JULY 13 , 2006

Spotlight: World Mission

Going on a mission trip? Did you recently return from one? Does your parish have a youth mission trip planned? There are numerous world mission efforts underway sponsored by various parishes throughout the Diocese. We’re headed to Honduras, Peru, Tanzania, Sudan, South Africa, and the Dominican Republic, to name a few. And in the U.S., there are mission trips underway to the Gulf Coast, Appalachia and various Native American reservations. It’s amazing where our hearts for mission are leading us.

But you know what?….most folks throughout the Diocese don’t know what you’re up to. And they would love to know. And other parishes would like to become involved in world mission efforts. The best way for them to get started is to hear about your experiences. So please email our new Missioner for World Mission, Buck Blanchard, at bblanchard@thediocese.net (or call at 1-800-DIOCESE x. 35) and tell us about your trip. We’ll work to get the word out to others throughout the Diocese.

Still want to find out more about how we can assist you in your mission endeavors? Looking for some funding for your mission trip? Then review the new information posted on our website www.thediocese.net (click under “Diocese” and then under “Global Mission”).

Do you have comments or suggestions on how we can improve our efforts to facilitate world mission work throughout the Diocese? Then email Buck and let him know what you’re thinking. His job is to encourage, facilitate and support your efforts to participate in world mission and to assure that everyone who wants to participate on a world mission trip has that opportunity. So speak up, and we’ll do what we can to help.

Travel safely and in peace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


News & Events

UBE Conference to feature New House of Deputies President, Screening of documentary on slavery
The Diocese of Virginia will host the 38th Annual Union of Black Episcopalians, (UBE) annual conference & business meeting, July 31-August 4, 2006, at the Richmond, Omni Hotel. This will be the first time the conference has been hosted in the Diocese. Let us extend a warm welcome to those whose historical roots to our Anglican Communion date as far back to the 17th Century.

Conference Highlights:
Monday: Opening Eucharist at St. James’s Church, Richmond; Celebrant, Bishop Lee; also a Mass Choir event celebrating the 10th Anniversary of “Lift Every Voice & Sing II,” with Dr. Carl Haywood. Open invitation for singers, for rehearsal times Contact Dr. Haywood at CarlHaywood@aol.com .
Tuesday: lunch with “Ms. Bonnie Anderson”, new President of the House of Deputies.
Wednesday: “Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North” details how the economies of the Northeast and the Nation as a whole depended on slaves & the story of the De Wolf Family of Rhode Island and their personal journey in learning of the historic slave trade. We will also greet a delegation from the Diocese of Liverpool, referencing the 200 Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, through the “Wilberforce Act”; Hip Hop Mass: St. Paul’s Richmond, Virginia
For more conference info visit www.ube.org

Godly Play Accreditation
Training and teacher accreditation for Godly Play is available August 7-9 at Fork Church in Doswell. For information, contact the Rev. Jo-Ann Murphy, 804-334-7821 or joannrmurphy@aol.com.

EFM Forming in Gloucester
Education for Ministry (EFM), the intensive, distance theological education course for lay persons offered through the School of Theology at the University of the South at Sewanee, has added another site to its fall roster of locations. Groups are now forming for the fall in several areas around the Diocese of Virginia including Alexandria, Goochland, North Richmond, King George, Richmond and Gloucester. For more info, contact diocesan EFM coordinator, the Rev. Jo-Ann Murphy, 804-334-7821 or joannrmurphy@aol.com.

Jazz Benefit for Jail Residents
St. Philip's Church, 2900 Hanes Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 is sponsoring A Jazz Benefit by David Hoggard and Friends on Friday, July 21, 2006, beginning at 7:00 pm. A donation of $10.00 per person is requested and all of the proceeds will benefit the residents of the Richmond City Jail. Please call (804) 321-1266 for more information. The Rev. Alonzo Pruitt, rector of St. Philip’s, Richmond, is chaplain to the Richmond City Jail.

Allen Organ Up for Donation
An Allen organ is available for donation. The organ is about 13 years old and is in very good condition. The item has been used for home practice but is suitable for a church setting and is full-fledged church instrument excellent for a small church, church with a chapel of an auditorium. Contact Kurt Karlsson at 202-462-0291 (evening) or 202-690-4983 (day).

Other Links

Calendar: a full listing of Diocesan events.
General Convention : Official website of the 75th General Convention.
Employment: the latest information on ministry opportunities in our various churches.

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