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Diocesan Events

Clergy Transitions

For a list of church events, visit thediocese.net/events.
Jan. 10
Pre-Council Open Hearings, Online
Jan. 22-24 220th Annual Council, Downtown Marriott, Richmond
April 17-19 PYM 6th- & 7 th-Grade Weekend, Shrine Mont
May 4-6  ishop’s Spring Conference for Clergy, Lay Professionals
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& Spouses, Shrine Mont
May 15-17 PYM 8th-Grade Weekend, Shrine Mont

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The Rev. Theodore Grant Ambrose has been called by Ware Church,
Gloucester, as rector. Prior to this call, Grant has served as assistant
rector at St. Mary’s, Arlington. He began his new position in
November.
The Rev. John Branson has been called to be interim rector of Christ
Church, Alexandria. Retired from the Diocese of Connecticut, he has
recently served as an interim at Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake
Forest, IL. He will begin his term as interim in early January 2015.
The Rev. Joseph “Joe” Hensley has been called as the rector of St.
George’s, Fredericksburg. He will begin his ministry there in January
2015, after completing his service as assistant to the rector at St.
Luke’s, Durham, NC. 
The Rev. Barbara Marques has been called as the rector of St.
John’s, West Point. She began her ministry there in December 2014.
She comes to that position having most recently served as associate
rector at Christ Church, Glen Allen.
The Rev. Jack Sutor has announced his intention to retire as rector of
St. Paul’s, Hanover, effective at the end of January 2015.

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The Rev. Elaine Ellis Thomas has been called as the associate rector
for St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Charlottesville. She comes from the
Diocese of Central Pennsylvania where she has served as curate
at St. Edward the Confessor Church in Lancaster, Penn. She is a
graduate of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University.
The Rev. Kyle Tomlin has been called to be the rector of Church
of the Messiah, Fredericksburg, and will begin his ministry there
in mid-January. He has been serving as rector of the Church of St.
Alban’s, Roxborough, Penn.
The Rev. Pamela Webb, until recently serving as a supply priest at
St. John’s, West Point, has retired as of October 2014.

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