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Let your light so shine (Matt. 5:16)FEBRUARY 2013

Pohick Episcopal Church9301 Richmond Highway Lorton, VA 22079

Telephone: 703-339-6572 Fax: 703-339-9884

From Te Rector Te ReverendDonald D. Binder, PhD

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O ur 2013 Let your Light so Shine project is o to a great start! We had a lively forum on Epiph-any Sunday (appropriately enough), with more thana hundred participants o ering lots of great ideas forhow we might better heed Jesus command throughthe use of modern technology, through the communi-cations systems at Ft. Belvoir, and through more conventional means.

e Vestry culled through all these suggestions atits retreat the following weekend, identifying the onesthat seem most appropriate for our congregation atthis time. ese will be assigned out to one or moreof our church commissions with the charge to makethem happen. e vestry will review progress at eachmonthly meeting, adding support as needed.

Heres just a small sampling of the ideas that the vestry looked at:

Technology: use Facebook, Twitter, and Google Ads to attract visitors and increase parish participa-tion; email weekly bulletin announcements; add ablog page to the website; add a virtual tour to the web-site; correct erroneous information on the web (e.g.,Google maps listing us as closed on Sundays).

Ft. Belvoir: Advertise in the Belvoir Eagle; con-tact the base chaplains and o er them support in serv-ing military families; place iers and literature at stra-tegic places around the base and in welcome packets;o er docent tours to military groups; de-con ict the

Fair with the Belvoir Oktoberfest. Conventional Means: Increase temporar

church signage to advertise upcoming events; improcurb appeal; send mailers to area newcomers; expladvertising on public access channels; seek to incluinfo about Pohick at Mt. Vernon and Gunston Hall;enhance the Country Fair with new or di erent o erings that will attract more visitors.

As you might guess, tackling even the above patial list will require help from the entire congregtion, especially from those with certain connectioand skill-sets. And so if you have access or specializknowledge with respect to an idea mentioned abov(or others that will be forthcoming) and you are wiling to help out, please let one of the clergy or vestknow. We will do our best to put your time and talento good use in the service of our Lord!

While we pursue this project, its important tmaintain an attitude of humility, remembering tha we are not seeking to promote ourselves; rather, we a working to proclaim Christ. As one of the re ectioScriptures from our Vestry retreat stated: We hav

this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clethat this extraordinary power belongs to God andoes not come from us (2 Cor 4:7).

is precept leads nicely to my next topic: the starof Lent. It comes early this year, with Ash Wednesday falling on February 13. On that day we will ofour services, each with the Imposition of Ashes anHoly Communion, at 7:00 am, noon, 4:30 pm, 7:3pm. Aside from Easter, this is the only day of the yea


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Pohick Episcopal Church February 2013 Page 3

From Te Assistant Rector Te ReverendDr. Ruth E. Correll, Ed.D.

c onfirMation andi nquirerS c laSSeS

When I was teaching in an Episcopal school inNew York City, I overheard a somewhat heated theo-logical discussion between two kindergarteners overtheir lunch. e Jewish girl insisted that God was bornin a manger and Jesus lives in your heart. e Chris-tian girl disagreed. She argued that God lives in yourheart while Jesus lives in heaven. e variety withinand among traditions can be confusing to children asthey listen to their classmates tell stories from theirfaith, discuss the experience of rst Rite of Reconcili-ation, describe celebrations for their bar mitzvahs, andcompare the forms given to the sacraments of Holy Baptism and Communion.

Somewhere in storage, I have the results of over200 interviews my students in college and seminary and I have conducted with children in churches. Weused a list of questions about various biblical and theo-logical concepts. In general, the results proved to usthat the church has a daunting task in passing the faithto the next generation. No wonder James letter cau-tions teachers about the extra responsibility they havebefore God. [ James 3:1]

Sometimes responses to the questions were amus-ing. One 6th grade boy was asked, Tell me about theHoly Spirit. His verbatim answer was, I dont know anything about that, but it has something to do with your shoulders. He then made the sign of the cross.

Speaking of shoulders - A middle school boy, whenasked if it was fair that Jesus died for his sins, casually

shrugged his shoulders and replied con dently, Sure,that was his job. Yes, that was Jesus job, but the boyssense of entitlement and lack of appreciation made hisanswer disturbing.

Other results showed developmental changes. Pre-schoolers were quite certain that they would not haveeaten the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Mid-dle to upper elementary children often wa ed a bit.Some said they would not have eaten it, but they couldunderstand why Adam and Eve did. Usually by juniorhigh, they admitted they probably would have eaten it.

Answers like those reported in the above pagraph have led church o cials to wait until the te years to hold con rmation classes. Young people hreached cognitive and a ective levels to be ableconsider thoughtfully the basic tenants of Christia

ity. ey also need enough self-understanding througlife experience to appreciate the comfort and challeof faith.

From February until the bishops visit on Juneabout twenty Pohickians will be taking either Conmation class for teenagers on Sunday evenings or Inquirers Class for adults on Sunday mornings. Plekeep them in your prayers:

for the Holy Spirit to work in the hearts anminds of both the teachers and the students;

for understanding those aspects of faith that mbe new to students;

for trusting God in those aspects of faith thsurpass our human understanding, that is to say, fopening space in ones faith for mystery; and

for wisdom to proceed with or delay the commments of Con rmation.

p oHick c HurcH o rnaMent e Ann Mason Guild is selling Pohick Church

porcelain ornaments. e ornaments can be pur-chased from any Ann Mason Guild member orthe Church o ce. Ornaments are $15 each. Pleasemake checks payable to Ann Mason Guild.


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is monthly report is part of the Vestrys ongoing e ort to in- form and update the Parish about the ongoing controversies within

e Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Anglican Communion. ese controversies largely involve the blessing of same-gender unions, ordi -nation of non-celibate homosexuals, interpretation of Scripture, and breakdown of traditional boundary lines between Provinces.

e Rt. Rev. Justin Welby is, as of this writing, Archbishop of Canterbury elect. e College of Canons of Can-terbury Cathedral met January 10thand unanimously elected him as the 105archbishop of their diocese. e Dean of the Cathedral will present the results to acommission of senior bishops at St. Pauls

Cathedral in London on February 4th. At that point, he willbecome Archbishop of Canterbury. e process requires onemore ceremony: On March 21st, his public ministry will be in-augurated in a service at Canterbury Cathedral, to be attendedby bishops from the Church of England, primates from otherprovinces in the Anglican Communion, and representatives of other faiths.

In his nal Christmas sermon at Canterbury Cathedral,outgoing Abp. Williams noted that recently-released census

gures showed that 59% of the British people describe them-selves as Christans, down12 percentage points from adecade dealier. About those

who did not, he asked, Dothey wish they could believesomething? Do they see it[religion] as a problem or asa resource in society? In thedeeply painful aftermath of the Synods vote last month [not to allow women to be conse-crated as bishops], what was startling was how many people whocertainly wouldnt have said yes to the census question turnedout to have a sort of investment in the Church, a desire to seethe Church looking credible and a real sense of loss when - asthey saw it - the Church failed to sort its business out.

But Faith is not about what public opinion decides, he went on, and it is not about how we happen to be feeling aboutourselves. It is the response people make to what presents it-self as a reality - a reality which makes claims on you. Here issomething so extraordinary that it interrupts our world; here issomething that (like Moses in the story of the Burning Bush)makes you turn aside to see, that stops you short.

Faith begins in the moment of stopping, you could say:the moment when you cant just walk on as you did beforeIf we nd the freedom to stop and turn aside, then the world itself begins to turn into renewal. O come, let us adore him, says thecarol. at adoration, that wondering gaze at the child in the

u pdate on i SSueS in tHe a nGlican c oMMunionDon Brownlee

manger, is where faith is born; and where faith is born, so is new world of Jesus and his Spirit.

In his nal Christmas sermon at Durham Cathedral, B Justin likewise referred to the agonisingly wounding within the Church of England (COE), such as the one ov women bishops. He said they make it very easy to be despdent about the church, while events such as the shootingsNewtown, Connecticut make it even easier to be despondabout the world.

But the baby in Bethlehem calls us to a di erent responhe said, one which is utterly transforming of the world in wh we live. e main job of the church is never self-preservatibut glorifying God. e moment we lose sight of that we loeverything we are about. e same is true for us as individuChristians. We exist to glorify God, to show that He is the Saiour. When that is our focus we nd His love lling our lives our lives changing the world around.

e deeply painful aftermath of those agonising wounding ghts continued to occupy the time of both mand the bishops of the CoE, through the Advent and Christmaseasons and into the new year.

