Youth Empowerment and Mentoring Program

ST. JAMES WARFIELD On February 28, 2009 the Youth Empowerment and Mentoring Program hosted some 60 community youth for a Black History Interactive Program. The program consisted of * an inspirational speaker, * a black history quiz, * a break for a complete southern mid-day meal, * a presentation on basket making in Botswana, * [...]

Next stop…Anaheim, California

Your deputies, staff, youth and alternates are gearing up for General Convention! Preparations are being made, frantic research on the issues are underway, reservations, confirmations, etc. continue. For those who will enjoy the convention from the comfort of your laptop, let your eyes wander to the right where you will see the 2009 General Convention [...]

The Parish Bookstore needs your support!

The Parish Bookstore needs your support!

It is up to us to support our diocesan bookstore. The Parish Bookstore is celebrating 42 years of operation and 40 of those years as The Diocesan Bookstore of Southern Virginia. The mission of the bookstore is to serve as a resource for clergy and laity, provide award scholarships to seminarians, and to promote Christian [...]

Transition Manual now available.

The updated Transition Manual is now available for parishes who are in the process of looking for and welcoming a new priest and for clergy who are transitioning to a new parish. In the Episcopal Church we have long understood the importance of saying goodbye well in order to move forward positively. In parish ministry [...]