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We will gather for worship, Christian education and fellowship
Sunday AUG 30, 2026
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am Service, Rite One with Eucharist and Baptism
10:30 am Service, Morning Prayer Rite One
SUNDAY SUMMER SCHOOL
· 9:15am: Roof Forum, between services, Annex Room
· 9:15am-10am: For parents with children under 36 months of age who wish to attend our summer adult forums and are in need of the Nursery: please contact the office in advance so we can arrange for the nursery to be open earlier, and an attendant to be on site.
· 9:15am-10:15 am: Summer Children's Sunday School: For parents who wish to attend our summer adult forums, Pohick Church will be offering a summer Sunday School program for children. This will be a combined class of children ages 4-12 and will meet in Classroom A. All children are welcome to attend!
· 10am-12pm: The Nursery will be open and an attendant will be on site.
· 10:20 am: Children’s Bible Storytelling is for preschoolers through 2nd grade. It will be held in classroom D. Parents should drop off their children at 10:20 am. The children will join their parents in church after the Peace.
· EYC: Great Waves Water Park, after church.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
· SEPT 7: Parish office closed for Labor Day
· SEPT 9: The funeral, burial, and reception for Patricia DeYoung, at Pohick Church
· SEPT 10: Pohick Handbells & Pohick Choir rehearsals resume
· SEPT 12: Pohick Church Annual Crab Feast, 3:30pm-6:30pm.
· SEPT 13: Ministry Fair after both services. It will be outdoors in the church yard weather permitting, contact person: Jane Thurston/ fuzzyandjane@gmail.com
· SEPT 13: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School Assembly and Choir
· SEPT 13: Blessing of the Backpacks. Students of all ages, and teachers too! 10:30 am service
· SEPT 18-20: Apple Butter weekend
· SEPT 26: George Mason Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony, 11am
· OCT 03: Pohick’s 80th Annual Country Fair, 11am-4pm
· OCT 03: Pohick Noack Organ Recital
· OCT 25: Reformation Sunday
· NOV 22: Kirkin' o' the Tartan and 1789 Holy Communion
· DEC 06: Advent Lessons & Carols
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
· If you missed the opportunity to wish Rev. Ted best wishes, here is his new address:
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 4400 86th Avenue SE, Mercer Island WA 98040.
· JOIN US FOR APPLE BUTTER WEEKEND! Pohick apple butter is world renowned (thanks to Jim Foster taking it everywhere when he was a United pilot). We will be making it again this September 18-20 with multiple times to join the fun. There are jobs for everyone including kids. Help is welcome anytime whether you can give an hour or an entire day. Times on Sunday afternoon are approximate as it all depends on the apples.
· If you want to see it in full go to the Facebook video at https://www.facebook.com/PohickChurch/videos/1466839876764900/ Lots of faces that aren’t with us anymore and children who are now adults, but the process is still the same as is the fun and sense of community.
· Any questions, please contact Kathy Kirkland at kkirkland2632@gmail.com 703-861-6177 and John Pasour at john.pasour@gmail.com
Friday, September 18 Noon to 4 pm
Setting up the patio (tarping, creating brick fireboxes, hauling wood, cleaning the kettles)
Setting up the apple grinder and the applesauce strainers
Working indoors sterilizing jars in the kitchen (hopefully complete by 2pm)
Saturday, September 19 7 am to 6 pm
7:00 – 8:30 Hand slice
7:15 – 10:30 Machine slice
7:30 – 1:00 Cook apples (aka stirring, stirring and more stirring)
9:30 – 1:30 Run separators to make sauce
1:30 – 5:30 Cook sauce (aka stirring, stirring and more stirring)
5:30 – 6:00 Cover kettles
Sunday, September 20 6:30 am to 5:30 pm
Cook sauce, add sugar & spice, can apple butter, clean up
6:30 – 2:00 Cook sauce (aka stirring, stirring and more stirring)
2:00 – 3:00 Add sugar and spices
3:30 – 4:30 Can apple butter
4:30 – 5:30 Tear-down & Clean
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner/ fellowship
· Thank you to all who helped make this year's Vacation Bible School a huge success! Thank you to all who loaned Winter decorations. The decorations are stored in Classroom E-F. Please retrieve them Sunday, or during office hours.
· The Ann Mason Guild is collecting your jewelry donations until Sept 30. Your donations will be resold at our Christmas Sale to support our various projects at Pohick and in the community. Please leave in the office marked for Ann Mason. Thank you!
· If you haven’t bought your “Pohick Church Merch” yet, shirts and magnets are available for purchase in the Parish Office during the week and anytime on line at Home | Pohick Episcopal Church
· The KiKi Coderre Prayer Group is taking a break during August and will not meet again until September 7, when we will return to our usual gatherings on the first and third Mondays each month. The group is open to all. Please join us as we pray for those in our parish, our communities, and the world.
· Afghan Ministry
· Thank You to those who continue to donate to the Afghan Ministry with their time, talent or treasure. Please reach out to Patty Mitchell, Nancy Sage or Carney McCullough with any questions. Thank you for all your continued support!
The 80th Annual Pohick Country Fair Needs You!
Our milestone Country Fair is quickly approaching, and we need volunteers to help make it our best—and smoothest—Fair yet!
This year, we are excited to welcome the Virginia 250 Mobile Museum, which is expected to bring an especially large crowd. That makes our volunteers more important than ever.
Our greatest need is a Parking Lead. Do you enjoy solving puzzles, organizing moving pieces, or gently telling people where to go—in the friendliest possible way? Last year’s turnout was terrific, but parking became a bit of an adventure. With an even larger crowd expected this year, we need someone to lead the development and coordination of a solid parking plan.
We also need volunteers for:
- Face Painting
- Children’s games
- Parking assistance
- Setup and breakdown
- Pony rides
- Visitor assistance
- General floaters—our flexible, ready-for-anything heroes!
Whether you can help for two hours or stay for the entire day, your time and talents will make a real difference as we welc
ome visitors from across Northern Virginia.
Ready to join the fun—or take on the parking puzzle? Please contact Rick Church, Chairman of the 80th Annual Pohick Country Fair, at rickandkristi@comcast.net
· COUNTRY FAIR CAR SHOW ~~ Are you a gearhead? Do you have a car or motorcycle that you think is worth showing off? At this year’s Pohick Country Fair we will be have our very own Car Show. It is open to any parishioner with a vehicle of interest: Sports Cars, Classic Cars, Muscle Cars, Hot Rods and Motorcycles. We will park the vehicles near the fairgrounds. Please contact Paul Leon, (PSVA.01@gmail.com) for additional information and to register your vehicle.
· Pohick Country Fair: This year we will be using tickets at all booths (except vendor booths). You will be able to use your tickets everywhere, from pony rides to funnel cakes, face painting to apple butter!
· Purchase your tickets: $1 = 1 ticket. Tickets can be purchased on the day of the Fair. Additionally, tickets will be sold in advance on Sunday, September 20th and September 27th, during Coffee Hour and in the parish office during regular office hours. Tickets purchased in advance will be sold with a premium: $20 = 25 tickets. All purchases can be made with cash, check or credit card. Thank you for supporting the Pohick Country Fair. See you at the Fair!
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New choir members are welcome to join and sing.
New participants are welcome in the Ministry of Music at Pohick Church.
Ministry of Music Registration
2026-2027
August 1 to September 1
Online Registration Link:
Ministry of Music | Ministries | Pohick Episcopal Church
Pohick Choir
Pohick Handbells
Pohick Pickers
Pohick St. Francis Choir
Pohick Youth Choir
We offer choirs, RSCM choir training, and ensembles for all ages.
Rehearsals resume after Labor Day.
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MINISTRIES
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY:
SUNDAY: Susan Pehrsson, Director of Christian Education, 703-282-6574 or spehrsson@pohick.org
YOUTH MINISTRY: EYC: (Ages 5th-12th graders) The Rev. Daniel Cenci, dcenci@pohick.org
PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY: The Rev. Ted Renaud, trenaud@pohick.org and Marleen McCabe at mccabemarleen@gmail.com
Ministry of Music Rehearsals | Ministry of Music | Pohick Episcopal Church
MINISTRY OF MUSIC: This week: Sunday, August 30th, The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 17
10:30 a.m. Morning Prayer: Rite One, hymns, service music
• 18th Century English Voluntaries - Venite & Jubilate – The Hymnal 1940
• Ministry of Music Registration
September 2026
Sunday, September 6th, The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 18
10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist: Rite One, hymns, service music, organ voluntaries
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GOLDEN DOVE GIFT SHOP NOW ONLINE!
Home | Pohick Episcopal Church
The Golden Dove Gift Shop will be closed in August
and will reopen on Saturday, Sept 5th from 1-3PM during docent tours.
Please visit our online shop or see Julie Ramacciotti during parish office hours to make a purchase.
We appreciate your support; all proceeds go toward helping those in need.
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION
· COFFEE N COMPLINE on-line Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. Fellowship, reflection and worship. Call the Parish Office at 703 339-6572 for the Microsoft Teams link. This same link is used every Wednesday. Please pick up a Compline bulletin in the parish office. We will use it every Wednesday.
· Our regular Sunday Services are at 8 am (Rite I Eucharist) and 10:30 am (Rite II Eucharist). Christian Education for all ages begins at 9:15 am. Youth EYC, ages 5th-12th grade meet Sundays at 6pm. · Announcements are on pohick.org /news/weekly-announcements. Email to adminassistant@pohick.org to receive our weekly email.
· Parish Office hours: Mon-Thu 9am-3pm, Fridays 9am-noon.
· A special thank you to the Brotherhood 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.
· 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.
· 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 the signup sheet in the Common Room for the details. If you have questions contact Beth Cooke sbc3266@gmail.com or Kathy Kirkland kkirkland2632@gmail.com or 703-861-6177.
· Wear your name tags to welcome newcomers! If you need a name tag, contact Jane Thurston: fuzzyandjane@gmail.com or 703-339-1301. We hope newcomers will request and wear nametags too!
· Pohick Church welcomes the Down By the Riverside Group of AA, Tuesdays at 8 pm in the Annex room. Contact the Parish office for information.
· Docent tours! Guided Tours by members of the Docent Guild are available each Sunday after the 10:30 am service. Guided Tours are also available on the first Saturday of every 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, weekdays 9 am to 4 pm.
Healing Hearts: Grief Support Group
Have you been recently widowed?
Have you recently lost a family member or beloved friend?
Are you or someone in your inner circle coping with a difficult health diagnosis or treatment?
Pohick’s Healing Hearts grief support group offers a safe, confidential space that connects you with others who understand the range of emotions that you may experience as you process and integrate your loss and grief into day-to-day living.
Marleen McCabe is Healing Hearts facilitator. She is a member of the Trauma Incident Reduction Association and has received extensive training in the transformative power of grief, loss, and bereavement.
Healing Hearts meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 10:30 am to noon in Classroom C.
Not sure if Healing Hearts is for you? Marleen McCabe, facilitator, welcomes your questions and encourages you to contact her prior to attending.
Contact information: Marleen McCabe, mccabemarleen@gmail.com