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

JULY 2010

Pohick Episcopal Church9301 Richmond Highway Lorton, VA 22079

elephone: 703-339-6572 Fax: 703-339-9884

From Te Rector

Te ReverendDonald D. Binder, PhD

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Although not yet widely known, the above scien-tic expression may become as revolutionary in the21st century as the ormula E=MC2 was in the 20th. Te letters stand or Genes multiplied byEnviron-ment. And as reported in imeMagazine earlier thisyear (Why DNA Isnt Your Destiny, Jan. 6 edition),discoveries being made in the new scientic eld oEpigenetics are leading geneticists to rethink basicassumptions about hereditary transmission that havebeen around since Mendel and Darwin in the 19thCentury.

Te basis o this new paradigm contends withthe act that DNA makes up only about hal o thechromosome. Te other hal consists o genetic mate-rial known as the epigenes which unction to turn on

and o the expression o individual genes. But whileDNA is highly resistant to environmental inuences,epigenes regularly interact with them, changing in theprocess. Moreover, those changes can be transmittedacross generations.

And so, or example, in a 2003 study, pregnant yellow mice were given a B-vitamin complex thatis known to interact with epigenes unctioning asswitches or DNA controlling ur color and diabe-tes. Te pups were born with brown ur and were lessprone to diabetes than the control group, even though

there was no change in the underlying DNA. Tese

traits were passed on to subsequent generations omice, even when the parents were taken o the vita-mins.

Such eects are by no means limited to miceStudies over the past decade have linked dietary de-ciencies and cigarette smoking in humans to healtheects across generations, again with no change in theunderlying DNA.

Tese studies and others like them are providing ameasure o vindication or 19th century theorist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who suggested a robust interac-tion between heredity and the environment. Darwincompeting theories o mutation and natural selectionsubsequently consigned Lamarckian ideas to the dust-bin. Now it appears both men were right: Darwin orthe genome, which may be thought o as the hardwareo genetics, and Lamarck or the epigenome, whichmight be considered as the more malleable sotware.

While it will take geneticists at least the rest othis century to realize ully the implications o thisparadigm shit, it is already clear that there is a much

more dynamic interaction between genetics and theenvironment than previously thought.

Tat is good news on several ronts. In the eld ogenetic medicine, or example, it is much easier to cre-ate drugs that interact with epigenetic markers thanto make splices in DNA. Since 2004, the FDA hasapproved our such epigenetic drugs which work byinstructing markers to switch o certain genes thatcause disease. As the imearticle reects, Te great


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From the Rector: continued rom page 1

hope or ongoing epigenetic research is that with the ick o a biochemical switch, we could tell genes that playa role in many diseases - including cancer, schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimers, diabetes and many others - to liedormant. We could, at long last, have a trump card to play against Darwin.

Tis shit is also good news in the eld o education, the major ocus o science writer David Shenks 2010

book, Te Genius in All o Us: Why Everything Youve Been old About Genetics, alent, and IQ is Wrong. Drawingupon the most recent epigenetic research, as well as genetic studies on IQ and gitedness, Shrenk concludesLike intelligence, talents are not innate gits, but the result o slow, invisible accretion o skills developed romthe moment o conception. Everyone is born with dierences, and some with unique advantages or certain tasksBut no one is genetically designed into greatness and ew are biologically restricted rom attaining it (p. 43).

Speaking as a Christian theologian, or me this verdict is more in keeping with New estament notions othe nearly unlimited human potential or personal growth and transormation in Christ than those inspired bythe pall o genetic determinism that has been cast over Western thinking or nearly a century. Here, we need onlyreect upon the dramatic transormation in the lives o the humble ollowers o Jesus whose bold witness quicklyset the world on re, or o the immortal words o St. Paul, who wrote, I can do all things through [Christ] who

strengthens me (Phil 4:13).As Christians, we have long embraced such ideas through aith. As well-inormed observers o contemporaryresearch, it is nice to know that these same notions are now beginning to nd a modicum o support rom theworld o science.

