An oasis for pastors
Eastern Mennonite Seminary is offering pastors a unique “getaway” to focus on intentional prayer and reflection through the Oasis program, part of the Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation (SISF) at EMS, held in June.
Oasis participants come to campus for one or both weeks of the institute. There, they receive spiritual direction from professors, take part in classroom discussions on topics of prayer, discernment, worship and spiritual direction and participate in worship and retreat time with other students. Read more
JMU cited as one of ‘Best Colleges’ by Princeton Review
A combination of outstanding academics, great food and happy students has landed James Madison University a place in the 2010 edition of the Princeton Review’s annual best colleges book. Read more
Tech picked to win ACC, UVa. slotted fifth in Coastal
The media attending the 2009 ACC Football Kickoff have Virginia Tech winning the ACC championship, UVa. finishing fifth in the six-team Coastal and Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor and Virginia quarterback Vic Hall competing for conference player-of-the-year honors. Read more
Can Bell unify GOP in 20th?
We knew it would be Dickie Bell. I’m a little surprised that it was that obvious to the Republicans, I guess.
“We have some differences. We have some mending to do. We’re not unlike any other political faction. We need to get to work on those things and show the people of the 20th District that we can represent them,” Bell told me moments after winning the 20th House District Republican Party nomination Monday night. Read more
Stop the Presses | Stuff
A lot going on today, requiring a better attention span than I have access to given my recent battles with summer allergies.
(Blame it on the rain. And being outside most of the weekend.) Read more
MacBeth on stage this week at Lime Kiln
On Thursday, July 30, the Traveling Players Ensemble will perform Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Bowl, starting at 7:30 p.m.
“Shakespeare’s plays have been an important part of our work at Lime Kiln since the beginning.” said executive director Kim Renz. “From A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1967, to Cymbeline in the 1984, to Romeo and Juliet and MacBeth this season, we present something from Shakespeare’s body of work almost every season.” Read more
McCoy’s ‘Musings’ on display at Clementine’s
Harrisonburg-based multimedia artist Ashley McCoy will show a new body of work titled “Musings” at Clementine Café for the month of August. Read more
Beauty pageant in Elkton Aug. 16
The Miss and Master Valley of Virginia 2009 beauty pageant will be held on Sunday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Elkton Area Community Center in Elkton. Read more
Updates from The Hill
Wednesday, July 29
- Perriello joins Dairy Farmers Caucus
- HUD grants approved for affordable rental housing in Virginia
Tuesday, July 28
- Warner hosts broadband summit
- Perriello bill to extend medical benefits to people who care for disabled vets passes
Monday, July 27
- Perriello discuss progress on legislation to protect D-Day Memorial
VDOT announces first wave of layoffs
The Virginia Department of Transportation today began giving first notices of a pending layoff to approximately 600 employees as part of a plan to reduce staffing to 7,500 full-time employees by July 2010. Learn more about the reduction from a Monday-morning teleconference in which Commissioner Dave Ekern explains the rationale behind the job cuts and a VDOT press release. Read more
Virginia biologists looking for bat maternity colonies
If you literally have bats in your belfry, biologists from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries want to know about it. In order to study White Nose Syndrome, biologists are looking for bat maternity colonies. Read more
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