Viva! Vienna! on Memorial Day weekend is our town's biggest outdoor celebration, with rides, food, music, and dozens of booths representing groups and businesses that make Vienna a wonderful place to live. Holy Comforter's booth at Viva, Vienna! is one of our most successful community outreach ministries, reaching hundreds of Vienna-area families in a single weekend. We need volunteers for planning, set-up and decorating, and staffing in two-hour shifts. Teens are welcomed for service hours or simply a great volunteer experience. If you'd like to be part of the fun, contact Katherine Hutt or call 703-938-4540.

Our Church Home depends on us!  Pledge online here!

Our Daily Bread invites everyone to help celebrate 30 years of empowering struggling Fairfax County area residents to achieve financial self-sufficiency at a special event in cooperation with Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts. "Do You See What I See?" will be held on May 2 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center (3740 Old Lee Hwy, Fairfax, VA 22030). This dynamic community event that include a juried art show with a popular art contest, a variety of performances by local talent, and wine and appetizers from Dolce Vita Restaurant. An artist will paint a picture of the event as it unfolds. Steve Rudin of ABC7/WJLA-TV and NewsChannel 8 will serve as emcee. Tickets are $50 and are available here or at the door that evening. Proceeds will benefit Our Daily Bread's families. Call 703-273-8829 or email here for more information.

• There is NO SUNDAY SCHOOL on Easter Sunday.
• Everyone is encouraged to bring a bell to ring during the service when they hear Alleluia.
• An Easter Children's Chapel will be held in McGill Hall at 9 and 11:15 a.m.
• There will be an Easter Egg Hunt on the front lawn starting at 10:30 a.m.

April 27 - Mini-Golf at Oak Marr (Dinner will not be served)

We'll meet at Oak Marr (3200 Jermantown Rd, Oakton) and play some mini-golf! Cost of each round is $6 per person. Bring some friends! Questions? Contact Whitney Kirby.

• 5-6:30 p.m.: 7th and 8th Grades
• 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.: 9th thru 12th Grades

Note: Sunday Night Live will not meet this Easter Sunday, April 20. 

FIRST/SECOND TERM: July 21-25 Download Registration Form here. 

(For children new to Hogwarts or who attended for the first time in 2013.)

THIRD/FOURTH TERM: July 28-August 1 Download Registration Form here.  

(For children who have attended for 2 or 3 previous years.)

Prefect Registration Forms are available here! Questions? Contact Lisa Arthur.  

Coming soon! The Pennywise Spring Jewelry Sale!

Sunday, April 27, 2014 

Stop by our table in the Narthex on April 27 and see our large selection of gently used jewelry. Remember all your purchases benefit local, national and international missions. 

Save the Date!

Parish Mission Day 

Saturday, May 10

with Pancake & Jambalaya Supper to follow! 

Watch for more details coming soon! 

X-OUT Extreme Poverty Golf Classic 2014

Monday, May 19, 2014 

Five Talents in Vienna, VA fights poverty, creates jobs and transforms lives, empowering the poor using innovative savings and microcredit programs, business training and spiritual development. Join us for the 11th Annual X-OUT Extreme Poverty Golf Classic on Monday, May 19, at Westwood Country Club Vienna VA . Special church rate of $225 per player! For more information, to become an event sponsor or to play, email Jennifer Ruff, call 703-242-6016 or visit the Five Talents website.

Volunteer at Pennywise Thrift Shop!

Front Desk:

3rd Wednesday - 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

1st Thursday - noon to 2 p.m. 

3rd, & 4th Fridays - noon to 2 p.m.

1st Saturday - 10 a.m. to noon

2nd Saturday - noon to 2 p.m.  

Consignment:

4th, & 5th Wednesday - 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

2nd Thursday - 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.   

Child care is available for volunteers.

Questions? Contact Jane Reft (703-476-4010). 

Easter has arrived at Pennywise!

Easter fashions and decor are now available. Stop in and find those Easter bargains. Save money, save the environment, support missions--shop Pennywise!

Volunteers make Coffee Hour possible. Individuals, families, and groups are encouraged to contact Chris Doyle (703-255-6135) for more information.

Three quarters of the people in this country die without valid wills. Do you know why? Procrastination! Don't wait! And don't forget Holy Comforter's Endowment Fund.