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2024 Annual Report

January 22, 2025 by St. George's Leave a Comment

Annual Report 2024For the first time in many years, we have published an Annual Report. This report is a celebration of our parish life together. Take a few moments to read about 2024 – complete with ministry highlights, reflections, and financials. We hope you will rejoice as you see how vibrant our parish was last year.

2024 Annual Report

To request a hard copy of the report, please contact the church office 540.373.4133.

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Hazel Run in Concert at St. George’s

January 6, 2025 by St. George's Leave a Comment

St. George’s Episcopal Church will offer a free concert on Sunday, January 19 at 3 pm, featuring local favorite Hazel Run.

Hazel Run (Linda LaFave, Karen Richardson, and Stuart Whitford) is a folk group that draws their musical inspiration from Americana, soul, and rock. 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 or music@stgeorgesepiscopal.net. 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. For more information, visit StGeorgesEpiscopal.net.

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Christmas and Epiphany Worship

December 10, 2024 by St. George's 2 Comments

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

  • 10 am: Christmas Day Holy Eucharist. Service Leaflet. 

December 29

  • 10 am: Lessons and Carols. This service also livestreamed on YouTube Live. Service Leaflet.  Please note this is our only service of the day.

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.

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St. George’s Open for Prayer on Election Day

October 27, 2024 by St. George's Leave a Comment

Election Day PrayerSt. George’s Episcopal Church in downtown Fredericksburg will be open for prayer 8 am – 6 pm on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, 2024, with brief public prayer services at 8.00 am, 12 pm, and 5.30 pm.

Located at 905 Princess Anne Street, St. George’s recognizes the responsibility each of us has, to vote and to pray. “St. George’s is a house of prayer for all people. We hope that having the church open to all in love on Election Day is a chance not only to pray about this important time of decision for our nation, but also to abide in the presence of the Divine with a sense of wonder,” explained the Rev. Joseph H. Hensley, Jr., rector of St. George’s.

On Election Day, St. George’s invites everyone to join together in prayer. The nave (worship area of the church) will be open for silent prayer, with printed prayers and other resources available. Clergy and lay prayer ministers will be present throughout the day for conversation or prayer. Musicians will offer music as prayer at certain times. Additionally, there will be brief public prayer services at 8 am, 12 pm, and 5.30 pm led by clergy and laity. These non-partisan services will prayerfully ask for peace, wisdom, and compassion for one another, our community, our nation, and for Election Day.

Throughout the nation, the election has been a source of countless emotions. “There’s so much anxiety right now. Prayer can be a time to lay that burden down so that we can, with grace, take up the continuing work of loving our neighbors and pursuing healing together, no matter who wins,” added Hensley.

For more information on St. George’s Episcopal Church or on Election Day Prayer, please visit: StGeorgesEpiscopal.net or call 540.373.4133.

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. For more information, visit StGeorgesEpiscopal.net

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Scary Music for Organ Concert

October 21, 2024 by Michael Cooper-Smyth Leave a Comment

St. George’s Episcopal Church will offer a free concert of Scary Music for Organ on Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 pm, featuring The Organists of St. George’s (Trystan Bennett, Achim Loch, and John Vreeland).

Our most popular annual concert includes haunting renditions of works by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Goldsmith, Glass, Bélier, and Reger. The evening will be sure to be terrifyingly delightful and monstrously entertaining. Feel free to come in costume! The concert is free with donations to the organ fund 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 or music@stgeorgesepiscopal.net. 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.

Filed Under: Music, Music at St. George's, News Blog, Parish Life, We Grow, Worship

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