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POHICKPOST

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

MARCH 2012

Pohick Episcopal Church9301 Richmond Highway Lorton, VA 22079

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

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From Te Rector

Te ReverendDonald D. Binder, PhD

By the time you read this, we will have started Lent,the forty-day season leading up to Easter Sunday.Within the story of Jesus earthly life, it represents theperiod from when our Lord set his face to go to Jeru-salem (Luke 9:51).

During this time, he repeatedly foretold to his dis-ciples how this journey would end: e Son of Manis to be betrayed into human hands, and they will killhim, and three days after being killed, he will riseagain (Mark 9:31; cf. Mark 10:34).

e disciples did not know how to take these pre-dictions. Whats more, they were afraid to ask himabout them (Mark9:34). Almost certainly this wasntbecause they feared asking him a question. rough-out their years together with Jesus, the disciples didnot hesitate to ask him about lots of things.

No, they were not afraid of asking him the ques-

tion; they were afraid of what he might answer! Noneof them wanted to hear anything about death or suf-fering, neither for Jesus nor for themselves. Quite thecontrary. James and John dreamed of sitting on Jesusright hand and his left in his glory (Mark 10:35f). Allof them argued about which of them would be thegreatest in the coming Kingdom (Mark 9:34).

In both cases, Jesus rebuked the errant disciples.His true followers would be last of all and servantof all (Mark 9:34); they would take up their crossesand follow him (Luke 14:27).

Echoing these exchanges, Jesus teachings about

self-sacrice and servanthood come to the forefrontduring Lent. ey form the overarching themes of theseason, themes we will be hearing about within ourreadings, our liturgy and our preaching.

ey were not popular themes with the disciplesthey are even less popular today.

at is because the last time the people of our na-tion were called to sacrice was during the Rooseveltadministration, amid the life-and-death struggles ofWWII. While there have been occasional rhetoricachallenges since then - JFKs inaugural address comesto mind - otherwise the message to the masses hasbeen not one of sacrice, but of excess consumptionIndeed, it is often implied, if not openly stated, thatwe are being unpatriotic unless we ll up our shop-ping carts as often as we can.

at is a point mostly lost during the recent ha-rangue against the one percent. What I mean is thisacross the stretches of both time and geography, weare the one percent - all of us. Should the end of timecome tomorrow, God will categorize us as such. No

other one percent of humanity has lived as well as wedo today in Northern Virginia, home of the richestcounties in the richest nation in the world, past orpresent.

is is not to ignore or demean continuing con-cerns for poverty or inequality in our midst. Many ofthose concerns are valid and worthy of deliberationand action. But if they become the exclusive focus ofdiscussion, then we face the danger of trying to re-


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From the Rector: continued from page 1

Senior WardenS reportMike Elston, Senior Warden

move the speck from anothers eye while ignoring the log in our own (Matt 7:3 ).Lent provides us a yearly opportunity to focus on the latter: to bring our own excesses to the forefront so that

we might lay them on the altar and then take up our crosses and follow Christ in the service of others. In that waynot only do we nd freedom in Christ from the worldly things that weigh us down (1 John 2:15), but we do so

for the benet of the most needy.In concrete terms, that might mean living simply so others can simply live, as our Outreach ministry regu-

larly challenges us to do during this season. It might also mean spending time before God in worship, reectionand prayer in lieu of other activities that have become part of your daily norm - like for two hours on Wednesdayevenings during our Lenten suppers, studies and services.

Whatever your Lenten discipline might be, I pray that all of us this year might share together a Holy Lent,one that draws us nearer to God and our neighbor, propelled in those directions by the power of Christs self-giving, sacricial love.

is year marches on, and Lent is underway. WithLent comes many opportunities to prepare for the ho-liest day on the church calendar, Easter. One of themost popular ways to participate in Lenten programsat Pohick is the series of Wednesday night potlucksuppers. Attend one or all of them.

February was a great month with many eventsand developments. e Ann Mason Guild sponsoredanother great Chili Cook-O. ere was a sizeablecrowd and a good time was had by all.

Earlier in the month, Bill Brake, former rector ofPohick, was laid to rest. Bill was an important inu-ence in the lives of many at Pohick. His funeral servicewas an honor to his memory, and the many years ofservice he and his family devoted to Pohick. anks toall who made this possible.

February also saw a generous response to the callfor support of the Renovations Committees plan forthe oor of the Common Room. An anonymous donor,

showing tremendous faith in Pohicks future, steppedforward with a donation of $15,000 to fully fund theoor replacement, and start semi-annual professionalcleanings of the oor. e Vestry has accepted this giftwith thanks and pleasure. e fundraising eorts willshift toward securing the funds needed for new chairsin the Parish House. If interested in supporting thateort, please contact any member of the Vestry.

At Februarys meeting, the Vestry received reportsfrom all of the commissions and the activities of each.Discussion of the draft alcohol policy continued, and

hopefully this will be nalized in the near future. eVestry also decided not to adopt a policy regarding

rearms on church property. Finally, the Vestry votedto refurbish one of the Common Room chandeliers asa test to determine whether to refurbish all of them.

