It is often not feasible to gather together in person with our global partners but we can gather to pray for them. During this brief compline service, participants are invited to lift up their global partners during the prayers of the people. This service will be led The Rev. Deacon Nancy Searby and Diane Wright, diocesan advocates for global mission.
Fifty years ago, the Episcopal Church ordained its first female clergy. The 2025 Lenten Lunch and Speaker series celebrates this hallmark event. Each week, a female faith leader will talk about their experiences of serving as leaders in faith communities.
Office of Global & Ecumenical Partnerships will hold its April networking call at 2pm on Wednesday, April 9. Join in to hear updates about staff realignments within The Episcopal Church and their impact on global mission. For registration information, email globalpartnerships@episcopalchurch.org.
Office of Global & Ecumenical Partnerships will hold its April networking call at 2pm on Wednesday, April 9. Join in to hear updates about staff realignments within The Episcopal Church and their impact on global mission. For registration information, email globalpartnerships@episcopalchurch.org.
The Spiritual Resilience Working Group of the Creation Care Committee invites you to a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Caroline Mitchell, Senior Program Manager, Disaster Spiritual Care for the American Red Cross, National Headquarters.
Shenandoah County will be on full display in the Ballroom of the Virginia House at Shrine Mont on Saturday during Shenandoah County Heritage Day 2025, co-hosted annually by the Shenandoah County Historical Society (SCHS) and the Shenandoah County Library Archives.
Come enjoy live music in the beautiful setting of Christ Church as part of a monthly concert series featuring local artists on the second Monday of October, November, December, March, April, and May at 12:15 p.m. These 45-minute programs include solo performers and chamber musicians based in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia.
Bishops and clergy will gather during Holy Week to celebrate the ancient tradition of the reaffirmation of vows. Bishop Stevenson asks all clergy to plan to attend one of the services which will be held in five locations across the Diocese.
Join the Native American/Indigenous Ministries this spring for an in-depth book study exploring the powerful themes in Laura Feller's book entitled "Being Indigenous in Jim Crow Virginia." We'll explore the stories of struggles, resilience, and hope among the Powhatan People in Virginia as they navigated racial hostility and fought to preserve their Native identity. Canon J. Lee Hill, Jr., will be the facilitator.
This short course explores the interplay of Howard Thurman and August Wilson as prophetic voices. The course will focus on four Wilson plays, accompanied by examinations of Thurman’s spiritual foundation for social change. These August Wilson plays were chosen because in each there is a transforming power of transcendent forces.
On August 6, 1925, Bishop William Cabell Brown consecrated the Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration in Orkney Springs, VA as the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and began the journey for what we now know and love as Shrine Mont.
God willing, The Rt. Reverend E. Mark Stevenson, Bishop of Virginia will ordain Cabell Jones, Florian Jones-Stamm, Judi Thoms and Stephanie Werner to the Sacred Order of Deacons on Saturday, April 26 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Goochland, Virginia. Clergy wishing to vest and process should arrive by 9:30 a.m.; cassock and surplice preferred. The color of the day is red.
