Holy Eucharist

Announcements

Buck Mountain Clergy Schedule April 5–12

Please note the office will be closed Monday, April 6, and Tuesday, April 7 for a post-Easter break.

• Mother Mary will be on site Wednesday, April 7, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
• You can reach her by phone on Thursday April 8 or Saturday April 10 in the afternoon.
• Friday is clergy Sabbath Day.

Buck Mountain Parish Inventory

Time to update our records! Several people have been asked to help with specific areas. Kate Daniels is getting a group together on Saturday April 11 to work on the areas that are not assigned. Contact her for details. The goal is to be complete by the end of the month. As they say…many hands make light work.

Buck Mountain has a bookkeeper!

We researched, we interviewed, we developed an agreement with an outside bookkeeping service. The agreement was signed March 30, 2026. It will take a few weeks to get everything set up for our upgraded system.

We will transition to a program called Realm. It will take time to load all of our data but once it is done we will have tools that will allow us to do things we have not done in the past. There are other Episcopal churches in the area using Realm. We are happy our bookkeeper speaks Episcopalian and is familiar with the processes used by the Diocese of Virginia.

Discernment Committee Update

The vestry appointed a Discernment Committee in October 2025 when our previous priest retired. They are guiding the process used by the Diocese of Virginia to seek and call our next priest. In January and February, the Discernment Committee convened focus groups to gather insights and clarify are preparing a parish profile for vestry approval.

We think the vestry will approve it in April. It will go to the Diocese for official posting where all potential candidates can see it. Parishioners will be given the link so you can see it also. The committee will begin preparing to interview candidates.

Part-Time Administrative Assistant Needed

Job description is available at episcopalvirginia.org/jobs-transitions/staff-positions. Please help us get the word out!

The BMECadassist@gmail.com e-mail is being read by The Rev. Mary L. Staley until we find an admin assistant. Send questions or requests about your financial/pledge to bmectreasurer@gmail.com (Doug Smith) who is our acting pledge secretary.

Volunteers for office tasks

There are projects for all abilities—just talk to Mother Mary. We need help for the building inventory and sorting some files after Easter. Volunteers are the reason we do so much!

Coffee hour, Altar Guild, lawn maintenance, Food Pantry, AIM, Sunday School, maintaining the library, the website update, helping with worship services, and much more! Thank you to everyone who helps with all of these things.

Coffee Hour Openings Available

There are openings available for hosting coffee hour after our Sunday services. Please check the sign-up sheet on the long table in front of the kitchen. Thank you Miles and Susan for filling the blanks so many times! Anne H. is coordinating the Easter coffee hour.