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Wine, Cheese & St. Andrew’s
For the clergy and lay professionals who come to Shrine
Mont for the Bishop’s Conference each spring, the welcome
reception means one thing: cheese crackers and wine
provided by the St. Andrew’s Guild of St. Andrew’s Church,
Mt. Jackson. Church members have been providing
hospitality to the attendees at the Bishop’s Conference since
1986, when they first hosted a reception to coincide with the
dedication of Nellie’s Garden, a courtyard oasis in Maryland
House honoring Nellie Stickley Moomaw.
What not everyone might know about those cheese
crackers, though, is that all the cooks use the same basic recipe
– but each alters it to suit her tastes.
Photo: Emily Cherry
Some spice things up with paprika, while
Members of St. Andrew’s, Mt. Jackson
others add crunch with rice cereal or
(above), have offered hospitality to
pecans. For Nancy McCord, the 90-yearclergy and lay professionals at the
old matriarch of the group, the key is to
Bishop’s Spring Conference at Shrine
use Extra Sharp Cracker Barrel cheese.
Mont for over 25 years, since the group
She prefers a thinner cracker, but others
hosted a reception at the dedication of a
contribute more biscuit-like concoctions.
garden honoring Nellie Moomaw (right).
Some call them crackers, some
biscuits, some straws. Some gobble
them by the plateful, while others practice more selective restraint. But all recognize
those cheesy treats as a sign of springtime hospitality at Shrine Mont. t
Transitional Diaconate Ordination
Photo: Ken Dougherty
The Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, center, ordained eight men and women to the transitional diaconate at Church of
the Epiphany, Oak Hill, in June. Pictured (left to right) are: Grey Maggiano, Matthew Lukens, Christopher Hogin, Joe
Cochran, Bernard Yung, Connor Newlun, Barbara Seward and Ann Truitt.
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