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Gratitude Offering

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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!

Lenten Weekend 2023

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Becoming Creative Community

March 3 – 5, 2023, with Jonathan Randall Grant

How can we express our life together through art? God invites all of us to create in response to God’s action in our lives. With our keynote speaker, Jonathan Randall Grant, as our guide, we will explore how to engage creativity as individuals and as a church community. We will also consider how to become a hub for art and creativity for our community.

Come as we create and curate a space that is Open to All in Love and Open to All for Art.

Childcare is available upon request. ASL interpreting also available upon request. Please indicate your need on your registration.
Attend all or some of the weekend. Suggested donation for the entire weekend is $40.

 

About Jonathan Randall Grant

Jonathan Randall Grant is a painter from Mishawaka, Indiana. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Asbury College after studies in History, Art History, and Archaeology.
He served for 10 years as the artist-in-residence at The American Church in Paris, while also directing, styling, and writing for magazines and brands around the world. Grant now lives in Chicago.
His work explores the intersection of the natural and the sacred worlds and explores how rudimentary symbols can be employed to evoke complex spiritual concepts.

Schedule of Events – Come for Some or All of the Sessions!

Friday, March 3, 2023

6 pm: Onsite registration and potluck
7 pm – 8 pm: Introductory presentation

Saturday, March 4, 2023

1 pm – 2:30 pm: Session 1: Deepening our welcome for the creative community. Together we will explore strategies that foster help us engage artists and welcome all with creative callings

4 pm – 5:30 pm: Session 2: Creating Devotional altarpieces for our Lenten journey. We will creating our own, small altarpieces. 

Sunday, March 5, 2023

9 am: Worship service with Jonathan Randall Grant as guest preacher.
10 am: Adult Forum presentation
11:15 am: Worship service with Jonathan Randall Grant as guest preacher.
2 pm – 4 pm: Moderated Panel Discussion in our Nave including leaders in the Arts Community of Fredericksburg: Dena Jennings, Gabriel Pons, Jonathan Randall Grant. Moderated by Rev. Will Dickinson.

Register today to join us for an unforgettable weekend of creativity!

Rally for Service Sunday 2020

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Rally for ServiceSeptember 13, 2020 is our Rally for Service Sunday! We have found new ways to celebrate ministry, worship, service, and community life. We hope you will be able to join us for some or all of the events.

Here’s the schedule for the day:

9 am: Socially distanced worship in our graveyard. Reservations are required, please click here.  We will also share the service via Facebook Live.

10 am: Socially distanced service projects, including sprucing up at a local park, giving some TLC to St. George’s grounds, and planting trees. Sign up here.
For those not comfortable gathering, families and small groups are encouraged to design their own community service projects: neighborhood clean-up, painting rocks with messages for your neighborhood, making goodies for local first responders and health workers, sending support for national and local issues to your elected officials (see Episcopal Public Policy Network at episcopalchurch.org), the ideas are endless – use your imagination!

12:30 pm: Share stories of your service projects or just check in and say hello at a Virtual Zoom Lunch Potluck!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86482193144?pwd=V2VxV2htQ0xWMk9saGJCU1pNcit0Zz09
Meeting ID: 864 8219 3144
Passcode: 991676
Call in by phone: 929.205.6099

5:30 pm: Socially distanced Celtic Evensong worship in our graveyard. Reservations are required, please click here. We will also share the service via Facebook Live.

Two Generous Grants Support The Table at St. George’s

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The_TableThe Honeywell Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation and Transurban Express Lanes Community Grant Program provide funds for fresh food purchases at local food pantry

Fredericksburg, Virginia (October 3, 2019) —Two generous grants from the Honeywell Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation and the Transurban Express Lanes Community Grant Program ensure The Table at St. George’s will have necessary funds to purchase fresh produce. The Table at St. George’s is a market-style food pantry that provides fresh produce and pantry items to those in the Fredericksburg region experiencing food security. The Table gratefully acknowledges the valued support of these grants.

The Honeywell Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region has provided financial support for the Table since 2013. Most recently, they have awarded The Table $15,000 in grant funding. The funds will help the food pantry provide food and fresh produce to those who rely on the weekly operation of The Table to supplement their nutritional needs.

The Table will also use a grant of $3,000 from the Transurban Express Lanes Community Grant Program for fresh produce purchases for The Table’s weekly food distribution.

Additionally, both grant awards will support the continued operation of The Table in the World. This special initiative delivers fresh produce during the growing season from June to October to seniors and the affordable housing community at five local sites. The Table in the World partners include Rappahannock Area Agency for Aging, doing business as Healthy Generations.

In 2018, The Table distributed more than 160,000 pounds of food, of which 43% was fresh produce. The weekly pop-up food distribution at historic St. George’s Episcopal Church in downtown Fredericksburg continues the congregation’s longstanding tradition of providing for those in need. The Table fosters not only better nutrition for those experiencing food insecurity, but a strong sense of community among the volunteers who serve and those being served, the shoppers of The Table.

Shoppers at The Table include the young and aged, the able-bodied and the physically challenged, the unemployed and many who are working one or two jobs but are unable to earn enough to adequately nourish their families. Food provided by The Table and other such food operations can make a significant difference in the amount of food available to the people of our community, many of whom receive food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The Table, operating since January 2012, is located in the church’s parish hall. Open every Tuesday from 9:30 – 11:00 in the morning and 5:00 – 6:30 in the evening, it serves hundreds of people from the city of Fredericksburg and surrounding counties, including Caroline, King George, Orange, Prince William, Spotsylvania, and Stafford.

The Table is grateful for the generosity of all who support its efforts to improve the lives of people living with food insecurity. More than 90% of funding for The Table comes from awards, donations, fundraisers, and grants. In-kind donations are provided by corporations and local businesses.

For more information, contact Laurel Loch at 540.373.4133 or laurel.loch@stgeorgesepiscopal.net.

To learn more about The Table and see a video on its operation, visit

https://www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/outreach-and-mission/the-table-at-st-georges/.