As we aproach Advent and the relicensing of lay readers, it is the custom of the parish to sponsor an off-site lay reader’s retreat. This year St. Alban’s will open the retreat to all interested lay readers from throughout the diocese.
The tentative schedule is as follows:
0730 Morning Prayer
0800 Breakfast and Fellowship
0830 A Brief Meditation
0900 Conducting the Morning Prayer Service-a refresher
1000 Break
1015 Reading and assisting at Mass-including a review of serving basisc and the role of the subdeacon
1130 Break and preparation for Mass
1145 Mass
1215 Lunch and Fellowship
1300 A Brief Meditation
1330 Sermon Delivery-Techniques and Critique
1415 Break
1430 Conducting Evening Prayer/Evensong (“Fear of Chant Overcome”)
1545 Evensong
1615-Depart
Copies of “Serving Basics” and “Ritual Notes” will be ordered for those who wish at cost. Please place orders no later than 20 October to insure delivery.
This year, the retreat will take place in the Chapel of the Masonic Home of Virginia 4101 Nine Mile Road, Richmond, Virginia 23223-4999 http://www.mahova.com/ Breakfast and lunch will be provided at a cost of $16.00, and attendees wishing to arrive the previous evening should contact St. Alban’s at 804-262-6100.
The Cathedral Close 
I will attend the Layreader’s Retreat to be held at the Masonic Home of Virginia on October 30, as a member of St. David’s Anglican Church in Charlottesville. I will pay the $16.00 for the breakfast and lunch, and also wish to purchase copies of the “Serving Basics” and “Ritual Notes”. Please advise me of when and to where I should send payment(s) for the meals and copies of the two pamphlets and any other information which I need to have.
Sincerely,
Tom Province
strathblane@lycos.com
(540) 760-3603
Tom,
Please bring the payment for the meals to the retreat. We’ll see what we can do about sponsoring the materials. I’ll let you know by e-mail directly on the latter.
In Christ,
Canon Nalls