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)

From The Rector

The Reverend
Donald D. Binder, PhD

ne of the Christian poets whose work we have

been exploring in my Lenten series is John Donne, who lived from 1572 to 1631. During this time he
served as both a Member of Parliament and the Dean
of St. Pauls Cathedral in London.
As was the case with many who lived in this era,
Donne faced great hardship throughout his life, including the loss of his wife in childbirth and the early
death of five of their twelve children. In his last years,
he himself suffered from a bout of typhus and struggled with stomach cancer, a malady that eventually
took his life.
Much of Donnes later poetry reflects these struggles, particularly the looming spectre of death. Indeed,
near the end of his life, Donne arranged for a coffin to
be brought to his chamber, and he spent many nights
sleeping in it. He also commissioned an artist to draw
a sketch of him while wrapped in a burial shroud.
While this sounds like morbid behavior to us today (as it did also to his contemporaries), it reflected
not only Donnes wrestling with his looming death,
but also his acceptance of it in light of Christs atoning
sacrifice. As such, his poetry of this period is fitting for
Lent, a season that begins with a reflection upon our
own deaths as ashes are traced onto our foreheads on
Ash Wednesday. Similarly, the other end of this penitential season concludes with our commemoration of
Christs crucifixion and burial in the tomb. Yet Holy

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Week also looks forward in anticipation to Easter,
when we celebrate Christs resurrection.
Donnes most famous poem (a section of Meditation XVII in Devotions on Emergent Occasions)
highlights his early struggles over not only the sting
of death, but also how one persons death affects us all:
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friends
Or of thine own were:
Any mans death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
Yet one of Donnes last poems (Holy Sonnets X)
reveals his understanding of how deaths power has
been stripped and is not to be feared in light of the
Resurrection:
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou thinkst thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
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From the Rector: continued from page 1

From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be

Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow
And soonest our best men with thee do go
Rest of their bones and souls delivery.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings,
and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppies or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke. Why swellst thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die!

John Donne, of course, did die and was buried in

From The Assistant Rector

The Reverend
Dr. Ruth E. Correll, Ed.D.
Lenten Greeting (Cards?)

The companies in the greeting card industry pay

close attention to all special dates on the calendar, especially Christian holidays. They have made fortunes
on Christmas alone, and Easter does well, too. Sales
run over the top for Mothers Day, which is a holiday
with deep Christian roots. These holidays happen on
just one day each year.
Now heres my question: Why not broaden the
market to include holy seasons? Just think of the sales
potential for the forty-six days from Ash Wednesday
to Easter.* One might answer by saying that Lent is a
solemn season, and greeting cards are meant to bring
a smile to the receiver. Yes,
but that has not stopped
the industry from producing solemn get well and
sympathy cards.
Lent calls for prayer,
penance, repentance, almsgiving, reconciliation, and
self-denial. Imagine the
cover and inside messages
for a new line of Lenten greeting cards. I hope you
know me well enough to note my tongue is in my
cheek.
A Lenten note to cheer you on: I cant believe

St. Pauls. If you visit his tomb today in London, you

will find a statue of him crafted from the aforementioned drawing of the poet in a burial shroud.
Yet the image is not as morbid as it seems: in
modeling for the original drawing, Donne purposefully stood atop a funerary urn and exposed his face to
the rays of the rising sun. The drawing, like the later
sculpture, was to capture his transformed likeness at
the moment of the Second Coming of Christ. As such,
the monument, like Donnes poetry itself, remains for
us an inspiring testament to Christs enduring presence with us not only in life, but also in the eternity of
resurrected life beyond the grave.
YOU made it through another week of self-denial.
Eat up this Sunday.
Congratulations for Lent: Youre breaking one of
your many bad habits!
A reminder for Lent: You owe me an apology.
I wanted to give you a gift for your Lenten
prayers: but you already have knee pads. I just relish
the thought of you kneeling.
For my husband/wife at Lent: Ill do almsgiving
if you do penance, and well call it even.
Hello, this is your Lenten Confessor calling:
Press 1 if you hide chocolate; press 2 if you lied to the
IRS; press 3 if you borrowed something from the
office; press 4 if you underpay your employees; press
5 if you lusted after someone; press 6 if you skipped
church to play golf; press 7 if you cant get over your
anger; press 8 if you gossiped in the past year; press 9
if you envy your boss, and press O to speak directly
to God.
Thanks be to God for the last option to speak directly to our Lord. The story of Lent ends with the
curtain between us and God torn from top to bottom. It is one thing to confess to my gracious heavenly Father that I am a poor, wretched sinner, and
quite another thing for someone to remind me to my
face. Thats why we all need Lent, a season and reason
for self-examination under the gentle guidance of the
One whose property is always to have mercy. BCP,
p. 337.

*Note: The marketing period would actually last 46 days
including the Sundays IN Lent. Sundays during Lent are feast
days rather than fasting days so there are just 40 days OF Lent.

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Senior Wardens Report

Reed Heddleston, Senior Warden

As mid-winter passes, the first harbinger of spring

is the coming of Lent. If winter comes, can spring be
far behind? It only seems so.
Clint Herbert and Fred Crawford contracted for
the removal of the overgrown boxwoods at the sanctuary south doors. While their absence is somewhat
jarring, they will be replaced in the spring with a
tamer species that will hopefully be less threatening
to foundations and pedestrians. Unfortunately, it was
discovered that the shrubs helped hide the poor state
of the wrought iron banisters and stone stairs. So both
banisters and steps have been added to the to-do
list. The property commission is proceeding with the
kitchen remodeling. The project is planned in phases
with the storeroom first on the schedule, after the asbestos tile removal is assessed. Hopefully, the entire
project will be completed before the fall schedule begins.
As for parish activities, thanks to Rusty Booth and
all involved in the success of the EYC Coffee House.
Also, thanks to the Rector for his annual EYC Super
Bowl Party. And Anita Stribling did her usual outstanding job with her Souper Bowl collection for
LCAC. The Ann Mason Guild hosted another very
successful chili cook-off. Warm chili and good fellowship is just the thing to get over the mid-winter hump,
and the Guild served a double helping.
The Pohick Foundation organized a visit of the
Mount Vernon staff to the church last week. Pete
Kind and Roberta Fede coordinated the visit with the
Docents Guild. Thanks to Pete, Roberta, the Rector,
Charlotte Knipling, and Cynthia Jacobus who did a
wonderful job hosting six very interested Mount Vernon professionals. George Washington made an appearance. While much work remains in improving the
relationship with Mount Vernon, the meeting was an
excellent beginning.
Hopefully, the George Washington birthday
breakfast as well as the Shrove Tuesday pancake supper will prevail in the face of forecast storms. While
winter is not going quietly, certainly spring cannot be
too far in the future.
Don Brownlees report of the February meeting,
the Vestry:

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Expressed its thanks to the departing Vestry

members for their service, and heard their parting observations.
Ratified the decision reached at the Vestry Retreat to allocate 80% of the bequests from the Avery/
Tomley and Kilmarx estates to capital improvements,
and 20% to a Mustard Seed fund. Guidelines for use
of these funds for specific projects and requirements
will be developed.
Discussed and approved the Treasurers Report.
January Alms and Commitment income was well below the historical norms. The Treasurer sees no obvious reason why; Parishioners are reminded of the
need to keep their Commitments current. Expenses
generally are trending as expected.
Reviewed plans for Ash Wednesday and Lenten
services and Lenten dinners.
Continued its discussions about possible changes
to the Sunday worship service times.
Was briefed on the annual Diocesan Council.
Bp. Shannon continues to focus the gathering on mission and outreach rather than resolutions and policymaking. The Council voted in the spirit of reconciliation to change the name of the annual meeting going
forward from Council to Convention. Diocesan
leadership informed the Council that total cost of the
property litigation was approximately $10 Million.
They said money pledged by parishes was not used for
these litigation expenses.
For more information see a Vestry member.

Martha Guild

The Martha Guild will NOT meet in March so

members can participate in the Lenten Suppers
and Programs. The Martha Guild is responsible
for the set up and cleanup of the Lenten Supper on Wednesday, March 4.
The next regular meeting for
the Martha Guild will be on
Wednesday, April 8. Due to
Holy Week, the meeting will
be held the second Wednesday in April. Any questions,
please contact Connie Myers,
703-455-4652 or jetskiing@
hotmail.com.

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Music Notes

Linda Egan, Minister of Music

On Wednesdays during Lent, after the Lenten

supper and study groups, we join for a service of healing and Eucharist. This year we are including Celtic
prayers and material from the Northumbrian prayer
book. The service is one of lessons, Eucharist and
healing.
The music we sing will have Celtic, Gaelic, Scottish, and Irish origins. There is a 20th century hymn
for healing by John Bell of the Iona Community, set
to a Scottish folk song, which the Choir of Pohick
recently sang as an anthem. There are hymns from
The Hymnal 1982, including the tunes Caithness and
Dundee, already known to us as a congregation. These
tunes originally appeared in the 17th century Scottish
Psalter, which, in addition to the psalms, contained
possible tunes for singing them named after the locations where they were typically sung. We will sing
Caithness with the text O for a closer walk with God,
and Dundee with the text O God of Bethel, by whose
hand.
There are also hymns from the hymnal supplement
Wonder, Love and Praise, which we use at Pohick by
reprinting hymns from it with permission. For these
services we will sing a setting of the creed by Sylvia
Dunstan set to a Gaelic folk song; a simple gloria patri
from Iona will be added to a tune based upon it for
chanting the psalm.
Among the most well know of such hymns is the
tune Slane which we sing with the texts Be thou my
vision, and Lord of all hopefulness. And, of course,
there is St. Patricks Breastplate, sung with I bind unto
myself today, which we save for the service of confirmation each year.
In The Edge of Glory, David Adam writes about the
Celtic way of devotion:
The history of salvation and incarnation has to
become our own person history. The Celtic way of
ever inviting God into their activities and seeking to become aware of him in everyday events is
the most natural way of achieving this. [In Celtic
hymns] we have a weaving of the Presence around
our lives like the Celtic patterns on stones and in
the illuminated Gospels: Christ moves in and out,
over and under. We are encircled by him; encom-

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passed by his presence and love. This is not something we create, it is a reality to become aware of, a
glory that is ours but that we so often miss. We are
on the very edge of glory, but we seem to choose
the wrong side.
Through singing this music and saying these
prayers, we hope to at least catch sight of the other
side.
Holy Week begins the last week of March. Here
are some schedule changes for the choirs:
March 29, Palm Sunday, Choir of Pohick: warm
up 8:00 am, sing 9:00 am and 11:15 am services, rehearse for Easter anthem with St. Cecelia St. Alban
Choir for half hour after the 11:15 am service ends.
April 1, Wednesday, No rehearsals for St. Francis
Choir or St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir.
April 2, Thursday, Choir of Pohick 7:00 pm warm
up, 7:30 pm service, rehearse for one hour after the
service ends.
April 5, Easter Day, Choir of Pohick and St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir warm up 8:00 am, sing 9:15 am
and 11:15 am services.

Music Schedule March 2015

Sunday, March 8 Lent 3

9:00 am Choir of Pohick, St. Francis Choir
11:15 am Early Church Music Ensemble
Sunday, March 15 Lent 4
9:00 am Choir of Pohick, Pohick Pickers
11:15 am St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir

Sunday, March 22 Lent 5

9:00 am Choir of Pohick, Pohick Bell Choir
11:15 am Pohick Bell Choir
Sunday, March 29 Palm/Passion Sunday
9:00 am Choir of Pohick
11:15 am Choir of Pohick
After the service, Choir of Pohick and St. Cecelia
St. Alban Choir rehearse for a half an hour in the
church.

