BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260424T084317Z UID:9-736683@pohick.org DTSTART:20250810T143000Z DTEND:20250810T160000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260423T230550 DESCRIPTION:Our 10:30AM service is streamed live. You can find the service on Facebook or HERE The Nursery is available from 7:45 am to 11:45 am on S undays and is located in the lower level of the Parish House (accross the courtyard from the sanctuary). Please join us for Fellowship Hour after bo th the 8 am and 10:30 am services in the Parish House. Please visit Announ cements on the Homepage\, scroll down to "Latest News"\nWEEKLY ANNOUNCEMEN TS | Parish Life | Pohick Episcopal Church\n \nSUNDAY Events\n\n7:45 am t o 11:45 am: The Nursery will be open and an attendant will be on site.\nG olden Dove Gift Shop is open today from 11:30am – 12:30 pm.\n9:15 am: N ew Member/Inquirers Class- Daniel and Rev. Ted will be offering an 8-week class for anyone interested in becoming a member of Pohick Church. The se ries will focus on scripture\, church history\, Anglican theology\, and Li turgy. Classes will be on Sunday mornings at 9:15am in the Vestry House. T he class is open to prospective new members and to anyone who would like a refresher on the history and beliefs of Episcopal/Anglican Christians. If you are interested in joining Pohick Church\, please reach out to Rev. Da niel via email at dcenci@pohick.org.\nDuring the Sunday School hour in ad dition to the inquirers class\, we will be offering a lectionary-based Bi ble study in the Parish Hall Annex. Marleen McCabe will be leading the bi ble study this Sunday and Next Sunday.\nBistro L’ Hermitage gift card--R affle tickets on sale TODAY during Coffee hours. Drawing will be on May 3.  For more info\, contact susanmayberry59@gmail.com\nThe Martha Guild Win e Tasting will be held on Saturday\, May 16 from 5 - 7 pm at the home of Terry &\; Marc Abrams. Alcoholic &\; Non-Alcoholic wine\, great food \, great fellowship! Tickets will be available starting April 26 during Co ffee Hours. Come join the fun!\n9:15 am-10:15 am: Church School: Preschoo l through fourth grade. Parents\, please pick up your children at the door of the classrooms. \n9:15 am in the Nursery: Grace Space (18–36-month -olds with parent or grandparent)\n10:20 am Classroom D: Children’s Chap el\, parents can drop off preschool-2nd graders\n6:00 pm: EYC (5th – 12th graders)\n\n \nšSPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ›\n\nThe Ann Mason Guild  thanks you for your purchases at our recent jewelry sale-and for your do nations of jewelry for the sale.\nEYC PLANT SALE: Various vegetable and h erb plants are available for sale in the courtyard (Thank you Terry and Ma rc Abrams!). All plants are $5. Please come by during the week to purcha se. All proceeds will go to EYC events and mission.\nLent Madness Update:  Thanks to all who participated in this year's Lent madness forum. After weeks of discussion\, Pohick has selected Peter the Apostle as the Saint who most embodies Pohick Church.  \nShrine Mont Parish Family Weekend Re gistration Begins! TODAY in the Parish Hall. The dates for our Parish Fa mily Weekend are 26 to 28 June.   For assured rooms registration is high ly encouraged before or on 17 May. After that date rooms may not be availa ble due to limited availability.\n\n RATES: Double (14 years and older) $197\; Single (14 years and older): $258\; Child (age 4-13 years): $135\; Child 3 and younger are free. Questions: call Neil Sunderland @ 703.670.29 62\, or nomadicmapper@aol.com.\n\nAs we continue through the spring aller gy and cold season\, we kindly ask everyone to be mindful of our parish fa mily's health. If you are experiencing coughing\, sneezing\, congestion\, or other symptoms\, please consider wearing a mask when attending church o r joining us from home through our 10:30 a.m. livestream. Your thoughtfuln ess helps protect others and ensures we can continue to gather safely and comfortably as a parish community.\n\nšUPCOMING EVENTS ›\n\nSTAY TUNED! Pohick Church Sportswear is coming soon . . .\nSUNDAY: National Kirkin'  O' the Tartan. 4:00 PM\, at the Washington National Cathedral\nMAY 01: F riday Family Fellowship\, 6:00 pm. Here is the sign up link for May 1: ht tps://forms.gle/iAiBuYU3zU3NPFaT8\nMAY 02: Please join us in the Annex fo r Docent Training from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on the 2nd of May (no lunch).   If you would like to become a docent\, training is required in order to give tours to the Public.  We will provide briefings which are abbreviat ed to help you develop your own tour briefs.  To docent candidates\, Rev Don Binder's slide show and our own notes on the History of Pohick Church will be provided on flash drives for further reading.  dickhamly@aol.com \nMAY 14: Choral Evensong for Ascension\, 7:00 pm\nMAY 16: Martha Guild Wine Tasting Event\, 5-7pm\nMAY 17: Deanery Picnic! 1:00pm\, Grist Mill Pa rk\, 4320 Mt. Vernon Mem Hwy\, Alexandria. Log on to pohick.org for detail s\nMAY 20: Eucharist at the Fairfax\, 1:30 pm\nMAY 25: Parish Office Clo sed for Memorial Day\nMAY 31: Golden Dove Sidewalk Sale &\; Outdoor Co ffee Hour in the Courtyard\, 8:45AM-Noon \nMAY 31: Sounds of Pohick\, 5: 00 pm\nJUNE 07: Youth Sunday and Parish Picnic\nJUNE 13: America's 250th Colonial Tea at Pohick\nJUNE 14: Bishop’s Visit\nJUNE 26-28: Shrine Mont\nJuly 13-17\, Pohick Vacation Bible School\, Ages 18 months-5th Th e theme this year is Snowball Mountain Challenge! Registration open: Log o nto pohick.org\nIt’s never too early to begin planning for this year’s Fair—our 80th! Mark your calendar for Saturday October 3\, 2026. The o rganizing team is exploring sponsorship opportunities with local businesse s at multiple levels. We are compiling a list of merchants within a three to five-mile radius of the parish to invite as potential sponsors. If you have suggestions for businesses we should approach\, or if you would like to assist the Fair Committee\, please contact Rick Church at rickandkrist i@comcast.net\n\nšVISIT THE GOLDEN DOVE GIFT SHOP›\nHours: 1st &\; 3r d Sundays-8:45-10:30AM  2nd &\; 4th Sundays-11:30AM-12:30PM\n    Fi rst Saturdays-1-3PM (during docent tours)\nShop for spring things\, bapti sm\, confirmation\, graduation\, Mother’s Day gifts\, personalized Pohic k items\, &\; more! SPECIAL NEW GIFTS- framed sketches of our very own Pohick church-we have a limited number for sale! THANK YOU for your suppor t\; proceeds go toward helping those in need &\; Parish projects.\nGOLD EN DOVE GIFT SHOP NOW ONLINE!\nwww.pohick.org  Homepage\, click on “Gol den Dove”\nšMINISTRIES ›\nCHILDREN’S MINISTRY: TODAY: Church School \, Grace Space and Children’s Chapel\n\nSusan Pehrsson\, Director of Chr istian Education\, 703-282-6574 or spehrsson@pohick.org\n\n \nYOUTH MINI STRY: TODAY: 6:00 pm (EYC 5th-12th graders)\n\nThe Rev. Ted Renaud\, You th Minister\, trenaud@pohick.org\n\n \nMUSIC MINISTRY: Sunday\, April 2 6\, The Fourth Sunday of Easter\n\n9:45 a.m. Pohick Choir\, Music Room &am p\; Church\n10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist: Rite II\, Pohick Choir\, Choir Chi mes\n\nTuesday\, April 28\, 6-6:30 p.m. St. Francis Choir\nThursday\, Apri l 30\, Music Room\n\n5:30-6:15 p.m. Pohick Youth Choir\, RSCM\n6:15-7:15 p.m. Pohick Handbells\n7:30-9 p.m. Pohick Choir\n\nMay 2026\nSunday\, May 3\, The Fifth Sunday of Easter\n\n9:15 a.m. Pohick Handbells\, Music Room &\; Church\n9:45 a.m. Choir\, Music Room &\; Church\n10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist: Rite II\, Pohick Choir\, Pohick Handbells\n\n \nMinistry of Music\nCHORAL EVENSONG at Pohick Church\n The Book of Common Prayer\, 166 2 - Pohick Choir\nThursday\, May 14th\, 2026\n7 p.m. Choral Evensong for A scension\n \n \nšFOR YOUR INFORMATION ›\n\nEducation for Ministry (Ef M)Classes are Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. Denise McHugh at 410-300-9867\, dmc hugh@umd.edu\, or John Egan 703-973-5038\, jjegan3@netscape.net.\nCoffee N Compline on-line Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. Fellowship\, reflection and wor ship. Call the Parish Office at 703 339-6572 for the Microsoft Teams link. This same link is used every Wednesday.\nOur regular Sunday Services are at 8 am (Rite I Eucharist spoken) and 10:30 am (Rite II Eucharist sung).  Christian Education for all ages begins at 9:15 am. YOUTH (EYC) 6pm Sunday s.\nAnnouncements are on pohick.org /news/weekly-announcements. Email to  adminassistant@pohick.org to receive our weekly email. Parish Office h ours: Mon-Thu 9am-3pm\, Fridays 9am-noon.\n\nTHANK YOU! Pohick Church's L CAC donations -- Since the beginning of the year\, we have collected more than 1\,600 pounds of food and essentials valued at about $3\,150 for the Lorton Community Action Center.\n \n·       Please log on to LC AC – Lorton Community Action Center to learn more about the volunteer a nd community work LCAC does.\n \n \n·     COMPUTER SCAM – Sever al parishioners received emails from a scammer purported to be from Rev Da niel from a bogus email account. Please do not respond to these suspicious emails. Pohick Staff\, Vestry members\, and Clergy would not reach out in this manner. \n \n \n·         A special thank you to the Br otherhood for providing Pohick Church with Forward Day by Day quarterly issues. The latest issue\, which includes daily reflections that follow the Bible verses\, is available in the Parish House.\n \n·         The Pohick Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew invites all the men and youth of Pohick to attend any of our Saturday 8:00 am meetings for fellowship\, breakfast\, discussion of issues we are working on to support Pohick\, and about 20 to 30 minutes of bible study.\n \n \n·        Volunteers needed for hosting Fellowship Coffee Hours—Coffee Hour is after both the 8 am and the 10:30 am Church services every Sunday. See t he signup sheet in the Common Room for the details. If you have questions contact Beth Cooke sbc3266@gmail.com or Kathy Kirkland kkirkland2632@gm ail.com or 703-861-6177.\n \n·       Wear your name tags to welc ome newcomers! If you need a name tag\, contact Jane Thurston: fuzzyandj ane@gmail.com or 703-339-1301. We hope newcomers will request and wear na metags too!\n \n·       Pohick Church welcomes the Down By the R iverside Group of AA\, Tuesdays at 8 pm in the Annex room. Contact the Par ish office for information.\n \n·       Docent tours! Guided Tou rs by members of the Docent Guild are available each Sunday after the 10:3 0 am service. Guided Tours are also available on the first Saturday of eve ry month from 1 pm to 3 pm. Please meet the Docent at the Great Font for a tour. Self-guided tours are always available when the church is open\, we ekdays 9 am to 4 pm.\n \nHealing Hearts: Grief Support Group\n \nHave yo u been recently widowed?\nHave you recently lost a family member or belove d friend?\nAre you or someone in your inner circle coping with a difficult health diagnosis or treatment?\n \nPohick’s Healing Hearts grief sup port group offers a safe\, confidential space that connects you with other s who understand the range of emotions that you may experience as you proc ess and integrate your loss and grief into day-to-day living.\nMarleen McC abe is Healing Hearts facilitator. She is a member of the Trauma Inciden t Reduction Association and has received extensive training in the transfo rmative power of grief\, loss\, and bereavement.\nHealing Hearts meets th e 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 10:30 am to noon in Classroom C.\n \nNot sure if Healing Hearts is for you? Marleen McCabe\, facilitator\, welcomes y our questions and encourages you to contact her prior to attending.\nConta ct information: Marleen McCabe\, mccabemarleen@gmail.com\n \n·           The Kiki Coderre Prayer Ministry meets on the 1st and 3rd M onday of each month\, from 2 - 3:30 pm in the Vestry House. All are welco me. Contacts are Charlotte Knipling\, Carolyn Cockroft and Mari Harding. LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T230550 LOCATION:Pohick Church SUMMARY:Holy Eucharist: Rite II\, with music URL;VALUE=URI:https://pohick.org/events/holy-eucharist-rite-ii-with-music-- 9/2025-08-10 ATTACH;FILENAME=EPC57.jpg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfro nt.net/2025/03/08/03/18/08/0cba31f9-acea-42b4-8d34-a30787619a72/EPC57.jpg ATTACH;FILENAME="APR 26, 2026 1030 am Order of Service.pdf";FMTTYPE=applica tion/pdf:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/04/23/18/43/08/2f5876b2 -0988-4fec-9e4a-66f6a84b7f16/APR%2026,%202026%201030%20am%20Order%20of%20S ervice.pdf END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR