A name can tell you so much about a group or a place. For the last two years, the St. George’s Outreach Commission has been discerning a new name. Over the years, this Commission, which works with the community to address areas of need, has had many names – Mission, Evangelism, all reflecting the direction […]
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Grace in Action
Due to the COVID-19 situation, all Micah community breakfasts and dinners will be served at the Micah hospitality center (1013 Princess Anne Street) until further notice. Micah is open from 9 am-1 pm Monday through Friday. The Table will also be closed during St. George’s closure. There are a few nearby pantries providing food: The […]
Community Dinners
We need volunteers! Community dinners, organized by Micah Ecumenical Ministries, provide free meals for the community almost every night of the year. There is a community dinner at St. George’s every Monday in Sydnor Hall. Our congregation provides food, and service for the third and fourth Mondays of the month. This involves everything from cooking […]
Cold Shelter Seeks Volunteers
Micah Ministries is establishing an “Extreme Team.” The Extreme Team are people who live within walking distance of downtown or who have four-wheel drive and can bring a pot of chili or other simple meal to Fredericksburg Baptist Church on nights snowy nights to feed guests of the Cold Night Shelter. Email Carey Chirico, director […]
Christmas Offerings
All undesignated cash and checks designated Christmas Outreach will be going to the following recipients this year: The international offering will go to St. George’s mission work in Haiti running medical clinics and supporting the school and Episcopal Church, Notre Dame d’ Annunciation in Port au Prince. The local offering will go to Compassion Restoration […]
The Upside-Down, Gotcha Day
Having checked three years of Table shopping statistics, I wasn’t upset when we were off to a slow start Tuesday morning. Heck! December 2014 was down from a record-setting November, and the number of shoppers we saw Tuesday morning was up from last year. Evenings are always slower than mornings. 75 people came in the morning […]