Neff Color PortraitWelcome to the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.

We may be a small diocese with many smaller churches, but we have big hearts for mission and ministry, the best youth program in the Episcopal Church, an outstanding staff and awesome hospitality. 

My vision for the diocese is that we have healthy and wholesome clergy and lay leaders so that we may carry out the promises we make at baptism and serve the world in the name of the risen Christ. I value seamless ministry, that is ministry with and for all ages, from youngest to oldest. I believe that we are at our best when we build on our strengths.  

Come and see.

- -Bishop Neff Powell

 

From: Diocesan Home

Diocesan clergy on YouTube

The Revs. Judy Parrish (Nelson County Parish) and Marian Windel (Peace-in-the-Valley, Nellysford) can be seen in a new video produced by the Rev. Matthew Moretz, an Episcopal priest and producer of... MORE



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Statement from Evans House offices

Diocesan communication officer Christie Wills has released a statement regarding the police investigation of a body found at the edge of diocesan property. MORE



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Stewardship Development Institute

The Second Annual Stewardship Development Institute will take place on Saturday, August 16, 2008, beginning at 9:30 am at the Phoebe Needles Center. The event is designed for all parish stewardship... MORE



      Community News

Episcopal Life Online

Episcopal Life Weekly bulletin inserts for August 31 bring a message to the Church from the dioceses of Mississippi and Louisiana concerning their reconstruction efforts as they work to repair the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Pr...    MORE

Maureen Shea, director of the Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations, has joined an effort calling for the U.S. State Department to open an "interests section" in Tehran, Iran. Shea, Mary Ellen McNish, general secretary of the American Fr...    MORE

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has designated August 31 as Katrina Remembrance Sunday. Hurricane Katrina, the costliest Atlantic hurricane ever, caused an estimated $81.2 billion in damages and claimed more than 1800 lives between Augu...    MORE