CCALEX Rejoice April 2014 by SLHahn

Rejoice

April 2014

118 N. Washington St. # Alexandria, VA 22314 www.HistoricChristChurch.org # 703-549-1450

Meet the Vestry Nominees

he Nominating Committee is pleased to present this slate of eight candidates who, after prayerful consideration, have agreed to stand for the upcoming Vestry election. The candidates will be available to meet and greet at the April 27 Beyond the Nametag fellowship forum. Four of these candidates will be elected to serve beginning in May to replace the Vestry members who are completing a term of service. We ask that you hold these people and the parish in your

prayers as we move forward to Ballot Sunday on Sunday, May 11. Voting will occur during each of the services. All members of Christ Church aged 16 and above are eligible to vote. Results will be announced Sunday, May 18, and the nominees will be commissioned at the 9:00 a.m. service. If you have any questions, please contact Nominating Committee Chair Dave Buffaloe at dave_buffaloe@yahoo.com. For photos and faith story bios of each candidate,

please visit our website by clicking here. The candidates are: Abigail Arms Geoffrey Giovanetti Susan Hahn Jessica Hughes Dorothy Linthicum Betsy Powell David Riggs Kevin Smith

Watch This Space—HVAC Work You Can See Begins in April By the HVAC Committee

the week to Portico access only. The west tower window will be carefully removed to allow old equipment to come out and new to move in. The window will be refurbished and reinstalled when all the new equipment is in place in late May.

any have asked “Why haven’t we seen construction activity related to the replacement of the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems?” Activity will become readily apparent in April. But the project contractor, R.M. Thornton, Inc., has had members of their staff on our site every weekday since January 6. Their work, which most of us could not see, has been centered in the Meade Room basement and the Fowler House roof. The old chiller and cooling tower have been disconnected, piping has been removed, new pipes installed, old concrete pads have been removed, new, properly sized pads have been poured and a series of new pumps have been put in place. (See photo on pg 3.) On Easter Monday, April 21, a crane was scheduled to remove the old cooling tower and chiller and place the new units. (Editor’s note: this delivery was moved forward and

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All Parish Meeting May 4

M took place on April 12.) Later that week the church tower will become very busy. Scaffolding will be built on the west side of the tower and be in place for about 45 days. Access to all church doors will be made available on weekends, but limited during

ark your calendars and plan to attend the annual spring parish meeting. The meeting will be held in the auditorium between the 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. services on May 4. The meeting will focus on the inspiring activities of the program year that is coming to a close and an update on the capital campaign. Come and share in the life of this amazing place!

Rejoice is the official monthly publication of Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Virginia. The Rt. Rev. Shannon Johnston Thirteenth Bishop of Virginia The Rt. Rev. Susan Ellyn Goff Suffragan Bishop The Rt. Rev. Edwin F. (Ted) Gulick, Jr. Assistant Bishop of Virginia Vestry John Lawson, Senior Warden Janet Osborn, Junior Warden John Burns, Susan Davis, Elizabeth Dakin, John Kennedy, Brian Shannon, Kevin Smith, Steve Vajs, Stephanie Waldhoff, Peter Wyckoff, Janet Zavrel Tykie Tobin, Treasurer Andrew Baird, Assistant Treasurer Clergy The Rev. Pierce Klemmt, Rector The Rev. Ann Gillespie, Senior Associate Rector The Rev. Heather VanDeventer, Associate Rector for Faith Formation and Evangelism The Rev. Dr. Diane Murphy, Priest Associate Emily Lukanich Ministry Resident John Hogg, Fares Naoum Seminarians The Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Johnson, Jr. Director of Ministry Resident Program Director of Music M. Jason Abel Christ Church embodies God’s unbounded love by embracing, liberating, and empowering people, whoever you are and wherever you find yourself on your journey of faith. The Rejoice deadline is the third of the month preceding publication. Please email proposed articles to tknox@ccalex.org. Those accepted are subject to editing for length and content. Susan Hahn edits Rejoice while Craig Keith provides design and layout. Carol Donlan gives her time and talent as an advisor.

