POHICK POST

Pohick Episcopal Church

9301 Richmond Highway Lorton, VA 22079
Telephone: 703-339-6572 Fax: 703-339-9884
Let your light so shine (Matt. 5:16)

FEBRUARY 2016

From The Rector

The Reverend
Donald D. Binder, PhD

t our Vestry retreat this year, we began exploring ways that we can better attract and
minister to young families, whose attendance has
decreased over the past decade, as I noted in my
annual report. In preparation for that retreat, I
did a generational analysis of our parish demographics, sorting our membership rolls into the
population cohorts that sociologists most often
use for such examinations.
These current generations are sixfold in number: The Greatest Generation (born 1901-1926;
mostly adults during the Great Depression
and WWII), The Silent Generation (19271945; children during the Great Depression
and WWII), Baby Boomers (1946-1964; postWWII birth boom and first TV generation),
Generation X (1965-1985; post-boom children
who grew up in the MTV era), Millennials
(1986-1997; echo-boomer children who grew up
in the Internet era), and New Silents (1998-present; grew up during post-9/11 wars and through
the Great Recession).
The graph of our membership broken out according to these generations reveals that our demographics generally reflect national birth trends:

As can be seen, there are less than half the

number of GenX parishioners compared to Baby
Boomers. Likewise, the New Silents (mostly
GenX children) are fewer in number in our parish than the Millennials (mostly Boomer children), even though members of the former were
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born over seventeen years as compared to eleven

for the latter.
In exploring these demographics alongside
our own present ministries at Pohick, it became
clear to the Vestry (who, not coincidentally, consist mostly of Boomers and Silents) that we need
to do more to attract and minister to members of
GenX and their children, while at the same time
finding ways to better include our Millennials,
the bulk of whom are away at college or pursuing employment outside of the immediate metro
area.
These challenges are exacerbated by the wide
geographical distribution of our parish, as can be
seen in the following pin map:

While this remarkable spread speaks well of
our churchs ability to attract families from long
distances, this very fact also makes it more dif-

ficult to focus our congregational efforts on a

single, manageable geographical area.
Ironically, we attract relatively few members
of the community immediately surrounding the
church, in part because of the recent influx of
Middle and Far Eastern immigrants, who tend
to be rooted in other religious affiliations. There
is also likely a socio-economic divide, as the many
working-class members of the local community are generally not attracted to the Episcopal
Church, which is often perceived as an uppermiddle class denomination. Despite this, we need
to find ways to reach beyond these ethnic and
socio-economic divides to minister to and with
these families in the name of Christ.
To that end, I reported these findings to the
congregation at a parish forum on January 17, inviting those present to prayerfully consider these
generational and geographical challenges for a
second forum to be held on January 31, when we
will gather to receive ideas and insights for consideration moving ahead. For those not able to
attend, we will also be producing an input sheet
online through Survey Monkey.
As I said at the first of these forums, it is vital
for both the present and the future of our church
to reach out and better incorporate these younger
generations into our Christian mission. So we are
very keen to receive everybodys ideas and support in meeting these challenges. Look for more
ways to do so in the weeks and months ahead!
More complete demographic
information can be found online at
www.pohick.org/parishdemographics2015.html

Martha Guild

Send News!

The Martha Guild will meet on Wednesday, February 3 in Classroom B beginning at 7:30 pm.
Discussion will focus on upcoming Spring projects. All women of Pohick are cordially invited to
attend. Any questions, please contact
Connie Myers, 703-455-4652, or at
jetskiing@hotmail.com.

Articles for the March 2016 Pohick Post are due no

later than February 15. Forward input by email in Word
compatible format to Lori Buckius, raebuck@aol.com.
Design concerns & items for the
Sunday Service Volunteers page
should be addressed to Carmel
Hodge, cchodge@aol.com.

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From The Assistant Rector

The Reverend
Dr. Ruth E. Correll, Ed.D.
Being a Parent of a Teenager without Driving into a Ditch

The Alpha Parenting Teenagers Course

begins February 21 during EYC.

This article contains excerpts and adaptations from Bruce

Bairds introduction to the course. For several years, Beth and
Bruce have served as our staunch and dedicated coordinators
of all the Alpha Courses offered here at Pohick.

Parenting may be viewed as a journey and as a

long one at that. Just as there may be two ways to
get somewhere in a car, there may be two ways in the
extreme to get somewhere in life with our children. In
a car, we can drive around aimlessly and see where we
end up. Or, we can decide where we want to go and
plot a course to get there before we start the car and
begin the trip. For very long term exploratory journeys
like parenting, the best approach may lie somewhere
in between. Knowing where we ultimately want to
go or end up in our parenting is a good idea. Likewise, expecting and allowing for delays, detours, and
spontaneous stops and goes and also being prepared
to make deliberate route adjustments in our parenting
are also good ideas.
You initially keep a tight grip on the steering
wheel, knowing all the while that the time will come
when your children will take the wheel and steer their
own course in life. We start out exercising a high degree of control over them and end up exercising as
little control as we and they can live with. At the end
of our parental journeys, we hand our children over
to society where they will make their own decisions
and reap the consequent benefits and hardships that
accompany them. This does not mean we wont continue to love them. It just means that we will have a
dramatically diminished role in their lives.
Most often we share this task with our spouses.
The same differences which originally attracted us
may contribute to conflicts when it comes to raising
children. Then other passengers join on the child rearing journey: close friends, grandparents, professional
daycare providers, baby sitters, teachers, older siblings,
and others. We may worry about how and what limits and boundaries to set. Realistic potential negative

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influences may come from peers, social and electronic

media, and celebrity role models. Will our children fall
prey to the allure of illegal drugs, to underage drinking, and underage and unprotected or unrestricted
sex? Will they have the competitive edge needed to
keep up with the best of their peers?
As the reality of parenthood dawns on us, it is
normal for us to become a little apprehensive about
what kinds of parents we are going to be and about
what kinds of persons our children will actually be
when they grow up. We may become less and less
confident that our efforts to equip them to make the
right choices in life are going to bear fruit. This may
be the point in time when we begin to consider seriously discussing our child raising experiences with
other parents and begin to consider going to outside
experts for advice and help.
That is where the Alpha Parenting Teenagers
Course comes in. The following topics are presented
on DVDs followed by lively discussions with other
parents: showing our love, setting and enforcing
boundaries and limitations, role modeling appropriate social behavior, sharing our life experiences and
insights, maintaining a consistent unified front, being
alert to their worries and needs, balancing independence and dependence, developing their self-knowledge, esteem, and confidence, and helping them identify outside negative and damaging influences.

Robert and Bernice

Kilmarx Scholarship

The Robert and Bernice

Kilmarx Scholarship will encourage and assist the youth
of Pohick Church by providing financial assistance for graduating seniors entering post-secondary education.
Individuals and organizations will replenish
the fund on an ongoing basis. The annual Youth
Sunday service in June is the only event planned
to replenish the scholarship.
Please consider donating to the scholarship!
Application deadline is April 30. Questions
about the scholarship or application should be directed to the Youth Minister.

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George Washington Birthday

Service and Breakfast

The Brotherhood of Saint Andrew, Pohick

Chapter, will sponsor a breakfast following a
commemorative service celebrating the birthday
of George Washington. The Service and Breakfast will be held on Monday, February 15, 2016. The
service will start at 8:00 am
and will follow an Order for
Morning Prayer taken from
the 1662 English Book of
Common Prayer. This is the
service Washington followed in his Sunday worship at Pohick, with two
modifications: music is added and the prayers for
the Monarch and Royal family are omitted.
Following the Service there will be a breakfast
hosted by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew with
a guest speaker. The Docent Guild will conduct
tours following the breakfast. Tickets are available
from Brotherhood of St. Andrew at coffee hours
or from the Church office, 703-339-6572. Looking forward to a large turnout, so buy tickets early!

Who Are We?

I lived in the hometown of Jello and one of my

first jobs was working as a short order cook on the
New York Thruway, which was named after me!
(Not!) I taught in the cold, cold north and the hot,
hot tropics before meeting my husband. Our boys
put on one of the best Halloween exhibits ever in
our garage for several years. I love to travel and have
covered all the 50 states and about 65 countries and
plan to keep going.
The January Pohickians are the Froms, members since
2002. Rebeccas maiden name, Funderburg, is an Americanized form of Von der Burg meaning from the castle.
The Schloss-Burg near Dusseldorf was built in 1133 by
Count Adolphus I. In 1912, the family was notified if tax
arrears were not paid, the castle would become the property of the Prussian government - the German government
still owns it. After a lifetime of frustration pronouncing
her name for folks, she is excited to shorten it to From.
We are Pohickians!

