Last Sunday was a beautiful day- picture perfect in Staunton, Virginia. It was an even more perfect day when you happened upon the campus of Emmanuel Episcopal Church and Stuart Hall to see over 150 people from various churches across the convocation, students of Stuart Hall and residents of the Boys Home working along side one another to pack 20,000 meals.
The event was the result of the drive and passion of Meneta Deaton, youth worker at Emmanuel Episcopal church. With the support of her parish and various other youthworkers and clergy of the convocation and Pax ( the name of the youth group at Emmanuel), Meneta began to make this outreach dream become a reality. Over six thousand dollars was raised for Stop Hunger Now. On top of that, food from local restuarant’s, grocery stores and pizza vendors was donated.
Perhaps what made this diocesan youth coordinator most proud was to see so many people from various churches around the convocation come together to accomplish such a wonderful task. Members of the Boys Home along with their chaplain, Connie Jackson were present working alongside students of Stuart Hall from Korea. Such was the tone of the day. There is no greater way to bring people together than a Stop Hunger Now Event. Please enjoy the pictures below and share in the spirit of stoping hunger in the world. I hear that there is a gigantic Stop Hunger Now Project brewing for our diocese at council. Hmm……
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Way to go Youth of Augusta Convocation!!! Isn’t Stop Hunger Now awesome? Y’all are taking me back over 30 years to when my main connection to the Episcopal Church was YAC (yes, an official Youth of Augusta Convocation organization!). We held Lock-Ins (one at Trinity was on Sacred Clowning!), went to Council and Summer Camp together BEFORE there was a Youth at Council, even had wonderful prom dates from this great group!! I made friends that I think about every day (I think it is time for me to find all those folks and have a reunion!)!!
Keep up the wonderful work of worshiping and working together. And spread the word and work of Stop Hunger Now—-just like that old song says “It only takes a spark, to get a fire going….”
Susan Virginia Mead
(grew up in R.E. Lee, Lexington)