MESSAGE FROM VESTRY
Effective 1/5/2022 CHURCH is CLOSED for the month of JANUARY.
Our Bishop has issued an urgent message to close all churches in the Southern Diocese because of the Covid surge. In response, we are closing St. Anne's for the month of January. We will have to send a request to reopen to Canon Roy Hoffman with all of the precautions listed that we would take. He and his council would then have to approve our reopening the church. This request will be based on our previous procedure.
Our search for a priest will continue.
Hopefully this closing will be short lived.
Your Vestry
PRIEST SEARCH UPDATE
As announced by the Vestry, the search for a fulltime priest has begun with assistance from The Cannon Roy Hoffman who has outlined several options. Please assist them with your prayers that we find someone who is a good match for us.
HOME WORSHIP
During what we hope is a brief hiatus from in-person church services, Mother Carolyn has sent us some home worship resources. Below are some links to services that you can attend on-line for the next few Sundays. Attached to this email are some reflections she has written and of course Ken will continue to send out his Gleanings.
Johns Memorial https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQ2wPmDq3yYrWdnQAal4cQ
(Beginning January 9th will be available at 10:30am on Sundays, prerecorded)
or
Washington National Cathedral https://www.youtube.com/user/wncathedral/featured
St. John the Divine https://www.youtube.com/user/CathedralSaintJohn
Trinity Church https://trinitywallstreet.org/worship
WORSHIP/BIBLE STUDY
the Good Book Club – it’s study of Exodus
It began this week, weekly study ending Shrove Tuesday. It’s free: here’s the home
page: https://www.goodbookclub.org/ - this has a way to sign up. The assigned
readings are entirely from Exodus.
SAFE CHURCH WORKSHOP INFORMATION
To register, go to the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia - Newport News, VA: Creating Safe Churches (diosova.org) scroll down and click on upcoming workshops; scroll down to the January or February date you want; click to register; fill out form and register. Let Gloria know if you have a problem.
PRAYER LIST UPDATE
In order to keep our prayer list up to date, we will be dropping all names on our current prayer list (except for our own homebound members). If you wish to have someone added or kept on the prayer list, please fill out a new prayer request card, or email the office with “Prayers for ___” in the subject. On either form, please include your name, the name of the person or situation you are requesting prayers for (and their relationship to you.) and what the prayers are for, if you desire more specific prayers from our prayer team members.
Please contact the church office in the event of serious illness on a loved one. We will assist you in any way we possibly can, including keeping your loved one in our parish prayers. The contact number at the church is (434) 352-8296, the email is st.annesappomattox@gmail.com.
ST. ANNE’S PRAYER- Heavenly Father, Shepherd of your people, we, your faithful family at St. Anne’s, give thanks for all the blessing you have showered upon us. Strengthen us in our faith in You and in ourselves. Uphold us in our ministries, together and individually, as we continue to strive to be Your hands and feet to each other and to our community. All this we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. One God, now and forever. Amen.
If you are aware of someone who is sick and/or a shut in, and you think they would appreciate a visit and/or private Communion, please notify Kim Woodley (434) 352-0130, kimberlywoodley@centrahealth.com (visit and prayer) or Ellie Dimino (434) 664-0602, elainedimino@yahoo.com (Communion)
Effective 1/5/2022 CHURCH is CLOSED for the month of JANUARY.
Our Bishop has issued an urgent message to close all churches in the Southern Diocese because of the Covid surge. In response, we are closing St. Anne's for the month of January. We will have to send a request to reopen to Canon Roy Hoffman with all of the precautions listed that we would take. He and his council would then have to approve our reopening the church. This request will be based on our previous procedure.
Our search for a priest will continue.
Hopefully this closing will be short lived.
Your Vestry
PRIEST SEARCH UPDATE
As announced by the Vestry, the search for a fulltime priest has begun with assistance from The Cannon Roy Hoffman who has outlined several options. Please assist them with your prayers that we find someone who is a good match for us.
HOME WORSHIP
During what we hope is a brief hiatus from in-person church services, Mother Carolyn has sent us some home worship resources. Below are some links to services that you can attend on-line for the next few Sundays. Attached to this email are some reflections she has written and of course Ken will continue to send out his Gleanings.
Johns Memorial https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQ2wPmDq3yYrWdnQAal4cQ
(Beginning January 9th will be available at 10:30am on Sundays, prerecorded)
or
Washington National Cathedral https://www.youtube.com/user/wncathedral/featured
St. John the Divine https://www.youtube.com/user/CathedralSaintJohn
Trinity Church https://trinitywallstreet.org/worship
WORSHIP/BIBLE STUDY
the Good Book Club – it’s study of Exodus
It began this week, weekly study ending Shrove Tuesday. It’s free: here’s the home
page: https://www.goodbookclub.org/ - this has a way to sign up. The assigned
readings are entirely from Exodus.
SAFE CHURCH WORKSHOP INFORMATION
To register, go to the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia - Newport News, VA: Creating Safe Churches (diosova.org) scroll down and click on upcoming workshops; scroll down to the January or February date you want; click to register; fill out form and register. Let Gloria know if you have a problem.
PRAYER LIST UPDATE
In order to keep our prayer list up to date, we will be dropping all names on our current prayer list (except for our own homebound members). If you wish to have someone added or kept on the prayer list, please fill out a new prayer request card, or email the office with “Prayers for ___” in the subject. On either form, please include your name, the name of the person or situation you are requesting prayers for (and their relationship to you.) and what the prayers are for, if you desire more specific prayers from our prayer team members.
Please contact the church office in the event of serious illness on a loved one. We will assist you in any way we possibly can, including keeping your loved one in our parish prayers. The contact number at the church is (434) 352-8296, the email is st.annesappomattox@gmail.com.
ST. ANNE’S PRAYER- Heavenly Father, Shepherd of your people, we, your faithful family at St. Anne’s, give thanks for all the blessing you have showered upon us. Strengthen us in our faith in You and in ourselves. Uphold us in our ministries, together and individually, as we continue to strive to be Your hands and feet to each other and to our community. All this we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. One God, now and forever. Amen.
If you are aware of someone who is sick and/or a shut in, and you think they would appreciate a visit and/or private Communion, please notify Kim Woodley (434) 352-0130, kimberlywoodley@centrahealth.com (visit and prayer) or Ellie Dimino (434) 664-0602, elainedimino@yahoo.com (Communion)
