For 2023 the St. Alban’s Youth Group stayed local for their summer mission work. This year the group spent a week learning about need in the local community, and how we can help meet those needs.
On Monday the group took a walk into Annandale to talk about how the area’s infrastructure (lack of sidewalks and inconvenient bus service) creates problems for those in our community without transportation, or with
inadequate transportation. Later the the group spent time giving back to the community through a road-side cleanup on Sleepy Hollow Road. On Monday 
afternoon, the group traveled to the Samaritan Ministry Anacostia office to find out how our ministry partner organization helps others get a second chance and a new start in life.
On Tuesday, the group helped out at the Annandale
Christian Community for Action (ACCA) Child Development Center. In the morning the team helped the kids build and fly paper airplanes, build a 3′ tall
rocket and helped unload a delivery of supplies for the school. After lunch the group returned to spend the afternoon on the playground with the kids.
On Wednesday to Youth Group traveled back to Anacostia, this time to Martha’s Table to help set up and run their daily “Martha’s Table
Market,” a farmer’s market for households in need. Twice a month, f
amilies can “shop” at the free market for fresh produce, meat and non-perishable food items.
The week will end with a jaunt into West Virginia to spend time together, do some team building, and spend a day canoeing on the Cheat River.
We are excited to offer an exploratory journey on the road of awakening our sense of calling as God’s people in our community. Explore the possibilities offered by Verna Dozier through her adept storytelling and study in her empowering book, “The Dream of God.” Verna Dozier was a Washington, DC laywoman who through her books and lectures speaks with love and excitement about “The Dream of God” and what role we have in keeping that dream alive and meaningful. She is known all over the country and throughout the world for her incisive work with lay groups in the church to strengthen their sense of “calling.” In this particular book, Verna Dozier takes a fresh and challenging look at the people of God, their church and our collective journey in asking questions and seeking answers through our faith.
The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Virginia presents the following slate of nominees for the 14th Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia (in alphabetical order by last name):