Enjoy photos from the glorious Baptism service at Ascension in Kearnseyville, VA on Sunday, Sept. 27.

On September 19 at All Saints’ Church in Woodbridge, VA, Bishop John commissioned the Franconia-Springfield Mission.

Abundant Life uses biblically-based teaching to engage teenagers, partner with parents, and equip youth leaders to navigate relational and culturally-relevant topics. I believe that educating teenagers about who they are in Christ, the purpose of relationships, the value of life—their own and others–and how the Gospel interacts with all of this is essential in the Kingdom of God. Why? If we don’t give them something to live for, someone else will.

There are around 150,000 people (!) who live in the Lake Gaston area — that's almost nine times the population of Emporia/Greensville County. The next closest Anglican (ACNA) congregation is in the Raleigh/Durham area. It behooves us to reach out to make new disciples around Lake Gaston and to minister to the many Anglicans who have retired to the lake from Raleigh/Durham, Hampton Roads, and Northern Virginia.

Being a human can be messy. Each of us is physical, emotional, relational, sexual, and spiritual. We carry past stories and future hopes.

Sitting this morning at my desk I was ‘remembering’ this past Sunday (September 13) in the park when Incarnation gathered and celebrated two years from ‘going public’ on Sept 9, 2018. Two years of unity.

While school is virtual, Immanuel Anglican Church is continuing food distribution each week at Coles Elementary. Thanks to generous donations over 1,500 bags of weekend meals have been distributed since March.

America, a religious nation, has had throughout our history a type of intellectual leader that has been termed the public theologian. Henry Ward Beecher, the Niebuhrs, Billy Graham, and Fr. Richard Neuhaus are among the most prominent examples. Now, Wheaton professor Esau McCauley is using his broad pulpit to call American Christians back to their religious ideals, the lived experiences of the Black church, and a full recognition of the Black church in our history.

Church of the Epiphany made sure to bring extra joy with their “Back to School” night in the church parking lot. Enjoy photos of socially-distanced games and fun!

New challenges, a pandemic, a major flood, a “Where’s Waldo” Vicar, and outreach challenges… 2020 has been an interesting year for the Anglican Church of the Valley in Staunton.

In these confusing and uncertain times, it is more important than ever that we be pointing our kids and their families to the truth of God’s love, provision, and faithfulness.

The Falls Church Forum is kicking back up with two events this fall, one on September 20 with Dr. George Yancey, and another on October 18 with Dr. Alan Jacobs.

This is an amazing moment, with extraordinary opportunities. A pause in the rush of modern life to take stock. To evaluate where we are. A chance to examine our ‘burnt offerings’ and think about how to deepen our vision of worship in this season.

This summer, Church of the Apostles youth group leaders initiated their first Summer Book Club, which met on Zoom for four weeks while reading C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity. Here are three ways all our participants benefitted from the experience!

For the month of August, I issued a fun Bible Challenge to our Sunday School group: Read one chapter from the book of Matthew each day, and win a gift certificate to Sweet Frog!

As the summer winds down and college students head back to their campuses, many students will be reflecting on their summers and how different they were from what they expected. For many, the primary reason for this was Covid-19. But, for eight of them, the reason will be very different. These were the eight young adults that spent their summer ministering in their congregations as interns. This is a summer they will long remember and may possibly be one that changes the course of their lives.

In light of the tensions in our society regarding race relations, in his address to the Provincial Council, Archbishop Beach called for a Working Group on Race, Racism, and Racial Reconciliation. This group is comprised of leaders from across the Anglican Church in North America representing a diverse range of races, ethnicities, ages, orders, and both genders.

The Rt. Rev. John Howe and the Rev. Deacon Karen Howe have been recently welcomed into the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic and the Anglican Church in North America.

This summer, Immanuel Kids has been offering Driveway Devotions. Driveway devotions is a time where children’s ministry staff and volunteers come to each family’s driveway, yard, sidewalk or front of their home for a time of devotion, discussion, activities and prayer!