Pohick Episcopal Church

eens in focus

At the annual Parish meeting in January, the Robert and Bernice Kilmarx Scholarship was established.
The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage and
assist youth of Pohick Church by providing financial
assistance for graduating seniors, encouraging the
parish to continue to provide prayer and emotional
support and raise awareness of parish youth in postsecondary education.
The scholarship will assist post-secondary freshman with expenses while obtaining an education to
prepare them to become mature productive adults. By
maintaining a connection to their home church, they
have the support and confidence to reach out to others in their faith community to share and live out the
Gospel.
The initial funding was from the Kilmarx bequest
with the expectation that individuals and organizations will replenish the fund on an ongoing basis. The
only fundraising event to replenish the scholarship
will be at the annual Youth Sunday service in June.
Parishioners will be encouraged to include a donation
in addition to their weekly offering.
The application is available online - deadline for
applying is April 30. All confirmed graduating seniors who have been active in at least one youth program (Church school, choir, acolyte, or EYC) at Pohick Church are eligible to apply. Questions about the
application should be directed to the Youth Minister.

Flower Guild News

First: The bad news. As a result of a plethora

of wild fires and floods in California, the cost of
flowers has increased. Therefore, it is necessary to increase
the cost of Sunday flowers to
$60.00 commencing April 3.
Next: In observation of
the Lenten Season, there will
be ferns only on the altar.
Now! The really good news: There are three
new members for the Flower Guild: Susan Pehrsson, Mari Harding and Edwardene Pitcock.
Praise be to God!

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Pohick Episcopal Church

The Persecution Corner

By Bob Munson

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Mathew 5:10

Continuing on this unsettling journey looking at

Christian persecution around the world, please remember
the Prayers of the People which include the following:
We pray for Christians and others around the
world, especially those in Pakistan who continue to
face persecution for their faith.
Pakistan is a land of contrasts with persecution being one of the problems lying on top the stresses between
secularism and attempts by some Muslims to make the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan into a more Islamic state.
Pakistan and India became independent from the
British Empire in 1947. The former British colony of India quickly split between a Hindu-majority India and a
Muslim majority Pakistan, which is now known as Pakistan and Bangladesh. Since 1947, Pakistan has fought
four wars with India and witnessed the eastern part become the independent nation of Bangladesh. From the
beginning, Muslims dominated the secular Pakistan but
because it was a somewhat artificial creation, its main reason for existing was to be a Muslim nation, something
that weighs heavily in its history.
In the last 30 years or so, Afghanistan, Pakistans
neighbor to the west, has contributed greatly to the
stresses within the country. With U.S. assistance, Pakistan heavily supported the anti-Soviet rebels after the
Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 but then witnessed a collapsed state, sending millions of refugees over
the Pakistani border. After 9/11, Pakistan supported the
US against the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan and while it
received much aid, it also suffered from splits within the
government - many still sympathized with the Afghan
Taliban and continued to covertly support them. Hence,
Pakistan, without even considering the Christian element
is a country suffering from many cracks with one of the
few ideas unifying the country is that Pakistan is a Muslim country, in opposition to the Hindu-dominated India.
Pakistan is 95.8% Muslim with 2.5% Christians and
1.6% Hindus, thus religious minorities are truly small segments of the population. The Christians belong to a large
number of denominations with the two largest being the
Church of Pakistan (a member of the Anglican Communion) and the Roman Catholic Church. The numerous
other Christian denominations, by one count over 62, are
all significantly smaller.
Beginning in the 1980s, the Pakistani government
began a formal policy of Islamization which put Christians at a disadvantage in most of the public sphere. While

Christians still have freedom to worship and to proselytize, it is very difficult and the Christians often face
violence from Islamist extremists or see their churches
vandalized or destroyed. The existing Christian churches
tended to emerge from the lowest rungs of the Pakistani
society which makes it difficult for them to attract new
converts and makes them easy targets for extremists.
The Voice of the Martyrs website which details persecution around the world discusses how Pakistani Christians increasingly suffer under the countrys blasphemy
law which stipulates that any person who defiles the
name of the prophet Muhammad or the Quran may be
punished by life in prison or death. The case which has
enjoyed the most international exposure is that of Asia
Bibi, a 41-year-old Christian women, who in 2010 became the first woman in Pakistans history to be sentenced
to death for blasphemy. The court denied her appeal in
October 2014, and she has appealed. Currently the death
sentence is suspended for the duration of the appeals process. Her case should be heard by a court again in March
2016.
The largest attack against a Christian church occurred
in September 2013 when suicide bombers attacked All
Saints Church (a parish of the Church of Pakistan) in
the northern city of Peshawar (not far from Islamabad),
killing over 80 Christians and wounding about 150 more.
The church held services the following Sunday, showing
that the Christians would not be intimidated. In another
attack, an angry mob beat a Christian couple to death on
the rumor that they had desecrated a Quran. The couple
left three children, all less than six years old. These examples are hardly unique in this large country of contrasts.
In the weeks ahead, please remember Asia Bibi in
prayers as her case once again comes before the courts.
Please also pray for the Christians of Pakistan who face
scorn and, often, violence for trying to live their faith. Remember also, that while the focus is on Christian persecution here, do not forget the millions of other Pakistanis
who daily face threats to their well-being through poverty
and the ever-increasing informal repression and violence
by Islamic extremists. Pakistan needs prayers as the good
leaders attempt to negotiate the future.
Find The Voice of the Martyrs website at www.persecution.com OR find this link as well as many others on
the Pohick website at: http://www.pohick.org/persecutedchurchresourses.html

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Update on Issues in the Anglican Communion

Don Brownlee, Co-chair, Policy and Planning Commission

This monthly report is part of the Vestrys ongoing effort to inform and update the Parish about the ongoing controversies within
The Episcopal Church (TEC) and the Anglican Communion. These
controversies largely involve the blessing of same-sex unions, ordination of non-celibate homosexuals, interpretation of Scripture,
and breakdown of traditional boundary lines between Provinces.

The 38 primates of the provinces of the Anglican

Communion spent four days together in Canterbury last
month to pray and reflect on issues confronting the world
and the communion chief among them, disagreements
over human sexuality and the decision of The Episcopal Church to allow same-sex couples to marry. There

had been widespread expectations the outcome would be

some change in the structure of the Communion - as one
well-connected British observer predicted, not a divorcemore a move to an open marriage, or at the least,
separate bedrooms in the same house.
But the Primates did not decide to separate. Rather,
they forcefully committed to remaining one Communion: It is our unanimous desire to walk together.
For emphasis, their final communique was titled,
Walking Together in the Service of God in the World.
But they did acknowledge their ongoing differences
which they described as a distance among them: We
formally acknowledge this distance by requiring that for
a period of three years TEC [The Episcopal Church] no
longer represent us on ecumenical and interfaith bodies,
should not be appointed or elected to an internal standing committee and that while participating in the internal bodies of the Anglican Communion, they will not
take part in decision making on any issues pertaining to
doctrine or polity.
Many observers questioned the primates authority
to do that, as these representatives to ecumenical bodies

generally is chosen by the Anglican Consultative Council rather than the primates. Professor Norman Doe, a
cannon law professor at Cardiff University who advised
the group that drew up the Anglican Covenant, said in
an interview with The Church Times, I find it utterly extraordinary. No instrument exists conferring upon
the Primates meeting the jurisdiction to require these
things. . . Whatever they require is unenforceable.
The decision will not bind anyone - not the Episcopal Church. There is no question of that. It was for
the bodies referred to in the communiqu to determine
what, if any, consequences the Episcopal Church should
face, he said.
After the vote, Bp. Michael made an emotional address to his fellow primates:
For so many who are committed to following Jesus
in the way of love and being a church that lives that love,
this decision will bring real painFor fellow disciples of
Jesus in our church who are gay or lesbian, this will bring
more pain. For many who have felt and been rejected by
the church because of who they are, for many who have
felt and been rejected by families and communities, our
church opening itself in love was a sign of hope. And this
will add pain on top of pain.
Making a direct connection between himself and
the primates from Africa who insisted on action against
The Episcopal Church, Bp. Michael said: I stand before
you as your brother. I stand before you as a descendant
of African slaves, stolen from their native land, enslaved
in a bitter bondage, and then even after emancipation,
segregated and excluded in church and society. And this
conjures that up again, and brings pain.
The pain for many will be real. But God is greater
than anythingAnd like you, as we have said in this
meeting, I am committed to walking together with you
as fellow primates in the Anglican family.
Though many news reports, statements and commentary described these as sanctions, Abp, Justin emphatically rejected that, as will be discussed later in this
Update.
They also agreed to begin planning the next Lambeth
Conference, a once-a-decade gathering of all of the bishops of the Anglican Communion. By the usual schedule,
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the next Lambeth Conference should be held in 2018,

but Archbishop Justin has not taken any significant steps
to plan it. By the primates agreement, work to organize
Lambeth 2020 will now begin.
In a significant first, the Primates explicitly condemned homophobic prejudice and violence and resolved
to work together to offer pastoral care and loving service
irrespective of sexual orientationand Primates reaffirmed their rejection of criminal sanctions against samesex attracted people.
Bp. Michael said in a video released after the meetings conclusion, This is not the outcome we expected,
and while we are disappointed, its important to remember that the Anglican Communion is
really not a matter of structure and organization. The Anglican Communion
is a network of relationshipsthat are
grounded in a common faith; relationships in companion diocese relationships; relationships with parish to parish across the world; relationships that are profoundly
committed to serving and following the way of Jesus of
Nazareth by helping the poorest of the poor, and helping this world to be a place where no child goes to bed
hungry ever. Thats what the Anglican Communion is,
and that Communion continues and moves forward.
Its important to remember that we are still part
of the Anglican Communion. We are the Episcopal
Church, and we are part of the Jesus Movement, and
that Movement goes on, and our work goes on. And the
truth is, it may be part of our vocation to help the Communion and to help many others to grow in a direction
where we can realize and live the love that God has for
all of us, and we can one day be a Church and a Communion where all of Gods children are fully welcomed,
where this is truly a house of prayer for all people. And
maybe its a part of our vocation to help that to happen.
And so we must claim that high calling; claim the high
calling of love and faith; love even for those with whom
we disagree, and then continue, and that we will do, and
we will do it together.
The GAFCON primates said in a statement later
that the actions must not be seen as an end, but as a
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Church of Canada (ACoC) has also rejected the collegial

mind of the Communion by unilaterally permitting the
blessing of same-sex unions and the ordination of those
in active homosexual relationships. We fear that other
provinces will do the same.
They continued to place responsibility for issues
within the Communion squarely and solely on The Episcopal Church and Anglican Church of Canada. Since
the beginning of the crisis in the Communion brought
about by the actions of both TEC and the ACoC, the
Anglican instruments of unity have been unable to guard
biblical truth and restore godly order. There must therefore be doubt about the effectiveness of the sanctions
that have been agreed.
In particular, it must be recognised that the continuing brokenness of the Communion is not the result
simply of failed relationships, but is caused by the persistent rejection of biblical and apostolic faith as set out in
Lambeth Resolution 1.10. We are therefore disappointed that the Primates statement makes no reference to the
need for repentance
Abj. Justin stressed repeatedly
in a news conference afterwards
that these were consequences
not sanctions, correcting reporters when they used the latter word.
What weve established, this is a
way of dealing with church dividing issues. If you go off on your own, youre autonomous,
youre entitled to go off on your own, but we are interdependent, soif you simply ignore that there will be
consequences in how you relate to other members of
the Communion. Thats why its consequence (not sanctions). and said both then and in an online Reflection
that the same could and undoubtedly will apply in the
future to other [provinces and other] issues in the future.
He also personally apologized for the churchs past
treatment of gays and lesbians: Its a constant source of
deep sadness that people are persecuted for their sexuality I want to take this opportunity personally to say
how sorry I am for the hurt and pain, in the past and
present, that the church has caused and the love that we
at times completely failed to show, and still do, in many
parts of the world including in this country.
The worst impact of that, he said, was that it causes
people to doubt that they are loved by God. Failures of
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human beings are one thing, but to shut people off from
the love of God is a completely different one.
This was the first Primates Meeting for Abp. Justin,
but the fourth for Abp. Paul Kwong of Hong Kong. He
said in that same news conference, The atmosphere is
much, much better than the previous ones I attended
in terms of atmosphere, it couldnt be better.
Abp. Thabo Makgoba of the Province of Southern
Africa noted that on their final morning together, the
Primates celebrated Eucharist in the crypt of Canterbury
Cathedral. They read the Gospel telling of Christs washing his disciples feet at the Last Supper, then passed a
basin and towel and washed each others feet. Thats a
powerful sign of humility, a very powerful thing of closeness after a very hard working week, he said, so Im full
of hope for our church and for the world.
Asked what his hopes and fears were for Lambeth
2020, he said, I hope its a conference that affirms and
does not hurt people, and that glorifies God in doing
thatcelebrates the welcome of Jesus Christ with passion and are renewed and equipped in serving God in
this world which is do dark at the moment.
***
As the Rector has been reminding us, we face a compressed calendar this year. By the time you read this,
Epiphany will be almost over, and Ash Wednesday upon
us. Easter falls on March 27th this year. But will we soon
see Easter fall on a fixed date every year, as does Christmas? It didnt get the attention of other developments,
but Abp. Justin announced at the conclusion of the primates meeting that he, Pope Francis and Coptic Pope
Tawadros II of Alexandria have been discussing setting
the second Sunday of April as the fixed date for Easter.
He said the primates were supportive, and he felt there
was a promising chance that the proposal would come
to fruition. But he noted that the first attempt to agree
on a set date for Easter was in the tenth century, so it
may take a little while. He predicted that it would take
between five and ten years to come into effect.