Its House of Bishops met in December to try to nd a wto recover from the deeply painful aftermath Abp. Williamsferred to in his Christmas sermon: e public and parliamentaanger over a decision by the General Synod in November to allow women to be consecrated as bishops. e bishops sa

they recognised and felt the profound and widespread sensanger, grief and disappointment experienced by so many in Church of England and beyond over the vote, and that it blieved the present situation was unsustainable for all, whattheir convictions. ey said the church must resolve the issthrough its own processes as a matter of great urgency. appointed a task force that will have meetings with the variinterest groups in February, with the aim of having a new pposal for the General Synod to consider in July.

Buried in the report on that meeting was another major anouncement: e bishops had decided that celibate gay clerliving in civil partnerships would no longer automatically

barred from becoming bishops. e paragraph did not directstate the issue, but said the bishops had, con rmed that threquirements in the 2005 statement concerning the eligibilfor ordination of those in civil partnerships whose relationshare consistent with the teaching of the Church of England appequally in relation to the episcopate. A plainer way of puttthis might be, In 2005 we said that gay men in civil partnships are eligible to be ordained as long as they remain celib We now say that gay priests in civil partnerships may becobishops, again, provided that they remain celibate.


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Prominent voices from the Anglican Communion in Af-rica immediately denounced the decision. Archbishop Nicho-las Okoh of Nigeria, said it could very well shatter whateverhopes we had for healing and reconciliation within our belovedCommunion. He said the CoE had bowed to the contempo-rary idols of secularism and moral expediencyand is [only]one step removed from the moral precipice we have already wit-nessed in e Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church inCanada.

He added, e supposed assurances of celibacy, while per-haps well intentioned, are both unworkable and unenforceable.

Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America, theumbrella organization for those who have broken away from e Episcopal Church threatened to split from the CoE as wellif it continues in this contrary direction.

Opponents within the CoE were particularly unhappy about the way the decision was made and announced. at would be a major change in church doctrine and therefore notsomething that can be slipped out in the news, it is somethingthat has got to be considered by the general synod, the Rev.Rod omas, chairman of the conservative group Reform, toldthe BBC. He predicted there would be great divisions in thechurch if a priest living in a civil partnership was chosen as abishop.

* * * *If the disagreements within the Church of England over

these issues are agonizingly wounding, as Abp. Williams said,

an equally agonizing situation is playing itself out in the Dioceseof South Carolina, with two groups both claiming to be the le-gitimate Episcopal diocese.

Last fall an Episcopal Church disciplinary board in e ectindicted Bishop Mark Lawrence on charges he had abandonedthe doctrine and discipline of e Episcopal Church. e pre-siding bishop, in accordance with the canons, inhibited himfrom further episcopal acts. is triggered a previously-undis-closed decision by the Dioceses Standing Committee to disas-sociate from e Episcopal Church. A special convention soona rmed this decision.

is Diocese continues to refer to itself as the Protestant

Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina; a state-ment on its web site notes that it dissociated from the EpiscopalChurch in the Fall of 2012 but continue as faithful Anglicans.

Early in January, this group led a lawsuit in state courts,asking for a declaratory judgment that, in its words, would pre- vent e Episcopal Church from seizing local parish prop-erties and hijacking the identity of the Diocese, in its words

would.Bp. Lawrence told e Associated Press, We are not say-

ing the Episcopal Church cannot create a new diocese here. Butthey should not be seeking to supplant this diocese and assumeour identity,

e clergy, people and parishes which want to remain paof e Episcopal Church likewise refer to themselves as Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. eir web site says, ODiocese is reorganizing with renewed dedication to carry f ward the work of our Lord Jesus Christ, just as prior generatihave done since 1789. We have much to do and many chlenges to meet, but we are con dent that by moving forwtogether in unity and faith, with Gods help, we will ourish

ey were scheduled to meet January 26th to elect the RRev. Charles vonRosenberg, retired bishop of East Tennesseas their provisional bishop. He told e State newspaper, Itssad time when a church experiences a split and there is a godeal of pain and a good deal of concern about the future aresult of such a split. But what has happened is that one groof Christians, former Episcopalians, have decided in good fato follow a di erent path in responding to their understandiof the call of Christ. As the Episcopal church, we are likewtrying to be faithful to the call of Christ. erefore, we are felloChristians and my hope is that we will continue to care for oanother and pray for another and wish each other well.

e Standing Committee of the Diocese of Virginia sent message of support to those attempting to reorganize in SouCarolina. We particularly pray for those who continue to wship God as Episcopalians even without their buildings, it sYou are not alone. Episcopalians in Virginia and in other plahave continued Episcopal worship without their buildings tdiscovering deeper meaning in statements such as e Churisnt the buildings; its the people e experience of reorgnizing has developed all sorts of muscles in our souls, and

are con dent that the muscles in your souls are developing ings that used to seem daunting begin to happen before yoeyes. Small miracles pop up in front of you and gifts drop frheaven and the Holy Spirit is at work in you and among you It is important to remember that despite all these controverof the Church - globally, nationally, and locally - goes on.

Bishop Justin said in his Christmas sermon, Christians rea- ged edges of our society, and of the world in general. Food distribrough sleepers, debt counselling, credit unions, community me for ex-o enders, support for victims of crime, care for the dyinwho have no economic contribution to make, or are too weak toown value. All this is the daily work of the church, which goes oeverywhere. We leak out into the world the love that God leaks i

Pohick continue to leak this love through donations of footo LCAC, adult and youth mission trips, Gunston Tutors progra-munity of Hope. Ongoing support to these and similar ministriecontinue to leak the love of God to those in need.

Update on Issues in the Anglican Communion,continued from page 4

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later than February 15! Forward input by email in Wordcompatible format to Lori Buckius, [email protected] concerns & items for the Sunday Service Volunteers page should be addressedto Carmel Hodge, [email protected].


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c HriStian e ducationFrances Sessums,Director of Christian Education

Con rmation classes for youth who are 12 years

of age or older will begin on February 10. e RevdRuth Correll will be teaching the youth this year. eclass will meet between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm on Sun-days in classrooms A and B. During the rst class onFebruary 10, there will be a parent meeting. For thoseinterested in the class, please call the o ce at 703-339-6572 or Frances Sessums at 703-425-2857.

On Sunday, February 10, the 5th - 12th grade stu-dents will visit the Fairfax retirement home to deliverValentine bud vases. e bud vases will be sold dur-ing the co ee hours on February 3. e cost is $10, which includes a Valentines card and a beautiful bud vase. Purchase the vase and card for a speci c personor one for someone at the Fairfax that will be desig-nated later. For vases purchased for a speci c person who does not live in the retirement homes, pick upthe vases on February 10 in the Common Room. eproceeds from this go to the Mission Trip!

Pohicks annual Christmas Pageant was held onDecember 9. It was a remarkable production! e stu-dents did a wonderful job on all of their parts! eir

hard work preparing paid o . A huge thanks to BethCooke who directed the Pageant! She did a super jobof working with everyone. anks to everyone whohelped to make the pageant such a success!

During the month of February the preschoolersthrough fourth graders will continue with their Godly Play studies. e 5th - 12th grade students contin-ue to study the Living the Good News Curriculum, which is a study of the weekly lectionary. If anyone would like to review the curriculum, please come by the Education o ce.

c oMMunity of H ope Jim Hayes

At Pohick Church, there are many vibrant ministries. One of these ministries is the Community o

Hope (COH), whose mission is to take Christ s lovto those in need of comfort and care by establishingcommunity of lay chaplains united in prayer, inspireby Benedictine spirituality, and equipped with skilfor pastoral care ministry.

Lay chaplains (presently 21 Pohick parishionerprepare for this parish-based ministry through 1 weeks of intensive training covering a variety of toics, including: the theology of pastoral care; listeniskills; death, grief, and loss; and care for the caregivNeedless to say, this training demands a signi cacommitment of time and talent, which are two of thStewardship triads.

