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

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

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

Federal funding for Wilson library

Item by Chris Graham

Legislation creating grants from the National Archives to go toward the establishment of a presidential library for Staunton native Woodrow Wilson passed a congressional committee last week. Read more

Mojo Cookie headlines Third Fridays

Story by Chris Graham

If Abbey Linfert had her druthers, she’d have a 10-piece band with a horn section and a piano and … Read more