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Youth @ Convention 2019 Registration is now OPEN!!

Evans House · November 16, 2018 · Posted by: Dioswva Youth

  Are you ready for Youth @ Convention 2019!! YMT is getting ready to host youth from 5th to 12th grades at St John's Episcopal Church in Roanoke Virginia on January 25th through 27th! Registration is now open!!! C...

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Cyberbullying

The Rev. Judy Spruhan · February 23, 2017 · Posted by: Diocesan Office

As promised last month, this month we will take a look at cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person. Cyberbullying can lead to anxiety, depression, ...

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Holiday Grief

The Rev. Judy Spruhan · December 01, 2016 · Posted by: Diocesan Office

The Rev. Judy Spruhan, our diocesan liaison to National Episcopal Health Ministries, shares some tips for coping with grief during the holidays.

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What is a Believe Out Loud Congregation--

Terry Steer · November 17, 2016 · Posted by: Diocesan Office

  In 2016, Christ Episcopal Church, Roanoke, officially became a “Believe Out Loud Congregation” through parish discernment and through working with the Episcopal arm of the Believe Out Loud organization, Integrity USA.

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Hands and Hearts for Haiti, Week 4

Esther Larkin, Trinity, Arrington · November 15, 2016 · Posted by: Diocesan Office

  "In order to be a good advocate for poor people you have to put yourself in a situation where you allow your soul to be fractured by the suffering of the poor ...to actually go out there and feel the pain and the s...

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Almost Heaven

Doug Cumming, R. E. Lee Memorial, Lexington · November 07, 2016 · Posted by: Diocesan Office

It's a convenient catastrophe for us, another post-Katrina experience just an hour and fifteen minutes to the west. There is a house in Caldwell, W. Va., one among hundreds, soaked by the Flood of '16 and abandoned by...

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Hands and Hearts for Haiti, Week 3

The Rev. Ray Moore (Christ Episcopal Church, Big Stone Gap) · October 24, 2016 · Posted by: Diocesan Office

  I found Haiti to be a country of great contrasts, great challenges, and great beauty. Upon arriving in Port-au-Prince at the airport, we immediately found ourselves thrust into the chaos of close urban life which I...

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