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Monday, November 25, 2019
Advent: Transitioning into the dark time of the year
A new blog post from Bishop Magness
By another name, transition is change. The longer I live the more I
recognize, and at times even accept, that living a balanced life is
largely contingent upon how successfully I handle the transitions in my
lives. Ready or not, new events and occurrences happen in our lives and
invite us to change. Transitions and changes occur when we move to a
job or change positions; when we move to a new school or start a new
grade; when children are born into our families and then grow up; when
new friends appear and old friends leave; and when our Christian faith
community leaders prepare to depart as new leaders prepare to arrive.
Diocesan ECW seeking vice president and historian
The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of the Diocese of Southern
Virginia announces the following vacant positions: Vice President;
Historian. Click here for information about these positions and their requirements.
If you are interested, please contact Laura L. Manigault, Diocesan ECW president, carver.manigault7@gmail.com or Deborah Austin, Nominating Committee chair, complianceretired@gmail.com. Please also make this announcement to your ECW Chapter in your parish.
Jackson-Feild: Sponsor-a-Child for Christmas
For most of us the Christmas is the most wonderful time of
the year filled with symbols and traditions that are happy and joyous.
Sadly the girls and boys at Jackson-Feild have been denied these happy
holiday memorials. Christmas is often the worst time of the year and
triggers memories of past trauma which causes anger, sadness and
depression.
Thankfully you can make this Christmas the best one the girls
and boys at Jackson-Feild have ever had----one they will cherish for a
lifetime.
Please make a gift by sending your tax deductible
contribution to Jackson-Feild Homes, 546 Walnut Grove Drive, Jarratt,
Virginia 23867. Or you can visit their web site, www.jacksonfeild.org, to make an online or credit card gift. If you have any questions please call the Development Office at 804-354-6929.
Since 1855 Jackson-Feild has been helping hurting children.
Please help ensure that these children are not forgotten by sending a
gift today. Thank you and bless you.
A Colonial Christmas Concert at Historic St. Luke's
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Churchwide Bible reading initiative begins in Epiphany 2020
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"The Good book Club is helping us to
read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the holy scripture, anew in our
time," said Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry. "The Good Book Club is a
helpful tool to engaging in 'Learn,' one of the seven Way of Love
practices for a Jesus-centered life.
Click here for more information and resources.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Church Stories: An Interview with the Rev. Joseph N. Green, Sr. & the Rev. Robert O. Johnston
Saturday, December 14, 2:00 p.m.
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 228 Halifax Street, Petersburg, Virginia
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The Rev. Joe Green
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The Rev. Bob Johnston was the rector of Bath Parish in
Dinwiddie County in the 1970s and early 1980s and director of
Jackson-Feild Home from 1975 and 1979. The Rev. Dr. Joe Green, Sr. is
rector emeritus at Grace Episcopal Church in Norfolk and a former
Norfolk vice mayor and City Council member. Both men are veterans of
World War II.
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The Rev. Bob Johnston
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Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Event begins at 2 p.m. A social hour follows the event.
The Episcopal Project
This event is also an opportunity to get to know The
Episcopal Project and the historic preservation work being done in the
Diocese of Southern Virginia. The Episcopal Project's mission
is to help Episcopalians collect, preserve, protect, and share their
stories. In so doing we will help the Episcopal Church use its history
to care for its people, now and into the future.
Please Register
RSVP by December 3. Go to www.bit.ly/churchstoriesevent to register.
Click here for for a printable version of this invitation.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Important information about filing your 2019 Parochial Report
Filing of the 2019 Parochial Report opens January 2, 2020. To begin
preparing for the upcoming filing year, downloadable forms and
instructions are available on the Episcopal Church website here. The online filing site has been moved to https://reports.dfms.org
Due to site security and convenience, a Unique Episcopal Identifier
(UEID) and PIN are no longer being used or provided as login
credentials. That means beginning January 2, you will be asked to
create a new login. Complete information is available here.
Please note that the canonical deadline to submit your reports to your diocese is March 1, 2020.
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