Virginia Episcopalian Magazine Spring 2012 Issue | страница 3

THE DIOCESE IN DISCERNMENT
THE RT. REV. SHANNON S. JOHNSTON
Dear Diocesan Family,
As you read this letter, the Diocese of Virginia is in the midst
of full-throttled discernment. Two major phases in our
common life are now well underway, both of which are of
historic proportions.

“Dayspring” (a poetic, biblical term that means “dawn”
or “new day”) is the name we’ve given to the broad,
integrated effort to discern and meet the opportunities and
responsibilities that have been presented by the Fairfax Circuit
Court ruling that returns seven of our church properties
and millions of dollars in other resources to the control of
the Diocese. While the final details and implementation of
this ruling are, as of this writing, stil