It is important to remember that despite all these controversies, the work

of the Church - globally, nationally, and locally - goes on. As Bp. Susan observed, we consciously refuse to be a museum church. Our Stewardship Commission continues to remind us of the ways we at Pohick carry out that work,
and spread the good News. We continue to be the only Bible some people will
ever read. Through youth mission trips, food donations to LCAC, donations of
school supplies and backpacks, the Gunston School tutoring program, and the
Community of Hope, Pohick continues to leak the love of God to those in need.

Pohick Episcopal Church

Stewardship Corner

by Fuzzy Thurston
It is a new year in Pohick Churchs long history.
Pohick has five new Vestry members on board, the
Vestry has been able to approve a balanced budget
for 2016, and there was a productive discussion at
the Vestry retreat about increasing numbers. Vestry Commission assignments were also done, so I
can reveal that Fuzzy Thurston will again serve as
Stewardship Commission chair with assistance of
a dedicated group of committee members.
Last year, the stewardship approach built on
work Jud Bireley and Tony Marsico had done, focusing on Pohicks ministries and outreach - the
time and talent side of stewardship. With Father
Dons approval and assistance, tithing was also
discussed - perhaps for the first time since the
Georges Mason and Washington knelt at Pohicks
altar (mandatory historic church reference). It
is a pleasure to say that the efforts were successful
and over 70 people agreed to increase their financial commitment to Pohick. This year, that approach will be tweaked some, based on 2015, but
the approach will be very similar.
What I would like to focus on for this
months Pohick Post is committee membership. If
you were moved by last years bulletin Stewardship Perspectives or by our approach to Christian
Giving, I would like to welcome you to the committee. A lot of work is done online, so it does not
involve a lot of meetings at church. I am looking
for folks with writing skills to take on some of
the Stewardship Perspectives pieces for the bulletin, folks with organizational skills to help with
the activities fairs, and folks willing to be a sounding board for the things others write. If interested,
please contact me at janeandfuzzy@cox.net.
Finally, although we covered a large number
of ministries and activities last year, I know we left
some out (Brotherhood, for example). If youd like
to spotlight your ministry or activity in a Stewardship Perspective, please contact me by the same
email. I look forward to another successful stewardship year and to your support with your time,
talent, and treasure.

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Pohick Church Activities February 2016

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MARCH 1

Last Epiphany, Year C

7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian Ed,
Inquirers Class, Newcomer Reception
10:30a Ffax Bud Vases
11:15a HE I
6p EYC Super
Bowl Party
Lent 1c
7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian Ed,
Inquirers Class
11:15a HE II
5p Confirmation Class

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Scout Sunday

Lent 2c
7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian Ed,
Inquirers Class
11:15a HE I
5p Confirmation Class
6:30p Alpha/Teen
Parenting
6:30p EYC

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6p Pancake
Supper setup
7p EFM
7:30p Communication
Mtg

9:30a Staff Mtg

Ash Wednesday
9:30a Ann Ma- 7a IOA-HE
son Guild Mtg
12p IOA-HE
5p Pancake Supper 2p HE, the Fairfax
4:30p IOA-HE
6p COC
6p St. Cecelia St.
Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir
7:30p IOA-HE