Two meetings were attended by the Senior War-den on behalf of Pohick. At the Architectural ReviewBoard, a case was presented for providing handicappedaccess at the northwest door of the church. e casewas supported by a phalanx of Historic Pohick Foun-dation members. Fortunately, the ARB was also sup-portive, and with a satisfactory design, there will be anew ramp at the northwest door. Second, there wasa meeting relating to the plans to widen Route 1 be-tween Telegraph Road and the Mt. Vernon HighwayOne iteration of the current plan would put a y-over on Route 1 in front of the Church property thatwould allow northbound Route 1 trac to turn lefonto Telegraph Road without stopping. Pohicks con-cerns were presented, and the plans will continue to bemonitored with the intent of preventing the construc-tion of urban blight in front of an historic church. It istoo early to write local, state, and national representa-

tives to put a stop to this nonsense, but if it comes tothat support from the congregation will be requested

Articles for the April 2012 Pohick Postare due nolater than March 15! Forward input by email in Word

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From Te Assistant Rector

Te ReverendLyn Youll Marshall

You never marry the right person.- imothy Keller

How our culture misunderstands compatibility.In generations past, there was far less talk about

compatibility and nding the ideal soulmate. Today,we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are,and fullls our desires, and this creates an unrealisticset of expectations that frustrates both the searchersand the searched for.

In John Tierneys classic humor article Picky,

Picky, Picky, he tries nobly to get us to laugh at theimpossible situation our culture has put us in. He re-counts many of the reasons his single friends told himthey had given up on their recent relationships:

She mispronounced Goethe. How could I takehim seriously after seeing Te Road Less raveled onhis bookshelf? If she would just lose seven pounds.Sure, hes a partner, but its not a big rm. And hewears those short black socks. Well, it started outgreat...beautiful face, great body, nice smile. Every-thing was going ne - until she turned around. Hepaused ominously, and shook his head. ... She haddirty elbows.

In other words, some people in our culture want toomuch out of a marriage partner. ey do not see mar-riage as two awed people coming together to createa space of stability, love, and consolation, a haven ina heartless world, as Christopher Lasch describes it.Rather, they are looking for someone who will acceptthem as they are, complement their abilities and ful-ll their sexual and emotional desires. is will indeed

require a woman who is a novelist/astronaut witha background infashion modeling,and the equivalentin a man. A mar-riage based noton self-denial buton self-fulllmentwill require a low-or no-maintenancepartner who meets

your needs while making almost no claims on youSimply put - today people are asking far too much inthe marriage partner.

You never marry the right persone Bible explains why the quest for compatibility

seems to be so impossible. As a pastor, I have spo-ken to thousands of couples, some working on mar-riage-seeking, some working on marriage-sustainingand some working on marriage-saving. I have heardthem say over and over, Love shouldnt be this hardit should come naturally. In response, I always saysomething like: Why believe that? Would some-one who wants to play professional baseball say, Itshouldnt be so hard to hit a fastball? Would someonewho wants to write the greatest American novel of hergeneration say, It shouldnt be hard to create believ-

able characters and compelling narrative?e understandable retort is: But this is not base-

ball or literature. is is love. Love should just comenaturally if two people are compatible, if they are trulysoulmates.

e Christian answer to this is that no two peo-ple are compatible. Duke University Ethics professorStanley Hauerwas has famously made this point:

Destructive to marriage is the self-fulllmentethic that assumes marriage and the family are pri-marily institutions of personal fulllment, necessaryfor us to become whole and happy. e assumptionis that there is someone just right for us to marry andthat if we look closely enough we will nd the rightperson. is moral assumption overlooks a crucial as-pect to marriage. It fails to appreciate the fact that wealways marry the wrong person.

We never know whom we marry; we just thinkwe do. Or even if we rst marry the right person, justgive it a while and he or she will change. For marriagebeing [the enormous thing it is] means we are not

the same person after we have entered it. e primarychallenge of marriage is learning how to love and carefor the stranger to whom you nd yourself married.

Hauerwas gives us the rst reason that no twopeople are compatible for marriage, namely, that mar-riage profoundly changes us. But, there is anotherreason. Any two people who enter into marriage arespiritually broken by sin, which among other thingsmeans to be self-centered - living life incurvatus in se

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5th - 6th Grade EYC

Bring-a-Friend

Movie Night

March 18, 2012 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Cost: FREE

Movie will be shown on the big screen.

Popcorn and drinks will be provided!

Bring a blanket or chair

to sit on for the movie.

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As author Denis de Rougemont said, Why should neurotic, selsh, immature people suddenly become angelswhen they fall in love... ? at is why a good marriage is more painfully hard to achieve than athletic or artisticprowess. Raw, natural talent does not enable you to play baseball as a pro or write great literature without enduringdiscipline and enormous work. Why would it be easy to live lovingly and well with another human being in light

of what is profoundly wrong within our human nature? Indeed, many people who have mastered athletics and arthave failed miserably at marriage. So the biblical doctrine of sin explains why marriage - more than anything elsethat is good and important in this fallen world - is so painful and hard.

No false choicese reason that marriage is so painful and yet wonderful is because it is a reection of the Gospel, which is

painful and wonderful at once. e Gospel is - we are more sinful and awed in ourselves than we ever dared tobelieve, and at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. is isthe only kind of relationship that will really transform us. Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and af-rms us but keeps us in denial about our aws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in sucha way that we cannot really hear it. Gods saving love in Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulnessabout who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us. e merciful commitment strengthens us

to see the truth about ourselves and repent. e conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and rest in Godsmercy and grace.

e hard times of marriage drive us to experience more of this transforming love of God. But a good marriagewill also be a place where we experience more of this kind of transforming love at a human level.

Excerpt from HE MEANING OF MARRIAGE 2011 by Timothy Keller with Kathy Keller. Published by DuttonA Member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Excerpted with permission from the publisher. All Rights Reserved.

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poHick cHurcH docentS

On Sundays after the9:00 am and 11:15 am ser-vices, there is now a sched-ule of Pohick docents togive tours touching on thehistory of Pohick Church,architecture, preservation,and colonial church his-

tory. In addition to Sunday tours, opportunitiesfor special tours are now being oered during the

week for schools, clubs, and senior groups.

docent training

e next docent training class will be on Sat-urday, March 24 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Forthose interested in becoming a docent, or thosethat just want to learn more about the history ofthe Church, this is a great opportunity. For moreinformation, contact Charlotte Knipling at 703-339-8196.


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Junior WardenS reportStew Remaly,Junior Warden

What a great privilege it is to serve the Lord and

the Parish as a member of the Vestry, and especiallyas the Junior Warden. e Property Commission hasstarted o 2012 with a full plate and ready to do Godswork. Rodger Jones will be providing sage counsel asthe Deputy Chair for the Property Commission. isnext year will be one of continued renovation and newbeginnings.

A few people need to be recognized for their greatwork and continued service. Mike Elston, last yearsJunior Warden and now the Senior Warden, was in-strumental in leading some signicant improvements

to the physical plant. He also did a great job of es-tablishing more ecient processes and leading theProperty Commission. John Sessums has contributeda great deal of hard work, and he is wished a speedyrecovery. anks also to Fred Crawford for his lead-ership on the Renovations Committee, and to theCemetery Warden, Rusty Booth, for his great workmanaging the day-to-day operations.

A number of projects will either be completed or

are currently underway. A new extension of the handrail leading to the lower door of the Parish Houseshould be complete thanks to the eorts of BillBland. Pete Kind completed work on stabilizing thehand rails on the southeast door of the Church. Jim

Hayes will complete the rst draft of the Building andGrounds Operations Manual. Mike Elston has pre-pared an excellent presentation on the disability ramplocation requirement for the Fairfax Country Archi-tectural Review Board. Fred Crawford will provide aRenovations Committee update in the very near fu-ture.

is next year, the Vestry is challenged to increasethe eorts on the Facilities Master Plan. So much hasbeen done by everyone to make the Parish a more welcoming place for all seeking a relationship with

Christ. It is now time to take up the task of prepar-ing the grounds for the improvement of the ChristianEducation facilities. ere will be much more to dis-cuss on how to achieve the follow-on phases to theMaster Plan over the coming weeks. Blessings to allin this New Year and, remember, the members of thecongregation are all Stewards of the property. Be sureto report to the Vestry any items that may need repairor appear unsafe.

MartHa guilde Martha Guild will not meet in March so its members can attend the Lenten Suppers & Programs.

Happy Hats WorkshopHappy Hats will be made on Saturday, March 3 from 10:00 am until 12:00 noon

in the Common Room Annex. e Martha Guild is sponsoring another Happy HatsWorkshop and cordially invites the congregation to join in making these hats. ehats will be delivered to hospitals and hospices for children facing hair loss from che-motherapy, life threatening illnesses, or those in pediatric burn centers. ere are nospecial skills required. Happy Hats are soft, wonderfully silly hats made from colorfulmaterial. Come join the fun!

Save the Date: Friday, June 8, 2012e Martha Guild will be hosting an evening at e Little eater of Alexandria on

Friday, June 8. e performance for the evening will be All the Kings Women. e King isalive and well in Alexandria! e story of Elvis Presley told through the eyes of 17 en-thralled, appalled, and obsessed women. Luigi Jannuzzis award-winning comedy beginsin Tupelo, Mississippi where a 12 year old Elvis wanted a BB gun instead of a guitar; toPresident Richard Nixons oce and Andy Warhols studio; from Cadillac salesman toGraceland guards. is touching comedy for every generation captures the eects thatfame, generosity, and just being a nice guy can bring to others. More details and ticketswill be coming soon. So for now, just save the date: June 8, 2012.


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Tis monthly report is part o the Vestrys ongoing efort to in-form and update the Parish about the ongoing controversies with-in Te Episcopal Church (EC) and the Anglican Communion.

Tese controversies largely involve the blessing of same-genderunions, ordination of non-celibate homosexuals, interpretation ofScripture, and breakdown of traditional boundary lines betweenProvinces.

e Church of England continued to move slowlybut steadily toward allowing woman to be consecrated asbishops. Eorts by the Archbishop of Canterbury to makegreater accommodation opponents were defeated again;both sides are saying they will leave the Church of Englandif they dont get their way.

Most English parishes and dioceses have indicatedsupport for ordaining women as bishops; all but two di-oceses voted last year in favor it. But a minority say theycannot accept the authority of a woman bishop on theo-logical grounds. Last month, the churchs General Synodagain considered draft legislation on the issue. As proposed,it allowed a woman to delegate her episcopal authority incases where a parish felt if could not accept her. But did notsatisfy opponents; they wanted want to create co-bishops

who were autonomous, rather than having their authoritydelegated by the female bishop.

e Archbishops of Canterbury and York pushed hardfor the co-bishop proposal. e Archbishop of York said it

was the only way to buy time to develop a long-term solu-tion, while the Archbishop of Canterbury urged the Synodto leave the door open for some future compromise.

But the Synod rejected their appeals, as it did a similarproposal by the Archbishop of Canterbury last year. By widemargins in all orders (bishops, priests and lay people), theSynod voted to send the proposal to the House of Bishopsfor further ne-tuning, but told the bishops not to changeit substantially.

e House of Bishops is expected to take up the pro-posal in May, and possibly send it back to the General Syn-od in July. It then needs support from two thirds of both

houses (the House of Bishops, which in the Synod includesclergy, and the House of Laity) order to pass. Legislationputting the plan into law would then have to be approvedby Parliament, and receive Royal Assent from the Queen.

