Esther the Risk-Taker

“For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.”

- Esther 4.14 NRSV

A Poem by Edith Blake

ESTHER

Expectant

Servant

Thrive

Hearer

Electric

Risker

A Prayer for Safe Travels

[Adapted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, p. 331.]

O God, our beginning and our end, you kept Abraham and Sarah in safety throughout the days of their pilgrimage, you led the children of Israel through the midst of the sea, and by a star you led the magi to the infant Jesus.



Protect and guide us now as we travel to Power in the Spirit. Make our ways safe and our homecomings joyful, and bring us at last to our heavenly home, where you dwell in glory with our Lord Jesus Christ and the life-giving Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Arriving at Roanoke College

Parking is available in the Lower Olin lot (P11 on the map) off Peery Drive. Handicap parking will be available in the Upper Olin parking lot (P10 on the map). View the map by clicking the image or below to see where both of these are located.

Event check-in will be open in the Colket Center (#13 on the map) of Roanoke College from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM on Thursday, June 13. After 1:30, you can check in at Olin (#18 on the map).

Lunch will be in the Colket Center from Noon to 1:00 PM and is included with the event registration.

The event starts at 1:30 PM in the Antrim Chapel (#30 on the map) with opening worship and then the keynote presentation.

Golf Carts

Thank you to our sponsor, Virginia Lutheran Homes. Golf Carts will be running constantly to assist with travel around the campus. They can provide rides from either of the parking lots to: Antrim Chapel, Olin Theater, Colket Center, Synod Office, workshop spaces, or Maxey Dorm. To contact the lead golf cart coordinators, Bob and Maribeth Ocock, call (757) 532-4430, Skip Zubrod (540) 266-0357, or Bob Yates at (540) 309- 1566.

Support Roanoke College One Pantry

Donations can be dropped off at either the Colket Center or Upper Smoyer Gallery in Olin. Thank you for supporting One Pantry!

Display Tables

We encourage you to take time to stop by the various display tables to learn more about ministries in the synod and ministry partners. The display tabes will be set up in Olin (#18 on the map).

Meditation Chapel

Power in the Spirit provides a meditation chapel dedicated to prayer and contemplation. Take time for prayer, reflection, and quiet. The meditation chapel will be available during throughout the event and is located in the Glass Gallery in Olin (#18 on the map).

Worship

We will kick off the event with an opening worship service. After dinner, we will gather for Taize Evening Service. Which will be followed by Beer and Hymns. You can view the services below.

Offering

Throughout our event, there are opportunities to give an offering in thanks toward God and in service of the Church's ministries. This year, all offerings received will be given to support the ministries of both Lutheran Camp and Retreat Centers in Virginia. To give online, click here or scan the QR code.

Got questions?

For more information,  read the event brochure, visit www.vasynod.org/power-in-the-spirit/.

You can call the Virginia Synod Office at

540-389-1000.