Office Closed 9:30a Staff Mtg

Presidents Day 6p Vestry/Fairfax
8a GW Ser- 7p Tutoring
vice/Breakfast
7p EFM
Pohick Post Deadline

7p Docent
Bd Mtg
7p EFM
8p Sheffield
Rec HOA

2p HE, the Fairfax

6p St. Cecelia St.
Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir
7:30p Healing Service
7:30p Martha Guild

9:30a Staff Mtg

7p Tutoring

Lent 3c
6p COH/COC 9:30a Staff Mtg
7:45a HE I
7p Tutoring
7p EFM
9a HE II
10:15a Christian Ed,
Inquirers Class
11:15a HE II
5p Confirmation Class
6:30p Alpha/Teen
Parenting
6:30p EYC

2p HE, the Fairfax

6p St. Cecelia St.
Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir
6:30p Lenten
Potluck/Service
2p HE, the Fairfax
6p St. Cecelia St.
Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir
6:30p Lenten
Potluck/Service

2p HE, the Fairfax

6p St. Cecelia St.
Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir
6:30p Lenten
Potluck/Service

6:15p Bell Choir

7p Boy Scouts
7:30p Choir of
Pohick
8:30p AA

6:15p Bell Choir

7p Boy Scouts
7:30p Choir of
Pohick
8:30p AA

6:15p Bell Choir

7p Boy Scouts
7:30p Choir of
Pohick
8:30p AA

6:15p Bell Choir

7p Boy Scouts
7:30p Choir of
Pohick
8:30p AA

6:15p Bell Choir

7p Boy Scouts
7:30p Choir of
Pohick
8:30p AA

Saturday

9:30a Staff Mtg

4:30p Golden
Dove Bd Mtg
7p Tutoring
7p Docent Children Tour Training

Friday

FEB 1

7p EFM
7p Docent
Gen Mtg

Thursday

JAN 31

Epiphany 4c
7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian
Ed/Forum
11:15a HE I
6:30p EYC

Wednesday

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
1p Docent Tour
2p Southpointe
HOA
6p Chili Cookoff

13

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
10a Happy
Hats Workshop

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
1p Docent Tour

Contact the Parish Secretary, Susan Hayward-Costa, to list group meetings or events on the calendar, shcosta@pohick.org.

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SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS

7 FEBRUARY
7:45
9:00

Stew Remaly
Mike Zane

Bill Patton
Beth Altman
Matt Gurrola
John Pasour

11:15 Kathy Kirkland

14 FEBRUARY

Mike Vaughn
Mike Zane

Edwardene Pitcock
Jan Hoffheins
Pehr Pehrsson
Fuzzy Thurston

Dave Billingsley

Mike Wooten
Rita Smith

7:00

TBD

TBD

1:00

TBD

TBD

12:15 TBD

TBD

AM

J. Wells
N. Sage
C. Foster
J. Geschickter
J. Mullins
H. Parker
R. Stankwitz

J. Wells
N. Sage
C. Foster
J. Geschickter
J. Mullins
H. Parker
R. Stankwitz

TBD

TBD

AM

7:45 A. Grace
9:00 C. McCullough
11:15 D. Sebastian

D. Smith

7:45

Elston (P)
Foresman (R)

9:00

Sunderland (R)
Marsico (P)

M. Harding (P)
S. Harding (R)

11:15 Ayorinde (R)

Nelson (P)

21 FEBRUARY

USHERS

Alan Mayberry
Stew Remaly

Mike Zane
Mike Vaughn

Steve Edgemon
Angela Edgemon

Bill Bland
Hank Foresman

Rick Nelson
Sandra Caesar

Scout Sunday
Tom Bland
Don Cooke

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

BJ McPherson
A. Powell, J. Schmid
M. Tonkin
D. Trussell
E. Pitcock
A. Marsico
M. Yezek

BJ McPherson
A. Powell, J. Schmid
M. Tonkin
D. Trussell
E. Pitcock
A. Marsico
M. Yezek

