Check It Out- News from the BMRC- Resource catalog to be searchable on the internet
04/09/2009
Twenty years ago, one of my first projects as a volunteer in the Bishop Marmion Resource Center was to assist in compiling a BMRC catalog. Browsers were always welcome, but often there was a need f...
Council 2009- Council delegates balance ministry in tight budget year
04/01/2009
Despite a climate of uncertainty in the wider economy, delegates to the 90th annual Council passed a realistically trimmed budget that attempted to minimize the harm done to local and diocesan mini...
Diocese rolls out new web site design
06/27/2008
In its first major overhaul since 2005, the diocese has revamped the look of its web site, dioswva.org.
From the editor Lessons learned from a greedy groundhog
04/03/2009
In the backyard of my first little house, there was a small sunny spot for a vegetable garden. I fondly remembered the vegetable gardens of my childhood, filled with plants that, by mid-summer, had...
Sharing a passion for youth
08/30/2006
By Christie M. Wills When Beth Crow became diocesan youth coordinator in 2000, she inherited a youth program that occasionally showed signs of liveliness but largely consisted of just two events: Y...
Eagle News, February 2009
02/04/2009
Parish newsletter
Soul Food
08/03/2008
My sister in Christ Paula Greene got me thinking about this Gospel passage in a whole new way. In fact in a sort of, well why didn't I think of that, kind of way. Paula proclaims this passage is ab...
"...That they all shall be One."
06/26/2008
The Rev. Becky Crites, Ecumenical Officer, Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia "Of Synods and Statements..." A great joy in ecumenical work is the invitation to attend other denominations' a...
feed-the-hungry.html
Feed the Hungry Feed the Hungry is a program at Christ Church that collects money each week for local and international non-profit agencies that work to end hunger, poverty, and to care for the ear...
jobs.html
Openings Part-Time Rector-- ASCENSION, AMHERST, VIRGINIA Available September, 2008Family Size parish, Budget $55-60,000 - Deacon/parish nurse and 3 lay assistants - Community outreach programs, Epi...
jobs.html
Openings Part-Time Rector-- ASCENSION, AMHERST, VIRGINIA Ascension Church in Amherst, Virginia seeks a part-time rector to provide leadership and guidance. We are willing to be quite flexible about...
ways-to-connect.html
New to St. E's? Welcome to St. Elizabeth's Church! Whether you have already walked through our Roanoke doors or are simply "church shopping" on the web, we are very glad to welcome you to this vibr...
worship-at-st-es.html
Worship at St. Elizabeth’s PART 1. INSTANT THEOLOGYHOW WE WORSHIP Introduction: Most every generation of every culture searches for some way to touch the Holy, the Divine, the Eternal. We 21s...
outreachopportunities.html
Our Gospel imperative is to love our neighbors as ourselves, and we joyfully respond to this call through outreachto bothour closest neighbors and those around the world.St. John's strives in faith...
clergy.html
The Rev. Barkley ThompsonRector Barkley comes to St. John’s after serving as the rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Collierville, Tennessee (a suburb of Memphis). He says, “My...