COH chaplains believe that pastoral care is a ways at the core of parish life by providing a largrowing parish a means to guard against impersonaity by focusing on the ministry of presence and praythrough the simple, profound, healing act of listeninChaplains continue to grow in their personal ministr

by attending monthlyCircle of Care meetings and participatingin continuing education opportunities. Pa-rishioners in need opastoral care, whethethey are in the hospitala nursing facility, or ahome, may avail themselves of COH service

by referral from clergy, parish members, sta , and oters at Pohick Church.

e COH is shaped by Benedictine spiritualitybased on the disciplines found in e Rule of St. Benedict, which inspires community members to work to ward balance and harmony in prayer, worship, silenholy reading, and serving others through pastoral carSo, the ministry is a School for Gods Service.

is year, Nancy Bireley and Carol Heddlestonare coordinating the e orts of the Community oHope in concert with Rev. Ruth Correll. For those with questions or to learn more about this importanministry, please contact either Nancy or Carol.

t He M artHa G uildConnie Myers

e Martha Guild will meet on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 6 at 7:30 pm in Classroom B. All Women of the Church are cordially invited to attend the meet-ing. Please contact Connie Myers with any questions.She can be reached at 703-455-4652 or [email protected].


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M uSic n oteSLinda Egan, Minister of Music

is Music Notes column focuses on hymn sing-

ing. Why do we sing hymns? What can they mean tous? Which hymnals are approved and authorized to bethe source of the hymns sung in the Episcopal Church,and how do they bene t our worship? How are hymnschosen here at Pohick? It may be that this column con-tains everything you ever wanted to know about hymnsinging!

We sing hymns to worship God, to deepen ourknowledge of the presence of God, to share our faith with each other, to revive our spirits through the soundof the music as we sing it. Hymns remind us of all God

has given us, and of all we know about God; the hymnalhas even been called the laypersons book of theology.Many of us began hearing and singing hymns at an

early age; later in life these same hymns can transportus back to the time when our faith was formed. We cantrace the history of Gods presence in our lives throughsinging hymns. ey provide comfort through lifes dif-

culties, and hope for a better future.Episcopal musicians have several hymnals which are

approved and authorized for use. e Hymnal 1982wasapproved for use in 1982, but was copyrighted, printedand distributed in 1985, 28 years ago. We are still au-thorized to use e Hymnal 1940 , the previous hymnalof the Episcopal Church, as a source for hymns, butsince two thirds of the hymns in e Hymnal 1982werereprinted from e Hymnal 1940 , we have not done so very often.

In addition, the Episcopal Churchs Standing Com-mission on Church Music has prepared supplementsto e Hymnal 1982, which provides us with texts andtunes written since its compiling. Here at Pohick weuse the supplementsLift Every Voice and Sing II (1993), which we have in the pews and sing from at least oncea month, on the third Sunday of the month when thePohick Pickers play; andWonder, Love and Praise (1997)and Voices Found (2003), the sources from which we re-print the bulletin insert hymns.

ese newer books have opened the culture of theEpiscopal Church to hymns and songs which are new,and/or not necessarily from our own backgrounds. isexpansion of our perspective has enabled us to keeppace with the growth of the Anglican Church by sing-ing music from all around the world, as well as to sing

music newly composed right in our midst. It has openour ears and our minds to the Holy Spirits action in otime.

rough use of all of these collections, we havimmediate access to both texts and tunes which com

from the entire history of the Christian church. Heris an immediate way in which we can be encouragby the communion of the saints, aided by their prayand strengthened by their fellowship so that we mbecome partakers of the inheritance of the saints light. (BCP p. 489.) ese texts and tunes are real spirtual sustenance through all the changes of life.

e music committee has asked me to describe hoI choose the hymns for a particular Sunday. As yknow, I do this as an assistant to the rector, who has th

nal authority over worship.

I rst pray the lectionary for the particular Sund is means I read each lesson scheduled in the RevisCommon Lectionary for the speci c day, including tpsalm appointed, then listen for what God says to mthrough it. Its a useful and nourishing and renewikind of prayer that all Christians can use.

If speci c hymns seem to jump out of the texI note them. For instance, in January, one of the O Testament lessons, from Isaiah 43, included, Wh you pass through the waters, I will be with you;...wh you walk through re you shall not be burned.... hymn that immediately came to mind was How rmfoundation #636, which says, When through the de water I call thee to go, the rivers of woe shall not thover ow...When through ery trials thy pathway shlie, my grace, all su cient, shall be thy supply. So, sang that hymn at the 11:15 service on the day that tlesson was read.

If nothing jumps out at me, I consult three book with speci c hymn lists for the Sunday: they areLitur- gical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary , by CarP. Daw, Jr., and omas Pavlechko; e Episcopal Mu-sicians Handbook, edited by Joseph A. Kucharski; an A Liturgical Index to e Hymnal 1982, by Marion JHatchett. From these lists, I choose hymns to suit thlectionary texts, the liturgical season, the speci c lituand our own knowledge of and ability to sing them.

I always try to make the opening and closing hymin the services very familiar. e sequence hymn is usally the hymn which follows the content of the lessomost closely. During communion, depending on t

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f roM p erSecution to p eacekeepinGBy Bob Munson

Often leaving church on Sunday, a fellow with an armful of newspapers greets us outside. He often has at least six di erentnewspapers and magazines; a couple of these come from Kenyaand Uganda but most are published right here in South Sudan.I usually buy e Citizen newspaper. is could perhaps be re-garded as theWashington Post of Juba with about 24 pages or so.It has some good international news from the wire services, sev-eral stories on South Sudan, opinion, perhaps a religious article,sports, and usually a page or two of wacky reports about aliensor something equally fascinating.

South Sudan has a mostly-free press, but sometimes we seereports of problems which make you wonder about the govern-ments position. Periodically one hears of arbitrary arrests of reporters, and in early December, gunmen killed a reporter infront of his home in Juba. Many suspect security forces wereinvolved in this shooting. Not a good sign. But the governmentis taking the investigation seriously and the American FBI isinvolved, which is a good sign. e mostly-free press keeps thePresident and other politicians on their toes and helps SouthSudan move in the right direction. Credit must be given to thegovernment for supporting the press and learning how to deal with it in a free society.

From the press, one can learn much about the society, evenif the articles are not always clear or, as it sometimes happens,understandable. Over the last few months, I have collected a whole assortment of interesting, often amusing articles and

quotes that say a lot about South Sudanese society.Sometimes the English, the o cial even if not the most widespread language, phrasing is humorous to American ears.On October 17, an article about secondary school students tak-ing their nal exams paraphrased the Secretary at the Ministry of General Education and Instruction Mading Manyok Ajak:

He [the Secretary] warned the students sitting for their exams not to indulge themselves into examination malpractices but to write what they are taught in the classes.

I guess I understand what he wants to say.Especially important for us here in the United Nations is to

learn how people understand what we are trying to do. Articles

often reveal misconceptions about what we can realistically ac-complish. On November 27, a story titled Civil Society protestsagainst Sudans aerial bombing quoted one of the leaders of theprotest, Deng Athuai Mawiir: We demand the International Community to rescue the two peoples of Sudan and South Sudan from the Sudanese regime so that it can stop its repeated strikes in Kiir Adeim, Gok Machar and Abyei,Upper Nile and other areas and also to stop their support to militias in di erent areas. We also demand the International Community toallow the transport of oil to rescue the people from famine whether inthe South or the north.

e International Community here certainly includes the

most visible part of it in Juba - the United Nations. e UN inot able to force anyone to do anything since all decisions aactions must be defendable to a wide range of governments.

South Sudan, because of the history of warfare against northern Islamic government, is a consciously Christian cotry. Religion, thus, comes into the conversation more ofthan we are accustomed to in the United States. On Octob31, Zechariah Manyok Biar tried to answer the question Wh would Jesus do if he were a pastor in South Sudan? in an opion column: is is a question I cannot ignore because the same qwould be in the minds of many people. e most important the question is the observation of the red thin line betwe-tics and religious teaching. In other words, if Jesus were a South Sudan today, what would he do?

Let me give a simple answer to this question. Jesus wo people up in South Sudan like he did in the Temple in Isrthousand years ago, if they are mistreating or exploiting othehe would not do is to beat people up for a sel sh reason or f-sonal glori cation. I have heard simple statements quite frequently. Pastors apeople from across the spectrum use Christian beliefs to appto the government to reform its corrupt ways. Christianity is strictly separated from the government here.

Finally, on November 19, the governor of the largest of ten states in South Sudan proposed an interesting solution u

der the title Jonglei Governor threatens to outlaw male idness: e Governor of Jonglei State, Kuol Manyang, threa Monday to legislate against idleness in his state, after beingwomens groups that many men are not doing their fair share production.

Food security is a major issue in troubled Jonglei State-dictable rain and insecurity in some areas hinder e orts to agricultural production.

Among some groups, women historically did the plantand farming while men pursued other vocations. In the last fdecades, other vocations for many men was ghting a war.

the other hand, South Sudan is not self-su cient in food anthe government is trying to promote the production of evsmall amounts which can be sold in markets. Unfortunatother problems such as the lack of roads to actually get the pduce to the markets further reduce incentives.

Much of the news of South Sudan can be found on iternet sites: www.Sudantribune.com and www.Gurtong.net two good places to look. As these examples illustrate, the nin Juba provides not just an insight into the South Sudanesociety but can, at times, be rather funny. Please pray for reporters and publishers in this country for they face many dgers but are trying to help South Sudan get on the right track


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Moore Study 6p COH6p Marriage Course6p St. Francis Choir7:30p HE II & Healing

6:15p Bell Choir

7p EFM7:30p Choir of Pohick 8:30p AA

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of St. Andrew 12:45p Convey-nors CommitteeMeeting6p Chili Cook-o

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Healing

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9:30a Sta Mtg2:30p HE, eFairfax5p Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper7:30p Vestry

Ash Wednesday 7a HE & IOA12p HE & IOA4:30p HE & IOA6p St. Francis Choir7:30p HE & IOA8:30p Choir of Pohick

Valentines Day 6p MarriageCourse6:15p Bell Choir7p EFM8:30p AA

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O ce Closed Washingtons Birthday

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9:30a BethMoore Study 6p Marriage Course6p St. Francis Choir7:30p HE II & Healing


8a Brotherhoodof St. Andrew 9:15a Renova-tion CommitteeMeeting

24 25 26 27 28 MARCH 1 2Lent 2c7:45a HE I9a HE II11:15a HE II6:30p EYC (allgroups)

6p COH 9:30a Sta Mtg2:30p HE, eFairfax7p Tutoring

9:30a BethMoore Study 6p Marriage Course6p St. Francis Choir7:30p HE II &

Healing


10:30a Docent Tour (tentative)


Pohick Church Activities February 2013

Contact the Parish Secretary, Vonne Troknya, [email protected], to list group meetings or events on the

To commemorate Shrove Tuesday, the annual EYC Pancake Supper will be held in theCommon Room on Tuesday, February 12 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

Ticket costs: $5 for age 13 to adult, $3 for senior citizens and ages 6-12, and children under 6 eat for free.Proceeds to beneft the annual EYC Spring Retreat.

Contact Rusty Booth for more information: 703-339-6572 or [email protected]

PANCAKE SUPPER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12


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SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUN EERS

Te Sunday Service Volunteers Schedule is also available at Pohick Churchs website, www.pohick.org, under Ministries.

3 FEBRUARY 10 FEBRUARY 17 FEBRUARY 24 FEBRUARY 3 MARCH

7:45 Tony MarsicoMike Zane

Stew Remaly Alan Mayberry

Rodger JonesBecky Wagner

Randy BrooksMike Vaughn

Ken Evans Tony Marsico

9:00 om BlandDon CookeHal YarwoodSusan Yarwood

Mo Faber John Godley Santos GarciaGrant Hodges

Jim Bartholomew Dru HodgesKathy Kirkland

Tom Mayberry

Matt GurrolaSusan HomarDennis MyersEdwardene Pitcock

John PasourPehr PehrssonCamela Speer

Wes Speer11:15 Angela Edgemon

Steve EdgemonBill BlandMike Wooten

Rick NelsonDon Homar

Bill HospHank Foresman

Angela EdgemonSteve Edgemon

7:00 R. Stankwitz J. Pasour N. Sunderland R. Heddleston T. Rivenbark

1:00 M. Elston D. Brownlee K. Kirkland T. Marsico S. Remaly

12:15 Faber/Buckius Pitcock/Schmid Pasour/Remaly M/M Myers M/M Brown

AM J. SunderlandN. Bireley, C. Heddleston A. Cannon J. MacDonaldM. MerriamR. Teale, B. Wagner

J. WellsN. Sage

J. Buckley C. FosterH. ParkerR. Stankwitz

J. WellsN. Sage

J. Buckley C. FosterH. ParkerR. Stankwitz

BJ McPherson A. MarsicoE. Pitcock

A. Powell J. SchmidM. Yezek

BJ McPherson A. MarsicoE. Pitcock

A. Powell J. SchmidM. Yezek

AM BJ/K McPherson J. Brimmer A. Stribling R. Stankwitz M. Bartholomew

7:45 Wagner/Byrne Wagner/Byrne M/M Evans M/M Evans BD9:00 Buckius Family M/M Tom Bland M/M Bartholomew M/M Heddleston M/M Gray 11:15 K. Kirkland M/M urston M/M Yezek C. Eitler M/M urston

