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Barring another hurricane, by the time you read Thanks: For all the work and counsel from the
this the Pohick Country Fair will be a memory. In- congregation. Big thanks to John Sessums, the Sex-
stead of urging attendance, I want to pass along my ton, for all he has done to keep up with the never-
sincere thanks to the dozens of people of all ages who ending work keeping the Parish facilities running. It
came together this year, as they have for many years, is a hard job for anyone but Pohick is fortunate to
to make the Fair work. This includes the people who have both dedication and talent in John.
make the apple butter, folks who prepare and serve What has been done:
the food, the Pohick Pickers, volunteers who run the Considerable plumbing work has been done in
games, those who sell plants and baked goods, those the Rectory plumbing to repair leaks. The plumbing
who put up the booths and take them down, folks now appears to be sound. Follow up work is neces-
who put together the fair book, those who sell adver- sary to repair ceiling tile and drywall, and is in prog-
tising, people who advertise the fair to the community ress.
and to that somebody who I have inevitably forgotten. Proposals have been received from an engineer-
Id like to offer a special thanks to Doug Smith who ing /architect contractor for the necessary support
agreed to be this years Fair Chair, and to Tom Goeller for the Sanctuary SW Step replacement. It is under
who will assume the Fair Chair mantle for 2018. It evaluation.
takes a congregation to put on a Country Fair. Thanks, What is planned: A Parish Workday is scheduled
one and all. for October 14. During this Workday, the Fairfax
At the September Vestry meeting, the Vestry Chapter of the NSDAR has been tentatively sched-
viewed a new video on the Apple Butter Gang that uled to visit and assist with cleanup of the courtyard
will be shown at the apple butter booth at the Coun- headstones, as one of their service projects. There is
try Fair. We will plan to run that on the information also a plan to have contract work done in the Sanctu-
center in the Common Room one day soon. ary this summer and fall. Plans include:
Also from the Vestry meeting: The Junior Warden There is a proposal from Dominion Power that
discussed the status of the ongoing efforts to replace will support the upgrade of electrical in the Sanc-
the steam heat in the church with larger, more effi- tuary. It is being evaluated and pending resolution
cient heat pumps and on issues that have arisen rela- of the issues, should be issued soon. Dominion will
tive to the replacement of the stairs into the church at work with Pohicks electrical contractor, Walsh Elec-
the south west corner. We also took the opportunity tric, to get the power to the northwest corner of the
to get a status report on the Country Fair since the Sanctuary and installed into the Sanctuary. It is un-
Fair Chair this year is also the Vestry Treasurer. New der review by the Historic Pohick Church Founda-
to the Fair this year will be a Velcro wall, sponsored by tion.
the 20 and 30s Group. If you do not get by the Fair to There is also a proposal from the HVAC con-
see the Velcro wall for yourself and dont know what it tractor with two basic options. This proposal is be-
is, Google Velcro wall and look at the images - then ing evaluated by the Historic Pohick Church Foun-
next year, come on by and try it out! dation. This contract will replace the current heat
pumps with ones with acceptable refrigerant and
Coat Collection for LCAC with augmented heat to be able to provide additional
During the month of November Martha Guild will heat during the coldest periods of winter.
be collecting coats (all ages/sizes) for Lorton Com- The painting contract for painting of the pew
munity Action Center. Please donate any coats chil- boxes, altar rail and the floors in the boxes will be
dren have outgrown, and adult coats. Hang on to done in October. Work will be done during the first
them until November. More details to follow next four days of each of the work weeks to be able to ad-
month. equately air out the Sanctuary.
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Music Notes
Linda Egan, Minister of Music
Update on Issues in the Anglican Communion, board had voted to restrict him from ministry for three
continued from page 7 years for his actions with regard to sale of St. James the
feel dispossessed by the Scottish Episcopal Churchs Great Church in Newport Beach. The presiding bishop
move. has also imposed restrictions on his ministry.
The Vestry of R. E. Lee Memorial Church in Lex-
ington voted narrowly in mid-September to remove It is important to remember that despite all these controversies,
Lees name, and revert to the churchs original name of the work of the Church - globally, nationally, and locally - goes
Grace Episcopal Church. He was the senior warden on. Through youth mission trips, food donations to LCAC, dona-
of our church, were proud of that, its part of our his- tions of school supplies and backpacks, the Community of Hope
and other outreach efforts, Pohick continue to leak the love of
tory, but were not going to put that on a sign out on
God to our neighbors in need. And as our Sr. Warden remind-
the street because its misunderstood, vestry member ed us recently, While human lives are limited in duration, the
Doug Cumming told the Richmond Times-Dispatch church continues from generation to generation and age to age
after the vote. The fruit of our work with homeless children at Christmas time
The Episcopal Churchs Disciplinary Board for may be realized 40 years into the future when Pohicks new rec-
Bishops has voted to continue restrictions on the min- tor tells her parishioners how the love she felt at that 2017 party
istry of Bp. Jon Bruno of the Diocese of Los Angeles inspired her to overcome her poverty, and to be the first in her
while he appeals an earlier decision against him. The family to graduate from college then from seminary.
Stewardship Corner
Jesus calls us from the worship of the vain worlds golden store; From each idol that would keep us,
Saying Christian, love me more. Hymn 550; words by Cecil Frances Alexander
Throughout the New Testament, Jesus is time takes a more direct approach. I must stay at
concerned with the condition, both physical and your house today, Jesus tells Zacchaeus. The tax
spiritual, of those with whom He comes in con- collector readily agrees and this time the outcome
tact. In Matthew 19 He meets a wealthy young is different. We are told in Luke 19:8 that Zac-
man who assures Jesus that he keeps all the com- chaeus gives half of his possessions to the poor
mandments but asks what else he can do. Jesus and agrees to repay anyone he has cheated four-
tell him that to be perfect, he should go and sell fold. Are we like that rich young man or are we
all he owns and give to the poor. The young man like Zacchaeus?
goes away in sorrow, we are told, because he had What we take away from these two interac-
great wealth at which point Jesus tells His dis- tions that end very differently is that Jesus is con-
ciples: Truly I tell you, it is difficult for a rich cerned about our souls and that He clearly con-
man to enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew siders our spiritual wellbeing to be linked to the
19:23) What we should wonder is whether the relationship of our wealth to our God. Nowhere
young man was really keeping all the command- does He say wealth is a bad thing - at least not in
ments. Recall that the commandments start like and of itself. But when we put our earthly posses-
this: I am the LORD your God, who brought sions ahead of God, it becomes a stumbling block
you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house for us. As you give prayerful consideration to your
of slavery. You shall have no other gods before pledge this year, keep the words of Hymn 550 in
Me. (Exodus 20: 2-3) Had our rich young man mind: Christian, love Me more!
really kept the commandments or had he had set This is an aspect of stewardship we sometimes
his great wealth up as a god above God? Jesus is forget. We are stewards of the bounty God has
obviously aware of the young mans situation and provided us with but in the end, we will be ex-
tries to help, but the young man is apparently too pected to return that bounty to our Master. We
concerned with his earthly things and walks away. must not come to believe that the bounty is our
In Luke 19, Jesus again meets a rich man and this god.
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