BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T122033Z UID:9-811528@pohick.org DTSTART:20260510T143000Z DTEND:20260510T160000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260512T223749 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\nšTODAY’S EVENTS ›\n\n7:45 am to 11:45 am: The Nursery will be open and an attendant will be on site. \nGolden Dove Gift Shop is open today from 8:45-10:30AM\n9:15 am: New Memb er/Inquirers Class- Daniel and Rev. Ted will be offering an 8-week class f or anyone interested in becoming a member of Pohick Church. The series wil l focus on scripture\, church history\, Anglican theology\, and Liturgy. C lasses will be on Sunday mornings at 9:15am in the Vestry House. The class is open to prospective new members and to anyone who would like a refresh er on the history and beliefs of Episcopal/Anglican Christians. If you are interested in joining Pohick Church\, please reach out to Rev. Daniel via email at dcenci@pohick.org.\nDuring the Sunday School hour in addition t o the inquirers class\, we will be offering a lectionary-based Bible study in the Parish Hall Annex. Marleen McCabe will be leading the bible study\ nBistro L’ Hermitage gift card--Raffle tickets Drawing TODAY during Coff ee hours. \nThe Martha Guild Wine Tasting Tickets will be available during Coffee Hours. Event will be held on Saturday\, May 16 from 5 - 7 pm at th e home of Terry &\; Marc Abrams. \n9:15 am-10:15 am: Church School: Pre school 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-m onth-olds with parent or grandparent)\n10:20 am Classroom D: Children’s Chapel\, parents can drop off preschool-2nd graders\n6:00 pm: EYC (5th – 12th graders)\n\n \nšSPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ›\n\nSTAY TUNED! Pohick Chu rch Sportswear is coming soon . . .\nEYC PLANT SALE: Various vegetable an d herb plants are available for sale in the courtyard (Thank you Terry and Marc Abrams!). All plants are $5. Please come by during the week to pur chase. All proceeds will go to EYC events and mission.\nShrine Mont Paris h Family Weekend Registration is now open. The dates for our Parish Family Weekend are 26 to 28 June.   For assured rooms registration is highly e ncouraged before or on 17 May. After that date rooms may not be available due to limited availability.\nSHRINE MONT RATES: Double (14 years and olde r) $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 .2962\, or nomadicmapper@aol.com.\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\n \nšUPCOMING EVENTS ›\n \nMinist ry of Music\nCHORAL EVENSONG at Pohick Church\n The Book of Common Prayer \, 1662\nKing James Version Bible\n \nThursday\, May 14th\, 2026\, 7 p.m. \nChoral Evensong for Ascension\nPohick Choir\n \nA 50 minute Anglican s ervice of Evening Prayer sung by the choir \nwith hymns sung by the choir &\; congregation\n \n\nMAY 16: The Martha Guild Wine Tasting will be h eld on Saturday\, May 16 from 5 - 7 pm at the home of Terry &\; Marc Ab rams. Alcoholic &\; Non-Alcoholic wine\, great food\, great fellowship! Tickets are available during Coffee Hours. Come join the fun!\nMAY 17: De anery Picnic! 1:00pm\, Grist Mill Park\, Mt. Vernon Mem Hwy\, Alexandria. Log on to pohick.org for details\nMAY 20: Eucharist at the Fairfax\, 1:30 pm\n“HONORING OUR HEROES” The Pohick Church Chapter of the Brotherhoo d of St Andrew plans to conduct a Memorial Day 2026 observance\, Sunday 24 May 0930-1000 at the Bell Tower. Everyone is invited and encouraged to at tend to remember and honor our Veterans killed in combat or who died becau se of combat injuries.\nTo provide a visible sign that our congregation ho nors our fallen Veterans\, the Brotherhood will make available enamel popp y lapel pins after Sunday services during coffee hour. A donation of $5 is suggested to support the observance and all remaining funds donated to th e clergy for use in Veterans Ministry.\nMAY 25: Parish Office Closed for M emorial Day\nMAY 31: Golden Dove Sidewalk Sale &\; Outdoor Coffee 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 The theme this year i s 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 Saturday October 3\, 2026. The organizing team is e xploring sponsorship opportunities with local businesses at multiple level s. 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 fo r businesses we should approach\, or if you would like to assist the Fair Committee\, please contact Rick Church at rickandkristi@comcast.net\n\n \ nšVISIT THE GOLDEN DOVE GIFT SHOP›\n \nGOLDEN DOVE GIFT SHOP hours\n1st &\; 3rd Sundays-8:45-10:30AM\n2nd &\; 4th Sundays-11:30AM-12:30PM\n                                      F irst Saturdays-1-3PM (during docent tours)                                     \nCome shop for lovely Mother’s Day gifts!\nSPECIAL NEW GIFTS-are framed sketches of our very own Pohick c hurch—we have a limited number for sale!\nGOLDEN DOVE GIFT SHOP NOW ONLI NE!\nwww.pohick.org  Homepage\, click on “Golden Dove”\n \n \n \n šMINISTRIES ›\nCHILDREN’S MINISTRY: TODAY: Church School\, Grace Space and Children’s Chapel\n\nSusan Pehrsson\, Director of Christian Educati on\, 703-282-6574 or spehrsson@pohick.org\n\n \nYOUTH MINISTRY: TODAY: 6: 00 pm (EYC 5th-12th graders)\n\nThe Rev. Ted Renaud\, Youth Minister\, tre naud@pohick.org\n\n \nMINISTRY OF MUSIC: Sunday\, May 3\, The Fifth Sunda y of Easter\n\n9:15 a.m. Pohick Handbells\, Church\n9:45 a.m. Pohick Choir \, Music Room &\; Church\n10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist: Rite II\, Pohick C hoir\n\nTuesday\, May 5\, 6-6:30 p.m. St. Francis Choir\nThursday\, May 7\ , Music Room\n\n5:30-6:15 p.m. Pohick Youth Choir\, RSCM White\n6:15-7:15 p.m. Pohick Handbells\n7:30-9 p.m. Pohick Choir\, Evensong Final Rehearsal \, Church\n\nSunday\, May 10\, The Sixth Sunday of Easter\n\n9:45 a.m. Poh ick Choir\, Pohick Youth Choir\, Music Room &\; Church\n10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist: Rite II\, Pohick Choir\, St. Francis Choir\, Pohick Youth Choi r\n\n \nšFOR YOUR INFORMATION ›\n\nEducation for Ministry (EfM)Classes are Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. Denise McHugh at 410-300-9867\, dmchugh@umd.ed u\, or John Egan 703-973-5038\, jjegan3@netscape.net.\nCoffee N Compline o n-line Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. Fellowship\, reflection and worship. Call th e Parish Office at 703 339-6572 for the Microsoft Teams link. This same li nk 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 Educ ation for all ages begins at 9:15 am. YOUTH (EYC) 6pm Sundays.\nAnnounceme nts are on pohick.org /news/weekly-announcements. Email to adminassistant@ pohick.org to receive our weekly email. Parish Office hours: Mon-Thu 9am-3 pm\, Fridays 9am-noon.\n\nšFOR YOUR INFORMATION ›\n\nEducation for Mini stry (EfM)Classes are Mondays at 7pm on Zoom. Denise McHugh at 410-300-986 7\, dmchugh@umd.edu\, or John Egan 703-973-5038\, jjegan3@netscape.net.\ nCoffee N Compline on-line Wednesdays at 7:00 pm. Fellowship\, reflection and worship. Call the Parish Office at 703 339-6572 for the Microsoft Tea ms link. This same link is used every Wednesday.\nOur regular Sunday Servi ces 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) 6p m Sundays.\nAnnouncements are on pohick.org /news/weekly-announcements. E mail to adminassistant@pohick.org to receive our weekly email. Parish O ffice hours: Mon-Thu 9am-3pm\, Fridays 9am-noon.\n\nTHANK YOU! Pohick Chu rch's LCAC donations -- Since the beginning of the year\, we have collect ed 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 LCAC – Lorton Community Action Center to learn more about the volu nteer and community work LCAC does.\n \n \n·     COMPUTER SCAM –  Several parishioners received emails from a scammer purported to be from Rev Daniel from a bogus email account. Please do not respond to these sus picious emails. Pohick Staff\, Vestry members\, and Clergy would not reach out in this manner. \n \n \n·         A special thank you to the Brotherhood for providing Pohick Church with Forward Day by Day qu arterly 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 meetin gs 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 the signup sheet in the Common Room for the details. If you have qu estions contact Beth Cooke sbc3266@gmail.com or Kathy Kirkland kkirklan d2632@gmail.com or 703-861-6177.\n \n·       Wear your name tags to welcome newcomers! If you need a name tag\, contact Jane Thurston: f uzzyandjane@gmail.com or 703-339-1301. We hope newcomers will request and wear nametags too!\n \n·       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.\n \n·       Docent tours! Gu ided 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 Saturda y of every month from 1 pm to 3 pm. Please meet the Docent at the Great Fo nt for a tour. Self-guided tours are always available when the church is o pen\, weekdays 9 am to 4 pm.\n \nHealing Hearts: Grief Support Group\n \ nHave you been recently widowed?\nHave you recently lost a family member o r beloved friend?\nAre you or someone in your inner circle coping with a d ifficult health diagnosis or treatment?\n \nPohick’s Healing Hearts g rief support group offers a safe\, confidential space that connects you wi th 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.\nMar leen 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.\nHealing Hearts  meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from 10:30 am to noon in Classroom C.\n \n Not sure if Healing Hearts is for you? Marleen McCabe\, facilitator\, we lcomes your questions and encourages you to contact her prior to attending .\nContact information: Marleen McCabe\, mccabemarleen@gmail.com\n \n·           The Kiki Coderre Prayer Ministry meets on the 1st an d 3rd Monday of each month\, from 2 - 3:30 pm in the Vestry House. All a re welcome. Contacts are Charlotte Knipling\, Carolyn Cockroft and Mari Ha rding. LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T223749 LOCATION:Pohick Church SUMMARY:Holy Eucharist: Rite II\, with music URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.pohick.org/events/holy-eucharist-rite-ii-with-mus ic--9/2026-05-10 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="MAY 03, 2026 1030 am Order of Service.pdf";FMTTYPE=applica tion/pdf:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2026/04/30/19/32/55/86d5e6ec -5d76-4556-9852-170136a1881a/MAY%2003,%202026%201030%20am%20Order%20of%20S ervice.pdf END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR