In an effort to help college-bound students make connections
with the Episcopal Church and Canterbury fellowship when they arrive on
campus this fall, we are asking one representative from each parish
(Parish Administrator, Clergy, DRE, Youth Minister) to complete the data
sheet linked below for anyone in our diocese who is college-bound this
fall and email it to the Youth Missioner Megan Dern, mdern@diosova.org. If you have questions, please feel free to give Megan a call at 757-213-3393.
The diocesan-sponsored Canterbury ministries at the
College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University, Hampden-Sydney
College, and Longwood University are eager to welcome new students and
the information you provide will help facilitate that connection.
However, we want to make sure students are able to get in touch with a
ministry wherever they go, even if it is not at one of the
aforementioned universities. This is a great opportunity to support our
youth and young adults as they go off into the world and to help
continue to foster their relationships with the Episcopal Church. Thank
you in for your help in gathering this information!
Celebrating graduating seniors
Also, we are currently looking at different avenues to celebrate
graduating seniors. We know that with the school year cut short and
many events cancelled, that seniors are not able to celebrate in ways
that they have seen other classes be celebrated. If you are interested
in participating in this conversation, have seniors that you think might
be interested in participating, or are doing something cool within your
parish, please contact Youth Missioner Megan Dern, mdern@diosova.org.