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

his month, as we always do, we will be remembering at our Morning Prayer service and breakfast
on Presidents Day one of Pohicks favorite sons, the
Father of our Country, George Washington. While
historical tributes to Washington on that day often remember his service as a soldier and statesman, I have
yet to read an account recognizing Washingtons contributions as a Christian social worker. Yet as a civilian,
that was the very first role he undertook as a public
servant.
For within a year of his being elected to the Truro
parish Vestry (as Pohicks Vestry was known in colonial days), Washington was appointed a churchwarden. In fact, during his twenty-two years on the
Vestry, he served in that capacity three times: in 1764,
1767 and 1774. He probably would have served again,
but after that he unavoidably became involved in a
few other matters that took up more of his time.
Nevertheless, in those three years, Washington directly oversaw the care and support of a number of
widows, orphans and other needy persons.
On behalf of the Vestry, for example, Washington
paid a thousand pounds of tobacco (the common currency of the day) to Elizabeth Palmer, a widow who
had charge of a mentally disabled son. He paid three
hundred and three pounds for clothing the family of
Samuel Russell. Another three hundred, he granted to
the family of Joseph Wilson for his burial expenses.

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Washington also reimbursed a number of doctors
for their services to the poor, including 2,000 pounds
of tobacco to Dr. James Cockburn, 2,160 to Dr. James
Lawrie, and 1,620 to Dr. William Romney. Then as
now, healthcare costs werent cheap!
But Washingtons work on behalf of the poor and
needy were not confined to his office as churchwarden. He and Martha took seriously the biblical commands to be generous to those in need. Many were
annually fed and clothed from his and Grandmamas
hands, Nellie Custis later wrote, besides the charity
almost daily bestowed upon wayfaring persons.
Nor did the demands of the Revolutionary War
keep Washington from neglecting this Christian duty.
From his headquarters, for example, he wrote to Lund
Washington at Mt. Vernon in 1775:
Let the Hospitality of the House, with respect
to the poor, be kept up; Let no one go hungry away. If any of these kind of People should
be in want of Corn, supply their necessities,
provided it does not encourage them in idleness; and I have no objection to your giving
my Money in Charity . . . when you think it
is well bestowed. What I mean, by having no
objection, is, that it is my desire that it should
be done.
The dictates of his Christian faith clearly informed
Washington in these deeds of charity, as can be seen
in a letter he penned to one of his nephews: Let your
heart feel for the affliction and distresses of every
one, he wrote, and let your hand give in proportion
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From the Rector: continued from page 1

to your purse, remembering always the estimation of

the Widows mite.
Later, during Washingtons presidency, his secretaries began to record the specifics of his extensive
charitable giving - something Washington himself
never did, preferring that the left hand not know
what the right is doing. Among the recorded beneficiaries of Washingtons charity were: a poor man
whose house had burned down, a poor widow whose
daughter was blind, an old soldier seeking to return
home, a woman who couldnt pay her rent, a man who
had lost his leg, a slave who was seeking to purchase
his freedom.
These were individual grants. But Washington
gave much greater sums to several churches and clergymen in Philadelphia and Virginia during the early
years of our nation, almost certainly recognizing that
their continuing charitable work was no longer supported by tax dollars, as was the case when he had
served as warden of our parish.
There will never cease to be some in need on the
earth, states Deuteronomy 15:11. Later on, our Lord
himself echoed these words when he famously said,
the poor you will always have with you (Matt 26:11).
For that reason, Pohicks ministry to relieve the

Christian Education

Frances Sessums, Director of Christian Education

Confirmation classes for youth 12 years of age
or older begin on February 1 at the Super Bowl
party held at the Binders house. The Revd Don
Binder will teach the youth this year. The class will
meet from 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm on Sundays in
classrooms A and B. Those interested in the Confirmation class should call the office at 703-3396572 or Frances Sessums at 703-425-2857.
On Sunday, February 8, the 5 - 12 grade students will be visiting the Fairfax retirement home
to deliver Valentine Bud vases. The bud vases will
be sold during the coffee hours on February 1.
The cost is $10.00 for a beautiful bud vase and a
Valentine card. Vases and cards can be purchased
for a specific person or for an undesignated per-

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suffering of those in need continues. Within the Vestry, Edwardene Pitcock oversees the ministries under
the Mission & Outreach Commission, which include partnerships with the Lorton Community Action Center (upon which Edwardene also serves on
the board with Judy Schmid), Gunston Tutoring, and
New Hope Housing. Our church budget and those
of our associated guilds and groups support worthy
causes both locally and internationally. Our EYC
works to raise money throughout the year for their
summer mission trip. And, of course, clergy discretionary funds supplement those efforts, serving those
needy who have fallen through the cracks.
All of these efforts continue a ministry in which
Washington himself was publically and personally invested - one that I am certain he would heartily approve us pursuing, following the example he set more
than two centuries ago.
This year, Ash Wednesday falls two days after
Presidents Day (Feb. 18 and 16, respectively). As we
enter into that season of Penitence, may we continue
in the good work that our First President himself began, following the biblical commandment to Open
your hand to the poor and needy . . . giving liberally
and ungrudging when you do (Deut 15:10-11, transposed).
son at the Fairfax. Vases can also be purchased for
anyone and they can be picked up on February 8
in the Common Room. Proceeds from this fundraiser go to the EYC Mission Trip!
During the month of February, the preschoolers
through fourth graders will continue with Godly
Play studies. The 5 - 12 grade students continue
to study the Living the Good News Curriculum,
which is a study of the weekly lectionary. If anyone
would like to review the curriculum please come
by the religious education office. Any questions
regarding the education programs, should be directed to Frances Sessums at 703-425-2857.

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From The Assistant Rector

The Reverend
Dr. Ruth E. Correll, Ed.D.
Questions, Anyone? Lost?
Join our Inquirers Class between the
9:00 am and 11:15 am services in the Annex
Our denomination provides more information to
the person in the pew than any denomination that I
know. We present our faith and practice right in the
pew rack for visitors. Furthermore, people around the
world may access the entire Book of Common Prayer on
the Internet.
On the other hand, Episcopal worship for visitors
makes travel to outer space look easy as pie. My first
experience of Episcopal worship came in my early 30s.
During everything but the sermon, I was more or less
lost and a little angry about it, too. Four books faced
me in the pew: The BCP, the Bible, a hardback hymnal, and a paperback hymnal with words only. All of
this had to be managed from a fifth document, the
bulletin. Unfortunately, I ended up in a pew way up
front. It was disconcerting to discover at one point
that everyone else was kneeling while I was still standing - or vice versa. Ive repressed the memory.
Mind you, I had been a lifetime church attender
and had a masters degree from a seminary. But much
of my recent spiritual formation had taken place in
a church that had freer forms of worship. Luckily, I
had been raised in a church that used printed orders
of service. Yet the only familiar parts of the service

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were the Doxology and The Lords Prayer. But how

off-putting our worship must be to someone who has
never attended church!
I looked up a hymn number, and the people were
singing something entirely different. How was I supposed to know where to find the S-pages? We flipped
back and forth from book to book and within the
BCP. Everyone else seemed to know the whole liturgy
by memory and could finish a prayer before I found
it. How were you supposed to know which prayer of
confession to read when there were two on the same
page? (p. 331)
Sometimes we went forward in the book, and suddenly we had to look back or forward several pages.
(The Lords Prayer requires turning back if you start in
any Eucharistic prayer but Prayer A or Prayer I.) The
priest would be reading along when suddenly he was
reading something that wasnt on the page in front
of me. (The Collect of the Day and the proper preface for the season in the Eucharistic Prayer are found
elsewhere in the BCP.) I thought the priest could do
the Eucharistic Prayer ad. lib. because he was saying
words only similar to what I was reading. (I was probably mistakenly in Prayer A or Prayer I while he was
using Prayer B or Prayer II.)
Then there is the vocabulary. The list of new words
in the Episcopal tradition daunts even the least timid
minds. I thought collect had the accent on the second syllable. In my past, you collect the offering, you
dont pray it. I could go on and on.
If you are newcomer and wonder what we are doing and why and are too embarrassed to ask, or if you
are a long time Episcopalian and wonder what we are
doing and why and are too embarrassed to ask, you
will enjoy the Inquirers Class. All questions welcome.

Send News!
Articles for the March Pohick Post are due no later
than February 15. Forward input by email in Word
compatible format to Lori Buckius, raebuck@aol.com.

Flower Guild Volunteers Needed

The Flower Guild desperately needs volunteers.

