This year in June, the Provincial Council and Provincial Assembly will be held in Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA. In preparation for this gathering, the ACNA has and will continue to send news and calls for prayer. Sign-up via email to receive updates such as those below:

Learn how to pray more effectively for your family, friends, and the things that concern you.

Many people carry wounds they incurred from their mothers, such as unmet needs, absence, neglect, harsh words, or abusive behavior.  Thanks be to God, the Lord can go back heal those wounds with His perfect love!

Church of the Ascension invites you to the 2024 Life in the Spirit weekend which highlights the life and ministry of Saint Patrick, Apostle to the Irish. The themes of spiritual living, power encounter ministry, church planting, beautiful worship, and vibrant praise are all attributes of St Patrick's legacy.

The next Global Anglican Prayer gathering (GAP-RVA) is coming up soon, and your church is invited to participate in prayer and to learn more about this gathering to model something in your own church areas.

Church of the Good Shepherd invites you to enjoy a Lent Devotional resource filled with entirely original material written by members of the church.

During Lent, Christ the King, Alexandria, VA, invites you to will have brief spoken services of Morning Prayer on Tuesdays (7:00-7:30 a.m.), and Evening Prayer on Wednesdays (6:30-7 p.m.). Apostles invites you to participate these services as a regular Lenten discipline.

The Falls Church Anglican, Falls Church, VA, will have a healing service with a focus on healing prayer for those who have experienced miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth or the early death of a child.

At the Church of the Holy Spirit (Leesburg, VA) monthly healing service, The Rev. Clancy Nixon will be speaking on “Healing Father Wounds.” 

Experience a double dose of impactful engagement with the Matthew 25 Initiative (M25i) every month! Whether you opt to participate in both segments or select just one, each month brings a chance to make a meaningful difference.

Benediction Farm is a lot of things, but one of these is a resource to the ministries of our diocese. We hope to help you: let me tell you about this.

Does God answer prayer? Yes!! Yes!! We have seen God answer the prayers of the DOMA family at Christ the Redeemer in Dillsburg, PA.

This year, Church of the Epiphany in Chantilly VA tried something new. They held a pet blessing in recognition of St. Francis’ day in early October. But instead of holding it at church and expecting people to come to them, they set up in the front yard of the house of an adventurous Epiphany family and got to bless pets and meet neighbors as people took their animals out for their morning walks.  

On Sept. 8, Church of the Messiah in Chesapeake, VA held a community blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross. The drive collected 31 units, 13 over the goal! Volunteers from the church coordinated, offered moral support, and donated during the drive.

Deliverance Prayer Ministry Training 
Beginning September 13
Church of the Holy Spirit
Leesburg, VA

But then I remember: Jesus is Emmanuel, God-with-us. Not God-looking-down-at-us-from-30,000-feet. Not God-watching-us-from-a-distance. God with us.

I probably get more questions about Prayers of the People than any other part of the liturgy. So I thought I'd take this week's letter to answer a few FAQs about this important part of the service.

In Christ, we are restored to our original vocation as a kingdom of priests: Everything held up to God and celebrated as a gift of God's love and communication of God's life to humanity—"a priestly existence, an existence of grateful offering to God" (Fr. Leander again!).

Truro Anglican Church (Fairfax, VA) has sent a work team to Harlem Heights, Florida to help rebuild homes and restore lives in a multi-ethnic community affected by the devastation of Hurricane Ian.