BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260403T233236Z UID:8-654432@pohick.org DTSTART:20260816T120000Z DTEND:20260816T130000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260403T182528 DESCRIPTION:POHICK ANNOUNCEMENTS\n \n\nIf anyone is interested in serving as a delegate to the diocesan convention\, please submit your name to the church office by April 10th. The convention will be in Fredericksburg Nove mber 5-7. \n\n \n\nThe Church Reception Committee is missing two (2) whit e striped tablecloths for our 8 foot tables.If you happened to have borrow ed them or took them home to wash them\, please let us know where they are . We will need them for the upcoming Easter Receptions. Questions --- con tact Connie Myers.\n\n \n \nPlease sign up for the Maundy Thursday Vigil \, April 2-3.\nThere are still shifts available.\n \n\n“Then he said to them\, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” -Matthew 26:38\nWill you watch with Jesus ? You (alone or with someone else) may spend one hour (or more) at Altar o f Repose following the Maundy Thursday service on April 2.\nThe Pohick Ves try House will serve as the Altar of Repose where one-hour shifts will beg in at 9 PM and run through 7 AM. For your safety\, a security procedure is provided. A sign-up sheet is posted in the Common Room. Please sign up e arly! We need to have the shifts filled by Sunday\, March 29. For question s\, contact Carolyn Cockroft or Mari Harding.\n\n \n \n \n2026 Pohick C hurch Easter Morning Flame Walk – April 5\n \n\nPohick Church Easter Mo rning Flame Walk- On April 5\, 2026\, we will be walking “Paschal Flam e Walk “from the old site of the earlier Pohick Church approximately tw o miles south of our present Pohick Church location along the Old Colchest er Road. We would like all participants to arrive at the Old Colchester Ro ad Parking Lot at 5:30 am before we shuttle the last group of people no t later than 5:45 am to the STARTING POINT. We plan to leave the old site at about 6:00 am to ensure our arrival in front of the church at around  6:40 am. Following the 6:45 am Easter Prayer\, there will be a “Hot Cross Buns” coffee hour at about 7:00 am in the Common Room\, sponsore d by the Brotherhood of St. Andrew and coordinated by Neil Sunderland.\n\n  \n\nWe will bring two Davy lamps (representing the Easter Flame obtaine d from the National Cathedrala night before) for the flame walk. We will h ave two people (one in the front and one at back of the walking group) car rying the flame. For more information\, please contact Femi Ayorinde at  571-355-3449 or drayorinde@cox.net.  \n\n \n \n \n\nEaster Coffee H ourswill be held after the 7:30 am\, 9am\, and the 11:15 am Church Service s on Easter Sunday.\n\n \n\nThis is one of those times that we ask the co ngregation to assist with providing finger foods to help feed the large c rowds that attend on Easter Sunday. Donations should be brought to the ki tchen prior to which ever service you are attending. We thank you in adva nce for your donations.\n\n \nCoffee hour after the 11:15 service: lemona de and cookies instead of coffee\, will be served in the courtyard. Tables will be set up on Saturday under the portico. We need a couple of volunte ers to help set up the cups and bring the lemonade\, water and cookies fro m the kitchen.  Of course\, in case of rain\, things will just happen as usual in the Common Room.\nWe would also like to have a few volunteers to help clean-up after each coffee hour\, especially after 11:15.\n \nPlease let us know if you are able to help.\nBeth Cooke         sbc3266@g mail.com\nKathy Kirkland     kkirkland2632@gmail.com\nConnie Myers             jetskiing@hotmail.com\n \n \n \nšUPCOMING EVENTS›\ n\nAPR 06: Parish Office Closed\nAPR 08: Coffee 'n' Compline resumes\, 7 p m\nAPR 12: 8am and 10:30 am services\, Second Sunday of Easter/Baptisms\nA PR 15: Eucharist at the Fairfax\, 1:30 pm\nAPR 19: 8am and 10:30 am servic es\, Third Sunday of Easter/Baptisms\nAPR 19: Ann Mason Guild Jewelry Sale after both coffee hours\nAPR 23: Eucharist at Harmony at Spring Hill Assi sted Living Center\, 1:30 pm\nAPR 24: Friday Family Fellowship resumes\, 6 pm\nAPR 26: 8am and 10:30 am services\, Fourth Sunday of Easter\nAPR 26: Inquirer’s class\, beginning Sundays at 9:15 am\, during Adult Forum. Co ntact the Church Office for more information.\nAPR 26: National Kirkin'  O' the Tartan. The St. Andrew’s Society of Washington\, DC is pleased to announce that this year’s Kirkin’ O’ The Tartan will take place on Sunday\, April 26th \, 4:00 PM\, at the Washington National Cathedral\, 31 01 Wisconsin Avenue\, NW\, Washington\, DC. This is an extraordinary event in the life of the Metropolitan Washington\, DC Scottish Community\, and will feature the Society’s Pipes &\;amp\; Drums\, Color Guard\, and M embers in full regalia. All are welcome! Stay tuned for more details. In t he meantime\, please mark your calendars for Sunday\, April 26th ! We look forward to seeing you and helping us honor our Scottish heritage and our Clans.\nMAY 16: Martha Guild Wine Tasting Event\nMAY 14: Choral Evensong f or Ascension\, 7:00 pm\nMAY 31: Sounds of Pohick\, 5:00 pm\nJUNE 13: Ameri ca's 250th Colonial Tea at Pohick\nJuly 13-17\, Pohick Vacation Bible Scho ol\, Ages 18 months-5th The theme this year is Snowball Mountain Challenge ! Registration open: Log onto pohick.org\nIt’s never too early to begin planning for this year’s Fair—our 80th! Mark your calendar for Saturda y October 3\, 2026. The organizing team is exploring sponsorship opportuni ties with local businesses at multiple levels. We are compiling a list of merchants within a three to five-mile radius of the parish to invite as po tential sponsors. If you have suggestions for businesses we should approac h\, or if you would like to assist the Fair Committee\, please contact Ric k Church at rickandkristi@comcast.net\n\nWEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS | Parish Lif e | Pohick Episcopal Church LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T182528 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Holy Eucharist Rite I (said) URL;VALUE=URI:https://pohick.org/events/holy-eucharist-rite-i-said/2026-08- 16 ATTACH;FILENAME=IMG_2240.jpeg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.clou dfront.net/2025/03/08/02/50/22/d6320678-8c0b-4f1a-b17e-7b219365c7fb/IMG_22 40.jpeg ATTACH;FILENAME="April 05, 2026 730am Easter rt1 spoken.pdf";FMTTYPE=applic ation/pdf:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/04/03/22/22/52/46deeda d-6f5b-49d1-b960-2020b1143dea/April%2005,%202026%20730am%20Easter%20rt1%20 spoken.pdf END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR