Clergy Renewal of Vows services April 8

The annual Renewal of Ordination Vows services for clergy will take place on Wednesday, April 8 at:

• 10:00 a.m. at St. Cyprian's (1242 W. Queen Street, Hampton)

• 2:30 p.m. at Manakin Church (985 Huguenot Trail, Midlothian)

Go golfing and help children

Help children at Jackson-Feild Behavioral Health Services who suffer from mental health and/or substance use disorders while having fun golfing.

 

Jackson-Feild will host its 25th Annual Golf Tournament on May 4 at the Golf Club at the Highlands in Chesterfield County. Over the past 24 years, this tournament has raised $538,520 to meet a variety of operating and capital needs that benefited its children.

 

The proceeds this year will be used to improve upgrade much-needed infrastructure projects on campus. Jackson-Feild seeks raise $30,000 from the tournament to meet these needs.

 

The cost to pay is $150 per player, or $600 for a team. Lunch is provided at noon, and a banquet at the close of play. Play begins at 1:00 p.m. with shotgun start.

 

Jackson-Feild's mission is to provide high-quality evidence-based services for children who have suffered severe emotional trauma, mental illness, and/or struggling with addiction. The goal is to restore wellness so that children can successfully return home to their community.

For more information, call Tod Balsbaugh at 804-354-6929 or tbalsbaugh@jacksonfeild.org. You may register by phone or on our website at www.jacksonfeild.org.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry calls for Good Friday Offering to support ministry in Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East

Love is at the foundation of the Good Friday Offering of our Church which provides an opportunity for every parish throughout our Church to be connected with the ministry of love and compassion carried out by our Anglican sisters and brothers throughout the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East," Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael Curry wrote to the bishops and clergy of The Episcopal Church. "Love is at the heart of the meaning of the cross.  Love is at the heart of the life Christ calls us to live.  Love is at the heart of the movement Jesus began and which we live in our own time."

 

In his Good Friday letter, Presiding Bishop Curry asks each Bishop and congregation to consider providing assistance for the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

 

"I believe our partnership with those who keep the faith of Jesus alive in the region, where our Lord walked and began his movement, is a significant aspect of our work as part of the church catholic," he wrote.

 

Information, including bulletin covers and bulletin inserts on the Good Friday Offering, is available here.  

Nominations open for positions on Episcopal Church committees and boards

The Joint Standing Committee on Nominations has issued a call for nomination for Episcopal Church positions, committees, and boards. A full list of the open positions and their applications is available here. The deadline to submit an application is March 31, 2020. Applications may be submitted electronically, and nominees are able to apply for multiple positions on the same application.   

 

If you have questions, please contact Toni Hogg, tonih68@gmail.com. Elections will take place at the 80th General Convention, in Baltimore, Maryland from June 30 to July 9, 2021. Nomination materials are available in English, French, and Spanish. 

Youth Missioner leads retreat in Chatham

 

The first ever Chatham Hall youth retreat was held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church the weekend of Feb. 7th. For two nights, Youth Missioner Megan Dern, led the girls in prayer stations and practices, small group discussions, a service project and a town scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt took the girls around town, to businesses and other important places in the town. The girls then wrote prayers for each place they went and these prayers were offered during a noon day worship service at a local gathering spot in town.  

 

In their evaluation the girls mentioned the importance of learning about different ways to pray, making an Anglican Rosary and the time for spiritual reflection. 

Volunteers needed for Easter Morning Sunrise Service on Jamestown Island

The Easter Morning Sunrise Service on Jamestown Island is looking for Volunteers. We especially need lay readers and singers. If you are interested in participating in one of the longest-running Sunrise Services in the country, at  the birthplace of the Protestant Church in America, please contact easterjamestownisland@gmail.com.

The Easter Morning Sunrise Service on Jamestown Island is an annual service that has been held under the Jamestown Cross for more than 65 years. It is an all-volunteer organization.

 

Walking Toward Truth Pilgrimage

This Lent, the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia and the Episcopal Church Center invite you to a sacred time of pilgrimage, reflection, ritual, prayer, and embodied witness as we walk toward the truth about our Church's role in slavery. The pilgrimage will occur Friday, March 6, Noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 7, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Space is limited to 40 participants.The $25 registration fee includes transportation, entrance fees and lunch both days. Register here 

 

We'll visit sites of memory at Old Point Comfort, the Emancipation Oak, and the Tucker family cemetery in Hampton on Friday, and Historic Jamestowne and Colonial Williamsburg on Saturday. Our time together will include a welcome from our new Bishop Susan B. Haynes, worship at historic St. John's, Hampton and Bruton Parish, presentations, historical interpretation, and a panel presentation with churches reflecting on their history, facilitated by Barbara Hamm Lee, host of Another View.

 

Inspired by The Episcopal Church's Becoming Beloved Community and our diocesan Repairing the Breach initiatives, this pilgrimage promises to be an important step in our ongoing journey toward racial healing, reconciliation, and justice.