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

September 23, 2026 by Stephanie Dolezal Leave a Comment

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.

Worshipalooza – Saturday, August 15

July 29, 2026 by Stephanie Dolezal Leave a Comment

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

July 23, 2026 by Stephanie Dolezal Leave a Comment

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!

Storytelling and Sharing: Ikeda-San

July 8, 2026 by Stephanie Dolezal Leave a Comment

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).

Youth Service Week Concludes at Juneteenth!

June 25, 2026 by Stephanie Dolezal Leave a Comment

Just a brief while after the disciples began to follow Jesus, he took them aside and said—you all are now going to go and do the same things I have been doing. You will be the ones performing wonders, you will be the ones restoring the forsaken to dignity, you will be the ones to declare that God has good news to share, you’ll be the ones to turn the world upside down. I have to imagine they felt unprepared!

The Disciples had begun to follow Jesus because they wanted to know what amazing things he would do. Jesus called them to be his disciples to show them what amazing things they would do, to call them to transform the world.

This past week young people from St George’s followed the call of Jesus to live out their faith as disciples—to restore dignity, feed the hungry, heal a hurting world, and declare good news. Because of the hard work of our young people during Youth Service Week, we moved one step closer to realizing the vision of the Jeremiah Community as part of our shared ministry at Micah, neighbors received locally and organically grown produce harvested by our youth at the Rappahannock Education Farm, and we practiced what it means to be Beloved Community by volunteering at the 2026 Juneteenth Celebrations.

The world has need of faithful Christians, God has need of faithful Christians, and I am glad that as a church St George’s has committed to raise up empowered young people, covenanted to grow in our own faith and discipleship alongside them, and has decidedly answered the call of Jesus to turn the world upside down.