[Magdalen] DioVA - Regions & Retreat

[Roger Stokes]

On 14/06/2016 20:08, cady soukup wrote:
> Dear ones,
>
> In the early 1970's, the Diocese of Virginia, in an effort to
> communicate better and to encourage congregations to work together,
> put together groups of churches called Regions. Each region originally
> had about 5,000 communicants in as many churches as it took to make up
> that number, fewer in cities, more in rural areas. Our small church
> (the only Episcopal church in our county) is a member of Region 13
> along with 19 other small-to-medium churches. This year, I am the
> president of the Region 13 council.

Did you not duck fast enough or were you not at the meeting where the 
decision was made? ;-)
> The Regional President's Retreat is at Shrine Mont this
> Friday-Saturday. The Diocese is "re-visioning" the regions. Hmmm. That
> could be interesting.

"Interesting" is one word for what probably awaits you, but it's not the 
one I would have chosen.

> Prayer pats please - it's been a long year of revisions for me with
> more in the works.

Certainly.

Roger