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Moch Pryderi in Concert

March 12, 2024 by Michael Cooper-Smyth Leave a Comment

St. George’s Episcopal Church will offer a free concert by Moch Pryderi, on Sunday, March 17 at 3 pm as part of the church’s Concert Series.

Please join us in celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a selection of Traditional Celtic Music from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and Wales (Éire, Alba, Breizh and Cymru), in the beautiful nave of St. George’s Episcopal Church in historic Old Town Fredericksburg and get your Éirinn go Brách on!

The concert is free with donations accepted at the door.

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.

Gratitude Offering

February 27, 2024 by St. George's 1 Comment

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

February 6, 2024 by St. George's 2 Comments

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

The BST Band Featuring Becky Y Slam in Concert

February 3, 2024 by St. George's Leave a Comment

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.

For more information, contact (540) 373-4133. To learn more about St. George’s concert series, visit www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/music/concerts.

Holy Week and Easter Worship – 2024

February 1, 2024 by St. George's Leave a Comment

May we look
For our Risen Saviour
And see the
Love of God
In the faces
Of each other.

We are pleased to announce our worship schedule for Holy Week and Easter and we joyfully look forward to celebrate this holy time in our church life with you! Our worship services will be in-person and those livestreamed are noted below.

Palm Sunday – March 24

7:45 am, 9:45 Procession with Palms begins at Hurkamp Park and at 10 am Procession arrives and service begins in the Church (service livestreamed on YouTube Live), 5:30 pm Celtic, and 8 pm Compline
Note Special Worship Schedule and Procession!

Monday – March 25, 5:30 pm

Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the Nave

Sung Taize Worship – Tuesday, March 26 at 7 pm

Sung service featuring the music of Taize, an international worshipping community. Service leaflet.

Wednesday – March 27 at 12 pm

Noon Eucharist with Healing Prayer and Anointing

Maundy Thursday – March 28 at 7 pm

With optional footwashing and stripping of the altar. Service leaflet.
Overnight watch at Trinity Episcopal: Spend an hour keeping watch in prayer with Christ. Contact church office for more information.

Good Friday – March 29 at 12 pm and 7 pm

12 pm: Service with sermon (also livestreamed on YouTube Live). Service leaflet.
2 pm: Micah Ministries’ Ecumenical Stations of the Cross
7 pm: Service with sung passion composed by John H. Vreeland, Director of Music Ministries at St. George’s. Service leaflet.

Holy Saturday – March 30

8:30 am: Morning Prayer in our Nave. Service leaflet.
5 pm: Liturgy of the Light in Sydnor Hall – for children and their families. Service leaflet.
8 pm: The Great Easter Vigil in the Nave. Service leaflet.

Easter Sunday, March 31

6:30 am: Micah Sunrise Service – on the Green of Fredericksburg United Methodist
7:45 am, 9 am (also on YouTube Live), 11:15 am, and 5:30 pm: Joyful Easter Eucharist
10:15 am: Our Easter Egg Hunt returns! Locations TBA.