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Sharing Your Legacy By Carla Rosati, for the Christ Church Foundation

ou will not speak your last words. Instead, your final words will be stated after your death, with the reading of your will, trust or other estateplanning instrument. This reading will be your ‘last testament’—your final statement on your life and legacy. What does your ‘last testament’ say about you? Does it reflect your values and what was meaningful to you dur-

Finance Committee 101

goal of the strategic plan is to better inform the parish about the handling of money and general financial matters at the church. To that end, members of the finance committee have prepared information about the workings of the committee. This is the twelfth in a series about the work of the committee to appear in Rejoice.

ing your life—faith in God, love of family, appreciation of friends, and acknowledgement of the impact of others, including the Christ Church faith community, on your life? Your legacy should not solely be what you have accomplished. It should also be recognition and thanks to all that have given meaning to your life. What will be your legacy? And how will you make sure that it is shared in your ‘last testament?’

Thank You to Foundation Donors

ach year the Christ Church Foundation disburses funds from its holdings to the church. The intention of these grants is to support the buildings of the church through capiHVAC continued from page 1

Work in the church includes replacing existing air handling units, two in the cellar and one in the tower. Replacement will be sequential so that heat will be available if it is needed. The air return grille currently located above the organ pipes will be closed and a new air return grille will be installed over the west balcony rail, eliminating the current problem of pulling dust into the pipes. This work will require interior scaffolding in the gallery from late May through early June. We will not have

tal improvements and maintenance. In recent years the grant has been used to renovate the Auditorium, Meade Room, Library, and Parish House entry area Men’s Room among many other projects. In the church, the gallery floor has been strengthened, pulpit supports have been replaced, a system to amplify the spoken word was installed, earthquake damage was repaired, and the old HVAC system has been nursed along. Many more projects have been paid for from these extremely important donations. As we replace our HVAC systems, a portion of these grants will help pay for the work. access to the organ or piano during this period so bring your best “A cappella” voice to church on those Sundays. Air conditioning will not be available in the church for Easter Sunday, but is expected by mid-June, and the project remains on schedule to be completed in January 2015. All these dates are available on the church website in the HVAC area of the About Us section. Remember that like every construction project, the only thing we know for sure about the schedule is that it will change.

Holy Week By The Rev. Pierce Klemmt

he season of Lent centers all Christians in a reformation that focuses on our penitence, beginning on Ash Wednesday, to return to the goodness of a deep and abiding relationship with our Lord. The keyword here is relationship. Many journey through Lent as a one-way street toward greater communion with God. Would it change things if you knew God was struggling toward a fuller relationship with you? If God demonstrates His relationships with us through love, joy, compassion, anger, sorrow and disappointment…if God is pained by our failures, disease and loneliness…then we can also trust that God grieves when we turn our lives away from His redeeming love. If it’s a true relationship, then we are to share all the same experiences of

he capital campaign to support the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) project is showing the progress of our pulling together as a parish to accomplish our goals. The Preserving our Legacy —Protecting our Future campaign has reached $1.7 million in contributions and pledges from 258 gifts towards our goal of $1.8 million! Campaign Co-chairs Ted and Lee Ellett and Chris and Ann McMurray and nearly forty dedicated volunteers are working to reach all of us in this effort. With your help, we can accomplish the goal to have everyone’s pledge for the project and be able to announce we have reached our goal by our May 4 All Parish meeting. If you have already given to the campaign or pledged, thank you! With $100,000 to go, we all need to participate at whatever level we can to ensure our beautiful and his-

passion and betrayal known to ordinary life. Most of our Lenten disciplines for renewal and return to the Lord are attempted the way a hiker tries to conquer a mountain and go it alone. This must be frustrating for God who reaches toward us not only as judge but as friend and counselor. God journeys in Lent by wanting to turn away from the corner into which we consign God. God longs to close the distance we have imposed. Holy Week is called the passion of our Lord. So passionate is God to restore relationships with us as worshiping communities of faith that he offers to close every mile of distance between the sorrows of our humanity and the joy of God’s sacrificial love. The same pain that dropped Jesus to his knees in Jerusalem is the same burden that buckles our knees. The same spear of misery that pierced his side is the lance that breaks our spirit.

Be Cool toric Church is well maintained with a functioning HVAC system. Your pledge could be the one to put us over the top! Pledges may be made over five years and one-time donations are also welcome. Please visit the website at historicchristchurch.org and click on the Capital Campaign Update to

Pierce with the Rector of St. Paul’s, the Rev. Oran Warder, on Palm Sunday

The same abandonment by his disciples at the foot of the cross is the affliction of isolation we experience by disease, failure or frustration. When you feel you might as well be dead, someone in your life removes that boulder from your tomb and you are released to reenter life anew with God who was with you every step of the way.

learn about the HVAC project itself, see photos of the work in progress, review background on the financial needs of the campaign, and to download a pledge form. For more information, to make a suggestion or to volunteer contact Tara Knox at tknox@ccalex.org.

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Youth Ministry Renovation Goals and Benchmarks Defined By Lisa Tenore, Chairman of the Youth Ministry Renovation Team

he Youth Ministry Renovation Team is pleased to report the following full list of goals for the youth ministry of our parish. These goals were identified during the Youth Ministry Visioning Retreat held at Christ Church in February. Each goal has an initial benchmark within the next year. Midterm goals also are defined. We will use these benchmarks to judge our progress and processes. We will also consider modifying goals and benchmarks as our community and the times change. During the spring and summer of 2014 we will work on the seven-year framework of education including curriculum, confirmation, youth group, service projects and mentoring described in the first goal. Under this set of goals and benchmarks, a new Youth and Families Committee will be formed by October 2014. During the spring and summer, we will work on naming the responsibilities of this new committee as described in Goal number 8, Guiding. Contact us: Lisa Tenore, ltenore@itr-llc.com Kristi Thomas, kcthomas7@comcast.net Anne Ramsey, aramsey@alionscience.com Dan Plafcan, dan.plafcan@gmail.com Donna McCaffrey, donna.mccaffrey@mac.com

Youth Ministry Renovation Process

Three-Year Goals—Expected Completion February 2017 1. Framing: Christ Church has created and implemented a comprehensive seven-year framework of education, involvement and service addressing spiritual, emotional, physical, social and inter-faith issues aligned with our youth ministry values. Initial Benchmark, August 2014: A curriculum committee has been formed. A curriculum retreat has been held. A plan for the 2014–15 program year, including Confirmation Class, is in place. Teachers, youth leaders and volunteers have been identified and training scheduled for activities through January 2015. Mid-Term Benchmark, August 2015: The curriculum for school years 2015–2016 through 2017–2018 has been developed. Teachers, youth leaders and volunteers have been identified for most major events and classes for those years. Training has been planned and scheduled for 2015–2016 program year. 2. Mentoring: Christ Church has implemented a program for youth to develop a spiritual path for faithful living through intergenerational mentorship opportunities. Initial Benchmark, February 2015: The program has been developed.

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Mid-Term Benchmark 1, August 2015: Mentors have been trained for school year 2015-2016. Mid-Term Benchmark 2, June 2016: At least ten youth and five mentors participated in a mentorship pilot program throughout the school year. 3. Leading: Youth have held leadership roles within the church, including participating in liturgy, planning Youth Sunday activities, leading service projects and participating on church committees. Initial Benchmark, August 2014: Christ Church has developed a list of service projects available to youth and explored committees appropriate for youth participation. Mid-Term Benchmark, June 2015: During the 2014-2015 program year, youth planned, led and preached at two Youth Sundays; led one service project; and participated on one committee. Six youth are lay readers and four youth are active members of the Chancel Chapter. 4. Communicating: Christ Church has implemented a plan that uses social media to recruit and engage youth and families about Youth Ministry. Initial Benchmark, February 2015: In coordination with the communications committee, an Engagement Plan for Youth Ministry has been developed. Mid-Term Benchmark, August 2015: A Youth Ministry Engagement coordinator (volunteer) has begun to implement the Engagement Plan. 5. Participating: Each week, 54 youth participate in one of the Sunday offerings. Initial Benchmark, August 2014: A plan for tracking attendance for all Youth Ministry offerings is implemented. Mid-Term Benchmark, February 2016: Each week, 40 youth participated weekly in one of the Sunday offerings. 6. Partnering: Thirty-five parents of youth in grades 6th through 12th grades and 35 adults without youth or children have volunteered their time and talent at least once a year. Initial Benchmark, August 2014: A volunteer recruitment process is developed and utilized to identify teachers and event coordinators for program year 2014–2015. Mid-Term Benchmark, June 2015: The volunteer recruitment process is refined and documented. During the 2014-2015 school year, 20 parents of youth in 6th through 12th grades and 20 adults without youth children volunteered their time and talent at least once. 7. Parenting: During the school year, six faith formation opportunities for education and dialogue that address parenting 6th through 12th graders are offered. Initial Benchmark, February 2015: Topics, opportunities, continued on page 5

