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Old Donation Episcopal Church

Old Donation Episcopal Church is a family: Welcoming All Growing in God’s love Joyfully worshipping Jesus Christ Serving in the power of the Spirit

Old Donation Feast Day

381 Years of History !

Sunday, 21 October

• Costumed Docents at the 10:30am services!

• Historic Traditions sponsoring Ice Cream Hour!

Pumpkin

Palooza! Sunday, 28 October

3:30pm - 5:00pm see pg 10

See page 4

See pg 8

30 September: Celebration of Ministry 7 October: The Feast of Saint Francis

14 October: Confirmation Sunday

21 October: Old Donation Feast Day

28 October: Pumpkin Palooza

4 November: All Saints’ and Pledge Ingathering

All Saints’ Sunday & Pledge Ingathering November 4th

Please join us & bring photos of the saints in your life to place around the church as a sign of the cloud of witnesses that surround us!

Confirmation

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Reception Sunday, 14 October

with Bishop Hollerith

Welcome to the Fourth Quarter!

Football is in the air. I cannot believe how quickly 3/4 of the year flew by. Then I start to realize how much has been accomplished in this very busy time. Now we hit the ‘stretch run’ with so much going on. The pilgrimage last month was a wonderful break. When we arrived home, we seemed to hit double pace. There was a delightful Celebration of Ministry last week. As I walked the parking lot, it was impressive to me just how many ways we are blessing the world with our ministries. The Worship Commission just planned a full worship schedule for this period of the year and the “Six Sundays of Celebration” is in top speed. Parish Life has something planned for every month that gives everyone a chance to come together. I hope and pray you will take advantage of all that God is doing in, through, and among us.

Saints At mid-year I made the mistake of observing that we had very few deaths among the congregation in 2018. That changed, unfortunately. We have lost some of our most faithful and adorable saints. It will make All Saints’ Sunday (Nov 4) most poignant. Some of our best friends have gone to become part of the “Church Triumphant” with Nancy Fitch, Pegg Frank, Remy Pahl, Flossie Chandler and Lee Gordon all leaving us recently. Their passing has left a hole in my heart and I know even more so in many of yours. I give thanks that there will be a day of reunion for us all. I also give thanks for the faithful who take their lead from these saints and carry ODEC into a glorious future.

Kitchen We are working almost every day now with architects, civil engineers and construction folks on the overall plan. We hope to have information for a major update on Sunday morning at the end of October (28th) in the Adult Sunday School class time. We have ordered the major equipment planned for the kitchen upgrade and will know soon if the installation will be before or after the Oyster Roast. The first round of comments on our site plan came back from the City this week. The norm is 2-3 months of back and forth to be sure we meet all the various ordinances and standards. Our team will answer all questions at the end of October.

Worship Schedules I have heard questions about the Fall worship schedule changes and why we don’t still have a 9:15am service. The most important consideration was that we could resume having clergy available to teach adult classes (as one of several adult offerings). Additionally, the Sundays@5 offering is serving a need as we are having 40-70 people for that evening service and we would not be able to serve both times well. 9:15 was averaging less than 25 people before we tried the music change using our Sundays@5 approach.

One question I hear is why we don’t offer children’s Sunday School while Church is going on. Here it is important to think about children and their spiritual formation. Those who study children and worship say the most valid predictor of whether children will continue with an active adult faith is if they regularly attend intergenerational worship. The system that became popular in the 1950’s had children sent to Sunday School and brought back just for communion. Those children were less likely as adults to see the relevance or value of worship or to continue in Church. One of our main goals as a parish is for adults and children to form an integrated spiritual life, which includes both intergenerational worship and educational opportunities for all ages. We will continue to adapt our approaches to best serve everyone.

Little Free Pantry Last Spring, some of the students from the Old Donation Center had a great idea. With our approval, they built a “Little Free Pantry” next to our “Little Free Library” and stocked it with non-perishable goods for families to take as needed. It has been much used through the summer. But we learned this month that the group of students have moved on to other schools and will no longer be filling the pantry. I hope we will have a group who can look to the guidelines of what is recommended for stocking and keep it full to serve hungry folks in our own neighborhood. We will publish a list of what works. If you would be willing to head up this effort and supervise weekly, please let me know.

From the Rector

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From our Assistant Rector

From our Youth Minister

In Brennan Manning’s The Ragamuffin Gospel, he spends chapter one re-introducing otherwise well-worn believers to the concept of radical grace. It’s a truth I think we sometimes only partially believe. Yes, God has grace for us, we tell ourselves, but only if we’re really not too des-picable as people. Sure, there’s always grace - but only if we are doing all the right things and not messing up too much. As for people living on the fringe of society, those people who have completely rejected God - they couldn’t be “eligible” for grace, right?

After reading Manning’s words, for the first time in my life I realized how half-heartedly I believed in grace. I had become accustomed to a watered-down version of the real deal. The gravity of untethered, nonsensical, abundant grace smacked me in the face when I read Manning’s de-scription. He writes, “Fyodor Dostoyevsky caught the shock and scandal of the gospel of grace when he wrote: ‘At the last Judgment Christ will say to us, ‘Come, you also! Come, drunkards! Come, weaklings! Come, chil-dren of shame!’ And he will say to us: ‘Vile beings, you who are in the image of the beast and bear his mark, but come all the same, you as well.” And the wise and pru-dent will say, ‘Lord, why do you welcome them?’ And he will say: ‘If I welcome them, you wise men, if I welcome them, you prudent men, it is because not one of them has ever been judged worthy.’ And he will stretch out his arms, and he will fall at his feet, and we will cry out sob-bing, and then we will understand all, we will understand the Gospel of grace! Lord, your kingdom come!”

Read that again: “If I welcome them, it is because not one of them has ever been judged worthy.” What?! You mean we can stop our pretensions, our striving, our fight to the top? We don’t have to be worthy? One of the questions we posed to the youth group when discussing this chapter was “if grace is offered freely and without condition, then why do we try so hard to feel like we’ve earned it?” Why is it so hard to accept something so glorious and life-giving and free? Perhaps because it feels really good to have earned something - we want to feel as though our hard work is paying off. But if that were truly how it worked - how on earth would this be called the “Good News?” It might as well be called the “kind-of OK news if you’re a responsible person.” But thank God it is indeed GOOD NEWS, and we have already been welcomed with open arms. We don’t need to earn it - we have it right now, just as we are. Praise God. ~Marta

My Friends, This past month while Bob and our pilgrims were in Eng-land, we welcomed Jacqueline Soltys back to spend two Sundays with us. In one of her sermons, there was a piece that stuck with me. She said:

“To be honest, I cannot think of anything of real value or significance in this life that does not require profound self-giving commitment. Marriage, parenting, vocation, citizenship… If we live fully, if we remain true to those we love and to the values we cherish, we take up our crosses all the time. We human beings are designed to live most fully when we strive towards meaning and purpose that demands things of us. God made us that way.”

I love this concept. We enter into marriages, choose voca-tions (paid AND volunteer), care for children or pets, and we expect that it’s going to take work. It’s going to be hard. We have to give of ourselves, really commit time and effort and energy into these things, or they’ll fall apart. If I don’t put my all into raising my children, if I just phone it in and leave them to raise themselves, well, I hate to imagine what would happen. At the very least, I would have no relationship with my kids. So I invest. I give of myself, and I get so much in return.

Well, our relationships with God are no different. I think it can be easy to forget that. But how can we expect to be close to God, unless we work at it?

Determine what your relationship with God is all about. What does He want from you? What do you want from Him? If your faith is worth it to you, if knowing God and really deepening that relationship matters, then it’s up to you to do something about it. It might not be easy, but nothing in life worth having is. It’s that whole cliché equilibrium: the more you give, the more you receive. So, really think about it. Make a list of the things in your life that matter most to you. Then make a list of the things that you spend the most time on. Do they add up? Is God on there? What about church? If you’re spending your time on things that aren’t important or fulfilling, then maybe it’s time to make a change… put your efforts into what really matters, and see how your life can blossom! I know I’ll be doing the same.

Pilgrimage Last month 36 members of Old Donation “jumped across the pond” for a pilgrimage to England. It was a pilgrimage, not a tour. The distinction might be missed because we were in most of the popular “tourist” places. But our focus was different and made the experience richer.

Following our blog (which you can still access here), you would see we spent time in sites related to our heritage and development as Christians worshiping in the Anglican Tra-

dition and specifically at Old Donation Episcopal Church. While we, natural-ly, began in the crypts of Canterbury Cathedral, our discussions included the earlier monastic traditions of the Celtic Christians with their Eastern Ortho-dox influences. Columba of Iona, Cuthbert of Lindes-

farne and Hilda of Whitby all were part of the generous English spirituality that sometimes clashed with but also leavened the Roman authority that came with Augustine.

We worshiped in so many places of great significance to our English church traditions. It’s hard to beat having a private Eucharist we could celebrate in the East end (the oldest section) of Canterbury Cathedral, singing Amazing Grace in the choir section of John Newton’s parish church, or reading Morning Prayer in Adam Thorowgood’s home church. Some might argue that the last day’s Eucharist in Christ Church, Oxford with their boys and men’s choirs and a fine sermon, finishing with champagne in the North Transept topped it all off ‘properly and in good order.’

We learned about close connections none of us had known of prior to the trip. In Bury St. Edmunds, we learned about their member, explorer and lawyer Bartholomew Gosnold. He led the earliest English expeditions to the Americas. In 1602 he found and named “Cape Cod” after his favorite local English fish. The small island off it was named for his daughter who died in infancy, “Martha’s Vineyard.” He returned looking for the same location five years later, but missed by a few miles, ending up with the first permanent colonial outpost, Jamestown… of course, stopping at our Cape Henry.

There was so much to take in… from the mystery of Stone-henge to the grandeur of Blenheim Palace to beauty of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford… the chaotic life of John Donne and the poetry of George Herbert… the uni-versity cities of Cambridge and Oxford… the emotion of seeing Romeo and Juliet performed in the Royal Shake-speare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Yet, what stood out as highlights for most were the simplicity and integrity of life for C.S. Lewis and the smallest churches that seemed to be fullest of love and hospitality when they would open their doors for us to enter.

Ready for Ministry? Our new building will afford many opportunities for new and expanded ministry. Be ready—the building’s coming!

Preparation for ministry equips us to serve not only here at ODEC, but at home, at work, anywhere! Join your clergy and fellow parishioners on:

October 21, November 18 and December 2 for lunch after 10:30 worship. Gatherings last for 75 minutes, the first focusing on the theological basis of our ministry, the second on our individual strengths, and the third on important skills for ser-vice.

Our program is based on Verna Dozier’s interpreta-tion of the lay person’s Christian responsibility in her book The Dream of God, an excerpt of which we will read at home prior to our first meeting. We will complete an online individual strengths assessment prior to discussing it in the second session and we will review a communication and organizational behavior program in the third session.

Contact Sharon Payne, 567-0162 for more details or to save a seat! Reservations are required in order for you to receive materials. and for a lunch count!

Good food and 12 days of building new and strong-er relationships among the pilgrim community also made this time one of blessings that will continue to grow as what we experienced grows within us.

It has to be said that Mike McGraw deserves many thanks for lots and lots of hours of planning and coordination work. Barbette Timperlake helped us know Donne and Herbert in ways only an English teacher with a spiritual orientation could have. I imposed on Fr. Fred for some spiritual insights and direction in liturgy. Some of us are already trying to plan the next adventure!

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Building Design Team The building project continues. So, let’s talking boring stuff. As part of the work to prepare for construction on our land, we need to know what is in our soil. To find this out, the geotechnical company will send out their engi-neers to ODEC to bore holes 25 feet into the ground and pull up the contents.

The process starts off with three soil samples - in front where the Great Hall will be located - in the back where the new wing will be located

They will then examine the the samples for moisture context and conduct an Atterberg Limits test. What’s an At-terberg limit?

The Atterberg Limits test examines water content in soil to determine the “state” of the soil. In each state (solid,semi-solid,plastic, and liquid), the consistency and behavior of a soil is different and consequently so are its engineering properties. The Atterberg limits can be used to distinguish between silt and clay, and to distinguish between different types of silts and clays. I bet the landscaping ladies know what kind of soil we have around the property! This test helps us know what type of building techniques are needed for the type of soil we have. So, when we get the results of the boring test, we’ll share what we have learned about our soil at ODEC.

The Site Plan, see our note from September, was submitted to the City for review in early September. We are ex-pecting the first round of notes this month.

Old Donation is home for blessings. God’s graces are so widespread and abundant that we often forget to highlight them… so it is tough to “count our blessings.” So this Fall we are having a 6-week “season of thanksgiv-ings.” Properly understood, our gifts of time, talent and treasure are our thankful response to God’s blessings. I have something to offer God, because God first gave to me and I recognize it. “All things come of thee, O Lord. And of thine own have we given thee.” In gratitude, I want to give back for God’s continued work of ongoing blessings.

Some of the blessings in our common life are ones God gave us. Others are where we are “passing it on” by bless-ing others. Did you know about these blessings at ODEC? • One year ago we started our coed softball team. Already they are champions! Plus, they have a lot of fun! • This summer we had two pilgrimages to England: 17 for our high school “J2A” and 36 in September for our

adult pilgrimage. • Our Fine Arts Concerts included ones by Schola Cantorum and the Hampton Roads Handbell Consort. • Last year, Old Donation had the fourth highest average Sunday attendance of all churches in our diocese. • This year, members of our parish will participate in mission trips to Belize, Guatemala, India and Ghana and

we also send support to missionaries in Brazil. • Three Sundays every month we are feeding children and families in Norfolk. • We are a “Pearl Faith Church” supporting the Lynnhaven River Now organization. • There are 18 weekly meetings of outside community groups that meet in our buildings, plus others that meet

monthly or occasionally. • We have students currently enrolled in the Merchant Marine, Coast Guard and Naval Academies. • We send 50 lbs of beans and rice to the Eastern Shore every month for distribution to families in need among

the Latino community and locally give away another 8lbs or so every month. • Every Wednesday morning at 7:00 for the last several decades men share breakfast in Tucker Hall and have a

discussion until 8:00. We send men and women into prisons to bring good news, visit the sick in hospitals, host funeral receptions that are acclaimed as the best, and feed the hungry. Sounds a lot like Matthew 25:34-36! Your pledges to the General Fund are what make all this blessing work possible. Join in the fun this year!

All that’s Cool in Sunday School

Cycle 2—John The Baptist: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

October 7- No Sunday School October 14- Craft Day for all kids

October 21-November 11 Workshops

Art- Create candles to illustrate “Arise, Shine for your Light has come.” How do prophets “shine a light”?

Drama- Learn about John the Baptist by using our five senses. What was it like to be John the Baptist?

Music- Listen to Handel’s Messiah and illustrate it with oil pastels. How does the prophet’s messages tie into the birth of Jesus?

Story- Learning John’s message through story and games. What was John’s message?

Thank you to last month's Cycle teachers, Denise Wilkinson, Melanie Waggoner, Rebecca Barrio and Christina Hana-

walt for getting Sunday school off to a great start!

Rector’s Forum

Sunday October 21: Stump the Rector! An open session with Fr. Bob! Bring your questions about ANYTHING (other than Building updates which will be covered the following Sunday). Ques-tions about what we do and why? What’s going on around the church: local and beyond? Theology, ethics, what you wish we would do or preach? It’s all open for discussion. Sunday October 28: Building Plan Update Another in our regular parish updates about pro-gress. Members of our Building and Facilities Plan-ning Commission will provide the latest develop-ments. By this date we will have very good infor-mation on our kitchen renovation and new infor-mation about our site plan. Every week we are learning more about what will be possible and adapting the plan. Everyone is welcome.

Faith and Health in the Bible

A health class at church? What is that about?

We generally separate our health and our faith into distinct compartments that rarely intersect. Togeth-er we will discover the connection between spiritu-ality and wellness, and the Bible has a lot to say about this connection. Wholeness is key! And we want to talk about what that looks like.

Meet in the Music Room (Day School Wing) with Sandy Colvin, one of our Parish nurses, and Moth-er Ashley.

This class runs from Oct. 21– Nov. 18

New to the Episcopal Church

This course is an introduction to The Episcopal Church and the Anglican way of doing things such as worship, governance, and history.

Whether you are new to the Episcopal Church, com-ing from another tradition, no tradition, or are a life-long Episcopalian and just want to know more, join us for a lively presentation and discussion.

Led by the Rev. Kipper deGavre Begins Sunday, October 14 at 9:15am in the Library.

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Diocesan Youth Events 2018-19

2018 National Acolyte Festival October 6, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Washington National Cathedral

Happening #69 (Grades 10-12) November 9-11, 2018 at Chanco on the James

November Weekend (Grades 6-12) November 16-18, 2018 at Chanco on the James

Happening #70 (Grades 10-12) March 8-10, 2019 at Chanco on the James

Episcopal Youth Community

Unless otherwise noted, EYC schedule is as follows:

5:00pm- Music & scripture at the Sundays @ 5 service 5:15pm- EYC back to Parish Hall for devotional time & discussion, prayer, icebreakers & dinner. 6:15pm- Games and hang out time! (High school in Alfriend House, middle schoolers in Parish Hall.) 7:00pm- Pick up

Sunday, October 7 - EYC, 5-7pm

Sunday, October 14 - EYC, 5-7pm

Sunday, October 21 - Middle School EYC only, 4:30-5:30pm in Alfriend House

- Stockholder’s Supper, 6:00-7:30pm in Parish Hall. Our Confirmation group will tell us about their experi-ence on Pilgrimage as we enjoy dinner! Current 9th-10th graders (J2A) also invited to attend.

Friday, October 26- EYC Outing to Haunted Hunt Club Farm or Howl-O-Scream. Stay tuned for more details!

Sunday, October 28 - Pumpkin Palooza & EYC Movie Come to Pumpkin Palooza in the church graveyard, 3:30-5:00pm, and then join us for a mov-ie & food in Alfriend House! We’ll hang out from 5:00-7:00pm.

Wednesday Night Program

Formed by LOVE

October 10: In September, we explored becoming a Christ-like moral decision maker. When our life situa-tions no longer look exactly like the Biblical period, we need to be equipped with the mind of Christ and abil-ity to do “moral improvisation.” This week we will talk about Bader-Saye’s model for ‘equipping the saints.’ We will examine Willimon’s argument that faith, not fear, is the guiding principle for Christians. October 17: As the culmination of our four weeks, we will examine what lives of integrity look like. Real-life stories about the way C.S. Lewis lived will be our start-ing point. During our visit in England we learned hu-morous and insightful anecdotes about his life that matched his theology. We will talk about practical faith-ful living. October 24: Dia de los Muertos Join us in an early celebration of this deeply significant holiday as we gather together from 6:00pm-8:00pm (no Holy Eucharist) for a Mexican dinner and a viewing and discussion of the 2017 Pixar film, Coco. ALL ages are invited and en-couraged to attend!

Youth Sunday School

Rite 13 (Grades 7 & 8) - The group will learn what it means to be made in God’s image as a living sacrifice, as well as study how to pray using the ACTS acronym.

J2A (Grades 9 & 10) - The group will begin a series of lessons discussing how they relate to themselves, God, and each other.