* * *Meanwhile, dioceses in the Church of England also

continue to consider and vote on the proposed AnglicanCovenant. In the days immediately before and after lastmonths General Synod, six more dioceses voted againstthe Covenant, while one voted for it. at one diocese wasCanterbury. In most of the votes so far, the priests and la-ity have general voted against it by wide margins, while the

bishops have been in favor, or split.Ten of the churchs 44 dioceses have now voted against

the proposed Covenant. Five have voted in favor of it. Eigh

teen of 29 the remaining dioceses will need to vote in favorit the Covenant is to be returned for a vote at the churchsGeneral Synod. e Archbishop of Canterbury has madeadoption of the Covenant his highest priority, and rejectionby his own Church would be a stinging rejection.

* * *e Standing Committee of the Diocese of Virginia

has announced a slate of six candidates for election as Suf-fragan Bishop. ree are from the diocese, and three fromoutside:

e Rev. Randy AlexanderRector of Christ Church, PelhamDiocese of New York

e Rev. Canon Susan GoCanon to the OrdinaryDiocese of Virginia

e Very Rev. David MayRector of Grace Church, KilmarnockDiocese of Virginia

e Very Rev. Dr. Hilary Smith

Rector of St. Pauls on-the-Hill, WinchesterDiocese of Virginia

e Very Rev. Shirley Smith GrahamRector of St. Martins, WilliamsburgDiocese of Southern Virginia

e Rev. Canon Sue SommerSubdean and Canon Pastor ofGrace & Holy Trinity CathedralDiocese of West MissouriCanon Go, who currently serves as Canon to the

Ordinary (overseeing the day-to-day operation of variouepiscopal ministries, including the discernment and ordination processes; misconduct prevention and response, andthe transition process for clergy and congregations) former-ly was rector of St. Christophers, Springeld.

Walkabouts for the nominees will take place the weekof March 19th, including March 20th at St. Georges Fred-ericksburg and March 22nd at Good Shepherd, Burke. eelection will take place April 21st. e delegates to this

years Diocesan Council will be the electing council.

updateon iSSueSintHe anglican coMMunion

Don Brownlee

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e consecration is scheduled for July 28th. We areelecting a new suragan bishop to replace the Rt. Rev. Da-

vid Jones, who retired after this years Diocesan Council.

Elsewhere: One hundred twenty priests from the Diocese of Lon-

don signed a letter asking the Church of England to allowthem to bless civil unions if they see t. Since December,British law has allowed civil unions to be blessed in church-es, but the government has not required churches to do so.

e Church of England has forbidden priests from doingso. eir letter did not ask for permission to marry same-sexcouples, but said priests should have the same discretion tobless a civil partnership in church as they currently have todecide whether to remarry people who are divorced.

Bishop Charles Bennison of the Diocese of Pennsyl-vania, however, does not believe clergy should have discre-tion as to whether or not to bless same-sex unions. He hastold his clergy that in the event the General Conventionauthorizes blessing of same-sex unions, they must do soif asked. Unless the implementing resolution [from theGeneral Convention authorizing same sex blessings] statesotherwise, none of us, should we be asked to bless the re-lationship of a same-gender couple, may refuse to do so onthe basis of their sexual orientation. Failure to do presum-ably would subject a priest to disciplinary action. Bp. Ben-nison was convicted by an ecclesiastical court of failing to

act promptly and properly when his brother was engaged ina sexual relationship with a minor. is charged dated backto the 1970s, and an appeals court overturned the convic-tion, saying too much time had passed. Tensions with hisdiocese remained, and he has faced continued pressure tostep down, including a call from the House of Bishops thathe do so.

ree parishes in the Diocese of Albany (NY) areconsidering requesting Delegated Episcopal PastoralOversight, or DEPO, a process under which a parish re-ceives Episcopal oversight from someone other than its owndiocesan bishop. e process was developed by the House

of Bishops in 2004, in response to theologically conserva-tive parishes in dioceses where the bishop, and diocese as a

whole, were theologically more liberal, generally on issuesrelated to human sexuality. In this case, however, its theparishes that are more liberal on these issues, while theirbishop is more theologically conservative.

A similar concept, and its exact nature, was at the heartof the Church of Englands votes on allowing women to beconsecrated as bishops, detailed above.

Under the guidelines established by the EpiscopalChurchs House of Bishops, the parishs rector and vestryrst meet with their bishop in an eort to bridge the dier-

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ences. If they cannot be bridged, the bishop then appointssome other bishop to visit the parishes for conrmationsand otherwise provide the Episcopal oversight that he orshe normally would provide. e parishes, however, remainpart of the diocese and continue to participate in all aspectof diocesan life.

Bishop William H. Love told the Albany Times-Unionhe began meeting with the three parishes identied by thepaper as St. Andrews in Albany, St. Georges in Schenect-ady and St. Lukes in Saranac Lake in December. BishopGladstone B. Adams III of the Episcopal Diocese of Cen-tral New York participated in that meeting, and accordingto the Times-Union story, may be named by Bp. Love toprovide their Episcopal care. Im happy to be involved inthe discussions with Bishop Love, Bp. Adams told the pa-per. It has to do with extending real Christian charity toaccommodate dierent perspectives..

Bp. Love currently is providing alternative Episcopaoversight to two parishes in the Diocese of Connecticut.

e dioceses of Chicago and Quincy are consider-ing merging. In November 2008, a majority of the Quincydiocesan synod voted to leave the Episcopal Church and torealign with the Anglican Province of the Southern Coneforming what was at the time called the Southern ConeDiocese of Quincy. ose who left are now part of the An-glican Church in North America (ANCA) and the dioceseincludes churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Tennessee, and Florida. Nine parishes remained with e Episco-pal Church. Over the last year, those parishes and the Epis-

copal diocese have been trying to determine their future e Very Rev. Robert Dedmon, who chaired the Committee on the Future of the Diocese, said the consensusof the committee is that reunication with the Diocese oChicago the most reasonable, faithful course.

However, many in the diocese of small towns and ruracommunities are worried that they would be swallowed upby the larger, and more urban-oriented Diocese of ChicagoIn last months meeting, leaders from Chicago attempted toreassure them. Its a myth that we are all urban, said Chi-cago Bishop Je Lee. Chicago has many small rural con-gregations Large or small, rural or urban, its all about

the mission. How can we best proclaim the mission?e Episcopal diocese of Quincy remains engaged in

litigation with the departed churches over property issues.

It is important to remember that despite all these contro-versies, the work of the Church - globally, nationally, and lo-cally - goes on.

We contributed more than 600 pounds of food to LCAC inJanuary and February, and collected $500 at Souper Sunday.Plans and fundraising for our summer Youth Mission rip arewell underway.


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Pohick Episcopal Church

cHriStian educationFrances Sessums, Director of Christian Education

Page 8 March 2012

Pohicks Wednesday evening Lenten programs

will continue in March. Frances Sessums will be teach-ing a class for the preschoolers through third graders.Rusty Booth will be working with the fourth gradethrough senior high students. e nursery is availablewith a paid attendant during class time. Please comeand participate in the Lenten program.

Mark the calendar! Pohicks Vacation Bible Schoolwill be July 9 through July 13 from 9:00 am until 12:00noon each day. e theme is Gospel Lights SonRiseNational Park. e students will learn to trust Jesus

as their all powerful guide and Savior. is is a won-derful week for everyone involved!VBS is available for children as young as three

years old through rising 6th grade students. e 7th -12th grade students are welcome to be assistant teach-ers and aides! Two and one half year olds will be ableto attend VBS if a parent stays to help in the program.Please contact Frances Sessums for specic informa-tion. Volunteers are needed to make the week a suc-cess! Anyone interested in teaching, assistant teaching,being an aide, snacks, nursery attendant, art assistant,or helping in any way, please call Frances Sessums at703 425-2857.

eYc neWSRusty Booth, Youth Minister

Planning for the Youth Mission trip is well under-

way with a group building meeting on March 11. eEYC has raised $13,500 of the $16,000 needed forthe trip with the annual yard sale yet to come.

A big thanks to everyone who supported the manyfundraisers for the Youth Mission Trip to RushvilleIndiana this summer! Hammers and nails will be pro-vided to see what can be put together!

On March 18, the Jr. & Sr. High EYC groups willbe going to see ird Day in concert, and the 5th and

6th EYC will have a Bring aFriend Movie Night with pop-

corn and drinks! Planning hasalso started for the EYC SpringRetreat, which will be held April20-22. All three groups will begoing to the Brethren Woods

Retreat Center in the George Washington NationalForest. A permission slip and informational yer wilbe distributed the beginning of March.

needleWork Book

A new book about Pohick Church Needle-workis now available for purchase. It has informa-tion on all the needlework that has been workedor is being worked at Pohick Church.

Featured in the book are beautiful coloredpictures of the pew cushions, the carpet under thealtar table, banners, frontals, and kneelers. Includ-ed is the history of thecushion, the designer,the person who workedthe cushion, the pew

where it is located, and why the cushion is inthat particular pew.

e book is sell-ing for $25.00 and allthe proceeds will beused for the upkeep ofthe needlework. Cop-ies can be purchased from the church oce or bycalling Jacqueline Wells, 703-780-1472.


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HealtH neWSCarol Heddleston,Parish Nurse

WoMenand Heart attackS -

MYocardial infarction Women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms thatmen have when experiencing a heart attack. Men usuallyexperience sudden stabbing pain in the chest, cold sweat,grabbing the chest, and dropping to the oor. Symptomsfor women are a bit dierent.

Here is the story of one womans experience:I had a heart attack at about 10:30 pm with no prior

exertion and no prior emotional trauma. I was sitting allsnugly and warm on a cold evening with my purring cat inmy lap reading an interesting book and actually thinking

- aah, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushyLazy Boy with my feet propped up.

A moment later, I felt an awful sensation of indigestionlike a hurried bite of sandwich that has been washed down

with a dash of water, and feels like a golf ball has been swal-lowed. It goes down the esophagus in slow motion, and itis most uncomfortable. is was my initial sensation - theonly trouble was that I had not taken a bite of anything forthe last ve hours.

After the indigestion seemed to subside, the nextsensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed tobe racing up my spine. In hind-sight, it was probably myaorta spasms, which were gaining speed as they continuedracing up and under my sternum.

is fascinating process continued on into my throatand branched out into the upper and lower jaw. Aha! NowI stopped puzzling about what was happening - we all haveheard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of aheart attack. I said aloud to myself and the cat, Dear God,I think I am having a heart attack!

I lowered the foot rest, dumped the cat from my lap,started to take a step, and fell on the oor instead. I thoughtto myself, if this is a heart attack, I should not be walking

into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else...but, on the other hand, if I do not move, nobody will knowthat I need help.

I walked slowly into the next room and dialed theParamedics. I told the 911 Operator that I thought I washaving a heart attack due to the pressure building underthe sternum and radiating into my jaws. I did not feel hys-terical or afraid. Just stating the facts. e 911 operator saidshe was sending the Paramedics immediately, asked if thefront door was close to me, and if so, unlock the door, andthen lie down on the oor where the paramedics could seeme when they came in the house.

I unlocked the door, laid down on the oor as instruct-ed, and lost consciousness. I do not remember the medicscoming in, their examination, being lifted onto the gur-ney, or being put into the ambulance. I did briey wake up

when we arrived at the hospital, and I saw that the radi-ologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap. Hehelped the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulanceHe was bending over me asking questions, but I could notmake my mind interpret what he was saying, or form ananswer. I nodded o again, not waking up until the cardiol-ogist had already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon upmy femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart wherethey installed two side by side stints to hold open the rightcoronary artery.

All the actions at home only took about four or veminutes before calling the paramedics, and both the restation and the hospital are minutes from my home. e

cardiologist was ready to go to the OR in his scrubs andready to restart my heart, which had stopped somewherebetween my arrival and the stint installation procedure.

Look for the warning signs and be ready to take action1. Be aware that something very dierent is happening

in your body. It is said that many more women than mendie of their rst heart attack because they do not knowthey are having one. It is of-ten mistaken for indigestion.

2. Be sure to call 911. Donot drive yourself to the ER.

3. If possible, take an as-pirin.

4. Do not assume it can-not be a heart attack because

you have a normal cholesterolcount.

lorton

coMMunitYaction center

e Lorton Community Action Center is ask-ing for gently used and not so gently used towels,

twin bed sheets, blankets, and comforters. eyalso need bed pillows, but the pillows must be new.Please leave items downstairs in the CommonRoom marked forNew Hope Hous-ing. LCAC thanksthe parishioners ofPohick Church fortheir support andgenerosity.


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On July 9, 2010 the country of South Sudan de-clared its independence, and a country born of reli-gious persecution became free.

e former country of Sudan was the largest coun-try in Africa. is massive nation stretched along theNile River from its Northern desert boundary withEgypt to its Southern rainforest border with Congoand Uganda. e Nile brought the people togetherinto one country even though it served as an axis forconict.

Looking back in history, Arab Moslems followed

the Nile south from Egypt not long after the rise ofIslam, and slowly converted many people to Islam.In the 19th century, European mission Christianityspread north along the Nile from the British coloniesof Kenya and Uganda, and also converted many peopleto Christianity. ese two religious movements metsomewhere in Southern Sudan. e British took con-trol of Sudan in the 19th century without establish-ing a clear religious policy. ey sometimes stronglyfavored the central region around Khartoum, henceIslamic groups and sometimes assisted the people inthe South, hence non-Moslems, many of whom wereChristian.

Sudan became independent in 1956, but the strifebegan much earlier. While it is too simplistic to clas-sify the conict simply as Northern Moslems againstSouthern Christians, this classication holds muchexplanatory power for the ethnic conict tends to fallin-line with religion. As the British were preparing toleave the country, the Southerners, fearing dominationfrom Khartoum, made their rst attempts to resist, and

periodically plunged parts of the country into warfare.ereafter, the country was at war two thirds of the

time from 1956 until a peace agreement in 2005. ispeace agreement set up a referendum on independencefor Southern Sudan. e voting took place on the Jan-uary 9, 2011, and the people voted overwhelmingly forindependence. A new country with a long memory ofpersecution was born.

During the periodic warfare up to 2005, the Khar-toum-controlled military targeted the people andChristians in the South. e military directly struck

tHe perSecution cornerBob Munson

We are hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (2 Corinthians 4:8-9)

churches, hospitals, missions, or other Christian insti-tutions, and indirectly targeted Christianity throughattacks on the people. During this time, over 1.5 mil-lion Southerners lost their lives, and over ve millionwere displaced.

e country of South Sudan is now free, althoughnot peaceful. With the division of the country, manypeople - generally Christians - who lived in the Northare now attempting to move back to their homesin the South. Large migration streams have formedwhich are bringing people to a very poor unfamiliar

country. e Southern government is inexperiencedand the country has little infrastructure or ability tomeet the peoples basic needs. Its near term future isuncertain, however, it is free, and the people no longerfear the bombs of the Northern military.

Despite the violence, over the last 30 years theChristian church has grown signicantly in the Southfrom 1.6 million Christians in 1980 to over 11 mil-lion in 2012. e new country enjoys assistance fromChristian relief organizations and churches around theworld, including many in local area. On July 8, 2011the United Nations Security Council established theUnited Nations Mission in Southern Sudan to providesecurity and help the country develop. is mission hasa mandate for up to 7,000 peacekeeping troops, andthe US has agreed to send ve ocers.

In the weeks ahead, please remember in prayerthe Christians in South Sudan. Remember also thosein the North who are being forced to migrate dueto their religion and ethnicity. While the freedom ofSouth Sudan helps to solve part of the problem of reli-

gious prosecution, it is not a panacea for the death anddestruction faced by the people for the last 50 yearsMany children have grown up without knowing peacein their land. Pray for peace in their future. Perhaps theChristians in South Sudan are like the treasure hid-den in the jars of clay, as Paul wrote to the church inCorinth (2 Cor 4: 7). ey can now come out fromtheir hiding place, and reveal the power of God. eSouthern Christians were persecuted, but not aban-doned by God or other Christians. ey now can be awitness for what He has done for them.


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To make contributions toward owers for the Church at Easter, please ll out this form and return it to the Church oce with pay-

ment no later than Sunday, April 1, 2012. Forms can be mailed to: Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, VA 22079.

Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________

elephone: ________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________

Please write the memorial, thanksgiving, or other designation for publication in the Easter Bulletin:

Enclosed is a check payable to Pohick Church, marked For Easter Flowersin the following amount: $11 $22 Other _________________Please note For Easter Flowers on the memo line of check.

