March 11, 2020
Virginia Children's Chorus in concert this Sunday

The Virginia Children's Choir will perform at ESC on Sunday, March 15, at 4 pm. This program will feature 29 Chorister singers in grades 4 through 7. Since 1992, the Virginia Children’s Chorus has been teaching children of all backgrounds to sing with joy! Recognized as “Hampton Roads’ premiere children’s chorus,” VCC is a choir school committed to training the voice, as well as offering extraordinary concert opportunities. VCC believes that singing is every child’s birthright, awakening the heart and mind to its fullest potential. Four choir levels meet the needs of each developing singer.
Lenten Compline Services on Thursdays

Lenten Compline services - 7:30 PM on Thursdays in Lent (March 12, 19, 26, April 2). Enter in silence, absorb the hymns, psalms and prayers in silence, then depart in silence.
Cookies for KAIROS, please!

Roger Weeden and Lee Davis will be going in to Lawrenceville Correctional Center for a four-day KAIROS weekend March 26-29. The team was shorthanded so we added this to our already busy schedule. We need 100 dozen cookies each PLEASE. Zip lock bags with recipes and packing instructions are available in the narthex - five dozen cookies per package. Please take all you and your family think you will bake. Return the cookies to the narthex on Sunday March 22. Thank you very much for this extra help. The big weekend is in late April. We will have six men going to Sussex II so we'll need six hundred dozen. Details to follow when we get back from LVCC. Your support and your prayers gives hope to men who thought they were forgotten. Thank you.
Planning meeting for 2021 Youth Pilgrimage to Ireland

Join us for a planning meeting to discuss the 2021 Youth Pilgrimage to Ireland on Monday, March 23 at 7 pm in the parlor. The agenda is short and the meeting will last approximately one hour: Dates and itinerary; Estimated cost and payment schedule; Thoughts on joining with another church youth group; Fundraising; Questions.
 
Even if you are not ready to commit at this time, please join us to ask questions and hear from those who have been on this journey. Contact Maureen Kallgren for information, 757-506-5828.
Spring Grounds Clean-up March 28

It's time for Spring Cleaning! Come out and help spruce up the grounds in preparation for our Easter celebrations. We will meet in the Parish Hall Saturday, March 28, at 8:00 am Bring your gloves, rakes, shovels,and cheerful countenances. We'll plan to be finished around lunch time. Not able to come for the full morning? Not to worry. Come when you can. Leave when you need to. Remember, many hands make light work! Your efforts are greatly appreciated as they allow us to keep our maintenance costs down. Thank you in advance!
Volunteers needed for lawn mowing

Volunteers to join the lawn mowing team are needed for the 2020 season. If you'd like to help or want to learn more, contact Rod Gilmour, [email protected] or 757-613-0448
The Spring Thyme Herb Sale & Bazaar is coming Apr. 24-25!
Your Trash is our Treasure!
 
The “Junque Shop” needs your donations (but no clothing, please). Also please keep in mind (re book donations) that our space is limited and we have restrictions on post-sale disposal. Items may be delivered on Thursday, April 23 (3 to 6:30 pm) or Friday, April 24 (9 am to 3 pm). Please drop items off in the Johnson Room, entering by the back door facing the Barton House. There is parking for drop off right by the door. Any questions, call Susan Cormier, 757-650-2141.
Cursillo weekend #168 is April 23-26

Cursillo is a living expression of Christ's love lived out in a weekend community that is filled with color, joy, music and a new friendships in Christ. It is an experience much easier to live than it is to describe. That’s why we say, “It’s an experience too good not to pass on.” Because the movement began in Spain it retains several of it’s Spanish terms. The word Cursillo translates as “Short Course” which begins with the three day weekend.

Our upcoming Co-Ed Weekend #168 is being held April 23-26 2020 at Chanco on the James. Applications are available online at https://www.cursillodiosova.org/make-a-weekend and should be mailed to Cursillo in Southern Virginia, P.O. Box 11027, Norfolk Virginia, 23517.
Parish Day School: National Reading Month

This month is National Reading Month and we kicked off our celebration with Read Across America Day on Friday, March 6, 2020. In partnership with Grow Smart Virginia Beach, we were assigned 10 community leaders to come read to our classrooms. One of our visitors was Mayoral Candidate and Councilman, Aaron Rouse. Each of our students also received a book to take home to encourage reading at home. We are tracking our students reading at home and have already counted over 800 books read in partnership with the Healthy Lent series. 
 
Scholastic Book Fair
This week, Parish Day School is hosting our Scholastic Book Fair. Please come by during school hours if you are interested in purchasing books. We will be ending the Book Fair on Friday, March 13. If you are visiting the preschool during school hours, please remember to stop by the office to sign in our log book and receive a visitor tag. Should you have any questions feel free to give us a call at 757-491-6130 or email us at [email protected] .
 
Camp Turtle Trap registration open
Camp Turtle Trap is filling up for the upcoming Summer. If you have a camper interested in registering (between the ages for 2-8 years old) please contact [email protected] or call 757-491-6130.
 
If you visit PDS...
If you are visiting the preschool during school hours, please remember to stop by the office to sign in our log book and receive a visitor tag. Should you have any questions feel free to give us a call at 757-491-6130 or email us at [email protected] .
Parish Book Store: Hallelujah, Anyhow!

Join the Parish Book Store Book Group in reading Hallelujah, Anyhow!, a memoir by the Rt. Rev. Barbara Harris, the first woman elected to the episcopacy within the Anglican Communion. The book is available in the Parish Book Store. Our group is open to all, and our discussions are lively, but always civil. The date of our discussion of this book will be after Easter, so you have plenty of time to get the book and read! 
Wednesday Dinner menus

Made with love and from scratch, join us for Wednesday Dinner 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. every Wednesday in the parish hall. You’ll enjoy an entrée, sides, soup, salad, bread, and fruit, all for only $6, or $3 for children. No reservations needed.

  • March 11 - Chicken Tortilla Casserole, Mixed Vegetables, Black Bean Soup, Salad, Fruit, Bread
  • March 18 - Pork Tenderloin with Apple Onion Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Tomato Soup, Salad, Fruit, Bread
  • March 25 - Pasta Casserole with Sausage and Roasted Vegetables, Garlic Bread, Tuscan White Bean and Vegetable Soup, Salad, Fruit Bread
Christian Formation Schedule

Adult Forum
  • March 15 - "Interfaith Awareness" - Rabbi Israel Zoberman presents on the Hebrew holiday of Purim.
  • March 22 - "Lenten Pulse Taking" - Assessing where we are, individually and as a parish, at the half-way mark in Lent 2020.
  • March 27 - "Rector's Forum" - A response to information, feelings and thoughts offered at the midway point.

Sunday School
  • March 15 – Godly Play at 9:10 a.m. for ages 3 through 1st grade. Regular classes for grades 2 through 12 at 9:10 a.m. Children’s Chapel for ages 3 through 1st grade during the 10:15 service.
  • March 22 – Godly Play at 9:10 a.m. for ages 3 through 1st grade. Regular classes for grades 2 through 12 at 9:10 a.m. Children’s Chapel for ages 3 through 1st grade during the 10:15 service.
  • March 29 – Godly Play at 9:10 a.m. for ages 3 through 1st grade. Regular classes for grades 2 through 12 at 9:10 a.m. Children’s Chapel for ages 3 through 1st grade during the 10:15 service.
Upcoming at ESC

For the full calendar of events, visit our website .

Virginia Children's Chorus in Concert - Mar. 15, 4 pm. This program will feature 29 Chorister singers in grades 4 through 7. Since 1992, the Virginia Children’s Chorus has been teaching children of all backgrounds to sing with joy! Recognized as “Hampton Roads’ premiere children’s chorus,” VCC is a choir school committed to training the voice, as well as offering extraordinary concert opportunities. VCC believes that singing is every child’s birthright, awakening the heart and mind to its fullest potential. Four choir levels meet the needs of each developing singer.

Youth Pilgrimage Planning Meeting - Mar. 23, 7 p.m. in the parlor. Join us for a planning meeting to discuss the 2021 youth pilgrimage to Ireland. Monday, March 23 at 7 pm in the parlor. Contact Maureen Kallgren for information, 757-506-5828.

Get Acquainted Dinner for Newcomers - Mar. 25, 6:30 pm. On Wednesday, March 25, the Newcomers Committee will host a get acquainted dinner at 6:30 pm in the parish hall during the normal Wednesday night dinner. This will be a casual get together time to say hello to clergy and other fellow parishioners. Please accept the invite by emailing [email protected] or calling Craig Caulkins at 589-3402.

Spring Grounds Clean-up - Mar. 28, 8 am. It's time for Spring Cleaning! Come out and help spruce up the grounds in preparation for our Easter celebrations. We will meet in the Parish Hall Saturday, March 28, at 8:00 am Bring your gloves, rakes, shovels,and cheerful countenances. We'll plan to be finished around lunch time. Not able to come for the full morning? Not to worry. Come when you can. Leave when you need to. Remember, many hands make light work! Your efforts are greatly appreciated as they allow us to keep our maintenance costs down. Thank you in advance!

Schola Cantorum Spring Concert - March 29 concert at ESC, and all other Spring Concert performances, have been cancelled.

Spring Thyme Herb Sale & Bazaar - Apr. 24 & 25. WESC's 26th Annual Spring Thyme Herb Sale and Bazaar will be Saturday, April 25, with a Preview Party on Friday, April 24.

Ongoing opportunities

Peanut Group - Meets every Monday at 8 am. in the Parish Hall

Thursday Morning Daily Office - Thursdays, 7:30 am. Join us each Thursday morning at 7:30 in the narthex to relax in Daily Morning Prayer, Rite Two (page 75 BCP). It’s quiet and friendly; a great way to start the day for everyone. All are welcome. Casual and lay-led, all that’s required is that you be present. Spiritual exercise in the morning strengthens you for the whole day.

Centering Prayer - Thursdays, 5 to 6 pm. An ongoing weekly meeting to practice and learn about centering prayer. The Rev. Gwynn Mudd serves as clergy advisor to the group. All are welco me. Please contact Christina Wyman at [email protected] if you need further information.

Lenten Compline Services - 7:30 pm on Thursdays in Lent. Enter in silence, absorb the hymns, psalms and prayers in silence, then depart in silence.
The Chapel Chimes is distributed every Wednesday.
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