Pastor to take on new role at Eastern Mennonite

Story by Jim Bishop

Although Kevin A. Clark has 21 years of pastoral experience, this fall he will embark on a new challenge – to minister to students and professors at Eastern Mennonite Seminary.
Clark has been an instructor in the area of spiritual formation at EMS since 1996 and was a pastor at Big Spring Mennonite Church near Luray through 2004.
“My training is in the area of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, but I also deeply appreciate my pastoral call and how that role is significant in terms of soul care,” said Clark.
Clark has given oversight to the spiritual direction program on campus for a number of years. This program matches students who desire spiritual direction with either students who are learning to give spiritual direction or with a trained spiritual director.
He also oversees and trains students who are learning to give spiritual direction. Read more

Funding for Wayne passes House

Story by Chris Graham

Funding for the Wayne Theatre renovation project in Downtown Waynesboro has passed the House of Representatives.
Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte had the measure appropriating $300,000 for the Wayne renovation included in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for fiscal-year 2008.
The appropriations act passed the House on July 24.
It now moves to the Senate for consideration by that body.
Goodlatte had pledged his support to the Wayne project after touring the theatre last July.

Mirror of mankind: Homer Simpson?

Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen

There must be a little Homer Simpson in every American male; otherwise I would not be sitting down to review “The Simpsons Movie” stripped down to my skivvies, munching on a donut, and grinning like an absolute idiot. Read more

Delegate encourages back-to-school shopping during tax holiday

Op-Ed by Ben Cline

I am writing to encourage Virginia taxpayers to take advantage of this year’s Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday, which is scheduled from Friday, Aug. 3 through Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. Read more

Magazine aims to cover people, places that make Valley great

Story by Chris Graham

You don’t launch a magazine in a day. For Brad Jenkins, the launch of Shenandoah Living dates back several years.

“This has kind of been something that I’ve been interested in since even being a student at James Madison University. I took a magazine-production class and kind of got interested in the whole thing,” said Jenkins, the publisher of Shenandoah Living, a quarterly magazine that debuted this month. Read more

Mayor talks about vote on CIP, possible fall referendum

Story by Chris Graham

Tom Reynolds didn’t want to see the list of capital projects that Waynesboro City Council had been working on for several months pared down – but he knew what he had to do. Read more

‘The Augusta Free Press Show’ is on the air

This week’s edition of “The Augusta Free Press Show” features interviews with …
- Waynesboro mayor Tom Reynolds, who addresses a recent vote on a capital-improvements plan taken by Waynesboro City Council and plans for a referendum on capital spending being considered for this fall.
- Del. Chris Saxman, who talks with us about the abusive-driver fees enacted in Virginia earlier this year.
- Kathy McQuain, one of the organizers of this weekend’s Sweet Dreams Day in Stuarts Draft.
- And Brad Jenkins, the publisher of Shenandoah Living magazine.
Download this week’s show here.

Shakespeare Center hires marketing director

Item by Chris Graham

Good news for one regular Augusta Free Press/New Dominion contributor – Erik Curren is the new marketing director at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton. Read more

Would the Apostle Paul be proud?

Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop

If confession is good for the soul, then what I’m about to publicly admit should do me a world of good: Read more

EMU program helps people deal with traumas

Story by Jim Bishop

A post-9/11 program to help survivors of trauma has enabled some 7,000 people to discover sources of resilience in the aftermath of attacks of all kinds over the last six years. Read more

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