7:45 Doug Smith M/M Ken Evans Bill Wrench Becky Wagner Marleen McCabe9:00 Jackie Wells M/M A. Morawski Anne Cannon J. Ho heins/M. Faber M/M Tom Rivenbark 11:15 M/M Nelson M/M Don Homar M/M Randy Haufe C. Hodge Leslie Aqueron

9:00 J. Wells C. Knipling BJ McPherson C. Tomas BD11:15 M/M Costa B. Bland D. McHugh A. Cannon BD

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COFFEE HOUR

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H oSpice v olunteerS n eededVITAS Innovative Hospice Care of Northern Virginia is now recruiting volun-

teers in northern Virginia for friendly visits to patients at the end of their life. Visits made by volunteers help patients and touch families. HELP by visiting patientsor working in the o ce. Orientation and assignments are made according to indi- vidual preference. Please contact the Volunteer Services Manager at 703-270-4300or [email protected].


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schedule of choirs and instrumentalists, I try to hava very devotional hymn or two which focus on thcommunion itself, sometimes referring to the devotion evoked by the lessons we have heard that day.

Certain hymns are associated with a particulaliturgy. You can count on singing Silent night onChristmas Eve, All glory, laud and honor on PalmSunday, and Jesus Christ is risen today on Eastefor example.

Although they refer to the lessons and to the the-ology contained in them as perceived by the hym writers, the hymns chosen really arent meant to bprimarily didactic. ese are hymns for worship. InEpiphany, for example, we hear that the kings followed the star to Bethlehem to worship the newbornking. is journey and the shining of the star becomemetaphors for the churchs outreach to the nationsAll true. But when we sing We ree Kings, we be-come the kings journeying to the manger to worshithe newborn king. e hymn enables us to worshipthe newborn king now, today, as they did then.

is February you will nd a bulletin insert witha hymn questionnaire for you tocomplete. e rector,the music committee and I are asking for your responses to several questions about your hymn singinexperience. We are also asking you for speci c hym which you would like to sing, which will be schedul when they are appropriate to the liturgy. If you prin your name at the bottom of the questionnaire, you wibe contacted before they are sung.

anks for your help! And happy glorious hymnsinging!

Music Notes,continued from page 7

As many of you already know, Pohick Church has

embarked on a Walk to Jerusalem. It is an imaginary walk that encourages participants to increase physicalactivity and also grow spiritually. ere are weekly de- votionals to help you on your journey. e idea of this walk was initially launched in 2002 by a parish nurseat St. Johns Providence near Detroit, Michigan.

At the time of this writing we have 91 partici-pants, but we are always open to have others join us atany time. We plan to walk for 12 weeks and arrive in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday. March 31st.

It is 5,907 miles from Washington DC to Jerusa-lem. is means that we have to average around 500miles of walking per week.

e best part of this program is that you can walk,run, bike or do any type of aerobic exercise. e way we are calculating miles is walking 2000 steps is onemile, 20 minutes of water aerobics or any other aero-bic exercise is one mile. e run to biking ratio is 1:3(3 miles of biking equals 1 mile of running), and therun to swimming ratio is 4:1 (1 mile of swimming isequal to 4 miles of running!)

ere is an email address set up where participantscan send their total weekly miles using the numberthey are given when they signed up. Please send yourtotal miles calculated from Sunday until the next Sat-urday of each week. e email is: [email protected]

Weekly miles need to be posted by Monday of thefollowing week, so the progress of the group can beannounced each week in the bulletin. Look for themap on the bulletin board downstairs to watch ourprogress. e program is being managed by Carol

Heddleston ([email protected]) and Deb Wainwright ([email protected]). Pleasecontact them with any questions.

As we embark on this journey, May the Lord Blessall of you and hopefully we will be in Jerusalem onEaster Sunday.

H ealtH n eWSCarol Heddleston, Parish Nurse

Pohicks George Washington: Vestryman, 250th Anniversary-tion from last October was featured in the Winter 2013 Virginia-copalian.


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