My amily and I will be vacationing rom the second week o July through the rst week o August. Upon myreturn, I will be oering a Bible Study on the Epistle o James over our weeks (August 15 - September 5) in theParish House Annex between the two services (9:00 am - 9:45 am). I hope you can join me!

TTFF - Apple BuTTer Timeis JusT AroundThe Corner!

So, what does FF mean? It is short or ime alents Fellowship and Fun. Tat is what AppleButter is all about - a chance to contribute time and talents to the parish while raising around $5,000 andhaving un and ellowship with the parish amily. Apple Butter and the Annual Country Fair will be heresoon. Mark the calendar now to make sure to set aside time to be part o this great tradition. Every year theparticipation continues to grow and that is just great. Working our 40 gallon copper kettles the old ashionway on Apple Butter Weekend and processing 80 bushels o apples into applebutter has proven to be a huge success - but also a lot o work. Everyone alwayseels so good ater it is all nished. Support o the congregation is the real keyto this success. Nothing really happens unless a whole lot o volunteers are in-volved.

Apple Butter Weekend is scheduled or September 25 and 26 this year.

Please mark the calendar now. On Saturday, September 25, 80 bushels o appleswill need to be cut and processed into applesauce. Finish time is about 5:00 pm.Please bring a paring knie and cutting board. On Sunday, September 26, theapplesauce will be cooked down to apple butter and canned. Approximately,1,000 pint jars o Apple Butter will be made on the weekend and another 400jars on Fair Day.

It is two ull days o great ellowship and camaraderie. Get to know a loto people a whole lot better, make a whole bunch o new riends, and learn a ewthings about the history and traditions o Pohick Church.

So or now, remember FF - September 25 and 26.


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From Te Assistant Rector

Te ReverendLyn Youll Marshall

heAling prAyersIn September, Pohick will be running its third

Alpha course. Alpha is an eleven-week course aimedoriginally at seekers and those new to the Christianaith. Over the years, it has proved to be equally en-gaging or those who have wandered away or a while,or long time Christians who simply want a tune up,and as a way or newcomers to integrate into theirnew church home.

Te reasons or taking the course are as diverse

as the people who take it. But, there are some ques-tions that seem to be universal, even or those whohave been Christians or many years. One question isWhy does God allow suering? And, this is in actthe title o one o the talks. We try to come up withreasons why an all powerul, all loving God would ap-parently allow some to live longer and others to die.For some, it is a stumbling block. Others nd consola-tion in the truth that Christ is with us whatever ourcircumstances.

When I was in oronto last week, I visited a riend who is very sick with cancer. She and her husbandwelcome prayers or healing and indeed pray or that very miracle themselves. Tere are those who praylong and loud or healing and or the cancer cells tobe destroyed. But in the quiet o my riends kitchen,as we sipped tea together, she told me that the treat-ment had become so debilitating that she had decidednot to continue it but instead to live each day as sheand her amily prepared or her death.

Is this giving up? I dont think so. I dont know

how she eels in the dark hours o the night when shecant sleep. I wonder i she can quiet her heart withwords o comort; Be still and know that I am God.Perhaps sometimes her eelings are closer to those ex-pressed by the Welsh poet Dylan Tomas when hisather was dying: Do not go gentle into that goodnight.

Richard Neuhaus wrote that when he was a youngman, a parishioner told him, Do all your praying be-ore you get really sick. When youre sick you cantreally pray. Father Neuhaus, no stranger to pain, said

that he thinks she is right, in part. Pain at its worst hesays is a ull time job. I wonder i my riend is ableto pray when pain is pressing in. But I can pray, as canothers who love this precious person and her amilyWe will pray or miracles, but also or grace. Grace or

ourselves i the prayers dont work as we had hopedBut mostly grace or the one who, at least by all ac-counts, is dying. Tat she will know the presence oChrist with her every step o the way.

