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Parish Picnic June 2 in Hurkamp Park

May 20, 2019 by St. George's Leave a Comment

Join us June 2 at 10 am in Hurkamp Park (Prince Edward St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401) for worship followed by our annual parish picnic. Bring a blanket or chairs and a dish to pass in a reusable container. To help reduce waste, we are asking everyone to bring reusable plates, cups, napkins, and silverware.

We will also thank our Christian Formation leaders and recognize Education for Ministry (EfM) graduates. This will also be one of our summer fellowship events as our rector, Joe and director of music ministries John, take sabbatical leave.

If you would like to help with the picnic, please contact Jan Meredith.

St. George Chamber Orchestra to Perform Free Concert

May 9, 2019 by St. George's Leave a Comment

St. George’s Episcopal Church will host The St. George Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, May 19 at 3:00 pm as part of the church’s Chamber Concert Series. Selections for the concert will include works by Ottorino Respighi, W.A. Mozart, François Couperin, and Georg Philipp Telemann.

James Kazik, staff arranger at one of the premiere Washington D.C. service bands since 2001, will conduct the Chamber Orchestra. Kazik is a renowned composer and orchestrator, staff writer for Hal Leonard Corp, and the current composer-in-residence for the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic in Washington D.C.

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”.

The concert is free with donations accepted at the door. For more information, contact (540) 373-4133 or send an email to the music office. To learn more about St. George’s concert series, visit www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/music/concerts.

Palm Sunday 2019 in Pictures

April 17, 2019 by St. George's Leave a Comment

For Palm Sunday, we began our 9 am and 11:15 am services with a joyful procession. With palms at the ready, we sang “Holy, holy, holy Lord”.

Thank you to everyone who participated and all who helped prepare for this Sunday.

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Register Today for 2019 ASL Classes

April 17, 2019 by St. George's 2 Comments

Learn American Sign Language!

Classes run Tuesdays, April 23 – June 11, from 7 – 8:30 pm at the Renwick Building (815 Princess Anne Street). Classes are taught by Pastor Mike Byrd, who is Deaf and has over 30 years of teaching ASL to hearing students. His passion and zeal for teaching and sharing his Deaf heritage are evident to all who meet him.

Fill out the form below to register. Cost for the class is $25, scholarships are available. Child care is available, please contact the office.

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Worship with Us – Holy Week and Easter 2019 Schedule

March 8, 2019 by St. George's Leave a Comment

During Easter we celebrate and worship together in a spirit of joyful fellowship.

There’s a place for you here and we invite you to join us at any or all of our Holy Week and Easter services.

Palm Sunday: April 14

Services at 7:45 am, 9 am, 11:15 am, 5:30 pm,
8 pm Compline, (Nave)

Taize Service: April 16

Service at 7 pm, (Nave)
This service gently opens our hearts for Holy Week through the repetition of Taize hymns along with readings from scripture and prayers.

Wednesday: April 17

At 6:30 pm, we offer Stations of the Cross in the Nave, a series of 8 meditations on the last day of Jesus’ life as we move around the nave. The service takes about 20 minutes.

Maundy Thursday: April 18

Service at 7 pm, (Nave)
We enter into the experience of the disciples stunned by Jesus’ insistence that he would take on the role of a servant and wash the feet of the others. Anyone who wishes will be able to have their feet washed – and wash the feet of others. The service will continue with Eucharist followed by the stripping of the altar. Stripping the church of every bit of decoration, we go to dark Gethsemane with the disciples, where they struggled to stay awake as Jesus prayed.

Good Friday: April 19

Services at Noon and 7 pm
On Good Friday, we meet in a church that is so bare it even sounds different. We read the account of the Crucifixion according to the Gospel of John, following the traditional Prayer Book Good Friday service.

Walk the Labyrinth
1 – 7 pm, Sydnor Hall
The labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool. Its winding path becomes a mirror of the way we live our lives. It touches our sorrows and releases our joys. Please join us to walk, search, and follow with an open mind and an open heart.

Downtown Stations of the Cross
1:45 pm, Meet at Micah Ecumenical Ministries, 1013 Princess Anne St.
For hundreds of years, the Stations have been a way to make a virtual pilgrimage in the spirit of pilgrims to Jerusalem walking the Via Dolorosa. We will walk in procession, stopping fourteen times at different sites in downtown Fredericksburg to pray and mark moments in Jesus’ journey to the cross and tomb.

Holy Saturday: April 20

Morning Prayer, 8:30 am

Liturgy of the Light, 5 pm
For children age 3 and above
The Liturgy of the Light is one of the beautiful experiences Catechesis of the Good Shepherd gives us. It is a children’s Easter Vigil service, and adults are welcome as well. Each child receives their own “light of Christ,” and we conclude with a simple Eucharist prepared by the children. We will celebrate the Liturgy of the Light in Sydnor Hall. Nursery provided for toddlers and babies.

Great Vigil of Easter, 8 pm
Followed by the Paschal Party in Sydnor Hall
At the Easter Vigil, we gather in a darkened church. We light the Paschal (Easter) candle, and we are warmed by the candlelight retelling of stories from the Hebrew Scriptures. We sing our Alleluias for the first time in forty days! And we proceed with a celebration of the first Eucharist of Easter. Afterward, the celebration continues with festive food and drink at the Paschal Party in Sydnor Hall. In all, it is a powerful and dramatic celebration of Easter.

Easter Sunday: April 21

Sunrise Easter Service at 6:30 am
Outside The Presbyterian Church
Our ministry partners from Micah Ecumenical Ministries gather for a joint service. Together, we greet the sunrise, share joy with each other, and begin our Easter celebrations in community.

Easter Eucharist at 7:45 am, 9 am, 11:15 am

Easter Egg Hunt: 10:15 am

Celtic Evensong + Communion at 5:30 pm

Compline at 8 pm