J2A-C (Grades 11 & 12) - The group will be making final preparations for their confirmation on Sunday, October 14. Also, don’t miss their Stockholders Sup-per on Sunday, October 21 and learn all about their Pilgrimage!

Heads-up! Pledge Cards are coming!

Around the middle of the month, you will receive a red enve-lope arrive in the mail. The envelope contains information on this year’s Stewardship Campaign of “Growing in Faith Togeth-er,” and your annual pledge card.

Prayerfully consider what portion of Christ’s gift you will pledge for his work here at Old Donation for 2019. If you consistently make a pledge, thank you. If you have not done so in the past, please make a 2019 commitment. Your pledge, regardless of amount, is an important part of our mission plans for next year. Making a pledge really matters.

Sunday, 4 November is All Saints Sunday, and our designated “In-gathering” Sunday for parishioners to return their pledge cards. However, your pledge is welcome and appreciated at any time.

Stewardship - Enabling the Old Donation Mission

At the end of September, you should have started receiving a short note on Saturday mornings. Did you? Have you taken a look? If you have, you’ve seen a short video, just a minute or so, that speaks to how your pledge of support to Old Donation is important to our call to do God’s work here on Earth. The videos are also up on our social media sites so feel free to share them with family and friends, but also remember to consider your pledge for 2019. This year’s Stewardship campaign is packed into an exciting time, old friends like Pumpkin Palooza and Old Do-nation Feast Day along with new events including Bishop Holleri-th’s visit to confirm 19 people, including our J2A Confirmation class. It all culminates with ingathering Sunday, 4 November. On that day we will remember the Saints of the past as we do our small part by bringing our gifts to Christ’s table.

To help your pledge decision, you’ll be receiving a couple mail-ings. In early October the Parish Accounting Office will send out notes regarding your 2018 pledge. In the middle of the month, you’ll also receive your annual Red Envelope invitation to pledge. This year, you’ll also see links on various electronic communica-tion with a link to an electronic form. Even if you plan to submit a paper pledge on November 4th, take a look at that link for some more information on Stewardship. And don’t forget to watch for your friends and some new faces each Saturday morning.

Q & A about Stewardship at ODEC What is a pledge? • A financial & spiritual commitment Why should I make a pledge? • Thanks to God for blessings and belief in ODEC’s mission Why is giving good for me? • A spiritual practice. Giving helps us experi-ence joy. Generous giving teaches us that God always provides enough. Connects as members: we know our gifts count & we belong. Why is a pledge good for ODEC? • So ODEC can make a budget for ministries & personnel. ODEC never approves a budget without pledges to support it. How much should I pledge? • This is personal. The biblical model is pro-portional giving. The standard is 10% of gross. Pray, listen to God, and step forward. How much do others pledge? • Everyone gives based on what they can. Some give $1.00/wk, others $25,000+/year. • Our average pledge last year was $2,500/yr. Fr. Bob’s pledge was over $10,000 (1/10th of his income) and same for the capital gift. What if I can't give anything? What if I can only give a little? • Every gift is worthy. $1/month is faithful if that’s what you can do. We hope everyone will enter a faithful pledge. How do I pay my pledge? • By check, online credit card, or bank draft.

It’s Your Turn to Make HISTORY! Two parishioners, Pamela Painter and Carvell Taylor, have shared their “Love into the Fu-ture” when they recently included Old Dona-tion Endowment Fund in their estate plan. Pam and Carvell have joined 37 other families as members of the Legacy Society of 1637. Together through future gifts, no matter the size, they enable Old Donation to fulfill our mission to serve the community.

Join Pam and Carvell by including Old Dona-tion Episcopal Church Endowment Fund as part of your personal Legacy.

It’s your turn to make history

For more information, contact the church of-fice, or Planned Giving member Earl Morris 757-464-1062

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The Old Donation Oyster Roast

Saturday, 17 November

The Oyster Roast is coming and we need volun-teers. This is a great way to get involved - there are many different areas where you can share your gifts and help give back. All proceeds from the Oyster Roast go to the Outreach Ministry.

We need help! Contact Janet Neuman if you’re interested in assisting with the silent auction. This is an area where valuable donations are auctioned to the highest bidder. We are always looking for donations of Art, fine silverware, gift baskets, vaca-tions, etc.

Do you have kitchen skills and enjoy cooking for the masses? Contact Bill Dawson to help in the kitchen the day of the event, or if you’re interested in cooking more Brunswick stew than you’ve ever seen, contact Tony Putzig or Dave Wilkinson. We also have a team working overnight manning the smokers for our world famous Pulled Pork BBQ. This is a great time to get to know other pa-rishioners and enjoy time outside by the fire! Contact Michael Hicks.

Do you enjoy canning and making jams and jel-lies? Shelby Longmire has a team that cans, pickles and prepares all sorts of goodies.

These are a few examples of how you can help! Reach out to Tony Putzig or Betts Werbiskis for more information.

Silent Auction We are currently accepting donations for the

Silent Auction – POC is Janet Neumann

Oyster Roast White Elephant Start saving your “treasures” for the Oyster Roast White Elephant! Contact Carolyn with questions!

Please, no electronics, exercise equipment or clothes!

Hot Chili

Apple Cider

S’mores

JOY Dinner Group Friday, 19 October @ 5:30pm Gus & George’s Spaghetti and Steak House RSVP to David Eckhardt or 757-340-4811

What’s Going On...

Attention! Our “young adults” group has a new name! We’re [The] CREW (Christians Reuniting Every Week), who gather at each other’s homes, bring along our noisy saintly kids, have some good food, and support each other through life. We meet on Thursdays from

5:30-7:00, and we’d love to have you. Contact Mother Ashley for more information!

Pumpkin

Palooza! A Parish Life Event

Sunday, October 27th 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Contact Patricia Cheshire for more details

For All Families

For All Ages

News from the Day

School Good news…our enrollment

is going great! We have 110 children en-rolled & 22 staff members!

The Historic Traditions Commission invites you to a special Feast Day celebration, Sunday, October 21. Old Donation's Feast Day will be an ice cream feast and will include some gourmet coffee. Immediately following the 10:30am services. Hear ye, hear ye, come and enjoy!

Ladies’ Game Night Friday, 2 November 7:00pm - 10:00pm Alfriend House Bring an appetizer to share, bring a friend, come enjoy some ladies fellowship and fun!

Join the Choir! The St. Cecilia Choir of Old Donation Episcopal Church seeks additional Tenor and Baritone choir mem-bers! We hear men's voices in the congregation and know there are several members whose voices will help impart additional support to the choir! We’d like to hear from you! Even if you have not previously considered singing with the choir, we need of your support! Please contact Paul G. Hudgins at 757-621-0539!

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Birthdays

October Celebrations Anniversaries

Valuing Our Blessings

Total Pledge and Plate Received $418,099 Total Pledge and Plate Budget (YTD) $421,000 Budget Received Difference -$2,901

Number of Pledging Units to General Fund 214

ODEC Special Projects Funding: YTD Building Fund $270,341 Mission of the Holy Spirit $4,236 Outreach (all other) $3,526 Clergy Discretionary Fund $4,609 Worship $10,839 Julia Tucker Scholarship Fund (Day School) $2,745 Total $297,296

1 Ken Kiefer Karen MacDonald 2 Corrine Floyd 4 Margareta MacGregor Meredith Moore 6 Erin Tolerton 8 John Harris Christine Metz 9 Jane Lane Keren Pernini Frank Schweiger John Malone Eugene Snowden Heather Lustig 10 Terry Ritter Eleanor Richards 11 Fuzzy Eldred Julie Sterzing Ashlee MacDonald 12 Nordie Crews Katherine Kline Sharon Butts Kevin Long