It doesnt easily answer the question o why Godallows suering, and it wont be sufcient or all. Butor my riend, or her husband, and or many othersChrist on the cross deeating death and promising lieto come is the reason or prayers to continue and orthe sure and certain hope that brings us to our kneesin His Name.

Te Apha Course begins on uesday, Septembe14. Please call the Rev. Lyn Youll Marshall or moredetails, 703-339-6572.

A CAllTo needles!Te kneeling cushions at the altar are disin-

tegrating and should be replaced within the nexttwo years. An attempt will be made to duplicatethe cushions that are presently there or possiblycome up with a new design. For those interested

in helping with the design or stitching the needle-point ater the design has been determined, pleasecontact Edie Bartlett at 703-780-6809 or [email protected] or call Jackie Wells at 7093-780-1472.

ChrisTmAs mArTConsignmenT room

Although very early, those that love to docrats or stitchery will need lots o time to pro-

duce a work o art. Te Christmas Mart is look-ing or some consignors or the Mart that would

provide some new andspecial items. Looking ora market or wonderulwares or know o someoneelse interested in consign-ing, please contact EdieBartlett at 703-780-6809or [email protected].


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JuniorWArdensreporTJe Parker,Junior Warden

Now that summer is here, there are many activitiesto enjoy. Te parish picnic was well attended; everyoneenjoyed good ellowship, good ood, and good music

Te Sounds o Pohick was an inspiration, especially tothe three boxes o guests rom the community. Tanks to

all who made that possible. Te parish retreat at ShrineMont provided a antastic weekend to share the spirit.

On the homeront, things are progressing. In addi-tion to normal maintenance, the rectory has received anew coat o paint and updates to the bathrooms havebeen completed.

Te walkways have been completed. Tanks to allwho donated the unds to make this happen. Tis projectand the und raising are complete. Tere is still a need tocontinue the renovation o the parish hall. Please con-sider a donation.

Many have been involved in the upgrade to thehandicap ramp. Te property committee recommends aramp that complies with code and provides the least in-trusive structure to accomplish that end. Parishioners areasked to careully and prayerully consider the options.

One o the benets o being Junior Warden is work-ing with Eagle Scout candidates. Pohick has been blessed

with several young people who have achieved this honorRecently, Max Schwoppe was honored at a ceremony atPohick. Max completed a project to improve the Col-chester parking lot. It is very comorting that the val-

ues to God and Country are sustained in this ne youngman.

seniorWArdensreporTStew Remaly, Senior Warden

Tis year the youth mission trip will support resi-

dents and share in ellowship with the communitiessurrounding York, PA. Tere is a tremendous amounto work that goes into preparing or this week longevent. Rusty Booth will again have the youth preparedand ready to work, play, and worship.

Speaking o worship and ellowship, thanks go toAngela Edgemon and the rest o the Vestry or spon-soring the Parish Picnic. Also, thanks to the PohickPickers and all o the volunteers who made the event agreat success. Te turnout was antastic, and it has beensuggested that there may be more picnics throughout

the summer i it brings people to worship.Looking orward to the rest o the summer, every-

one should be reminded that the summer will continueto be lled with wonderul worship and ellowship op-portunities. Father Don and Reverend Lyn will leadadult education discussions ater the 8:00 am worshipservice. Vacation Bible School will be in ull swing andthe Brotherhood o St. Andrew will sponsor anotherpicnic or New Hope Housing and the Kennedy Cen-ter. Tere should be something or everyone.

June Vestry meeting notes as recorded by Don

Brownlee: Heard and discussed a presentation rom the

Historic Pohick Church Foundation regarding thehandicapped ramp. Te Foundation recommends thatthe current temporary metal handicapped ramp at thenorthwest door be replaced with a brick and earthenramp running along the south wall o the Church romthe handicapped parking to the center door. Te Vestrywill hold a series o orums and discussions to socializethis proposal with the Parish prior to taking any action.Te Vestry greatly appreciates the work the Foundation

has done on his issue over the months and years. Voted to continue the moratorium on sale o

cemetery lots to non-parishioners through Septemberpending a report rom the Cemetery Warden.

Approved the reasurers Report. Plate and pledgeincome remain within the historical range, but pledgeincome is lagging behind where the reasurer wouldlike to see it at this point in the year. Parishioners areurged to keep their pledges current.

Was told that the Church and buildings havebeen ound unlocked ollowing night and weekend

social and ellowship events. Organizers are remindedo their responsibility to lock all doors ollowing suchgatherings, and complete all items on the Vestry Lock-Up Checklist.

Was told that Julia Messer, our ormer seminar-

ian, has accepted a call as assistant at Emmanuel Epis-copal Church in Virginia Beach.

Send News!Articles for the August 2010 Pohick Postare due no later

than July 15! Forward input by email in Wordcompatible format to Lori Buckius, [email protected] concerns and items for the

Sunday Service Volunteers pageshould be addressed to Carmel

Hodge, [email protected].


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Pohicks annual Vacation Bible School will be

held July 12 through 16 rom 9:00 am until 12 noon.Te theme is SonQuest Rainorest. Tis promises tobe a great week o learning, un, and adventures! Teteachers and sta are looking orward to working withthe children! Please register as soon as possible. Tishelps greatly in planning. Unortunately, some o theclasses are ull so please check with Frances Sessumsbeore completing the registration orm. Registrationorms are enclosed in this Post as well as being avail-able outside the education ofce door.

Tere are classes or two and one-hal year olds

through 5th grade students. A parent o two year andone-hal year olds stay and help in some way. Tis isrequested so that a parent o the 2 year olds mustbe on the premises in case needed. Nursery will beavailable throughout the day. Any questions should bedirected to Frances Sessums at 703-425-2857.

ChrisTiAn eduCATionFrances Sessums, Director o Christian Education

In order to be better stewards o material resourc-es, the Vestry is oering the congregation the ability

to opt outo receiving a monthly hard copy o the Po-hick Post, especially since an electronic edition has beenavailable via email or several years.

o take advantage o this oer and receive onlythe electronic edition in the uture, please completethis orm and return it to the parish ofce. In addition,please write legibly the current email addresses o eachmember o the household who either presently receiveor would like to receive the monthly mailing o theePost. Requests can also be emailed to Vonne roknya

at [email protected].

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AmeriCAThe BeAuTiFul, hymn #719

Katharine Lee Bates, 1859-1929, wrote the poemAmerica the Beautiul while she was teaching Eng-lish in 1893 at a summer lecture series at ColoradoCollege in Colorado Springs. She recalled:

One day some o the other teachers and I decided to goon a trip to 14,000-oot Pikes Peak. We hired a prairiewagon. Near the top we had to leave the wagon and gothe rest o the way on mules. I was very tired. But when Isaw the view, I elt great joy. All the wonder o Americaseemed displayed there It was then and there, as I was

looking out over the sea-like expanse o ertile countryspreading away so ar under those ample skies, that theopening lines o the hymn oated into my mind. When welet Colorado Springs the our stanzas were penciled in mynotebook, together with other memoranda, in verse andprose, o the trip.

America the Beautiul rst appeared in print inthe weekly journal Te Congregationalist, on July 41895.

An Oxord scholar who held bachelors and mas-ters degrees in the arts rom Wellesley College, Bates

taught as a proessor o English literature there or45 years. She was a prolic author publishing manyvolumes o poetry, books on her travels to Europe andthe Middle East and stories, verses and plays or chil-dren. She also published several books on Shakespeareand pre-Shakespearean English religious drama.

Samual A. Ward, 1847-1903, wrote the tune, ti-tled Materna, or the hymn O mother, dear Jerusa-lem, a 16th century olk hymn - a portion o whichis contained in our hymn #620, Jerusalem, my happyhome. Ward was organist o Grace Episcopal Churchin Newark, NJ, and the hymn was reportedly rst sungthere by a choir o 200 men and boys in 1882.

Te Bates poem and the Ward tune were pairedwith permission in 1912, and the hymn gained widepopularity during World War I.

During the prelude this July 4, you will hear JimOverson, trumpeter, play a wonderul arrangement oit by Lani Smith.

May you have a restul summerflled with wonderul music!

musiCnoTesLinda Egan,Minister o Music


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updATeon issuesinThe AngliCAn CommunionDon Brownlee

Continued on page 9

Tis monthly report is part o the Vestrys ongoing efort to inormand update the Parish about the ongoing controversies within Te Episcopal Church (EC) and the Anglican Communion. Tese

controversies largely involve the blessing o same-gender unions,ordination o non-celibate homosexuals, interpretation o Scripture,and breakdown o traditional boundary lines between Provinces.

Te Virginia Supreme Court handed the Diocese o Vir-ginia and Te Episcopal Church a signicant, though not -nal, victory last month in the ongoing property dispute cases.Te court unanimously overturned a Fairax County CircuitCourt decision that had given congregations that wanted toleave the Diocese control o their property, and sent the caseback to the Circuit Court or urther action.

Te departing congregations had tried to claim the par-ish property under a Civil War era law known as the DivisionStatute, or 57-9 (so called because it is itle 59, Paragraph9 o the Code o Virginia). Tat law says that when therehas been a division in a church or religious society, adultmembers o the congregation may determine by majority voteto which branch o the church or society such congregationshall thereater belong. Te vote would also determine whocontrolled the property thereater.

Te Virginia Supreme Court agreed there had been a di-vision in Te Episcopal Church and Diocese o Virginia, butsaid that the departing churches had joined the Convocationo Anglicans in North America, or CANA, and it is a brancho the Province o Nigeria, not a branch o the Diocese oVirginia. Tereore, it said, the Circuit Court erred in allow-

ing the CANA congregations to use the Division Statute toclaim control o their property. It ordered the Circuit Court todismiss their petitions to take control o their property underthe Division Statute, and conduct urther proceedings on thedispute consistent with the views expressed in this opinion.

Signicantly, the court said the division did not have tocome about through some orderly process, such as a denomi-nation agreeing to divide. Tis part o the opinion was a rejec-tion o one o the Diocese o Virginias key arguments. But, itsaid the branch had to come rom the original church, andthat was not the situation in these cases.

Te Court did not rule on the Dioceses claims that thelaw is unconstitutional; it said that because it decided that the

CANA Congregations did not meet the requirements o theDivision Statute - that they had in act not joined a brancho the Diocese o Virginia as the law required - there was noneed to address whether the law itsel is an unconstitutionalinringement on the Dioceses First Amendment rights.

Te ull Supreme Court ruling can be ound online atwww.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opnscvwp/1090682.pd.

Bishop Shannon Johnston said, this decision brings usone important step closer to returning loyal Episcopalians,who have been extraordinarily aithul in disheartening anddifcult circumstances, to their church homes...We lookorward to resolving this matter as quickly as possible andbringing our aithul brothers and sisters back to their home

churches.Jim Oakes, a spokesman or the CANA Congregations

said, We are disappointed with todays ruling and will review

it as we consider our options. Tis is not the nal chapterin this matter. Te courts ruling simply involved one o ourstatutory deenses Ultimately, we know that the Lord is incontrol and our congregations will continue to put our trustin Him, not in secular courts or buildings. Our doors remainopen wide to all who wish to worship with us.

Te property disputes in Virginia stem rom the ongoingdisagreements within the Anglican Communion over bless-ing o same-sex unions, ordination o non-celibate gays andlesbians as priests and bishops, and breakdown boundary linesbetween Provinces. Tat ongoing tension led to an unusuaexchange o letters rom the Archbishop o Canterbury andPresiding Bishop o Te Episcopal Church, and the rst ac-tion by the Archbishop against provinces that have broken themoratoria requested on these hot-button issues.

In a Pentecost Letter to the Anglican Communion, theArchbishop began by noting that At Pentecost, we celebratethe git God gives us o being able to communicate the GoodNews o Jesus Christ in the various languages o the wholehuman world. Te Gospel is not the property o any onegroup, any one culture or history, but is what God intends orthe salvation o all who will listen and respond.

Te Church has experienced division and internal hos-tilities almost rom that rst Day o Pentecost, he said, andthe Anglican Communion continues to be troubled by them

today. It is clear that the ofcial bodies o Te EpiscopaChurch have elt in conscience that they cannot go along withwhat has been asked o them by others, and cited the recentconsecration o Canon Mary Glasspool as a clear sign o thisHe also noted that activity across provincial boundaries con-tinues equally dictated by what people have elt they mustin conscience do.

He proposed that as long as these tensions remain un-resolved, members o provinces that have ormallyadoptedpolicies that breach any o the moratoria not participatein the Communions ecumenical dialogues. He also proposedthat they be reduced to consultant status on the Inter Angli-can Standing Commission on Unity Faith and Order (IAS-

CUFO).Te emphasis on ormally is in the original letter, and iscritical, because he dierentiates between ormal actions bythe General Convention o Te Episcopal Church settingChurch policy on ordination and consecration o non-celibategays and lesbians, and boundary-crossing actions which mightnot be traced to any ormal action by the House o Bishops othe province involved.

In her response, Presiding Bishop Katherine JeertsSchori said the Archbishop seems to equate Pentecost witha single understanding o gospel realities. She countered thatPentecost is most undamentally a continuing git o the


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To help the Christian Education budget,a donation o $20.00 per amily would be most appreciated.

Directions: Please ll out a separate orm or each child attending.

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Update on Issues in the Anglican Communion,continued rom page 6Spirit, rather than a limitation or quenching o that Spirit.

She went on to say that Spirit seems to be saying to manyin Te Episcopal Church that gays and lesbians are Godsgood creation, and may indeed be good and healthy exem-

plars o gited leadership within the Church, both baptizedleaders and ordained ones.

She acknowledged that many Anglicans and not a ewEpiscopalians do not hear the Sprits call this way. Te will-ingness to live in tension is a hallmark o Anglicanism, shesaid, beginning rom its roots in Celtic Christianity and so-lidied in the Elizabethan Settlement, which really marks thebeginning o Anglican Christianity as a distinct movement.Above all, it recognizes that the Spirit may be speaking to allo us, in ways that do not at present seem to cohere or agree.

She said the Archbishops letter smacked o colonialism,and a troubling push toward centralized authority. She ar-gued that Anglicanism as a body began in the repudiationo the control o the Bishop o Rome within an otherwisesovereign nation. Similar concerns over sel-determination inthe ace o colonial control led the Scottish Episcopal Churchto consecrate Samuel Seabury or Te Episcopal Church inthe nascent United States and so began the Anglican Com-munion.

Finally, there is Mitregate. Early in June, BishopKatharine was invited to preach and celebrate the Eucharistat Southwark Cathedral in London. A ew days beore theservice, the Archbishop o Canterburys ofce inormed hershe should not wear her mitre or carry her pastoral sta, bothtraditional symbols o a bishop. Furthermore, she was asked to

provide documentation regarding her ordination and conse-cration.She called it nonsense and bizarre, and bloggers quick-

ly pointed out that her predecessor as Presiding Bishop hasworn his mitre when he preached at the same Cathedral, andemale bishops rom the United States and Canada had worntheirs when preaching elsewhere in England.

Te ap came just as the Church o England was to vote,perhaps once and or all, on whether to allow women to be or-dained as bishops, and was received with particular outrage bywomen in England who have just been, or are about to be, or-dained as priests or deacons. It swings straight back at them,one writer said. With one hand the Church has welcomed

their giving up o their time, their careers and their economicsecurity in order to serve, while with the other hand, in thevery month that they take their orders, it has smacked themdown again. You can serve, the Church seems to say, but neverdare to orget you are second class citizens. It is important to remember that despite all these controversies, thework of the Church globally, nationally, and locally goes on. Pohick

parishioners donated more than 1,000 pounds of food for the LortonCommunity Action Center at Tanksgiving and another 1,000 poundsat Christmas. One hundred twenty guests were hosted at the New HopeHousing Annual Christmas Dinner, and more than 100 LCAC clientswere hosted at the Childrens Christmas Breakfast with Santa. Te Ves-try is determined to continue the important ministry and mission.

CommuniTyoF hope neWsI was sick and you visited me.(Matt. 25:36)

Congratulations to Pohicks newly commissionedCommunity o Hope pastoral care lay chaplains! Fol-lowing 4 months o training (with a ew snow delays!)

the ollowing parishioners were commissioned on Sun-day, May 2 during the 9:00 am service: Janet Ayorinde Mike Elston

Beth Baird Carol HeddlestonBruce Baird Dana HutsonBill Bland Teron Jacksonom Bland Marleen McCabeNancy Bireley Darlene OConnellAnne Cannon Rita StankwitzLinda Egan Michelle BoothWhen assigned by the clergy, the Community o

Hope lay chaplains have been visiting those in the Po-hick parish who are in need o comort and care eitherat home, in the hospital, or in a nursing care acility. Teocus is on the ministry o presence and prayer, with laychaplains engaging in the simple, proound, healing acto listening. Community o Hope members carry orththe message that no one is alone. We who are many areone body, because we all share one bread, one cup

Te Community o Hope is shaped by Benedictinespirituality. Te spiritual disciplines ound in Te Ruleo St. Benedictinspire community members to work to-

ward balance and harmony in prayer, worship, silenceholy reading, and serving others through pastoral careministry.

With the initial training completed, Community oHope members are attending monthly Circle o Caremeetings, which provide an opportunity or lay chap-lains to debrie pastoral visits and receive mutual sup-port. When debrieng, the ocus is on the lay chaplainsexperiences (e.g., did they listen with the ear o heart,being ully present to the care receiver) rather than theidentity or details o the person being visited. Con-

dentiality is emphasized and respected at all times. Inthe Circle o Care, Community o Hope members alsoenjoy continuing education on topics related to min-istry, spiritual growth, and pastoral care; and deepencommunity and spiritual lie through worship.

From the commissioning service: Will you servewith faithfulness, dedication, hope, and love? Will yourely on Gods mercy and grace and rejoice knowing thatthe Holy Spirit prays within you to empower your min-istry? I will with God s help.


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Independence DayParish Ofce

Closed

9:30a Sta Mtg2:30p HE/FX

7:30p HE/LOH 7:30p FinanceCmte8:30p AA

6p Weddingrehearsal

8a BSA4p Mayberry/Knotts Wedding

11 12 13 14 15 16 17EYC Mission ripProper 10c8a HE I10a HE II

EYC Mission rip9a-12p VacationBible School

EYC Mission rip9a-12p VacationBible School9:30a Sta Mtg.2:30p HE/FX7:30p Vestry Mtg.

EYC Mission rip9a-12p VacationBible School7:30p HE/LOH

EYC Mission rip9a-12p VacationBible School8:30p AA

Pohick Post Deadline

EYC Mission rip9a-12p VacationBible School7p VBS program

EYC Mission rip8a BSA9:15a Fair CmteMtg.9:15a Renova-tions Cmte Mtg.

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Proper 11c8a HE I10a HE II

9:30a Sta Mtg.2:30p HE/FX

7:30p HE/LOH 8:30p AA 8a BSA

25 26 27 28 29 30 31Proper 12c8a HE I10a HE II

9:30a Sta Mtg.2:30p HE/FX

7:30p HE/LOH 8:30p AA 8a BSA

Pohick Church Activities July 2010

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

Baptism

May 23Hayden Henry Galentine

June 20Colin Matthew Smalleld

and Madeleine JongMee Smith

ReceptionsJune 20

Cynthia Marie aneld RivenbarkWilbur Ray Snyder

Church RegisterTransfer In

Mary Alice Sturm

ConfirmationsJune 20

Hunter James AlbertsonLeigh Crossman Aleris

Andrew Paul BurtJacob Matthew Hodges

Graham William Edward HoggKatherine Adeline Vaughn


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SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNEERS

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

ACOLYTES

4 JULY 11 JULY 18 JULY 25 JULY

8:00Chris Brown

ony MarsicoJohn SpringerBill Stewart

Randy BrooksMike Vaughn

Ken EvansMike Zane

10:00 Rodger Jonesom BlandMo FaberSantos Garcia

Bill BlandRandy Cudworth

om MayberryGerry Smither

John GodleyDon HomarEdwardene Pitcock

om Rivenbark

Rick NelsonSean HartigGrant Hodges

Warren Prados

7:00 Chris Brown Roberta Fede Jim From Angela Edgemon

12:00 Rodger Jones Leslie Schwoppe Don Brownlee Steve Harding

11:15 M/M Turston M/M Brown Pasour/Remaly M/M Myers

AM BJ McPhersonJ. HolmA. Powell

J. SchmidE. PitcockA. MarsicoD. Pasour

BJ McPhersonJ. HolmA. Powell

J. SchmidE. PitcockA. MarsicoD. Pasour

N. BireleyJ. SunderlandB. WagnerR. eale

J. MacDonaldA. Cannon

N. BireleyJ. SunderlandB. WagnerR. eale

J. MacDonaldA. Cannon

AM A. Stribling J. Wells S. Homar BD

8:00 M/M OConnell M. McCabe M. McCabe M/M OConnell

10:00 M/M Parker Bland/Girten M/M Hogg M/M Prados

AM C. Mullins/A. Gorham J. Hodges/K. Uribe J. Elston/S. Krajack A. McHargue/R. Strawderman

8:00 . Mullins (R)B. Wagner (P)

B. Gastrell (R)E. Torson (P)

. Marsico (R)P. Springer (P)

. Mullins (P)B. Wagner (R)

10:00 R. Heddleston (R)C. Cockrot (P)

M. Faber (P)M. Elston (R)

S. Homar (P)N. Sage (R)

S. Harding (R)M. Harding (P)

8:00 LC Klint Edgemon LC Zack Perconti LC William Prados LC Amber McNeal

10:00 LC Kathryn VaughnSC Hannah Goeller

Hannah Vaughn Amanda LjubaB Casey Ljuba

LC David GreySC Julia Mitchell

William Haue Catherine HaueB Andrew Burt

LC Jonathan CookeSC Kirsten Hodge

Sean Jones Ben LynnB Melisa Lynn

LC Sarah WootenSC Dru Hodges

Emily Elston Katherine VaughnB Jacob Hodges

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VESTRY

GRAM

Pohic

kChurchStaf

Rector:

TeRevdDonald

Binder,PhD

Assistant:

TeRevd

LynYoullMarshall

Seminarian:

JuliaMesser

MinisterofMusic:

LindaEgan

Directorof

ChristianEd:

FrancesSessums

YouthMinister:

RustyBooth

Parish

Secretary:

Vonneroknya

FinanceAdmin:

PatOsisek

Sexton:

JohnSessums

elephone:703-339-6572

Fax:703-339-9884

ChurchOfceEmail:[email protected]:www.pohick.org

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ate:_____________________Subject:_____________________

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9301 Richmond Highway

Lorton, Virginia 22079-1519

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Te Purpose of Pohick Church is to be a nourishing community where Christ s love is experienced and taken beyond its walls

Poh

ickChurchVestry

Sr.Warden:StewRemaly

Jr.W

arden:

JeParker

Treasurer:

RobertaFede

Reg

ister:

DonBrownlee

Members:

FemiAyorinde,Jim

Bartholomew,ChrisBrown,

AngelaEdgemon,Roberta

Fede,JimFrom,Andrea

Gurrola,SteveHarding,

DanaHutson,RodgerJones,

LeslieSchwoppe,Neil

Sunderland,SarahWooten

Documents

Pohick Post, July 2010