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 [...]
Talbot Hall is the site for Senator Mark Warner’s Health Care Forum
A group of clerics expressed interest Friday in U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s proposal to make end-of-life care part of the health care overhaul debate. The Virginia Democrat told several dozen Christian and Jewish leaders that he wanted them to help him find ways to educate people about the sensitive issues of caring for dying people. [...]
ECW Educational Scholarships
**Correction** ECW educational scholarships are available! Please send your application to: ECW Student Work Chair, 600 Talbot Hall Road, Norfolk, VA 23505. Applications can be found under “providing resources” and then “downloads”. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d599′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Budget shortfall results in decrease in support for programs and services.
An amended 2009 budget was approved by the diocesan Executive Board on Thursday, May 7 that reflected an adjustment for the $335,000 shortfall from the anticipated budget presented during the 2009 Annual Council. The significant decrease in pledges from congregations to the diocese made it necessary to adjust the programs and services provided, reorganize and [...]