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Golden Dove Gift Shop

The Golden Dove gift shop has lots of lovely spring

items, including special gifts for Easter and baptisms!
One of the newest items is beautiful porcelain coffee
mugs with Pohick Church history and a sketch of a
typical Sunday in the 18th century courtyard on either
side. The shop also carries small toys, books, notepads,
manicure sets and jewelry made in the USA - perfect
for Easter baskets!
All shop proceeds go to church outreach programs
and charity. The shop is
staffed by board members
and volunteer shop workers. Step-by-step training
is provided, and monthly
schedules are made to be
convenient for the volunteers. For those interested
in volunteering in the shop
should contact Pamela Nelson at pjsn28@aol.com or
703-932-2378.
Please stop by the shop to browse the selection or
find the perfect item for a special gift. Just follow the
signs on the pathway to back of the Vestry house!
Golden Dove Shop Hours: Sundays 8:15 am until
9:00 am and 10:15 am until 11:15 am. Also open during many special events.

Souper Bowl Collection

The annual Souper Bowl collection was once

again a great success. Through the generous
donations of the congregation, $1000 was
raised, which is equivalent to 5000 pounds of
food that can be donated to LCAC. Thanks
for participating.

Altar Greenery

Throughout the Lenten season, the usual flowers on the altar will be replaced with greenery.
In addition, individual names will not be associated with the altar greenery.

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Historic Pohick Church

Docent Guild News

Save the Date!

Saturday, April 25 for the Signature Tea honoring
mothers, daughters, and special friends. At 1:00 pm,
the new Childrens Tour of the church will be introduced. Tea is from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm along with a
Living History program. Cost: $25 for adults and $15
for children under 12. All tickets are nonrefundable.
Contact Helen Parker at 703-497-5927 for details or
to volunteer to help.
Saturday Afternoon Docent Guided Tours
On the first Saturday of each month beginning
in April, the docents will conduct guided tours of the
church from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm. Tell neighbors
and friends!
A General Meeting will be held on March 16 at
7:00 pm with a special program at 8:00 pm. All are
welcome to attend.
On January 15, a full training session was held,
and five new docents were certified to lead tours. The
rest of the 22 in attendance were either guild members
taking a refresher course, or others who were interested in learning more about the history of the church.
Thanks go to Fred Crawford and Denise McHugh for
organizing this!
On February 13, curators from the new Mount
Vernon Library were given a tour by Docent Cynthia
Jacobus. Our own George Washington (Docent Reed
Heddleston) was also present. Ideas were exchanged
on ways to share information. Thanks go to Roberta
Fede for making this connection!

Lost and Found

If any of these items sound familiar, please check at

the Church office.
1 pair of leather, fur lined gloves, black
1 ladies watch, black leather wrist band
1 ladies watch, black cord wrist band
1 folding umbrella, blue floral print
1 handkerchief, purple
1 set of car keys with remote lock/unlock key ring
1 lego figure
1 pearl stud earing
BCP with music
Tatiana book by Martin Cruz Smith