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

Design concerns &

items for the Sunday
Service Volunteers page
should be addressed
to Carmel Hodge,
cchodge@aol.com.

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Senior Wardens Report

Reed Heddleston, Senior Warden

Let me begin by saying, I am both privileged and

humbled to serve as Senior Warden in the coming
year. January is a busy month for the Vestry with a
transition of members, the election of new officers
and the Vestry Retreat. I want to thank our departing
members: Stew Remaly, Kathy Kirkland, Rita Stankwitz, Judd Birely, and Tony Marsico, for their great
work the past three years. They have contributed so
much to our church and have set an example of cooperation that we certainly hope to emulate. Fortunately,
we welcome an equally talented group of new members: Amanda Choi, Carolyn Cockroft, Fred Crawford, and Fuzzy Thurston, as well as Zach Smith as
Youth Representative (beginning in May).
At the January meeting, the Vestry:
Approved the Treasurers Report for December. Thanks to the generous support of the Parish at
years end, December alms and commitment giving
was above-average, and the year ended within a few
thousand dollars of the income goal. Some expenses
were above expectations early in the year, leading to
a year-end operating fund deficit $16,199. Two large
unrestricted memorial gifts significantly strengthened
the overall financial reserves.
Approved the 2015 Budget as recommended by
the Finance Committee and outlined by the Treasurer
at the Annual Meeting. It does not provide a general
staff salary increase, but does use money from recent
gifts to provide small one-time staff bonuses. It restores some of the cuts to Parish programs made in
2014, and transfers some alms and commitment income to the Capital Repair Fund. Largely because of
this transfer, the overall operating budget as approved
projects an operating deficit of $11,326. The Vestry
will continue to seek ways to grow the Parish, which
should result in additional pledging families over the
course of the year.
Discussed a draft policy on use of the facilities
by outside organizations and a Vestrygram regarding
mold in the Sanctuary.
Planned for the Vestry Retreat, which will include discussions about additional Let Your Light So
Shine initiatives, and possible changes to the Sunday
worship schedule.

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Elected Reed Heddleston as Senior Warden,

Clint Herbert Junior Warden, John Pasour Treasurer
and Don Brownlee Register.
At the Vestry Retreat in Richmond, the Vestry:
Decided to allocate the Avery Memorial and
Kilmarx Memorial funds of $250,000 with $200,000
for capital improvements, replacement and repair and
$50,000 for Let Your Light So Shine initiatives to
help grow the parish. Capital improvements will be
coordinated with the Pohick Foundation to complement the collective work.
Discussed changes to the worship schedule and
the necessity for surveying the Parish.
Determined Commission Assignments.
As a get-acquainted exercise, Vestry members
interviewed each other to learn more about other
members, and then shared the results with the entire
group. As expected, at one time everyone was once a
newcomer to the parish. There was agreement that encouraged membership was the welcoming attitude of
the parish as a whole. It was also agreed that this congregation is truly blessed with a wonderful parish. The
Vestry looks forward to a year of service that hopefully
ensures that Pohick continues as this welcoming parish that is a blessing in all lives.
The Vestry will need help, prayers, and support to
move forward. Please make known thoughts on these
or other issues, and do not hesitate to share them with
any Vestry member. Looking forward to a great year.

Scout Sunday February 15

Scout Sunday will be February 15. All

Scouts and adult volunteers are invited to
wear their uniforms and emblems of membership to Church services. Hopefully, Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Venture Scouts, Trail Life
and American Heritage Girls will all be represented. For more information, please contact Dan Derbes at dan.derbes@cox.net.

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Music Notes

Linda Egan, Minister of Music

Lent begins February 18 with Ash Wednesday,

and is a time of reflection and repentance, a time when
we are called to enter the stillness of Gods presence
and let him shine a light on the dusty corners of our
inner lives, so that we may repent and be made whole.
Focusing on this spiritual practice during Lent allows
it to be revived so that we can carry it into our daily
lives the rest of the year.
Listening to quiet instrumental music can be a
way to approach this stillness and promised gentle
light. We need time to recall Gods love for us and to
remember the forgiveness weve received in the past.
We need time to allow the awareness of our own sin
to arise, to notice its impact on ourselves and others,
and to repent. We need to make the space in us to
receive Gods forgiveness and let his love change us.
Listening to music can open our ears, our minds, our
hearts to God.
One opportunity for hearing spiritual music is
during the prelude before the service. The prelude music points the worshiper to and prepares the worshiper
for the service ahead. It may be based on a new hymn
tune which will be sung shortly; it may point to one
of the lectionary readings; or, it may simply convey a
worshipful attitude, opening the listener to what lies
ahead, allowing the concerns we carry into worship to
begin to recede and the worship of God to come to
the fore, allowing us to breathe a little easier.
Lents time of reflection, of stillness, of light in
dim corners, of repentance, can lead us toward wholeness. I wish for all of us a blessed Lent.

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
February 4 at 7:00 pm in classroom A.

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Music Schedule February 2015

Sunday, February 1 Epiphany 4

9:00 am Choir of Pohick, St. Cecelia St. Alban
Choir
11:15 am Don Brownlee, baritone
Sunday, February 8 Epiphany 5
9:00 am Choir of Pohick, St. Francis Choir
11:15 am Early Church Music Ensemble
Sunday, February 15 Last Epiphany
9:00 am Choir of Pohick, Pohick Pickers
11:15 am St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir
Wednesday, February 18 Ash Wednesday
7:30 pm Choir of Pohick
Sunday, February 22 Lent 1
9:00 am Choir of Pohick, Pohick Bell Choir
11:15 am Pohick Bell Choir

PANCAKE SUPPER
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
To commemorate Shrove Tuesday,
the annual EYC Pancake Supper
will be held in the Common Room
on Tuesday, February 17
from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Tickets are on sale during coffee hour.

Cost: $8.00 for ages 13 & over,

$3.00 for ages 6 - 12
& under 6 years are free!
Proceeds to benefit
the EYC Spring Retreat.
Be a part of
this evening
of fellowship!

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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.
When Justin Welby was enthroned as Archbishop
of Canterbury almost two years ago, he set a goal to
meet with the primates of all 37 other provinces in the
Anglican Communion. He achieved that goal late in
2014 when he traveled to Scotland to meet with the
College of Bishops in the Scottish Episcopal Church,
as well as political leaders, students and representatives of other churches and faith Communion.
One stop on that visit was at a Church Army
project in Dundee, which aims to develop fresh expressions of ministry there and
new expressions
of Christian community within the
Scottish Episcopal
Church. Abp. Justin was impressed
with what he saw,
and said, I think

this is exactly what the church should be doing. This
should be emulated around the country, both in Scotland the rest of the UK.
I want us to be the kind of church that welcomes
everyone.
We want a world where it is not necessary for
people to sleep rough in church doorways, where it
is not necessary to have foodbanks or refugee camps,
and there are enough resources for everyone.
The Most Rev David Chillingworth, primus of the
Scottish Episcopal Church, his host while in Scotland,
said,: The reason why I decided to bring him here is
because this is a place where the local community here
have been busy trying to make a fresh start on building connections with the community.
This is a place where the church was fading away
and the numbers had gone down and down. Either
the church was going to close or it would have to be

renewed.
Now this Church Army project has drawn people in and made connections with the community so
there is plenty of life here now.
Upon returning home, he reflected on the state of
the Anglican Communion in a long interview with
The Times of London. With the candor that has come
to mark his way of doing things, he bluntly acknowledged the possibility that the Communion might split
apart, at least temporarily.
I think, realistically, weve got to say that despite
all efforts there is a possibility that we will not hold
together, or not hold together for a while, he said.
I could see circumstances in which there could be
people moving apart and then coming back together,
depending on what else happens.
He added, Im not saying that [a split] is inevitable
or even more probable than not. I think its very much
up in the air at the moment. And my suspicion is that
the vast majority of people will stay within the communion.
He reiterated that he held very different views
from some of the Anglican leaders he met on his tour
of the Communion, and described a visit to the U.S. as
a real gift in terms of communication. At least there
was understanding why we disagreed with each other
when we disagreed rather than simply disagreeing and
not understanding each other.
Elsewhere, the consecration of bishops made news
in a number of places within the Communion:
The Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, former general
secretary of the Anglican Communion, was consecrated late in January as bishop of Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland. In a first in the Anglican Communion, senior leaders from the Methodist
Church in Ireland joined in the laying on of hands.
The two churches are now in full communion, meaning each recognizes the ordination of priests from the
other. The consecration ceremony marked the official
start of full interchangeability of priests between the
two denominations.
Two episcopal consecrations in the Church of
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Update on Issues in the Anglican Communion,

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lighted the divisions that remain there over women in

the episcopate. By the time this Report appears, the
COE will have consecrated its first female bishop, the
Rt. Rev. Libby Lane. The Archbishop of York, the Rt.
Rev. Dr. John Sentamu, who strongly supported efforts to allow consecration of women as bishops, was
among those who joined in the laying on of hands.
A few days later, the Rev. Phillip North, a traditionalist priest who opposes ordination of women as
priests or bishops was consecrated as bishop in another diocese within Apb. Sentamus jurisdiction. In
deference to those traditionalist views, Abp. Sentamu
exercised what he called gracious restraint, and delegated his role to as chief consecrator to others. He said
in a statement, These arrangementsinvolve accommodating within one Church people with convictions
that vary widely. If this accommodation is to work it
requires a degree of gracious restraint and accommodation on all sides. It is in this context my hope that
we shall all, whatever our differing views, focus not on
these, but upon prayer for these excellent candidates,
and for Gods blessing upon them and upon the Dioceses of Chester and Blackburn where they will serve.
He denied this was an acknowledgement that because
he had participated in the consecration of a woman,
the consecration of Bp. North would be tainted.
While differences over the role of homosexuals
in the life of the church remains the most divisive issue within the Anglican Communion, there also are
deep theological divides over the role of women, as
evidenced by the long struggle within the Church of
England over consecration of women as bishops, and
the delicate needle Abp. Sentamu tried to thread. The
churches aligned with the Global South are united
in their opposition to allowing non-celebate homosexuals to play an active role in the life of the church.
Most African churches also do not allow ordination
of women, while in the United States, some churches
aligned with the Anglican Church in North America
(ACNA) allow it, while others do not. Bishops from
ACNA continue to try to work through differences
on the issue.
Now, the first African church aligned with the
Global South may be moving to permit consecration
of women. The constitution of the Anglican Church

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in Kenya (ACK) uses the pronouns he and she when

discussing ordination to the priesthood, but only he
when discussing consecration of bishops. But other
than that difference in
pronouns, the constitution does not specifically bar women from
the episcopate. Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, current chairman of
the Global Anglican
Futures Conference
(GAFCON) and a key
leader in the Global South, has written fellow bishops
to say this language should be clarified There is need
to reach a consensus among all the dioceses on the
way forward, he wrote. As a church, we really value
the input and role of women leaders.
The ACK Synod recently approved a five-year
moratorium on the possibility of female bishops, but
the consecration of Bp. Lane in England has sparked
renewed pressure to reverse that policy, and allow each
diocese to make its own decision in the matter. In a
column in The Star (Naroibi) that drew worldwide
attention within the Anglican Blogospher, the Rev.
Cannon Francis Omondi wrote that her consecration has led to a springing of demands that the ACK
follow suit. There is a swelling tide in support for
women bishops among Christians. Kenyan Anglicans
are visibly ready for women bishops, he wrote. While
acknowledging the difficulties the move would create
in relationships with the Church of Nigeria and others in the Global South, he said, We cannot abscond
from responsibility of solving the issue of our own
women.
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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Glories Happy Hats Workshop

Please join the Martha Guild for the annual Glories Happy Hats Workshop on Saturday, February 28
from 10:00 am until 12 noon in the Common Room
Annex.
What are Glories Happy Hats? They are a soft,
colorful, jester-like cap specifically designed to be responsive to both the physical and the emotional needs
of critically or chronically ill children. The idea being: When you wear a Happy Hat, you think happy
thoughts. Glories believes that the happiness created
by a Happy Hat can help stimulate favorable psychological motivation for sick
children to feel better.
This workshop is open
to adults, both men and
women, teenagers that
may need service hours,
or even Scout troops.
Knowing how to sew is
not necessary to participate. There is cutting, pulling elastic, and decorating of
the hats to do in addition to sewing. The co-founder
of Glories Happy Hats will be attending to share the
history and progress of the program. Come join the
fun!
Any questions, please contact Connie Myers at
703-455-4652 or jetskiing@hotmail.com.

The Ann Mason Guild will hold their annual

Chili Cook-off and Bingo Night on Saturday, February 7 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Attendees will be the judge
of the Peoples Choice Award and better yet, there is
Bingo! So get out those chili recipes, appetites and
lucky charms. Tickets and entry forms will be sold
during the coffee hours on February 1. All costs include Bingo: $30 per family (without chili entry), $25
per family (with chili entry), $10 individual (without
chili entry), $5 individual (with chili entry). Hot dogs
will be available. Contact Wendy Remaly, wendy.remaly@gmail.com or Angela Edgemon, Aedge619@
aol.com for further details.

Martha Guild

Foyers Spring 2015

The Martha Guild will meet on Wednesday, February 4 in Classroom B beginning at 7:30 pm. All
women of the Church are cordially invited to attend the meeting. Any questions, please contact
Connie Myer at 703-455-4652 or jetskiing@hotmail.com.

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.

Chili Cook-off
and Bingo Night

New Foyer groups will be forming for the Spring

2015 rotation and the list will be sent out by February 4, 2015. For any new member(s), please
contact Cynthia Jacobus to be added to a Foyer
group this spring. Invite Pohick friends. Foyers is
a wonderful way to get to know each other. For
current members, please reply to the Foyers Fall
2014 Group email to be in the 2015 Spring rotation. For more information contact Cynthia, cynthiajacobus@cox.net or call at 703-780-3806.

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Pohick Church Activities

February 2015

Sunday

FEB 1

Monday

Epiphany 4b
6p Marriage
7:45a HE I
Course
9a HE II
7p EFM
10:15a Christian Ed
11:15a HE I
6p EYC Super
Bowl Party

Tuesday

9:30a Staff Mtg

7p Tutoring

10

15

16

22

23

Epiphany 5b
7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian
Ed/FX Visit
11:15a HE II

Epiphany Last Year B

7:45a HE I
9a HE II
10:15a Christian Ed
11:15a HE I
6p EYC Dinner
Night (All)
Deadline for Pohick Post

7p EFM

Office Closed
8a Washington
Service
7p EFM
7p Docent
Board Mtg

Lent 1b
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)

Wednesday

Thursday

2p HE, the Fairfax 6:15p Bell

6p St. Cecelia St. Alban Choir
6p St. Francis Choir 7p Boy Scouts
7p Prayer Shawl
7:30p Choir of
Ministry
Pohick
7:30p Healing Service 8:30p AA
7:30p Martha
Guild Mtg

Friday

Saturday

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
6p Chili Cookoff

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12

13

14

17

18

19

20

21

24

25

26

27

28

9:30a Ann Mason Guild Mtg

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

2p HE, the Fairfax

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

Ash Wednesday
Shrove Tuesday
9:30a Staff Mtg 7a IOA-HE
5p Pancake Sup- 12p IOA-HE
2p HE, the Fairfax
per
4:30p IOA-HE
6p St. Cecelia St. Alban
6p St. Francis Choir
7:30p IOA-HE
9:30a Staff Mtg
7p Tutoring

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

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

Valentines Day
8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew

8a Brotherhood
of St. Andrew
9a Happy Hats

vice

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

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Pohick Episcopal Church

SUNDAY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS

1 FEBRUARY
7:45
9:00

Tony Marsico
Mike Zane

Wes Speer
Camela Speer
Jim Foster
Jan Hoffheins

11:15 Kathy Kirkland

8 FEBRUARY

Alan Mayberry
Becky Wagner

Dennis Myers
Dru Hodges
Hal Yarwood
Susan Yarwood

Dave Billingsley

Bill Bland
Rick Nelson

7:00

F. Thurston

R. Heddleston

1:00

N. Sunderland

F. Crawford

15 FEBRUARY

USHERS

22 FEBRUARY

1 MARCH

Rodger Jones
Mike Vaughn

Ken Evans
Tony Marsico

Stew Remaly
Alan Mayberry

Hank Foresman
Rita Smith

Mike Wooten
Bill Hosp

Dave Billingsley
Paul Walden

John Godley
Grant Hodges
Santos Garcia
Pehr Pehrsson

OPEN - UP

Mo Faber
Jim Heller
John Pasour
Bill Patton

Mat Gurrola
Chris Brown
Don Cooke
Edwardene Pitcock

J. Pasour

A. Choi

TBD

H. Parker

C. Herbert

TBD

Heintze/Jacobus

Pitcock/Schmid

TBD

LOCK - UP
TELLERS

12:15 Pasour/Remaly

Kirkland/Hoffheins

AM

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

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

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

R. Stankwicz

BJ McPherson

TBD

TBD

TBD

M/M Bireley

T. Biddlecomb

TBD

M/M Thurston

C. Darling

TBD

AM

FLOWER GUILD
COFFEE HOUR

7:45 M/M Altman

9:00 M/M Vaughn
11:15 M/M Yezek

M/M Bireley

7:45 Doug Smith

9:00 Beth Altman
11:15 Mohammed Kanu

M/M Rodger Jones

7:45

Thorson (R)
Marsico (P)

9:00

Wrona (R)
Wagner (P)
Sage (R)
Choi (P)

11:15 S. Harding (R)

M. Harding (P)

9:00 H. Parker
11:15 N. Sage

Arnhart/Duggin
K. Kirkland

William Patton
Paul Walden

Gastrell (R)
M. Booth (P)
Elston (R)
Ayorinde (P)
C. Knipling
G. Dalaune

ALTAR GUILD

M/M Herbert

GREETERS

M/M Pehrsson

TBD

Stew Remaly

Edie Bartlett

Rita Stankwitz

M/M Bill Poad

M/M Randy Haufe

C. Hodge

M/M A. Morawski

LAY READERS

Anne Cannon

Hoffheins/Faber

Wrona (P)
Thorson (R)

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

Poad (R)
Rickenbaker (P)

TBD

TBD

BJ McPherson

J. Wells

TBD

Choi (R)
Sage (P)

DOCENTS
C. Jacobus

L. Kittle

TBD

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

Pohick Episcopal Church

J Kids Korner!
Heart Shaped Krispy Treats

Cooking spray
3 tablespoons margarine
6 cups mini (or 60 regular-size) marshmallows
Red food coloring
9 cups Rice Krispies cereal
Heart-shaped cookie cutter
Plastic bags, yarn
1. To begin, lightly coat a 10 by
15-inch baking sheet with cooking
spray and set aside.
2. Melt margarine in a large pot
over low heat. Add marshmallows,
stirring continuously until melted. Remove pan
from heat. Stir in drops of red food coloring until
desired color is achieved.
3. Add Rice Krispies, stirring until they are evenly
coated with marshmallow. Spoon mixture onto
baking sheet.
4. With waxed paper (or lightly buttered hands),
smooth out mixture, spreading to an even thickness.
5. Cut out hearts with cookie cutter. Place each
heart in a clear plastic bag, tie on a yarn bow, and
theyre ready for giving! Makes seven 5-inch hearts.

Ash Wednesday
February 18, 2015
7:00 am, 12:00 noon,
4:30 pm and 7:30 pm
Holy Communion,
Imposition of Ashes

February 2014 Page 11

Health News

Carol Heddleston, Parish Nurse

Simple Tips for Healthy Eyes

Eyes are an important part of good health. Some

simple steps can maintain healthy eyes:
1) Have a comprehensive dilated eye exam to ensure healthy eyes. Common eye diseases such as glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and age-related macular
degeneration often have no warning signs. A dilated
eye exam is the only way to detect these diseases in
their early stages.
2) Know family eye health history as many eye issues are hereditary.
3) Eat right to protect eye sight. Eating a diet rich
in fruits and vegetables, particularly dark leafy greens,
and fish are important for keeping eyes healthy.
4) Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight
or obese increases risk of developing diabetes and other systemic conditions, which can lead to vision loss.
5) Wear protective eyewear when playing sports or
doing activities around the home.
6) Quit smoking or never start. Smoking is as bad
for eyes as it is for the rest of the body. Research has
linked smoking to an increased risk of developing
age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and optic
nerve damage, all of which can lead to blindness.
7) Wearing sunglasses protects eyes from the suns
ultraviolet rays. When purchasing sunglasses, look for
ones that block out 99 to 100 percent of both UV-A
and UV-B radiation.
8) Give eyes a rest and reduce eyestrain.
9) Properly clean hands and contact lenses. To
avoid the risk of infection, always wash hands thoroughly before putting in or taking out contact lenses.
Make sure to disinfect contact lenses as instructed and
replace them as appropriate.
10) Practice workplace eye safety. Employers are
required to provide a safe work environment. When
protective eyewear is required as part
of a job, make a habit of wearing the
appropriate type at all times. Encourage coworkers to do the same.
For more information about eye
health, visit http://www.nei.nih.
gov/healthyeyes.

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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