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Christmas and Epiphany Worship

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Christmas 2024December 2024 – Worship with us for Christmas and Epiphany.

On a wintry night long ago
A baby in a manger
Changed the world forever
When God reached out in a tiny hand
And showed us a new way of love.

 

Please note our office is closed December 23 – 27 and at 12 pm December 31 – January 1. If you have a pastoral emergency (e.g. death, hospitalization, or other crisis), please text or call 540.361.8573 to reach the clergy on call.

Christmas Eve, December 24: 

  • 4 pm: Christmas Story Pageant with carols, the Christmas Story, and Holy Eucharist. We will have a live feed available in Sydnor Hall.  This service also livestreamed on YouTube Live. Nursery is available. Service Leaflet.
  • 7:30 pm: Holy Eucharist with our Jazz Band and Choir. Festive music starts at 7 pm.  This service also livestreamed on YouTube Live. Nursery available.  Service Leaflet. 
  • 11 pm: Rite II worship with Holy Eucharist. Our choir and chamber ensemble perform festive music starting at 10:30 pm.  Service Leaflet. 

Christmas Day, December 25

December 29

January 5: Regular Worship and Formation Schedule Resumes

  • 7:45 am: Spoken Rite I Holy Eucharist
  • 9 am: with Jazz Band and Choir also livestreamed on YouTube Live
  • 11:15 am: with organ and choir
  • 5:30 pm: Celtic Evensong

January 6 – Epiphany Worship – Canceled Due to Inclement Weather

  • On January 6 we will celebrate Epiphany with our friends and neighbors at Trinity Episcopal Church (825 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401). The fun begins with a chili cook-off and dinner at 6 pm at Trinity in Barber Hall (lower level) followed by worship at 7.15 pm. More details to follow.

Campaign Detail Brochure and Video Now Available

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We are happy to share two exciting announcements for our Open to All in Love Capital Campaign.

Our Detail Brochure is now available. You can read it here. This brochure includes details about the project, including scope, drawings, and more.

Thanks to St. Georgian Joe Di Lauro, we now have a video to share. In the video, our rector Rev. Joe Hensley shares about the project and what this means for our community.

Vision Brochure Now Available

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Our Open to All in Love Capital Campaign is getting started! We are excited to share with you our Vision Brochure, which provides an overview and summary of the project. More detailed information will follow soon.

We are proceeding with this project now because, in the words of our rector, the Rev. Joe Hensley, “It is high time that we make our buildings and grounds better reflect who we are: open to all in love.”

Our Open to All in Love campaign addresses urgent and future maintenance needs, improves accessibility to our worship space, and builds a columbarium in our graveyard. Our current estimate for these projects is $4 million. As approved by our vestry, the project includes four main areas of focus: maintenance, endowment, accessibility, and columbarium. Look for more details about our plan in a follow-up mailing in early October.

Download a copy here.

 

Gratitude Offering

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In response to God’s generosity to us, we invite you to make a Gratitude Offering to St. George’s. We welcome you to give in honor or in memory of someone you care about. We welcome you to give in thanksgiving for blessings. We are also highlighting part of our ministry budget that blesses others as further inspiration to share in gratitude: the Community Dinner.

The Community Dinner is hosted by St. George’s members and friends every Monday in partnership with teams from other faith and civic groups. This is part of our work with Micah Ecumenical Ministries. Our guests include a variety of neighbors in need, some unhoused and some with homes and jobs. Guests receive a meal as well as a sense of belonging and care. As one of our guests, Michael, said last summer: “I am thankful for the community dinner. It’s a place to get a good meal and to get out of the heat. It’s a place to go to have people to talk to and a place to rest. It’s a place where I can go to figure out how I’m going to get back on my feet.”

We hope to raise $15,000 with our 2024 Easter Gratitude Offering to fund our parish budget for the Community Dinner and our annual donation to Micah Ecumenical Ministries. If you, like Michael, are thankful for the ministry of St. George’s, we hope you will consider a gift.

Click here to make a gift.

You can also mail a check to the office (PO Box 7127, Fredericksburg, VA 22404). Please include “Gratitude Offering” in the memo line and also note who you wish to honor or remember with your gift.

We will celebrate our gratitude together by publishing these names at Easter. Please make your gift by March 15th to have your honoree’s name included.

Thank you for your generous support!

Ash Wednesday and Lent 2024

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May we turn away
From the darkness and
despair around us
So we can return
To God’s
steadfast and
abundant love.

Lent is a season of preparation for the joy of the resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Just as we as Christians are invited to observe a Holy Lent, we invite you to journey with us in community during this sacred time of reflection and renewal. While some may associate the time of Lent with penitence, it is also a time of deepening our connection with God. It is a time we intentionally open ourselves us to God as we patiently wait for the blessings of Easter.

Click here for our “Invitation to a Holy Lent” brochure. This brochure includes reflections on the promises and practices of the Baptismal Covenant.

Ash Wednesday – February 14

We mark the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The Ashes we receive on our foreheads remind us that we are “dust and to dust we shall return”. They are a solemn and comforting reminder that there are other pilgrims with us on this journey.

We will offer the Imposition of Ashes on Wednesday, February 14 at 7 am, 12 pm,  4:30 pm (for families) and 7 pm in our nave. All are welcome!

Wednesdays in Lent:

2/21, 2/28, 2/6, 2/13, 2/20: Noon Worship
12 pm Holy Eucharist with Prayers for Healing

Sundays in Lent

2/8, 2/25, 3/3: Lent Worship
7:45 am, 9 am Worship – also livestreamed, 11:15 am,
5:30 pm Celtic Evensong, 8 pm Compline

3/10: Laetare Sunday with Visit from Bishop Harris
7:45 am, 10 am Combined Worship – also livestreamed,
5:30 pm Celtic Evensong, 8 pm Compline

3/17: Fifth Sunday in Lent
7:45 am, 9 am Worship – also livestreamed, 11:15 am,
5:30 pm Celtic Evensong, 8 pm Compline