Diocesan Programs

The Bishop Marmion Resource Center A resource center to house and distribute all kinds of books, videos, audio tapes, kits, curriculum materials

Youth The diocesan program for 6th-12th graders, including summer camps, mission trips, retreats, and conferences

River Adventure Program A summer canoeing and camping program for all ages.

Disaster Response A diocesan program to plan and implement response actions in the event of a disaster

Outreach Programs

Education for Ministry

Diocesan Institutions

Grace House A retreat center in Wise County with a long tradition of outreach to the community. Driving directions are at the bottom of this page.

Phoebe Needles Center The diocesan camp and conference center located in Callaway, VA, offering lodging, dining, and recreational facilities for retreats, camps, conferences, workshops, quiet days, and meetings to church, government, school, youth, college, and private groups.

Diocesan Groups

Companions for Mission A group which shepherds our companion relationships with our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Bradford, England, and the twenty-four dioceses of the Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan.

Daughters of the King An international religious order for women who are communicants of the Episcopal Church

Episcopal Appalachian Ministries A coalition of Episcopal dioceses working with the people of Appalachia in the name of the Risen Christ to proclaim the Gospel in ways which will renew and empower and service justice, so that all may share in the good creation with which God has blessed us

Millennium Development Goals (MDG) /Global Reconciliation Committee
A group formed in 2006 by resolution of Council to work for the accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals: to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; to achieve universal primary education; to promote gender equality and empower women; to reduce child mortality; to improve maternal health; to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; to ensure environmental stability; and to develop a global partnership for development

Small(er) Church Work A group that deals with issues confronting small(er) and very small parishes in our diocese.