Explore a Wilderness Escape at Vacation Bible School By Mary Beth Abplanalp

egistration is underway for a “Wilderness Escape: Where God Guides & Provides,” the 2014 Christ Church and Grace Episcopal Church offering of Vacation Bible School (VBS), to be held from 9:00 a.m. to noon the week of June 23–27, 2014 at Christ Church. Online camper and youth counselor registration for this summer’s VBS opened on Tuesday, April 2 at historicchristchurch.org/children-and-youth/vbs. Mark your calendars and sign up now—space is limited. Each day at VBS we’ll go back in time to see, hear, touch and even taste what Moses and the Israelites

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and resources for parenting 6th through 12th graders are researched and identified. Mid-Term Benchmark, May 2016: During the 2015–2016 school year, three education and dialogue sessions regarding faith and parenting 6th through 12th graders are offered. 8. Guiding: The Youth Ministry Renovation Team’s work is completed and a Youth and Families Committee and Youth Minister are in place with clearly defined roles to sustain the Youth Ministry Program. Initial Benchmark, June 2014: The roles and responsibilities of the Renovation Team, the Youth and Families Committee and the Youth Minister are established, documented and communicated. Benchmark, October 2014: The Youth and Families Committee is established.

experienced as they escaped Egypt and travelled the wilderness. Each student will be part of a mixed-age tribe and each tribe will have a Tribe Leader. These small groups will travel together –—learning about Israelite culture, exploring the different tents in the Israelite Camp, playing games and worshipping through songs and scripture. VBS is for children ages three through fifth grade. Youth in grades 6 through 12 may participate as vol-

unteer youth counselors. Youth counselors must register online using the same registration link for campers no later than May 1. The success of VBS depends on adult volunteers who are willing to have fun with kids and can teach that we should always trust in God. Adult volunteers serving in a hands-on role and all youth counselors must attend training sessions prior to VBS. To learn more, or to register a participant or as a volunteer, visit historicchristchurch.org/children-and-youth/vbs. Please note: If your child is still in school when VBS begins, due to make-up snow days, but is still interested in participating, please contact me at mabplanalp@ccalex.org or 703-778-4944.

Something for Everyone at Summer Shrine Mont Camps By Mary Beth Abplanalp

paces for the summer 2014 camp season at Shrine Mont are filling up quickly so register soon! Shrine Mont, the camp and conference center for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, is located approximately two hours west of Alexandria in Orkney Springs, Virginia. There are nine dif-

ferent camps that take place at Shrine Mont in the summer for children and youth from ages 8 to 18 years old, and even for entire families! There are also many volunteer and employment opportunities available for youth and young adults. Specific camp dates, descriptions and details are available at www.shrinemontcamps.net.

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Walk with Christ this Holy Week

oly Week, April 14–20, is the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. Here is an outline of our special services during Holy Week: Holy Eucharist was offered daily in the chapel at 7:15 a.m. Monday– Friday and at 12:15 p.m., Monday– Thursday. On Wednesday evening during Holy Week, at 7:00 p.m., we offered our spring Taizé service. In this intimate candle-lit service, we heard a series of readings from scripture that foreshadow Christ’s impending suffering and death. We sang the beautiful, repetitive melodies, and sat in silence to contemplate the shadows in our own life. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday, which ends with the Great Vigil, mark the final events of Christ’s life. They are the Sacred Three Days, or Triduum in Latin. Although they are three days, they comprise one liturgy. Beginning with the opening greeting of the Maundy Thursday liturgy, there is no closing blessing until the Great Vigil and the First Eucharist of Easter.

On Maundy Thursday at 7:00 p.m., in the church, we remembered the last night of Christ’s life in which he washed the feet of his disciples and shared the Last Supper. The service ended with the haunting ritual of stripping of the altar. What illusions need to be stripped from your life? The all-night Prayer Vigil from Thursday at 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Friday is the practice of keeping watch with our Lord. We spent it in the real presence of Christ in the blessed sacrament. He asks his disciples, “Can you not stay awake even one hour?” 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 18 On Good Friday, we mark the day that Christ was crucified, died and was buried. Traditionally, it has been set aside for” special acts of discipline and self-denial.” (See pg. 17, BCP) This may mean fasting or attending church some part of the day, but it is most important to look searchingly at our own complicity, our own fear and abandonment of our Lord Jesus Christ in his hours of suffering. At 7:00 p.m. we offer a Service of Lamentation in the church.

Our Little Roses Dinner at Del Ray Pizza

oin the fun for a pizza supper and parish fellowship to celebrate the girls of Our Little Roses on Wednesday, April 30, at Del Ray Pizza, 2218 Mt. Vernon Avenue in Alexandria. All proceeds from the pizza supper event go directly to benefit the girls at the Our Little Roses mission in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Funds raised will help cover the cost of projects from art materials to writing supplies and even help provide a daytrip away from the orphanage for the young girls who live and go to school there. Page 6 # Rejoice # April 2014

Twenty Christ Church parishioners will be heading to Our Little Roses this summer for a Mission trip. There are two seatings for the pizza supper fun: 5:30 p.m.: 1st seating, pizza & salads, $40 per couple + 1 child ($15 per additional child). 7:30 p.m.: 2nd seating, 3 course meal, $40 per person, cash bar. Email ourlittlerosesdinner@gmail.com to RSVP, or visit our table outside church on Sunday, so you don’t miss out. See you there!

10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 19 Holy Saturday begins with a terrible void. Christ is gone. We gather in the chapel at 10:00 a.m. Now, what? 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 19 The Great Vigil of Easter, the climax of the Christian year, begins outside the church. This service bridges the time between Lent and Easter, passion and resurrection, great sorrow and resounding joy. We retrace our steps through our common history as Judeo-Christians, ending at the empty tomb and the Light of the world unleashed. It is only then that we can say again, Alleluia! May your walk with Christ be Holy!

Rites of Passage BIRTHS • Peter Sidney Hogg and Silas Willard Hogg, twin sons of John & Cameron Hogg WEDDING • Kathryn (Cricket) Forrest Tate & Daryl Eugene Webb DEATHS • Wilma Boyer • Monica Cardinal • Lee Carson • Mary Elizabeth Childs • Nedra Connelly • Marti Gansz • Joseph Gensheimer • Norma Hammonds Hudson • William Calvin Humphrey • Saba Iriah • David Keeler • Marvin Bishop Lawson • Caroline Meirs • John Moore • Bill Ruschhaupt • Jason Worth

Christ Church Parishioners Honored as 2014 Living Legends of Alexandria By Susan L. Hahn

also is a founder of AHOME (Afong-time Christ Church pafordable Housing Opportunity rishioners Carson Lee Fifer Jr. Means Everyone), a regional and Donnan “Donnie” Chancelnonprofit coalition. lor Wintermute are among this Fifer has served on the board of year’s twelve 2014 Living Legends directors of Carpenters Shelter of Alexandria. Their selection since 1994. “I was very impressed was announced by the Alexanwith the quality and effectiveness dria Living Legends Board of Diof the program,” he said. rectors on March 20. Donnie Wintermute, a native Living Legends of Alexandria Alexandrian and vice president is a not-for-profit project to idenof Coldwell Banker Residential tify, honor and chronicle the Brokerage, is an effective advoCarson Lee Fifer Jr. (at right) at a plaque presentation people making current history in at Community Lodgings in 2003 cate for and supporter of services Alexandria. Not only have these that benefit low-income children two Christ Church parishioners and families. Her tireless efforts achieved that goal, they have toward that goal include her sercontributed enthusiastically and vice on the board of directors of routinely to the Outreach and the Campagna Center. She also Mission service of this parish. advocates for services that supRecently asked by a parishioner port the needs of the city’s senior how long he had “been here” as residents. Donnie serves as a a Christ Church parishioner, Lee member of the Goodwin House Fifer proudly noted he had “been Foundation board of trustees and here” for 71 years, having been the Alexandria Hospital Foundaborn into this church. He rememtion where she is vice president of bers his earliest involvement at board of trustees. Christ Church was singing in the Donnie Wintermute and friends at Our Little Roses in Donnie also currently serves as a “junior choir.” In more recent Christ Church Foundation trustee San Pedro Sula, Honduras times, Fifer, a retired land-use atand is a consistent and generous torney, said he appreciated the opportunity to serve on supporter and advocate for many Christ Church Outreach the Vestry for one term. Among the accomplishments for and Mission ministries. In the summer of 2012, Donnie Christ Church’s future that he was honored to play a role was among Christ Church parishioners who traveled to in was serving on the planning committee, which created San Pedro Sula to work with at-risk girls at Our Little the Strategic Plan for the parish. “It is so important,” Fifer Roses. She chronicled her experience in the September said. “We never had one before. I am pleased with the 2012 Rejoice, asking for support of and participation from effort by so many people who worked together, and the parishioners in the mission of presence at OLR which thorough preparation of the plan. Its implementation is provides a home, education, and safety for more than 50 making a significant difference,” he said. Asked about his young girls ranging in age from 2½ to 18 who have been inspiration to support people in need through support and abandoned, abused, and lived in extreme poverty. “The trip work at Christ Church, Fifer said, “Church is an extenis a life-changing event,” Donnie wrote. “It is such a wonsion of your religion and a place of community. And there derful experience to bring joy into these girls’ lives. To see are obligations that come with that. But it is also very the smiles on their young faces is incredibly heart-warming. meaningful and rewarding, as it should be. It should feel The mission trip is also a fabulous opportunity for friendgood to do good things, and it does.” ship and fellowship. It is a terrific opportunity to get to Fifer is a long-time advocate and effective champion know fellow Christ Church parishioners,” she wrote. for affordable housing in the city. He said his earliest inLee and Donnie join the ranks of other Christ Church volvement with working for affordable housing was in the parishioners who have been recognized as Living Legends 1970s. He helped write what became the first affordable of Alexandria, including William A. Payne (2010) and housing ordinance in the Commonwealth, in Fairfax. He Fran and Gant Redmon (2011).

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A Volunteer Docent Experience We often say our Docents are the face of Christ Church to thousands of visitors each year. Here is a recent story from this important ministry. By Harley Thronson

he Church was visited one Saturday morning in late March by Vietnam veterans of Charlie Company, 9th Infantry Division. They had been hosted the previous night by the National Geographic Society, which showed the harrowing experiences in combat of these men. Click here for more on the film. They had come from around the country for dinner at the Society, followed by a weekend of touring the DC area. Christ Church was specifically included in their itinerary as it was both George Washington’s and

Robert E. Lee’s church, historic figures in America’s wars. It was an honor to tell these men the fascinating history of our Church. They seemed genuinely to enjoy the tour and our lingering discussion afterward.

Christ Church Among the Top Ten Favorites in Virginia Architecture Survey By Susan L. Hahn

istoric Christ Church is among Virginia’s top ten of 100 favorite architectural structures based on a public survey run at the end of 2013 by The Virginia Center for Architecture and the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects. Christ Church ranked 9th in the unscientific survey, putting it among structures that include Sweet Briar House at Sweet Briar College, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, Burruss Hall, Lumenhaus, the War Memorial Chapel and Pylons and the Moss Center for the Arts -all at Virginia Tech, the Academical Village at the University of Virginia, Washington Dulles International Airport and Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest in Forest, Virginia. The list of the top 100 favorites, Page 8 # Rejoice # April 2014

selected from among 250 buildings, bridges, monuments, and memorials nominated for consideration, was announced April 10 at the grand opening of the Virginia’s Favorite Architecture exhibition, at the center’s headquarters in Richmond. The exhibition, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects, will run through October 19, 2014. Members of the American Institute of Architects in Virginia and the Virginia Center for Architecture will join in community exercises to promote awareness and appreciation for proper stewardship of Virginia’s built and natural environment. More than 30,000 votes were logged during the survey by visitors to vacelebrates.org, where they voted to choose their favorite structures from among those

FORUM SCHEDULE April 27: Beyond the Nametags Coffee Hour and Vestry Candidate Meet and Greet Meade Room, 10:15 a.m. ome to the Meade Room for a cup of coffee, an Easter season goodie, and get to know someone who is new to you at Christ Church. Meet the eight candidates for Vestry who will be present so that you can get to know them. Vestry elections will be held on May 11. Join us!

nominated by architects to represent Virginia’s rich architectural heritage. The new exhibition of the Commonwealth’s 100 most beloved pieces of architecture was designed by Roberto Ventura with curatorial support from Lauren Bell and Julie Pence. More than 25 comments about Christ Church, by parishioners, were registered on the survey web site during the contest, including this one which is featured with photos of Christ Church in the exhibition: “This is not just an historic church, it is a transforming community that has been changing lives for more than 200 years.” —Carol Donlan

Palm Sunday

Christ Church Among the Top Ten Favorites in Virginia Architecture Survey

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