Virginia Episcopalian Magazine Spring 2012 Issue | Page 32

SCENES FROM AROUND

the Diocese

(Clockwise from top left)
The Rev. Jen Kimball and the Rev. Sven vanBaars, husband and wife,
join in singing during the Annual Council Eucharist and service of
leave-taking for Bishop Jones. Photo: Emily Cherry
Worshippers exchange the peace during the ordination to the
vocational diaconate at St. Paul’s, Ivy in February. Photo: George Collier
The Rev. Justin McIntosh, rector of Leeds Church, Markham,
celebrates his first baptism, for the Spear family, in the same church
where McIntosh was baptized. Photo: Mimi Spear
Bishop Johnston joined in the celebration of the consecration of the
Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde (front right) as bishop of the Diocese
of Washington in November 2011. Photo: Austin Bartenstein
The Rev. Al Reiners, a retired priest of the Diocese of
Virginia, is also the proud grandfather to the bishop’s clerk,
Austin Bartenstein, pictured here at Annual Council.
Photo: Karen Smith

The Rev. Shearon Williams, rector of St. George’s,
Arlington, administers the sign of the cross in ashes
outside of a metro stop in northern Virginia on Ash
Wednesday as part of the church’s “Ashes to Go” initiative.
Photo: Benjamin Keseley

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