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Stories from the Diocese

Solving Your Parish’s Sticky Issues: Try Congregational Vitality

Solving Your Parish’s Sticky Issues: Try Congregational Vitality

For years, parishioners at Church of Our Saviour in Montpelier tried to come up with a mission statement. Nothing worked—until a recent vestry retreat, when they paid close attention to what they were passionate about, in a conversation guided by The Rev. Shirley Smith Graham, the Diocese of Virginia’s minister for congregational vitality.

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Formation Database in the Works

Canon Heidi Kim is creating a database with contact information of lay and clergy leaders of formation ministries in the diocese. Please complete the Google Form and forward it to others in your parish who are leading formation ministries.

Love One Another: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Fellowship Day

For the first time, the Diocese of Virginia will host two fellowship days for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to come together for a fun-filled day of formation and fellowship centered on the theme of Communion! The idea for the fellowship days came from Lauren Breeden, Director of Children and Family Ministries at The Falls Church Episcopal.

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Welcome to the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. The Diocese is made up of 173 churches with more than 65,000 members. This map will help you to find a church near you. Come and see how we are sharing our faith through worship, fellowship, and service.

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