J. Sunderland
N. Bireley
C. Heddleston
J. MacDonald
R. Teale
B. Wagner

TBD

TBD

TBD

B. Wagner

M/M Jones

S. Remaly

M/M Poad

C. Hodge

L. Aqueron

ALTAR GUILD

FLOWER GUILD

M. Harding (R)
S. Harding (P)

7:45 M/M Jacobus

9:00 M/M Myers
11:15 TBD

M/M Biddlecomb

9:00 Wells/Darling
11:15 S. Costa

Tom Bland

GREETERS
M/M Kullstam

LAY READERS

G. Delaune

M/M Derbes

Schow/Hayward

Foresman (P)
Wagner (R)

Rickenbaker (R)
Pasour (P)

TBD

Nelson (R)
Rickenbaker (P)

Ayorinde (P)
Choi (R)

Nelson (P)
Heddleston (R)

TBD

Ayorinde (R)
Gastrell (P)

Choi (R)
Nelson (P)

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

COFFEE HOUR

Arnhart/Duggin/Folen TBD
TBD

Dru Hodges
Beth Altman
Matt Gurrola
Dennis Myers

TBD

TELLERS

Choi (P)
Pasour (R)

Hal Yarwood
Chris Brown
Dan Derbes
Brent Goeller

TBD

LOCK - UP

B. Atkinson

6 MARCH

Rodger Jones
Tony Marsico

OPEN - UP

J. Sweetser

28 FEBRUARY

DOCENT
BJ McPherson
Bill Bland

TBD

C. Knipling

D. McHugh

TBD

TBD
TBD

The Sunday Service Volunteers Schedule is also available at Pohick Churchs website, www.pohick.org, under Ministries.

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Golden Dove Gift Shop

Thanks to all who supported Pohick and its important outreach programs through purchase of
Christmas gifts at the Golden Dove Gift Shop.
Some of the newest shop items are handmade Pohick tote bags, framed sketches, and gifts for Valentines Day!
Come by the shop on Sunday mornings between
services (8:15 am - 9:00 am and 10:00 am - 11:15 am),
first Saturdays from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm during docent
tours and during special events.
December 6 Golden Dove
displays in Common Room

Golden Dove Volunteers

Feb 6:
Feb 7:

Feb 14:

Feb 21:

Feb 28:

P. Nelson
M/M Leon;
L. Buckius, J. Buckius, T. Jackson
C. Knipling, C. Myers;
D. Bland, V. Albert
M. Morgan, S. Yarwood;
J. Sunderland, E. Pitcock
D. Crawford, C. Wylie;
S. Pehrrson, P. Nelson

Ash Wednesday
February 10, 2016
7:00 am, 12 noon,
4:30 pm and 7:30 pm
Holy Communion,
Imposition of Ashes

Chili Cook-off
and Bingo Night

The Ann Mason Guild will hold their annual

Chili Cook-Off and Bingo evening on Saturday,
February 6 from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Attendees
will be the judge of the Peoples Choice Award.
All costs include Bingo: $30 family (without
chili entry), $25 family (with chili entry), $10 individual (without chili entry) and $5 individual
(with chili entry). Hot dogs will be available.
Contact Wendy Remaly wendy.remaly@gmail.
com and Angela Edgemon Aedge619@aol.com
for more information or entry forms.

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PAID
Permit No. 2
Lorton, VA

Pohick Church

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Lorton, Virginia 22079-1519
Return Service Requested

The Purpose of Pohick Church is to be a nourishing community where Christs love is experienced and taken beyond its walls.

VESTRY GRAM

Date: _____________________ Subject: _____________________

To: The Vestry

From:

Reed Heddleston
Fred Crawford
Dan Derbes
Susan Pehrsson
Amanda Choi,
Caroline Cockroft,
Kathy Kirkland, Helen Parker,
Edwardene Pitcock,
Doug Smith, Zach Smith,
Eric Thorson, Fuzzy Thurston

Pohick Church Vestry

The Revd Donald

Sr. Warden:
Binder, PhD
Jr. Warden:
The Revd Dr. Ruth Treasurer:
E. Correll, Ed.D.
Register:
James Rickenbaker
Members:
Linda Egan


Frances Sessums

Rusty Booth

Susan Hayward-Costa
Mike Morgan

John Sessums

Pohick Church Staff

Rector:

Assistant:

Seminarian:
Minister of Music:
Director of
Christian Ed:
Youth Minister:
Parish Secretary:
Finance Admin:
Sexton:

Telephone: 703-339-6572 Fax: 703-339-9884

Church Office Email: shcosta@pohick.org Web Site: www.pohick.org