plan that will
enable congregations to evaluate their infrastructure, identify threats,
and assess specific vulnerabilities, and develop a plan to address
them.
Trail Ride and Poker Run at Boys Home
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Boys Home houses and educates nearly 60 at-risk young men
whose lives have been impacted by poverty or family instability. Working
together, we believe all boys have the potential to become successful
men, and that each day is a step toward that success.
The trail ride and poker run will take place on the weekend
of October 13-14 and is $75 per rider. Registration will start at 8:00
a.m. on Saturday, followed by the poker run at 10:00 a.m. All
participants are asked to check out no later than 2:00 p.m. on Sunday
afternoon. The event will provide snacks, a boxed lunch, dinner and
music by the campfire on Saturday, and a continental breakfast on
Sunday. Overnight accommodations include primitive creek-side camping,
with restrooms and showers available in the gym.
Please note, this is a challenging ride, and horses should
have horseshoes. An up-to-date Coggins is required for all horses.
Out-of-state riders must present a copy of a 30-day health certificate
from a veterinarian before unloading horses.
For questions, please contact Bonnie Wheatley at 540-965-7720. To sign up or for more information, visit boyshometrailride.eventbrite.com.
Charlottesville to Jamestown Pilgrimage
Charlottesville to Jamestown: A Journey of Transformation
will occur in early October 2018. It will begin in Charlottesville, the
site of the most violent attack by white supremacists in modern US
history, and it will end at the landing point of the first enslaved
Africans on this continent, Jamestown and Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Offering a history of race and occupation, this pilgrimage will share
religious perspectives from scholars, journalists, and clergy members.
Participants on this pilgrimage will hear stories and untold
histories, build relationships and identify what needs to be transformed
in order to bring about racial equity. Sponsored by the Charlottesville
Clergy Collective, the events will provide an opportunity to
acknowledge the sin of enslavement and its legacy of inequity. It will
invite participants to take the next step to build a more just
community.
The pilgrimage commences on Saturday, October 6, with a four-mile walk from Charlottesville to Monticello. At Monticello, we will hear stories about the lives of the enslaved from their descendants, and read the names of almost 360 people who wereenslaved there.
From Monday, October 8 through Thursday, October 11, there
will be educational and cultural events that address the history of
American Indian presence in what we now call Virginia, and the
connections between Christianity and systemic racism.
On Friday, October 12, participants will travel to Richmond
to walk the Richmond's Slave Trail. On Saturday, October 13,
participants will visit Jamestown for a First Africans tour, and then
move on to Fort Monroe, where the first ship brought enslaved Africans
to this shore almost 400 years ago.
The Pilgrimage is sponsored by Charlottesville Clergy
Collective, a nonprofit, interfaith organization of fifty members
representing over twelve Christian denominations and five faith
traditions committed to addressing racism. The Pilgrimage has been
funded by the generous support of BAMA Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band
at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, the Virginia United
Methodist Foundation, twelve different local faith congregations, and
several individual donors. The Baptist Center for Ethics and the Thomas
Jefferson Foundation have provided in-kind services.
Go to www.cville2jtown.com for further information
For further information contact: Rabia Povich at deborahpovich@gmail.com; Michael Cheuk at email@cvilleclergycollective.org; Robert Lewis at rdlewis75@gmail.com.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The Rev. James Carey retires from Jackson-Feild
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He served in the United States Army and in Vietnam for a
year. He and his wife are active in the community. The Rev. Carey
pastors a local church and served as our unofficial school chaplain
pronouncing the benediction for countless school activities and
ceremonies.
The Rev. Carey was honored at a special ceremony to thank him
for his service and to recognize him for efforts to educate children
with mental health disorders which requires inordinate patience and
understanding. He was given a gift and a clock to commemorate his
service to Jackson-Feild.
Diocesan Connection and ECW Grapevine newsletters available
The July-September 2018 issue
of the Diocesan Connection newsletter, which includes the Fall issue of
the ECW Grapevine, is now available. The newsletter offers a digest of
stories from our weekly Parish News and Diocesan eNews. Please print and
share a copy with church members who do not have email, and post a copy
on a bulletin board or in your narthex.
You can also find the Diocesan Connection on the News & Publications page of our website.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
CE-Net gathering on Sept. 19
Join the Christian Education Network (CE-Net) for an informal
roundtable conversation on Wednesday, September 19, 10:00 to 11:30 at
the Diocesan Office in Newport News. Come ready to share one thing from
your ministry that is going well AND one thing that is a growth
opportunity in your ministry. If you are available, please join us for a
Dutch treat lunch at a nearby restaurant afterward. Hope to see you
there!
Administrators & Treasurers Lunch Group to meet Sept. 20 at Diocesan Office
The Administrators & Treasurers Lunch Group will meet on
Thursday, September 20, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Diocesan Office in
Newport News. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with other parish
administrators and treasurers to talk about common issues. There's no
agenda for this gathering - just an opportunity to get together, share,
encourage, support, and ask questions. Bring your own lunch; beverages
will be provided. RSVP to Diocesan Comptroller Judy Dobson, jdobson@diosova.org or 757-213-3386.
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