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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.
A state court in South Carolina has ruled decisively that disputed church properties in that state belong to the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina,
which broke away from The Episcopal Church (TEC)
in 2012, and not to the group which has
remained part of TEC, and now calls
itself The Episcopal Church in South
Carolina. Circuit Court Judge Diane
Goodstein said in her decision that the
Constitution and Canons of TEC have
no provisions which state that a member diocese cannot voluntarily withdraw
its membership(and) do not provide

for the discipline of member dioceses. The breakaway
group had voluntarily joined TEC, and had the right
to voluntarily leave it, she ruled, and it is the rightful owner of property, seals and the name Episcopal
Diocese of South Carolina
Most other property cases, including those in the
Diocese of Virginia, involved a few parishes which
wanted to separate from their home diocese but retain
ownership of property. In South Carolina, however,
the case involved an entire diocese which wanted to
separate from The Episcopal Church, save for a few
parishes which wanted to remain.
The split between the local diocese and national
church was years in the making. The diocese, under
the leadership of Bp. Mark Lawrence, had increasingly gone its own way, and stopped participating
in activities of the national church, including the
House of Bishops. Instead, he and the diocese
developed closer ties and
deeper engagement with
theologically conservative
Anglican churches and
provinces in Africa and
elsewhere. Those African

provinces and organizations such as the Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON) strongly supported Bp. Lawrence and the diocese throughout the
trial.
Bp. Lawrence and his diocese have not developed
as close a relationship with the Anglican Church in
North America (ACNA), which encompasses many
of the other churches that left TEC in recent years.
The tensions between Bp. Lawrence and the national church came to a head in the fall of 2012 when
a special disciplinary committee charged him with
abandoning The Episcopal Church by an open renunciation of the Discipline of the Church. In accordance with church Canons, Presiding Bishop
Katharine Jefferts Schori then prohibited him from
performing any Episcopal, ministerial or canonical
acts until the charges were investigated and resolved
by the House of Bishops. That action in turn triggered
pre-arranged counter-actions, and the diocese disassociated from TEC. Those who wished to remain part
of TEC formed a reconstituted diocese and elected a
provisional bishop. The legal battle over property, seals
and the name of the diocese then ensued.
In a letter to the diocese after the court decision
was announced, Bp. Lawrence expressed his gratitude
to the Mighty Hand of God, and all those who had
supported the diocese with prayer, work and financial
contributions.
I encourage you to pause on the overlook that
this recent lawsuit and ruling has carved out for us
in our life together; to gaze back momentarily to the
path weve travelednot just in these recent years but
also through the long labors of so many in past decades and centuries in order to gratefully acknowledge the sovereignty of God over all our affairsour
labors, ministries, and lives, he wrote. Offer a prayer
of gratitude, not with triumphant zeal but with a
humble contrite heart. Then having done so I suggest
you turn a steadfast gaze forward
There is a need for us to persevere. Persevere in
defending our identity both as congregations and
diocese. Persevere in continuing litigation. But most
importantly to persevere in our commitment to move
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Update on Issues in the Anglican Communion,

continued from page 6

forward with our God-given dreams and mission.

Bp. Charles von Rosenberg, bishop of the continuing diocese, likewise wrote a pastoral letter. He
said that while decision was disappointing, it was
completely expected, and should be viewed as but
an indication justice has been delayed.
As we celebrate Black History Month, we are reminded that the history of African American witness,
along with others, is that delayed justice simply calls
us to persevere in our efforts. That certainly is our intention at this moment. We will persevere as we seek
justice, even though the personal and financial costs
will be significant. The present cause
requires us to respond in this way.
In addition, I call your attention to the fact that our biblical heritage includes accounts of journeys, as
symbols of historical movements and
of our very lives. Often, such journeys are full of pitfalls and difficulties; however, the journey itself holds
the promise of a hope-filled destination. Thus, as we claim such a heritage, we, too, recognize that challenges and disappointments confront us
along our way. Nevertheless, we continue to have hope
that the journeys end will be full of promise for all the
people of God.
TEC and the continuing diocese plan to appeal
the ruling. In the first steps of that process, they asked
Judge Goodstein to reconsider her decision. She refused.
Courts in Illinois have likewise ruled recently in
favor of dioceses that wanted to disassociate from
TEC. A long-running court case in Texas continues
to be litigated in trial court.
Elsewhere:
GAFCON and ACNA are two of the organizations that have been formed in recent years as counters to the structures and authority of The Anglican
Communion. Another is the Anglican Mission in
England, or AMiE. It was formed as an offshoot of
GAFCON in 2013 to promote gospel growth in
England by supporting Anglican churches and individuals, both within and outside present Church of
England structures. Now, the Bishop of Salisbury is

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asking for clarification as to the role the bishop of a

neighboring diocese played in consecrating an AMiE
church in his diocese without his knowledge or permission.
In England as elsewhere in the Anglican Communion, bishops may not carry out episcopal functions in another diocese without the permission of the
local bishop.
Christ Church, Salisbury, has been meeting in
a downtown school since the summer. Bp Ellison, a
bishop in the diocese of Winchester and chairman of
the Panel of Bishops of AMiE, presided at a formal
service of thanksgiving and commission on 6 December.
A statement from the diocese of Salisbury said
No one involved in planting the church has contacted the Bishop, nor is the Diocese aware of any consultation with Churches Together in Salisbury about the
need for a church plan.
Ideally we might want to welcome Christ Church
as fellow workers in Christ, but we also wonder why
another church explicitly for Anglicans is needed in
Salisbury when the broad spectrum of Anglican identities is already catered for.
The diocese said Bp. Ellison had postponed two
meetings scheduled to discuss the issue because of illness.
The Rector of the new church, the Rev. Matthew Mason, told The Church Times newspaper Christ Church
Salisbury started last July with the aim of reaching
unchurched people with the good news of Jesus, Mr
Mason said on Tuesday. Sadly, the vast majority of
Salisburys population dont attend church and dont
know Christ. Were therefore delighted that there are
other churches who share our gospel ambition, and we
want to work with them. Were also praying that other
people will plant more new churches here. Theres lots
of room for Christs Kingdom to grow.

It is important to remember that despite all these controversies,

the work of the Church - globally, nationally, and locally - goes on.
The Stewardship Commission continues to remind us of the
ways Pohick carries out that work, and spread the good News.
Pohick continues to be the only Bible some people will ever read.
Through youth mission trips, donations of school supplies, backpacks,
Christmas meals to LCAC, Santas annual visit to New Hope
Housing, and the Community of Hope, Pohick continues to leak
the love of God to those in need.

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Send News!

Articles for the April Pohick Post are due

no later than March 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.

Celebrate St. Patricks Day

with Dinner

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Pohick

Chapter, will sponsor a dinner in honor of
St. Patrick with traditional corned beef,
cabbage, and all the fixings.
The dinner will be held on Saturday,
March 7 (not 17) from 6:00 pm to 8:00
pm in the Common Room/Annex. This
has always been a popular family event.
Tickets are $15 per person, $30 per family,
and children under 12 are free. Tickets are
available at coffee hour and from Brotherhood members.

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Save the Date

Martha Guild
Wine Tasting Fundraiser

The Martha Guild Wine Tasting Fundraiser will

include a wine tasting, some of the best munchies the Martha Guild can provide
and, of course, lots of good friends.
Last year $2,000 was raised for
Fisher House. This years beneficiary of funds raised will be the
Pohick Kitchen Renovation Fund.
Watch for details next month, but
please mark the date of May 2,
2015 on the calendar.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Please remember any parishioner may request a

prayer shawl. It does not matter whether it is for
a fellow parishioner, a relative, or a friend. Shawls
are stored in either Rev. Binder or Rev. Corrells
offices. For instructions on how to knit or crochet
a prayer shawl, please contact Kathy Kirkland at
waykirk@verizon.net or call 703-550-9194. The
next Prayer Shawl Ministry meeting will be on
April 1 at 7:00 pm in classroom A.

Vacation Bible School

Mark the calendars! Pohicks Vacation Bible

School will be July 13 - 17, 9:00 am - 12 noon.
All three year olds through 5th grade students are welcome. The 6th - 12th grade students are welcome to come and be assistants
and aides! If an adult has a 2 year old and
can stay to help in the program, a class will
be available for the child. Please speak with
Frances Sessums. Anyone who is interested
in teaching, assistant teaching, being an aide,
snacks, nursery attendant, art assistant or helping in
any way, please call
Frances Sessums,
703-425-2857.

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Pohick Church Activities

March 2015

Sunday

MARCH 1

Monday

Lent 2b
6p Marriage
7:45a HE I
Course
9a HE II
7p EFM
10:15a Christian Ed
11:15a HE I
5p Confirmation
Class
6p EYC Dinner
Night (All)

Tuesday

9:30a Staff Mtg

7p Tutoring

Wednesday

Thursday

2p HE, the Fairfax 6:15p Bell

6p St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir 7p Boy Scouts
6:30p Lenten
7:30p Choir of
Potluck/Studies
Pohick
8p Healing Ser8:30p AA

Friday

Saturday

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
6p St. Patricks
Day Dinner

vice

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11

12

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15

16

17

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21

Lent 3b
7p EFM
7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian Ed
11:15a HE II
5p Confirmation Class
6:30p EYC ( Jr&Sr)
Lent 4b
7p EFM
7:45a HE I
7p Docent
9a HE II
General Mtg
10:15a Christian Ed
11:15a HE I
12:30p Guilds & Moms
12:30p St. Cecelia
St. Alban
5p Confirmation Class
6:30p EYC (All)
Deadline for Pohick Post

9:30a Ann Mason Guild Mtg

9:30a Staff Mtg
7p Tutoring
7:30p Vestry

9:30a Staff Mtg

7p Tutoring

2p HE, the Fairfax

6p St. Cecelia St. Alban
6p St. Francis Choir
6:30p Lenten
Potluck/Studies
8p Healing Service

6:15p Bell
Choir
7p Boy Scouts
7:30p Choir of
Pohick
8:30p AA

2p HE, the Fairfax 6:15p Bell

6p St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir 7p Boy Scouts
6:30p Lenten
7:30p Choir of
Potluck/Studies
Pohick
8p Healing Ser8:30p AA

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew

vice

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APRIL 1

Lent 5b
6p COH
7:45a HE I
7p EFM
9a HE II
10:15a Christian Ed
11:15a HE II
5p Confirmation Class
6p EYC (All)
Palm Sunday
7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian
Ed, Fairfax Visit
11:15a HE I

7p EFM

9:30a Staff Mtg

7p Tutoring

9:30a Staff Mtg

7p Tutoring

2p HE, the Fairfax 6:15p Bell

6p St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir 7p Boy Scouts
6:30p Lenten
7:30p Choir of
Potluck/Studies
Pohick
8p Healing Service 8:30p AA

2p HE, the Fairfax Maundy Thursday 12p Good

6p St. Cecelia St. Alban 6:15p Bell Choir Friday &
6p St. Francis Choir 7p Boy Scouts Stations
7p Prayer Shawl
7:30p Choir of
Ministry
Pohick
7:30p Healing Service 7:30p Service
7:30p Martha Guild & Vigil
8:30p AA

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew

Holy Saturday
8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
9:15a Baptism
rehearsal
4p Holy Baptism

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

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1 MARCH
7:45
9:00

Pohick Episcopal Church

SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS

Stew Remaly
Alan Mayberry

Mat Gurrola
Chris Brown
Don Cooke
Edwardene Pitcock

11:15 Dave Billingsley

8 MARCH

Dan Derbes
Beth Altman
Tom Bland
Fuzzy Thurston

Steve Edgemon
Angela Edgemon

7:00

TBD

Sunderland

1:00

TBD

Brownlee

12:15 TBD

M/M Myers

AM

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

7:45 TBD
9:00 TBD
11:15 TBD

M/M Phil Altman

7:45 Rita Stankwitz

9:00 Hoffheins/Faber
11:15 C. Hodge

M/M Biddlecomb

7:45

Wrona (R)
Sunderland (P)

9:00

Marsico (P)
Wagner (R)

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

11:15 Foresman (R)

Rickenbaker (P)

9:00 TBD
11:15 TBD

USHERS

Rodger Jones
Becky Wagner

Paul Walden

J. Sunderland
N. Bireley
A. Cannon
C. Heddleston
J. MacDonald
M. Hartig
R. Teale, B. Wagner

15 MARCH

M/M Parker

Leslie Aqueron

Wallace (R)
Pasour (P)

Gastrell (R)
Choi (P)
J. Bartholomew

Hamly/Harriman

Alan Mayberry
Stew Remaly

TBD

Rick Nelson
Bill Bland

Dru Hodges
Jim Foster
Jan Hoffheins
Kathy Kirkland

TBD

Rita Smith
Bill Hosp

TBD

Crawford

Parker

Herbert

Wyllie

Thurston

Heddleston

Heintze/Jacobus

Faber/Hoffheins

M/M Thurston

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

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

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

M/M Carl Bryant

M/M Phil Altman

M/M Jud Bireley

Kathy Kirkland

C. Darling

M/M Ted Yezek

OPEN - UP
LOCK - UP
TELLERS

ALTAR GUILD

COFFEE HOUR

M/M Fuzzy Thurston

29 MARCH

Ken Evans
Mike Vaughn

Wes Speer
Camela Speer
Greg Wilson
Mike Zane

Santos & Han Garcia

22 MARCH

M/M Femi Ayorinde

GREETERS

M/M Paul Leon

M/M Dennis Myers

Judy Byrne

M/M Evans

Becky Wagner

Lynn Jonas

Mohammed Kanu

Paul Walden

M/M Crawford

LAY READERS

M/M Johnson

John Dwyier

Elston (P)
Rickenbaker (R)

Wrona (P)
Marsico (R)

Sunderland (R)
Rickenbaker (P)

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

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

Nelson (R)
Foresman (P)

Wagner (R)
Ayorinde (P)

DOCENTS
Fred Crawford

Tom & Susan Costa

Ayorinde (R)
Wallace (P)

Edwardene Pitcock
Grace Delaune

Pasour (R)
Wagner (P)

BJ McPherson

Denise McHugh

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

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Pohick Episcopal Church

POHICK YOUTH RETREAT

Friday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19 $35 per person

Depart from Pohick Church at 5:00 pm Return 3:30 pm
Watch for more details in the Sunday bulletin!

Donations for
Guest Musicians

This year, due to budget constraints,

funding of guest musicians is
through the music memorial fund,
a fund normally used for emergency
organ and equipment repair. Please consider contributing to this fund to support the continuance
of this wonderful music at festival times during the
year.

Flower Guild Volunteers Needed

The Flower Guild needs volunteers. Volunteers will

be trained! Call Anita Stribling, 703-550-0444 or
the Church office, 703-339-6572.

Easter Flowers
To make contributions toward flowers for the Church at Easter, please fill out this form and return it to the Church office with payment no later than Sunday, March 29, 2015. Forms can be mailed to: Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, VA 22079.
Name:__________________________________________________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone: ________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________

Please write the memorial, thanksgiving, or other designation for publication in the Easter Bulletin:

Enclosed is a check payable to Pohick Church, marked For Easter Flowers

in the following amount: $11 (1)

$22 (2)

Other _________________

Please note For Easter Flowers on the memo line of check.

Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit No. 2
Lorton, VA

Pohick Church

9301 Richmond Highway

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
Clint Herbert
John Pasour
Don Brownlee
Amanda Choi,
Caroline Cockroft,
Fred Crawford,
Dan Derbes, Helen Parker,
Edwardene Pitcock,
Fuzzy Thurston,
Emma Wallace, Russ Wyllie

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