St. George’s Episcopal Church will offer a free concert by The BST Band, featuring Becky Y Slam, on Sunday, February 18 at 3 pm. The concert is part of the church’s Chamber Concert Series and features funky world music.
Enjoy the jazz funk and world music of the BST Band (Featuring Becky Y Slam), a fusion of world musicians brought together by Becky (keys/vocals) and Slam (drums), with other musicians such as their sister, Tanyah Dadze (synth/vocals) of local “Gaye Adegbalola and the Wild Rutz” fame, Daphne Cashion (on saxophone) and Marta Fuentes (on percussion/vocals).
The concert is free with donations accepted at the door. Masks are not required but recommended.
Located at 905 Princess Anne Street in historic downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, St. George’s Episcopal Church offers a wide range of concerts throughout the year featuring local and out of town musicians. The nave’s lush acoustics provide the perfect backdrop for “beautiful music in a beautiful space”.
For more information, contact (540) 373-4133. To learn more about St. George’s concert series, visit www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/music/concerts.
You are welcome at St. George’s, an historic Episcopal Church in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia. No matter who you are, whom you love, or where you’ve been, there’s a place for you here. St. George’s offers services with diverse music and styles of worship based in sacred story and traditions. We have hearts for service and advocate for justice and peace in our local and global communities. We work to help the entire family of God thrive by giving of our time, talent, and treasure. We invite you to join us or to come for a visit. For more information, visit StGeorgesEpiscopal.net
May we look
For the first time in many years, we have published an Annual Report. This report is a celebration of our parish life together. Take a few moments to read about 2023 – complete with ministry highlights, reflections, and financials. We hope you will rejoice as you see how vibrant our parish was last year.
After being asked to consider becoming a candidate for vestry, I quickly realized that “yes” was the right answer. St. George’s has given me so many opportunities of spiritual growth. I fondly recall my time in “Pilgrim’s Class,” and the lovely challenges of EfM. We, at St. George’s are gifted weekly with extraordinary sermons, music, and formation gatherings. And then there are service opportunities like Monday Night Dinners and the Table that open our hearts and make us beloved community. If elected, I would be honored to support our current ministries, and to help to envision our future ones.
I moved to Fredericksburg 8 years ago and joined St. George’s about the same time. I was invited to St. George’s by friends who were members in the same /shared Episcopal community in Germany for many years. In that community I had the opportunity to serve in various roles on both the Parish Council and with the Bishop of the Armed Forces umbrella. Those experiences along with vestry memberships in 2 congregations in MD instilled a sense of community contribution and involvement in serving and increased partnership wherever you are” planted”.
I have not previously considered the Vestry because I felt I still was new to the Episcopal faith and the specific church. However, now that I have attended St. George’s for almost 7 years, and I have put down roots here in the area, I feel compelled to off er my time and insight to the church body. I have strong views on what I feel church should be in my 49 year old mind, and I look forward to finding out if that can be a reality.
I am a truly blessed individual and feel the need to share these blessings with others. My wife and I have found a home at St Georges. I would like to apply my experience to enhance the church’s effort to reach out and serve the broader community. I have been in leadership roles and have learned that leadership must also be performed with compassion. It is important to me that I practice the open acceptance and love for all individuals that I see at St. Georges.
The mission of the Episcopal Church, as stated in the Book of Common Prayer, speaks to my heart as it calls us “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” In step with that mission, I want to serve within my local community by supporting the creation & maintenance of community that is loving, liberating, and builds life-giving relationships with God, with each other, and with the earth. I feel called to lend my administrative gifts and energy toward supporting, aligning, and sustaining our local St. Georgian ministries with this mission