Easter Flowers


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Help!Batman is missing! Somtime on Sunday, Janu-

ary 22, I lost my coee cup at Pohick Church. ecup is not valuable, but the yellow band with theBatman logo around the cup was a gift from mygrandson. Many of you know what that means.

e cup is a tall, rather battered, metal er-

mos travel mug with a yellow Batman band aroundit. If you have seen it, please let me know.

anks,Mo Faber, 703-440-9557

docent guild

A few ofthe members

of the Historic Pohick ChurchDocent Guild visited Christ

Church on January 27.

From the visit, lots of

wonderful ideas will be

incorporated in the Pohick

Church tours. It was also

wonderful to visit the

delightful gift shop.

HoSpice VolunteerS needed

VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of NorthernVirginia is now recruiting volunteers in northern

Virginia for friendly visits to patients at the endof their life. Visits made by volunteers help pa-tients and touch families. HELP by visiting pa-tients or working in the oce. Orientation and

assignments are made accord-ing to individual preference.Please contact the VolunteerServices Manager at 703-270-4300 or [email protected].

cHriStMaS Mart

BrainStorMing SeSSionIt is never too early to think Christmas

Mart! All Women of the Church are invited toattend the Christmas Mart Brainstorming Ses-

sion to be held on Saturday, March 10 from 10:00am until 11:30 am in the Common Room Annex.

e Session is for all those that have beeninvolved, want to be involved, or just want tond out more about the Christmas Mart. Bringthoughts, ideas, and suggestions about the vari-ous aspects of the Mart. Improvements to a greatevent are always welcome.

Direct any questions to Connie Myers at 703-455-4652 or at [email protected].

SuMMer caMpS

at SHrine MontBrochures for the many 2012 camps and

events at Shrine Mont are now available. Bro-chures can be found by the steps near the Churchoce. More information can be found on thewebsite: www.camps.thediocese.net. Applicationsand camper forms can be found there as well.Specic questions or concerns can be directed toParis Bell or Kathlyn Jones at 1-800-DIOCESE.


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Sunday Monday uesday Wednesday Tursday Friday Saturday

FEB 26 27 28 29 MARCH 1 2 3Lent 1b7:45a HE I9a HE II10:15a Christian Ed,Parenting Course11:15a HE II12:30p St. CeceliaSt. Alban Choir5p Youth Conf. Class6:30p EYC (Jr&Sr),Parenting Course

6p COH Training 9:30a Sta Mtg.

2:30p HE/FX7p Tutoring

6p St. Francis

Choir6:30p PotluckSupper & Studies8p HE II &Healing

6:15p Bell Choir

7p EFM7:30p Choir ofPohick8:30p AA

8a Brotherhood

of St. Andrew9:15a HPCF9:15a PropertyCommittee Mtg.10a Happy Hats

4 5 6 7 8 9 10Lent 2b7:45a HE I9a HE II10:15a Christian Ed,Parenting Course

11:15a HE I12:30p St. CeceliaSt. Alban Choir5p Youth Conf. Class6p EYC DinnerNight (all groups)6:30p Parenting Course

6p COH Training 9:30a Sta Mtg.2:30p HE/FX7p Tutoring

6p St. FrancisChoir6:30p PotluckSupper & Studies

7p Prayer ShawlMinistry8p HE II &Healing

6:15p Bell Choir7p EFM7:30p Choir ofPohick

8:30p AA

8a Brotherhoodof St. Andrew10a ChristmasMart Brain-

storming Session

11 12 13 14 15 16 17Lent 3b7:45a HE I9a HE II10:15a Christian Ed,Parenting Course11:15a HE II12:30p St. CeceliaSt. Alban Choir5p Youth Conf. Class6:30p EYC (Jr&Sr),Parenting Course

6p COH Training 9:30a Sta Mtg.9:30a Ann Ma-son Guild Mtg2:30p HE/FX7p Tutoring7:30p Vestry

6p St. FrancisChoir6:30p PotluckSupper & Studies8p HE II &Healing

6:15p Bell Choir7p EFM7:30p Choir ofPohick8:30p AA

Deadline forPohick Post

8a Brotherhoodof St. Andrew9:15a RenovationCommittee Mtg6p St. PatricksDay Dinner

18 19 20 21 22 23 24Lent 4b7:45a HE I9a HE II10:15a Christian Ed,Parenting Course11:15a HE I12:30p St. CeceliaSt. Alban Choir5p Youth Conf. Class6:30p EYC (all grps),Parenting Course



Shrine MontCleanup Weekend


Shrine MontCleanupWeekend

Shrine MontCleanup Weekend8a Brotherhoodof St. Andrew10a Docent

raining

25 26 27 28 29 30 31Lent 5b7:45a HE I9a HE II10:15a Christian Ed,Parenting Course11:15a HE II12:30p St. CeceliaSt. Alban Choir5p Youth Conf. Class6:30p EYC (Jr&Sr),Parenting Course




8a Brotherhoodof St. Andrew9:30a Pohick &LCAC

Pohick Church Activities March 2012

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


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SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNEERS

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

4 MARCH 11 MARCH 18 MARCH 25 MARCH 1 APRIL

7:45Ken EvansRodger Jones

Becky WagnerPam Orel

Tony MarsicoMike Vaughn

Bob DaviesLane Phillips

BD

9:00 Mo FaberSantos Garcia

John GodleyGrant Hodges

Dru HodgesTerry MullinsDennis Myers

Wes Speer

om BlandJim FosterJim HellerJan Hoheins

Stew RemalyJim BartholomewBill PattonEdwardene Pitcock

BD

11:15 Kathy KirklandSandra Caesar

Steve EdgemonAngela Edgemon

Rick NelsonPaul Walden

Don HomarMike Wooten

BD

7:00 R. Stankwitz F. Ayorinde J. Bartholomew A. Gurrola R. Jones

1:00 T. Rivenbark J. Bireley K. Kirkland T. Marsico S. Remaly

12:15 M/M Myers Pasour/Remaly Kirkland/Hoheins Heintze/Jacobus M/M urston

AM J. SunderlandN. BireleyA. CannonC. Heddleston

J. MacDonaldM. MerriamR. Teale/B. Wagner

J. WellsN. SageH. Parker

J. BuckleyC. FosterR. Stankwitz

J. WellsN. SageH. Parker

J. BuckleyC. FosterR. Stankwitz

BJ McPhersonJ. HolmA. Powell

J. SchmidE. PitcockS. CaesarA. Marsico

BJ McPhersonJ. HolmA. Powell

J. SchmidE. PitcockS. CaesarA. Marsico

AM J. Brimmer S. Homar M. Merriam BJ/K McPherson Flower Guild

7:45 M/M Altman M/M Jacobus M/M Jacobus M/M Jacobus M/M Bireley

9:00 M/M Harding M/M Myers M/M Buckner L. Look Arnhart/Duggin

11:15 M. Yezek S. Caesar K. Kirkland M/M Heintze M/M urston

AM J. Hodges J. Elston L. Look B. Sweetser BD

7:45 M/M Paul Peterson Stew Remaly Edie Bartlett M/M Ken Evans Doug Smith

9:00 Roberta Fede M/M John Godley M/M Fuzzy urston M/M Dennis Myers M/M Dick Heintze

11:15 M/M Rick Nelson M/M Don Homar M/M Randy Haufe C. Hodge Anne Cannon

7:45 Sunderland (P)Cenci (R)

Cenci (P)P. Springer (R)

orson (R)Marsico (P)

P. Springer (P)Wagner (R)

Muir (R)orson (P)

9:00 S. Harding (R)M. Harding (P)

Faber (R)Sage (P)

R. Booth (R)M. Booth (P)

Gastrell (P)Cockroft (R)

Faber (P)Pasour (R)

11:15 Muir (P)Hayes (R)

Poad (P)Heddleston (R)

Homar (P)Sassin (R)

Hayes (R)Nelson (P)

Heddleston (P)Cenci (R)

OPEN - UP

LOCK - UP

TELLERS

NURSERY

ALTAR GUILD

FLOWER GUILD

COFFEE HOUR

USHERS

GREETERS

LAY READERS


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4 MARCH 11 MARCH 18 MARCH 25 MARCH 1 APRIL

7:45LC Rachel P LC Jonathan C LC Hunter G LC David G BD

9:00 LC Scott SSC Casey L

T Amanda LT Ben SB Kathryn S

LC Dru HSC Jacob H

T Mary BT Mac M

LC Jordan CSC Graham H

T Isabel H Emily E

LC Brad MSC Keighan S

T Hayden ST Sydney TB Slayton S

BD

11:15 LC Travis FSC Slayton S

Will HT Sydney HB Keighan S

LC Klint ESC Mitchell F

T Parker LT Emily L

LC Kathryn VSC Hannah V

T Mikey KT Elizbeth K

LC Robert MSC Hannah G

William HT Catherine HB Melisa L

BD

9:00 Rita Stankwitz Fred Crawford Carol Heddleston erri Hayes Jackie Wells

11:15 Dick Hamly Denise McHugh Micheyl Bartholomew Grace Delaune Nancy Sage

SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNEERS

ACOLYTES

DOCENTS

St. patrickS daY

celeBration dinner

e Brotherhood of St. Andrew, PohickChapter, will sponsor a dinner in honor of St. Pat-rick with traditional corned beef, cabbage, and allthe xings. e dinner will be held on Saturday,March 17 at 6:00 pm in the Common Room/An-nex. is has always been a popular family event.Please buy tickets in advance from any Brother-hood ticket salesman or call Fred Crawford, 703-680-1664.

Dont Forget!Daylight Savings Time begins

Sunday, March 11, 2012. Remember

to set clocks forward one hour!

outreacH

e Lorton Community Action Center isproviding food to a new family in the area. efamily could benet from a queen size bed andclothes/shoes for the children. e children areboys: age 8, shoe size 1, pants and tops size 8; age11, shoe size 6, pants size 12, tops size L. e chil-

dren will start school next week while the parentsare actively looking for employment. Donationsfor this family can be left in the Common Roommarked for the LCAC near the red food box. eLCAC should be called directly if a bed donationcan be made.


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VESTRY

GRAM

Pohic

kChurchStaf

Rector:

eRevdDonald

Binder,PhD

Assistant:

eRevd

LynYoullMarshall

PriestAssociate:

eRevdDr.Ruth

E.Correll,Ed.D.

Seminarian:

DanielCenci

MinisterofMusic:

LindaEgan

Directorof

ChristianEd:

FrancesSessums

YouthMinister:

RustyBooth

Parish

Secretary:

VonneTroknya

FinanceAdmin:

MikeMorgan

Sexton:

JohnSessums

Telephone:703-339-6572

Fax:703-339-9884

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

To:eVestry

D

ate:_____________________Subject:_____________________

From:

Pohick Church

9301 Richmond Highway

Lorton, Virginia 22079-1519

Return Service Requested

Non-Proft Org.U.S. Postage

P A I DPermit No. 2Lorton, VA

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

Poh

ickChurchVestry

Sr.Warden:MikeElston

Jr.W

arden:StewRemaly

Treasurer:

JimBartholomew

Reg

ister:

KathyKirkland

Members:

FemiAyorinde,JudBireley,

MicheleBooth,TomBuckner,

JonathanCooke,

AndreaGurrola,

RodgerJones,

TonyMarsico,

KristinaMyers,

TomRivenbark,

LeslieSchwoppe,

RitaStankwitz

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