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Children and Youth Led Service This Sunday – Sept. 27 at 10 am

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You are invited this Sunday, September 27 to a special children and youth led worship service at 10 am. During the service children and youth will play active roles as greeters, ushers, readers and preachers. Our Children’s Choir will also be leading the service in song. If your child would like to be assigned a part, please contact Rev. Paige.

Instead of our normal Sunday School, all children and youth formation classes will meet in the Nave at 9 am to practice and assign any last minute roles. There are plenty of jobs left to fill, so feel free to just show up that morning ready to serve. All children and youth are welcome to participate. It is sure to be a joy filled service for all ages.

Children’s Choir and Chimes – September 13

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We are excited to usher in our 2026-2027 Children’s Choir season at St. George’s!

Our first rehearsal will be on September 13 at 3 pm in the choir room (accessible through our graveyard door). Children’s choir and chimes will rehearse from 3 – 4:30 pm on Sunday afternoons. We are still working on finalizing our rehearsal and performance schedule. Please invite your friends to come make music with us at St. George’s! We will send out more information as we approach our September 13 start date. In the meantime, email Juliann Jones to sign up.

Free Concert at St. George’s Featuring Peter and Will Anderson, with guitarist Adam Moezinia

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When: Sunday, September 20 at 3pm
Where: St. George’s Episcopal Church (905 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, VA)
Peter Anderson – tenor & soprano saxophone, clarinet
Will Anderson – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Adam Moezinia – guitar
 
St. George’s Episcopal Church invites the community to a free concert on Sunday, September 20, 2026, at 3:00 pm, featuring acclaimed jazz musicians Peter and Will Anderson performing on clarinet and saxophone, and guitarist Adam Moezinia. The concert will be held in the church’s historic nave, located at 905 Princess Anne Street in downtown Fredericksburg. On this lively evening celebrating the Great American Songbook, identical twins and Juilliard graduates Peter & Will Anderson, joined by guitarist Adam Moezinia, explore the extraordinary life and music of Cole Porter (1891–1964), one of America’s most beloved and sophisticated songwriters. Known for his infectious melodies, and unmistakable wit, Porter wrote both the music and lyrics to an astonishing collection of songs that became standards of Broadway, Hollywood, and jazz. His celebrated musicals include Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Can-Can, and Silk Stockings, and his songs have been interpreted by generations of legendary performers such as Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole. Peter, Will, and Adam bring Porter’s remarkable songbook to life with favorites including “Night and Day,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Begin the Beguine,” “Anything Goes,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “I Love Paris,” “It’s De-Lovely,” “What Is This Thing Called Love?,” and “Just One of Those Things.” Through live music and stories about Porter’s fascinating life and career, the program celebrates a composer whose wit, romance, and musical sophistication helped define the sound of the Great American Songbook.
 
Hailed as “virtuosos on clarinet & saxophone” by The New York Times, Peter & Will Anderson are among today’s leading interpreters of classic jazz and the Great American Songbook. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., the identical twins and Juilliard graduates have headlined at the Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and Feinstein’s 54 Below, and have performed live on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. They can be heard on the Grammy-winning soundtrack of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks and were featured both on screen and on the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. The Andersons have performed in 45 U.S. states as well as Brazil, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
 
Guitarist Adam Moezinia is a native of Los Angeles, where he studied at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) under the mentorship of Jason Goldman, Walter Smith III, and Kenny Dennis. In 2010, he moved to New York City to study at The Juilliard School. Since then, he’s worked with many greats such as Freddy Cole, Mike LeDonne, Cecile Mclorin Salvant, George Coleman and Kenny Washington at venues like Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, Birdland and Smoke. Adam has also been performing regularly with his band the “Folk Element” trio since 2017. The trio is rooted in the jazz tradition but is influenced by folk music from all over the world including West Africa, South Africa, the Caribbean, the UK and Appalachia. As of April 2021, they officially released their debut album “Folk Element Trio.” 
For more information about the concert or the church’s music series, please contact (540) 373-4133 or email music@stgeorgesepiscopal.net. Visit www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/music/concerts to learn more.

 

VBS and Music Camp at St. George’s

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What an incredible week we had at St. George’s Vacation Bible School and Music Camp! Our campers had a wonderful time learning, creating, playing, and growing together.

Throughout the week, the children enjoyed captivating Godly Play stories, including Jesus in the Temple, Moses and the Exodus, The Ten Best Ways to Live (The Ten Commandments), The Ark and the Tabernacle, and The Ark and the Temple. These stories sparked thoughtful conversations and helped bring Bible lessons to life.

Our craft sessions were filled with creativity and imagination. Campers created personal journals to record their thoughts and reflections, designed tambourines for use in our musical performance, built their own special arks, and decorated beautiful picture frames. They have also been hard at work helping design and create the backdrop set for our upcoming musical.

When it came time for games, Father Rock kept everyone active and laughing with a variety of fun activities, including different versions of tag, rock-paper-scissors challenges, foot fencing, and much more.

Of course, one of the highlights of the week has been preparing for our musical, The Lost Boy. The children enthusiastically learned the songs, dialogue, and choreography for this delightful and melodic retelling of the story of Jesus getting lost in the Temple as a young boy.

You can view the full musical here.  Our campers have worked incredibly hard on this joyful and memorable presentation!

Announcing Our 2026-2027 Concert Series

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We’re excited to share the lineup for our 2026–2027 Concert Series! This season features returning favorites Peter and Will Anderson, Becky and Slam, Scary Music for Organ, and Christmas at St. George’s, along with exciting newcomers including Vox Humana and the Alma Ensemble*’s Boundless: Music by Inspiring Women. Be sure to browse the full season on our website here.

As always, all concerts are offered free of charge. If you wuld like to help us continue sharing beautiful music in a beautiful space with our community, please consider making a donation. Every gift helps sustain this ministry and keep music accessible to all. You can donate online here.

*This concert is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly.