Episcopal Relief & Development invites you to join The Episcopal Church and our ecumenical partners, to participate in the #ForSuchATime movement. On the 21st of each month through December 2018, the community is called to pray, fast and act to fight hunger and poverty around the world. What might you do to participate on July 21? Click the photo above and learn more here.
Monday, July 17, 2017
#ForSuchATime - What might you do to participate on July 21?
Episcopal Relief & Development invites you to join The Episcopal Church and our ecumenical partners, to participate in the #ForSuchATime movement. On the 21st of each month through December 2018, the community is called to pray, fast and act to fight hunger and poverty around the world. What might you do to participate on July 21? Click the photo above and learn more here.
Mission of the Holy Spirit: Bridging the Gaps
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The Mission of the Holy Spirit is a collaborative effort of a group of individuals, businesses, churches and the Diocese of Southern Virginia. The Mission's vision is to offer spiritual, educational, and psychosocial services to at-risk, inner-city children, adolescents, and their families. Through Mission programs, many individuals who struggle with social, economic and family dysfunction are able to find hope, set goals, and change their lives.
School supplies needed!
School is out for the summer, but it won't be long before the Mission will be collecting school supplies for our youngsters. We need backpacks, pens, pencils, markers, highlighters, glue sticks, notebook paper, notebooks, scissors, and all of the other supplies listed on your kids' or grandkids' supply list. This is a great project for your church group! Please bring supplies to the Mission by August 21. The Mission is located at St. Stephen's, 1445 Norview Avenue, Norfolk.
Jackson-Feild develops new addiction recovery service
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Many children are suffering from both mental health disorders
and substance abuse problems. These youngsters are unable to function
in the community despite receiving extensive recovery services and are
in need of residential services.
Because of the significant overlap among mental health
diagnoses and substance abuse disorders Jackson-Feild has developed a
new program that will utilize an integrated treatment model where our
therapists seek ways to understand and heal underlying causes of
addiction such as trauma, low self-esteem and unresolved pain. This
concurrent approach uses two treatment interventions simultaneously.
Located in two renovated former staff houses, the Addiction
and Recovery Treatment Program can serve up to six children. They do not
interact with the children in our mental health program. Their
schooling will be provided by our Gwaltney School faculty in the houses.
The licensed and credentialed addiction professionals help
facilitate their healing and recovery by providing clinically directed
services designed to stabilize and manage substance abuse symptoms and
to develop recovery skills.
Sadly more than 50,000 Americans die annually from drug
overdoses. Jackson-Feild's ARTS program is intended to do our small part
to address this nationwide epidemic.
Boys Home 5K Walk/Run on Sept. 9
Boys Home of Virginia invites you to join us for our 1st
Annual Walk/Run 5K and FREE Kids' Fun Run in Roanoke, Virginia. This
event will take place on Saturday, September 9 at the Roanoke River
Greenway, Wasena Park. The Kids' Fun Run will begin at 8:45 a.m.,
followed by the Walk/Run 5K at 9:15 a.m. Early registration will be $25
until August 8. From August 9 until September 9, registration will be
$30. The registration fee includes a free T-shirt and "swag bag."
Boys Home is encouraging a friendly competition amongst the churches! We invite and challenge you to create teams. If you wish to participate in a group with your church, you may select it when you register at runforboyshome.org. If your church is not listed, contact us (Lauren Ward at lward@boyshomeofva.org
or 540-965-7714) and we will add the church. Church groups will compete
at two levels: 1) overall finish among the top four participants in
each group, and 2) total contributions raised for Boys Home of Virginia
through race registrations, sponsorships, and donations. Winning church
will receive a pizza party! Click here for a poster and bulletin insert.
Proceeds from the race will help fund the construction and
renovation of two elementary school classrooms on the Boys Home of
Virginia campus in Covington, VA.
Leadership Program for Musicians fall classes
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
2018 Annual Council dates changed
Please make note that the dates of the 126th Annual Council have
been changed to February 16-17, 2018. Information about the 2018 Annual
Council will be posted here as soon as it becomes available.
Monday, June 26, 2017
Diocesan Office closed for Independence Day holiday
The Diocesan Office will be closed Monday, July 3 and
Tuesday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. The office will resume
regular hours on Wednesday, July 5.
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