Melissa Ann Carter was ordained June 6 to the Sacred Order of Deacons at All Saints Sharon Chapel in Alexandria.
As July 4 approaches, five Diocese of Virginia congregations are participating in Faith250, a multifaith initiative helping communities listen, reflect, and find connection at a time of deep national division.
The Diocese of Virginia is introducing five ways of describing church vitality, offering a pastoral framework to help congregations name where they have been, where they are, and where they are going.
A recent youth summit at Shrine Mont helped middle school students across the Diocese of Virginia build friendships, deepen faith, and imagine future leadership.
What would it take for congregations to become places where all ages truly belong? This question shaped a recent gathering of the Pathways to Prayer and Practice cohort.
More than 100 clergy from across the Diocese of Virginia gathered for three days at Shrine Mont for the Spring Clergy Retreat, a time of Sabbath rest, fellowship, and reconnecting with resurrection joy.
In a recent Pathways to Prayer and Practice workshop, the Rev. Katie Gooch invited participants to shift their perspective from focusing on what is missing to discovering what God has already placed within their communities.
Recently, the Ministry for Racial Justice and Healing—supported by the Rev. David Curtis and Canon J. Lee Hill—curated space to contemplate the work of racial justice at the intersection of Black culture and art during Black History Month.
With faith and trust in God’s guidance, four people took the next step in their calling and became transitional deacons — an important step toward priesthood in The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia — on March 7 at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in McLean. The Rt. Rev’d...
A “holy spark” led two churches named for St. Stephen to jointly search for a new clergy person who will split duties between them. Their collaboration is part of The Episcopal Church’s trend of geographic-based partnerships. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Catlett...
