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Hazel Run Concert Canceled

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Update: March 14, 2020

Due to COVID-19 concerns, the March 15 Hazel Concert has been canceled.

 

 

St. George’s Episcopal Church will host local favorite Hazel Run on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 3:00 pm as part of the church’s Chamber Concert Series. Hazel Run is a Fredericksburg-based quartet drawing upon Americana, soul, and rock influences for their rich, folk sound.

Members Karen Richardson, Linda LaFave, Stephen Hu, and Stuart Whitford are multi-instrumentalists whose voices blend in harmonies reminiscent of CSNY, America, and Peter, Paul & Mary. Hazel Run will perform a combination of original songs and their interpretations of other artists’ material.

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”.

The concert is free with donations accepted at the door. For more information, contact (540) 373-4133 or music@stgeorgesepiscopal.net. To learn more about St. George’s concert series, visit www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/music/concerts.

2020 Micah Lenten Worship and Lunches

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On Wednesdays at noon during Lent, the Micah Downtown Churches invite you to join in worship and lunch. Young Adult Chaplin the Rev. David P. Casey, O.P. will provide the sermon on March 11 at Shiloh Baptist Old Site. Our Rector, the Rev. Joseph H. Hensley, Jr. is preaching at the Presbyterian Church on April 1.

March 4: Fredericksburg United Methodist Church, 308 Hanover St., Fredericksburg, VA

March 11: Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), 801 Sophia St., Fredericksburg, VA

March 18: St. Mary Catholic Church, 1009 Stafford Ave., Fredericksburg, VA

March 25: Christ Lutheran, 1300 Augustine Ave, Fredericksburg, VA

April 1: The Presbyterian Church, 810 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, VA

Wilderness – February 2020, St. Georgian

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The following is Associate Rector Areeta Bridgemohan’s monthly opening message from our weekly e-newsletter the St. Georgian. If you’d like to receive our weekly e-newsletter, sign-up here.

Wilder · ness
“state of the wild”
The Rev. Lisle Garrity, Founder and Creative Director of A Sanctified Art, a collective of artists and ministers seeking to offer their gifts to the church and to the world, will be our Lenten weekend facilitator this year. Her group has developed Lenten resources on the theme of wilderness, and St. George’s will be drawing on their resources this Lent.
The wilderness is an important space in our sacred story. The wilderness is a place of despair, barrenness, wandering, exploration, growth and purification. The Israelites wandered for 40 years in the wilderness. In that time, they learned about trusting God, about waiting patiently, and they learned about the risk and the possibilities of freedom. Daily, they relied on God to feed their bodies with manna. They relied on God to feed their souls by holding fast to the promise that God would lead them to the promised land. This was a critical time in the formation of the community’s identity.
Lent also begins in the wilderness. On the First Sunday of Lent we’ll hear that “Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness” (Matt 4:1a). Although the wilderness may seem to have limited signs of life, God uses it to spark spiritual growth. Sometimes the wilderness helps us see more clearly where God is active and moving. Sometimes the wilderness helps us let go of the baggage we don’t need but stubbornly or mindlessly cling to. Sometimes the wilderness leaves us with no choice but to trust God. Sometimes the wilderness helps us discover treasures in the world that we overlooked and reveals hidden treasures within ourselves. In our wandering in the wilderness, we discover that there is no place in our lives or in our souls where God does not dwell. May this Lent be a time for us to discover what God has in store in the wilderness.
Your sister in Christ,
Areeta+
Prayer
The Rev. Sarah Are, A Sanctified Art (2020)
One: God is in the water that restores our soul.
All: And God is in the night when we lose our way.
One: God is in today and tomorrow, raising up leaders, prophets and dreamers.
All: And God is in the wilderness with us—every step of the way.
One: So with confidence we declare—
All: If God is in those spaces, then God is surely here.
One: Let us worship the God of creation.
All: Let us worship the God of wilderness spaces. 

Pray – January 2020, St. Georgian

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The following is Rector Joe Hensley’s monthly opening message from our weekly e-newsletter the St. Georgian. If you’d like to receive our weekly e-newsletter, sign-up here.

Our theme for this month is “pray,” one of the seven steps on the Way of Love. It seems appropriate given some of the current events we have seen so far in the new year.
In early January, our nation took significant military action against Iran, and we are waiting to see whether more escalation will occur. Bushfires in Australia have been devastating and deadly. Earthquakes in Puerto Rico have left many homeless and frightened. There are more things we could name which point to a sense of living in chaotic times, and who knows what will happen before the end of this month.
At such times, I turn to the Book of Common Prayer for prayers that express my feelings sometimes better than I can express them myself. By entering into these prayers which are part of our common life, I feel part of the larger Body of Christ. The prayers section begins on page 810. You can also find the BCP online: https://www.bcponline.org/ Click on the “Prayers and Thanksgivings” tab.
Another section of the BCP which does not get much attention is the Great Litany (p. 148). This intercessory prayer covers a wide variety of conditions. There is a modern adaptation which you can find here. Some examples that apply to our current events:
“From lightning and tempest; from earthquake, fire, and flood, from plague, pestilence, and famine, good Lord, deliver us.”
“That it may please thee so to rule the hearts of thy servants, the President of the United States, and all others in authority, that they may do justice, love mercy, and walk in the ways of truth, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.”
“That it may please thee to make wars to cease in all the world; to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; and to bestow freedom upon all peoples.”
“That it may please thee to support, help, and comfort all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation.”
We do beseech God to hear us when we pray. There are also times when, as Romans 8:26 says, “We do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.” My sense is that God is always praying in us and through us. When we pause to pray, whether with words or in silent surrender to the Spirit’s deep sighs, we are joining with the divine prayer that is never ceasing.
I will close with some words from The Supplication (BCP p. 154): “From our enemies defend us, O Christ; Graciously behold our afflictions. With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts; mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.… Graciously hear us, O Christ.”
Joe+

Slow Down for Advent

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A Time to Slow Down

Advent is the season of four Sundays before Christmas, a time of intentional preparation, slowing down occasionally to make room in our hearts for the coming of Christ. Throughout Advent, we encourage you to slow down and savor the beauty of this season of reflection and anticipation. While it may seem counter-cultural to step away from the hustle and bustle of Christmas, we invite you to turn to God through special practices of devotion, prayer, scripture, study, and silence.

Here are some resources to help you slow down for Advent:

Advent Practices Brochure

A Sanctified Art Advent Calendar

Way of Love Advent Calendar

If you have questions about Advent and how you might get involved, please fill out the form below. If the form isn’t displaying correctly, please click here.