By The Rev. Dr. Keith Emerson, St. Paul's, Suffolk
I
want to express my thanks to the parishes in our diocese who
contributed to Episcopal Relief & Development between October and
December in 2013. The following parishes made undesignated gifts. These
gifts are particularly helpful because they allow Episcopal Relief &
Development to apply funds where they are most needed:
100.00 St. Luke's, Powhatan
100.00 St. Luke's, Blackstone
1,000.00 Church of the Good Shepherd, McKenney
155.00 Emmanuel, Virginia Beach
500.00 Christ and Grace, Petersburg
500.00 Diocese of Southern Virginia
100.00 St. Luke's, Powhatan
300.00 St. George's, Newport News
150.00 Christ Church, Waverly
100.00 St. Luke's, Powhatan
100.00 Christ Church, Amelia Court House
1,330.00 Emmanuel, Hampton
300.00 St. Luke's, Blackstone
200.00 Emmanuel, Virginia Beach
200.00 Emmanuel, Franklin
500.00 St. James, Warfield
3,475.00 St. Michael's, Colonial Heights
125.00 St. Michael's, Chesterfield
800.00 Christ Church, Waverly
300.00 St. Paul and St. Andrew, Kenbridge
The following parishes made donations toward disaster and/or tornado relief efforts:
1,375.00 St. Andrew's, Newport News
300.00 Christ Church, Amelia Court House
300.00 Christ Church, Amelia Court House
100.00 St. John's, Chester
514.00 John's Memorial, Farmville
813.14 St. John's, Hampton (also included funds for Malaria relief efforts)
2,000.00 Bruton Parish, Williamsburg
201.00 Emmanuel, Hampton
35.00 St. Andrew's, Lawrenceville
A great number of parishes gave funds to aid relief work in the Philippines:
3,000.00 Bruton Parish, Williamsburg
500.00 St. Michael's, Chesterfield
621.43 St. Stephen's, Newport News
2,993.00 Galilee, Virginia Beach
569.21 St. Paul's, Norfolk
255.65 John's Memorial, Farmville
50.00 St. Cecelia Guild, Christ Church, Eastville
975.00 Emmanuel, Hampton
747.50 Holy Apostles, Virginia Beach
50.00 St. Paul's, Norfolk
4,000.00 Bruton Parish, Williamsburg
100.00 St. Stephen's, Newport News
1,000.00 All Saints', Virginia Beach
6,000.00 Bruton Parish, Williamsburg
1,850.47 Eastern Shore Chapel, Virginia Beach
1,000.00 Christ Church, Eastville
100.00 Old Donation, Virginia Beach
275.00 St. Aidan's, Virginia Beach
4,688.00 Diocese of Southern Virginia
200.00 St. Martin's, Williamsburg
2,150.00 St. Simon by-the-Sea, Sandbridge
225.00 Galilee, Virginia Beach
300.00 Emmanuel, Franklin
300.00 St. Matthias', Midlothian
835.00 Christ the King, Yorktown
150.00 Galilee, Virginia Beach
1,388.00 All Saints', Virginia Beach (a portion was designated for Tornado Response)
200.00 Good Shepherd, Richmond.
St. John's, Hampton also made a $55 contribution toward Malaria relief.
Diocesan
Coordinators do not receive specific information about individual
contributions to Episcopal Relief & Development. I do know that
during the fourth quarter of 2013 Episcopal Relief & Development
received 447 contributions from people and congregations in the Diocese
of Southern Virginia for a total of $112,330.00. Thank you for this
fantastic response.
I
also want to thank congregations who raised funds in Advent for pigs,
goats, beehives, and chickens through the Gifts for Life program. St.
George's, Newport News raised $1,278.93 and St. Paul's, Suffolk raised
$712.00. These gifts will change lives and are greatly appreciated.