5 Dean & Laura Buckius 7 Jennifer & Christopher Bennett 8 Andrew & Rebecca Hailey Ginny & John Bandelean 9 Angela & Michael Lindsey 10 Page & Kevin O’Flaherty 12 Joan & Bill Miller 15 Doris & Jim Crouch Michelle & Bill Dawson 20 Sean & Stefanie Hurley Sonni & Jimmy Matthews 21 Kevin & Lori Keller 24 Kelli & Mark Hoover 28 Katie & Jarrod Katzer 29 Diane & Randy Bolin

Our New Member Ann Vyce

Our Newly Baptized Cassidy Paige Nordhues

Rest in Peace,

Rise in Glory

Flossie Chandler Remy Pahl

Lee Gordon

2018 Vestry Bill Waide, Senior Warden Laura Hicks, People’s Warden | Finance John Brown, Buildings & Grounds Vicki Dorsett, Good News Chip Saunders, Congregational Care John Sherman, Building & Facilities Planning Michelle Stephenson, Parish life Holly Swanson, Day School Rebecca Barrio, Christian Formation Mitch Bean, Outreach Brad Croteau, Historic Traditions Brennon Pope, Stewardship Megan Barrio, Youth Representative

25 Mary Peters Daniel Heck Cole Myers 26 Nancylew O'Donoghue 27 Robert Sinclair Liam Huntley 28 Molly Grubb 29 Barbara Schweiger Grayson Keller Areece Piluden 30 Dorothy Fremd Katie Alpigini 31 Earl Morris Ned Kuhns Billy Weems Lori Blaisdell

13 Anne Lewis Donald Conklin Shannon Rose Drew White 14 Paul Miani 15 Kevin Rubel Katherine Ross Jayne Rodriguez 16 Jim Crouch Carol Ormond 17 Camron White Piper White 18 Doris Doyle Doris Lowe 20 Helen Morris Kevin Anderson Mary O'Flaherty 21 Sebastian Rio 22 Nancy Cherry 23 Landen Gurioli 24 Mike Reynolds Julianna DeDominick

Kairos for Women VCCW-Goochland #46, November 1-4. 2018

Needs: Prayer partners, Cookies, Children's Agape (templates on the desk in Tucker Hall)

Please steep the Kairos #46 team in prayer as we team and prepare for this weekend. Also, pray for our sisters on the inside, the Warden, the Chaplain, and the correctional officers who tend this flock.

Isiaah 61:1 boldly reminds us that we are called to "proclaim freedom for the captives and to set the prison-ers free." Thanks be to God for the opportunity to "go inside" and for ODEC"S outpouring of agape love and provision that allows this to be possible.

Deniece Cheri, Jenifer Kamperschorer and I go with great expectation to watch God at work. ~Frankie Ring

ELECTRONIC SERVICE REQUESTED

OLD DONATION EPISCOPAL CHURCH Jesus Christ, Head of the Church

The Rt. Rev. Herman Hollerith, IV, Bishop The Rev. Robert J. Randall, Jr., Rector

The Rev. Ashley E. Urquidi, Assistant Rector The Rev. Fred Poteet, Priest Associate

Marta Cohen, Youth Minister 4449 N. Witchduck Road, Virginia Beach, 23455

Phone: 757-497-0563 odec@olddonation.org | www.olddonation.org

OLD DONATION EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL Tricia Crawford & Jody Baker, Day School Directors

Phone: 757-499-2283 Ages 2, 3, 4 and Kindergarten

Day School Hours: 9:00 am - 12:20 pm Monday - Friday

Early Drop Off & After School until 2:20 pm odeds@olddonation.org

WEEKLY WORSHIP SCHEDULE Sunday 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:15 a.m. Christian Formation 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II 10:30 a.m. The Gathering 5:00 p.m. Sundays@5 Holy Eucharist 2nd Sunday of the Month 5:00 p.m. Paws, Prayers & Praise Holy Eucharist Thursday 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 11:00 a.m. Bible Study