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Eat In to Help Out: A fundraiser for Stop Hunger Now packing event at Y@C

Last year during Youth at Council our youth and young adults packaged over 40,000 meals.  This year we will all come together to pack over 80,000 meals.  Youth, young adults, adults and children will work side by side to accomplish this amazing feat.  We need your help to make this happen.  We need to raise over $16,000- click here to see how you can help make this happen!


FYE a wonderful weekend for all...

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Fall Convocation Meetings begin...

Each week from now until November 2nd there will be a Fall Mission Day held in our diocese by convocation.   There will be activities for youth from around the convocation- so everybody find a ride  and come join in on the fun.  We will be playing games, preparing for Youth at Council together and looking at videos this years past events.  The schedule for these gatherings is as follows:

Oct. 12th:  Trinity Ecumenical, Moneta, 2:30 until 4:30

Oct. 19th:  St. Thomas, Abingdon  2:30 until 4:30

Oct. 26th:  Christ Church, Blacksburg 3:00 until 5:00

Nov. 2nd:  Emmanuel Staunton, 3:00 until 5:00

Pizza will be served at each convocation gathering.  Hope to see ya'll there!

From: Dioswva Youth

Lastest on FYE

Here is the latest information for FYE this weekend at Phoebe Needles. Click here for your packing list and directions... MORE



From: Diocesan Home

Ecumenical commission issues statement of concern

Episcopal Church commission speaks out against DVD movie "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West." MORE



From: Diocesan Home

Fran McKendree in Lexington

You are invited to hear singer and song writer Fran McKendree perform in concert on Thursday evening, Nov. 6 at 7:00 pm in the R. E Lee Parish Hall, Lexington. MORE



Episcopal Life Online

For Christmas this year, consider giving a goat. Or a flock of chickens. Or medical care for infants, or education for AIDS orphans, or a well to provide clean water for an entire village.    MORE

Delegates attending the 26th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth on November 15 overwhelmingly approved realignment with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.    MORE

Delegates to the 26th annual diocesan convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth voted Saturday to realign the diocese with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.    MORE