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Children and Youth Formation Resumes August 23

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Get ready for an exciting year of Children and Youth Formation! Join us on Sunday, August 23 at 9 am as we kick off a new school year with Sunday School opportunities for all ages. This year’s programs include:

  • Godly Play for children in Pre-K through 2nd grade
  • SPLASH (Spirit, Play, Love All Spoken Here) for 3rd–5th graders
  • The Dragon’s Den, our new formation group for middle school students in grades 6–8
  • Youth Formation for high school students in grades 9–12

We’re looking forward to a wonderful year of faith, learning, and fellowship as our children and youth grow in their relationship with God. Be sure to register your child here.

Worshipalooza – Saturday, August 15

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Plan now for our annual day of trainings for worship ministry leaders: lectors and intercessors, ushers and greeters, acolytes, livestream technicians, Eucharistic ministers, and more. For all returning and new ministers. We invite children, youth, and adults to be trained and help us lead worship!

See our schedule to help you plan for the day:

9:45 am – Check-in and Coffee Begins in Sydnor Hall
10:15 am – noon Acolytes
10:15 am – 11:15 Greeters and Ushers
11:15 – noon – Ushers
11 – noon Lay Eucharistic Ministers
12:00 pm – Noonday Prayer followed by lunch
1 pm – 2 p.m. Lectors and Intercessors
1 pm – 2 p.m. Livestreaming
1:30 pm – 2 p.m. – Liturgical coordinators
2 pm – End

Please click here to register for the trainings and whether you will stay for lunch.

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. 

Storytelling and Sharing: Ikeda-San

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Last Sunday, we had an unexpected visitor to St. George’s, a Buddhist monk walking to Washington, D.C. on pilgrimage for peace. He began his journey near Asheville, N.C. a few weeks ago. Kanshin Ikeda, “Ikeda-San,” is from Japan and is currently based in Dhauli, India. He had heard about St. George’s from someone in Richmond and stopped in to see if we could help him find lodging for the night. We offered him water and food and enjoyed some conversation about his mission. By God’s grace, a parishioner had a room to offer for Sunday night, and Pastor Joe joined him for a couple of miles of walking for peace on Monday. He relies on the kindness of strangers for his needs along his journey.

His message, written by the founder of his monastic order, which he wrote in calligraphy for Pastor Joe, is simple: “Civilization does not mean to have electric light or airplanes or nuclear bombs. Civilization means not killing people, not destroying things, not making war. Civilization means to hold mutual affection and to respect each other.” As he walks, he beats his drum and chants a mantra for peace. We never know who will wander into St. George’s, and what a blessing it is to offer hospitality to a stranger, “for by doing that, some have entertained angels without knowing it.” (Hebrews 13:2).