Fincastle Clothes Closet open Tuesday
Fincastle United Methodist’s Clothes Closet will be open Tuesday, June 23, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., in the Family Life Center at 137 S. Church Street. Donations of gently worn, clean clothing and shoes also will be accepted. Call the church office at 540-473-3001 to arrange to bring donations during office hours, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday.
Cloverdale Thrift Store ready for summer
The Thrift Store at Cloverdale Church of the Brethren has bathing suits for $1 and $2, and sandals and shorts for $1. The shop needs girls’ clothes, sizes 2T to 6X.
Donations are welcome. The Thrift Store is open 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturdays.
Fill the Porch at Buchanan Presbyterian
Buchanan Presbyterian Church will host the third annual Fill the Porch to Feed My Sheep on June 20 from 8 a.m. till 1 p.m. Volunteers will be at the portico of the church, 19559 Main Street, to accept gifts to benefit the Food Pantry. Non-perishable foods and monetary gifts will be gratefully appreciated. The pantry is open every second and fourth Saturday from 9 a.m. till 11 a.m. to anyone who needs food.
MacPhail is new bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia
The service of ordination and consecration for the Rev. Karin MacPhail, seventh Bishop-elect of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, was held Saturday, June 13, at historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in Roanoke.
Elected on Saturday, Jan. 31, during the annual diocesan convention, MacPhail is the first woman to serve as bishop in the 107-year history of the diocese. MacPhail succeeds the Rt. Rev. Mark Bourlakas, who served as the diocese’s sixth bishop from March 2013 to May 2025.
MacPhail, a priest for more than 22 years, most recently served as rector of St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Roanoke, and before then served at Christ Church in Millwood and St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville, both in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and a Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. She and her husband, the Rev. Alexander MacPhail, live in Roanoke and have two college-aged children, Maggie and Peter.
MacPhail will begin her episcopate with a visit to Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Covington, Virginia on Sunday, June 21, and visits to the five regional groups of churches in the coming weeks.
One of the three orders of ordained ministers in the Episcopal Church, bishops are charged with the work of leading, supervising, and uniting the Church and are called to provide vision and leadership for their dioceses. Bishops serve as chief pastors of the Church, exercising a ministry of oversight and supervision, and they hold jurisdiction in their dioceses with particular responsibility for the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the Church.
