St. Georgian June, 2010

The St. Georgian

“Growing into Christ + Reaching out in Love”

Volume 10/Issue 6 St. George’s Episcopal Church June 2010

Summer Schedule Continues Holy Eucharist, Rite 1, 7:45 am Holy Eucharist, 10:00 am Celtic Evensong and Communion, 5:30 pm

Bishop’s Chapel at Roslyn

Dedication of

the Bishop’s Chapel at Roslyn,

June 1st at 4:00 pm

Parish Picnic

Join us on June 6th at Hurkamp Park for our annual picnic and Eucharist at 10:00 am. We will have the service in the park (pray for beautiful weather like the past four years) followed by delicious food and music. Don’t forget to bring a chair or blanket to sit upon (Some chairs will be provided) and a dish to share with all your fellow St. Georgians. You may also want to bring your own plates, cups napkins, and utensils. (Some will be provided for those that forget.) Hot dogs, fried chicken and lemonade will be provided.

Shrine Mont

Relax

Renew

Recycle

See Pages 5 and 16 for pictures of St. George’s 1st Annual Variety Show

sponsored by Youth

Don’t Forget Us Over the Summer! Please keep your pledge current!

While you are away and on vacation, we are still loaded with bills. Please keep your pledge current during this time as your activities shift gears.

Here is one idea: We do have an electronic giving program where we can have your pledge debited directly from your bank account as you do with other obligations. If you have plans to travel this summer, electronic giving gives you a convenient way to keep up with your gifts. Here is a link to the signup form to get started. Have a great summer.

- Ben Hicks

Register for the October 8-10 retreat at Shrine Mont, pay in full by May 31st and receive $25 off per family’s registration. Registration forms may be found in this publication, in the church office, in the narthex, or on our website.

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From the Senior Warden Have you ever had a proposal come your way that prompted a first reaction of “no way!”? Then, after a little study and reflection, maybe even some prayer, your thoughts change to: “That sounds interesting. Tell me more.” That has roughly been my pattern of response this year to the possibility of St. George’s helping to establish a new mission congregation in our region. With so much going on in our parish, and even more growth on the way, my energy tends to be focused on our current community of faith. But thanks to the Vestry’s conversation with Bishop David Jones at our retreat in January, my eyes have been opened to look at this idea in a different way. Maybe you will too. You are invited to join Vestry members in a continuing exploration of this possibility. On Monday evening, June 21, the Rev. John Ohmer from St. James in Leesburg will join us for a conversation about his church’s experiences with establishing the mission congregation of St. Gabriel’s. Accompanying John will be Sharon Boivin, the senior warden of St. Gabriel’s. The meeting in Faulkner Hall will begin at 7:30 p.m.

I know John well from our days of working together on Center Aisle, the Diocese of Virginia’s daily newspaper at the past four General Conventions. He tells me that “the entire process of planting our daughter church (St. Gabriel’s) is one of my favorite topics.” Don’t think that minds are made up at St. George’s, however. We as a Vestry and we as a parish are in the very early stages of gathering information so we can discern whether or not we feel called to plant the seed for a new congregation. Bishop Jones told us that the discernment process for a parish could go for months or even years. A key question for me is whether our responsibility to spread the Word would be enhanced by establishing a new congregation that could draw worshippers who might not be attracted to an historic, downtown parish. Let Jim Dannals or me know if you’re interested in helping us answer questions like that, beginning on June 21. -Ed Jones

Conversation with Nick Calamos What brought you here? I was born into St. George’s Church. My family has always gone here. My grandfather, George Antonio Calamos, migrated to the United States from Greece in 1902. He was 17 years old with $20 in his pocket and spoke no English when he arrived in New York. He moved to D.C., where his brother lived, and then, at the age of 23, established a confectionary business in Fredericksburg. It was on the first floor of a building on the corner of Princess Anne and William streets. That site is now the open space on the corner next to the old City Hall. My grandfather came from the village of Vourvoura, Greece. About 350 people live there now. It’s 15 km northeast of Sparta. I visited it in 1989.

What keeps you here? I thought about moving to the Greek Orthodox Church when they built it in Spotsylvania. But I feel at home here. We used to walk to church from our house on Lee

Avenue when I was a boy. I remember going to Sunday School, singing in the choir, serving as an acolyte and crucifer, and Santa Claus coming to visit us in the room beneath the sanctuary.

What are some of the ways you’ve deepened your connection to St. George’s? Since I have grown older, I have become more oriented to the church and its people. I usher and serve when I can. I don’t feel that I know as much as I should. I feel the need to learn more, to be able to feel the spirituality. I feel it helps you deal with the tough things that happen in life. I worry that young people don’t have the spirituality they need. When you’re lost in the woods and there’s nobody to call on, they need to know that they can always call on God. They also need to have a positive attitude and the motivation to succeed.

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Vestry

May Vestry highlights

As of April, 2010 we are still showing positive year to date income at $11,719 which is over budget by $10,141. We are also above last year’s income.

Outreach reported: --Community Dinners: We are feeding approximately 300 people now in our two dinners.

--Feed My Sheep Pantry: Our Pantry has seen a 30% increase in bags given out over the last two years.

--Food for Life: Our newest feeding initiative provides a box of food and goodies monthly to seniors living below the poverty line.

--Imani Refugee Garden and Cultural Center: This garden supports ten refugee families with the opportunity to grow food, provide and enlarge skills, provide camaraderie and sell their crops at the Spotsylvania Farmer’s Market. St. George’s is considering funding.

--S.O.K.S. Camp at Heritage Park: About 80% of the children living in Heritage Park are on a free lunch

program at school. We will be working the week of August 2-6 and will need about 20 volunteers from St. George’s.

--Outreach is conducting background research through meetings and discussions with other entities to discern a path forward in providing affordable housing to the Fredericksburg area. Activities will continue to narrow our focus and bring the congregation into the discussion.

Communications Commission reported: --plans are underway to evaluate the newsletter and Weekender for improvements

Fellowship Commission reported: --a new chair is needed by the end of the year --parish picnic June 6

Preschool Board will be elected in June.

A policy was set in place for allocation of restricted funds.

Youth kitchen is on the verge of being finished. -Kit Burns

Confirmation 2010

Those receiving confirmation, being received or reaffirmed on May 2, 2010 were:

Danielle Locher, Linda Carter, Russ Carter, Anne Longerbeam, Harrison Roberts, Shandel Perron, Larry Duffee, Jacqui Vance, Judy Burkle, Lilian Seay, Eddie Larkin

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From “Deacon” Catherine Hicks

Dear Beloved People of St George’s,

Thank you for your prayers and support for me during my time at Virginia Theological Seminary.

Before I went to seminary I had been a parishioner at St George's for over twenty years. Leaving you all was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I've pondered the irony of the fact that the building itself underwent radical changes as I was also being changed. I'll never forget my first visit to St George's soon after the renovations began. Our beautiful nave, under construction, was dark, full of dust, all that familiar was being torn up and much taken away, the beautiful windows were covered with plywood, leaving our worship space dark. The renovation was a visual reminder to me that change involves that tearing up and rending and redoing in order to reach a new and better place, not only in our building, but in myself as well. I have shed many tears in the past three years over leaving the place and the people who are part of my deepest self.

My experiences at seminary have changed me, much as the renovation changed our building. I'm a better person due to what I've experienced at VTS. I'm more thoughtful, I've learned a lot, and most importantly, I've learned how much I don't know. I'll be learning for the rest of my life. Seminary has given me the tools to continue to grow in knowledge.

My understanding of who God is has undergone some radical changes. I've always experienced God as loving, comforting, welcoming. But along with that, I've opened my mind and heart to more dimensions of God--the God who out of love demands more and expects more than sometimes I think I'm capable of giving. My time in seminary has brought me to a place of radical dependence on and a much deeper faith in God as I've faced challenges that I knew I was incapable of meeting on my own. God has been with me in the tearing up and rending and redoing of my mind and my soul.

I've become a more tolerant person. Living in community with classmates of different ages, different viewpoints, different perspectives, has been exciting and stimulating. Having discussions with people who see the world differently has been great for me. I've discovered that God is most present for me not in the certainty of my own viewpoint, but in that space created by dialogue, the space where God has the opportunity to continue to enter in and change and shape me into a wiser and more tolerant person.

My experiences at Christ Church, Spotsylvania, and at St Paul's on-the-Hill in Winchester, VA, have taught me what

it means to me to be in a parish as a leader. Considering the fact that I have spent over fifty years of my life as a lay person, this metamorphosis leading to ordained leadership has been full of surprises. I've discovered strengths I didn't know I had, and I've certainly been reminded of what my "growing edges" are and will continue to be. Most importantly, I've found out that for me, the most important thing about leadership is knowing myself as well as possible, knowing my own vulnerabilities and wounds, knowing my strengths and weaknesses, and bringing all of that with me into the ways in which I serve and will serve as a leader.

After graduation from VTS and the ordination into the transitional diaconate, I will be moving into whatever God has planned for me. How often I've wished to wake up one morning and find a letter lying on my pillow, in which God has written out my future. "Just let me know what it is, God, and I'll go do it!" I continue to be in discernment about what it is that God is calling me to do. Whatever that is, I'll be moving into something new and unknown, something scary and exciting.

Even though St George's has changed a great deal in the past three years, just as I have, its foundation hasn't changed at all--the foundation of the building supports all that has gone on there for almost three hundred years, supports the present, and will stand strong in the future. And for me, my heart hasn't changed at all, either. I am so proud to say that my presenting parish is St George's, Fredericksburg, and although St George's is no longer my resting place, all of you will always be my foundation, the ones my heart turns to when I am in need of renewal.

I love you all so much, and I have been so richly blessed by your support. I am so thankful for all of you. I'm looking forward to seeing you from time to time. Thank you for blessing me so richly in my journey through seminary. Please keep me in your prayers as I will keep you in mine.

Peace and love, Catherine Hicks

All are welcome to the Service of Ordination to the Diaconate for Catherine, Saturday, June 5th, 10:30 am at Christ Church, Charlottesville.

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Youth Happenings Summer is here! What a wonderful month May was for the youth of St. George’s. The teenagers worked to raise awareness and money for the organization Hope for Humanity, a group that builds school in Southern Sudan where there are 1.5 million school age youth and only one school. Our teenagers raised over $300.00 dollars that they gave to the group during the annual Walk for Sudan in Glen Allen, VA. Our teenagers enjoyed the festivities during the Walk for Sudan, which included cultural music, speakers, and presentations about Sudanese villages, people, and education. This event took on special meaning as the youth prepared to send off one of their Sunday School teachers, Larry Duffee, for mission work in Sudan.

This month the teenagers put a great deal of time into organizing, preparing for, and running the First Annual St. George’s Variety Show! (see photos below) We had a wonderful time and hope you did as well. The youth would like to extend a big THANK YOU to everyone for

their hard work in making sure it went off so well. We were thrilled to have so many participants, guests and volunteers. A special thank you goes out to David Bronston who built the stage and helped with the sound system. A big thank you to the many families who graciously donated food and drinks for us to sell at the variety show. Without that generous support we would not have been able to raise over $600 for our charities. What a memorable night! Better start practicing your act for next year!

The youth are now officially done with Sunday School until the fall. It’s been a wonderful year and I want to thank our teachers for sharing their tremendous gifts with our young people: Anne Krannitz, Vanessa Byrd, Rusty Dodd, Erin Clark, Pam Jewett-Bullock, Charles Bullock, Larry Duffee. Your service is greatly appreciated.

Be sure to check your email and Facebook, as we will have a few activities throughout the summer.

-Anna Black

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Variety Show

May 21, 2010

Children’s Formation June is the wonderful month where we celebrate our AMAZING teachers! All year they plot and plan and love and laugh with our kids. Sunday morning Christian Formation takes a summer break until September. With the Fantastic Middles: 3rd, 4th & 5th Grades Lance Roeske, Connie Brady, Gay Rahn

With the wild and wonderful First and Seconders Carey Chirico, Michelle Starr

With the Atrium Crew: 3, 4 and 5 year olds Anne Carey Endler, Abbey Martinez, Lee Anne Hecker, Corrine Graves, Carrie Kramer, Kenna Glascock, Kathy and James Maxfield

And all the parents who assist!

Becky Stewart - Assistant Director Children’s Music Chris Forzano - Children’s Musicians Sherry Newman

Wondrous Nursery Crew Amy Bogardus Lauren Makely Maria Serpas And a HUGE thank you to Sandy Kenyon who has hand

crafted so many of our wooden materials in the Atrium.

Kids in Mission

On a hot day in May, six St. George’s kids and two grownups joined up with five kids and a couple of grownups and headed south to Camp Hanover. There were a few spiders, a couple of ticks and lots of laughs before we had even unpacked! The next day we drove into the city and worked, and worked and worked and planted a garden that will provide one bag of fresh veggies for 80 Head Start families child weekly. They were so tired that they crawled back to camp thinking everyone would be sound asleep by 8 pm. Not So! We played games with gum and apples and roasted marshmallows and laughed and played. Finally we gathered for compline and shared about our day. The kids were amazing. Sunday was a day of challenges with a climbing wall, a monkey bridge and a balance beam. Once again we laughed until we could laugh no more. Going home was good because we missed our moms and dads, our beds and showers but bad because our adventure came to end…. Until next year!

New Words: Food Desert: Someplace where access to healthy food is very difficult like an urban setting with only convenience stores. Mushroom Compost: Really, rich, really smelly stuff that grows great veggies Monkey Bridge: A rope bridge with v-shaped sides, very fun, very scary

Great dates for Parents in June: June 6th Picnic in Hurkamp Park 10 am service is in the park followed by a potluck picnic

June 20 Father’s Day Celebrate a Dad today!

June 27 Worship and Dinner Come to the Celtic Service at 5:30 and leave your little one in the Nursery or your schoolager with Carey and friends until 8:30 p.m. Sign up early, numbers limited.

-Carey

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Outreach

Micah Yard Sale Clean out those garages, basements and storage units. Pull out your furniture and appliances that are too good to throw away, but not your style any more. Get out those tools, sports equipment and electronics you planned on using someday. How about those unused building supplies—lumber? Drywall? Bricks? Siding? Micah Ecumenical Ministries is collecting larger treasures for a June 5, 2010 yard sale. We are not accepting clothing, knick knacks, etc. for this event. Sale will be held from 8am to 2 p.m. in Fredericksburg Baptist Church parking lot. A bake sale will run from 9a.m. to 10a.m.

To donate your tax deductible items call David Spellman at 540-809-0255. Delivery is appreciated but not required. All proceeds from the sale will assist Micah in its many efforts to help Fredericksburg’s homeless neighbors in need. Direct cash or check donations can be sent to P.O. Box 3277, Fredericksburg, VA 22402. You can also donate online at www.dolovewalk.net

Housewarming Party Join Micah Ministries in celebrating the opening of its new Residential Recovery Home at 1512 Princess Anne St. Our doors will be open May 30 from 9:30 a.m. To 1 p.m. Bring a housewarming gift to help make our house a home. The home will provide short-term shelter to homeless leaving the hospital in need of temporary or terminal care. We are still in need of hygiene items, socks, underwear, scrubs of all sizes, games/cards, cleaning supplies (for floors, bathrooms, dishes, windows), paper goods (paper towels, toilet paper, plastic wrap, foil), laundry detergent, mugs, plastic storage containers. We are also looking for volunteers to prepare and serve dinner on site, weekly or monthly. Contact Chuck Ellis 540-479-8302 for more information. “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8

Farewell to Larry Duffee

We said Farewell to Larry Duffee as he departed St. George’s as a missionary to The Sudan on May 11, 2010. A good time was enjoyed with an African Safari.

Follow Larry’s Mission in the Sudan at http://dufmaninsudan.blogspot.com.

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One Body

One Body Serves Everybody

On March 10, 2010, St. George’s Congregational Care Commission inaugurated a new seventy-member pastoral care initiative called the One Body Response Team (OBRT). On a rotating weekly basis, individual teams of ten are organized to respond directly to the needs and concerns of our fellow St. Georgians, assisting with everything from preparing a meal to making a hospital visit or bringing good cheer to a shut-in. Virtually the whole congregation plays an active role. Parishioner needs come to the attention of the clergy through family members, St. George’s staff, or members of the St. George’s community, and those needs are organized into weekly activity lists by parish coordinator Nancy Schwartz and OBRT coordinator Joanna Catron. The list is disseminated at the beginning of each week to team captains whose members volunteer to respond with assistance.

As anticipated, our first two weeks ”on call” got off to a slow start, but through word of mouth, news of our ministry has spread and our activities have swelled. Trusting our St. Georgians to respond generously to needs when they can, we don’t require them to report on whom and how members have responded. But judging from emails, thank you notes and verbal testimony, One Body members clearly have answered the call for assistance with love and enthusiasm. We often caution parishioners that though we will do our best to assist them with a need, there’s no guarantee that someone will be available. To our absolute delight and wonder, we often see an immediate response to the needs we send out! By the commitment One Body members have already demonstrated, it has become apparent that they are undaunted by their own hectic lives, full time jobs and long distance commutes, happily working towards “building the kingdom” at St. Georges. They have brought a variety of talents to their ministry and offer plenty of valuable assistance to their St. George’s family. What’s more, they have been hugely useful to upcoming teams by providing updates and recommendations regarding parishioners with long term needs, “stirring each other to love and good works.” When you encounter a One Body Response Team member, please remember to thank them. One Body members commit to serving one year at a time, from March to March. Won’t you consider joining their ranks at our next member drive? Also, you can join anytime. We do have slots available. Contact Joanna Catron at [email protected].

Episcopal Church Women (ECW)

Episcopal Church Women Archives

St. George’s ECW is in the process of gathering records suitable for storing in archives. If you have old records or minutes from past ECW meetings, please bring them to the church office. The church is interested in preserving all of its past records.

UTO In-Gathering

Thanks be to God for Your Generous Contribution to UTO. Our Spring Ingathering totaled $645.75.

The United Thank Offering is a personal and family devotional program of the Episcopal Church. It is the sum of our daily thanks for the blessings in our everyday lives. Thank you for expanding

the circle of thankful people by bringing the amount of your daily thanksgiving for the spring ingathering on May 16, where it was combined with the offerings of hundreds of thousands of other Episcopalians to become the United Thank Offering. The UTO has become a worldwide effort to meet compelling human needs and to expand the mission and ministry of the church at home and throughout the world.

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Community Garden (Planted 6/20/10)

On Thursday, May 20, Michelle Starr, Todd Schwartz, Carey Chirico and Mr. Archer (a formerly homeless man from Micah) spent a few hours planting tomatoes, peppers and other delectables for our new vegetable garden. The produce generated will be used for our community dinners and to enrich our food pantry distributions. Special thanks to Lindsey Williams, with Quin Rivers, for her support and assistance and to Claire Simpson and Nick Cadwallender for their generous donations of plants. If you are interested in volunteering to help with this effort please contact the church office and we will add you to the list!

June Birthdays

June 1 - Eric Babbie, Laura Burkle, John Chenault, Maud Conway, Jack Murray

June 2 - Stephen Covert, Lynette Reed, Kirstin Snead

June 3 - Susan Blasco, Aidan Bryant, Janet Clark, Jane Moss, Christopher Schmidt, Matthew Simpson, Matt Tankersley

June 4 - Carey Chirico, Philip Chirico, Kathy Fillian, Barnes Hall

June 5 - Blair Morris

June 6 - John Gilmer, Briella Ouelette, Joe Sers, Thomas Talbot, Norman Young

June 7 - Stephen Vellenga-Buban

June 8 - Lane Dickard, David Ramsey, Tyler Steve

June 9 - Wayne Morris, Blake Morris

June 10 - Frank DuVal, Elizabeth Hicks, Monica Vecchi

June 11 - Linda Coker, Bill Harris, Harrison Simpson

June 12 - Barry Surles, Suzanne Surles

June 13 - Jeanette Cadwallender, Jonathan Gibson, Chip Willis

June 14 - Bill Carter, Emily Martinez, Susan Morgan, Sharon Null, Mac Smith June 15 - Mary Hayden

June 16 - Anna Bear, Nancy Pangburn, Tom Pugh

June 17 - Rick Dowdell, Dianna England, Mary Carter Frackelton, Becky Heubi, Tom Meredith, Christopher Riley

June 18 - Peter Carey

June 19 - Rebecca Bryant, Caleb DeYoung, Charlotte Moore, Artemis Wilhour

June 20 - Alan Gayle, Mary Elizabeth Greenup, Justin Kole

June 22 - Mary Cadwallender, Jennifer Child, Mark Featherstone

June 23 - Barbara Forbush, Mary Whatley

June 24 - Charlotte Evers, Bob Haley, Bruce Newcomer

June 25 - Martha Matthews, Peter Morgan, Sam Saunders

June 26 - Jess Catron

June 27 - Bill Johnson, Becky Spurr

June 28 - Ben Hicks

June 29 - Lillian Babbie, Joe Blackwell, Susan Carn- ohan, Nancy Maune, Stacy Mayner, Rick Spurr June 30 - Jack Hassinger

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The Gift of Music

Organ assembly continues! Three months to delivery Parsons technicians are making steady progress in assembling our new Pipe Organ. Now that the main steel structure is in place, woodworkers are busy fabricating the exterior case from walnut. Along with the façade pipes, the case is the part of the organ that is visible from the nave. The large pedal pipes are being racked and mounted in place. Shown in the photo below are the four largest pipes from the 16’ Open Wood stop, which will be part of the pedal division of the organ. There are 32 pipes, made of solid white pine, which were constructed by the Hook and Hastings Organ Company of Boston and installed in South Avenue Baptist Church of Rochester NY as part of Opus 2477 in 1923. Parsons has had these pipes in storage for several years, waiting for an opportunity to

place them in a suitable acoustic. Since the 16” Open Wood in our old organ was cracked and beyond repair, the nearly identical Hook and Hastings pipes will provide perfect replacements. Meanwhile, Aaron and Jay are busy building the pilaster and ceiling of the overhang in the front of the case that will support the façade pipes. Once completed, the four support columns will be installed along with the Great, Positiv and upper Pedal wind chests. Next week, set up will begin on the rollers and trackers, the mechanical parts that link the console with the wind chests and pipes. The keyboards have been completed and the polished tin façade pipes are set to arrive from the Netherlands this week.

Racking 16’ Open Wood Jay fabricating the front pilaster

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Now available on St. George’s web site!!!!! An informative video presentation from Parsons narrated by designer Peter Giese featuring:

A virtual tour of St. George’s new instrument. Watch as our new pipe organ comes together piece by piece.

http://www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/ProgramsMusic2010.asp

Save the Date: September 12, 2010—Our New Organ arrives on Rally Day!

A new Pipe Organ is a once in a lifetime event in the life of a faith community. Please come and welcome our new Parsons Pipe Organ after the 11:00 a.m. Eucharist on Rally Day, Sunday

September 12, 2010. This will be a “hands on” welcome as we help the Parsons staff unload our new instrument and carry it into its new home piece by piece.

Upcoming Musical Events at St. George’s

Two Special Chamber Music Events in June

June 1, 3 and 4—The Fredericksburg Festival of the Arts Chamber Music Festival Three nights of chamber music performed by world class artists in the wonderful acoustics

of St. George’s. For information: www.fredfest.org

Friday June 18—7:30 PM—Chanson du Soir,

Classical Guitar and Voice Music from the Renaissance to Brazilian Folk

Songs

First Friday Concert Series

St. George’s First Friday concert series was a great success and is taking a break for the summer. In September, concerts will move downstairs to Sydnor Hall, and will feature local performers in a more relaxed atmosphere. Watch for details.

Sunday Chamber Music Series

Our final Chamber Music Concert of the year, featuring the debut of St. George’s Chamber Orchestra and our new Hubbard harpsichord, was a huge success. Plans are underway for next season’s series, which will include performances by the orchestra, the Chamber Chorale of Fredericksburg, St. George’s chamber musicians and special guests.

Special Event! Monday, July 26 from 7-8 PM

The St. George Jazz Ensemble Live on the Steps!

Join the Jazz Ensemble for an evening of Jazz on the Library Steps

http://www.librarypoint.org/musiconthesteps

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Reuben Thom – Plaques in the Church, Part 5

There are two marble plaques inside the Church toward the front. One of the individuals is well-known - Rev. Edward McGuire who served the Church for 45 years from 1813-58. The other plaque on the right or south side of the Church honors a gentleman less well known - Reuben Thom. Together they dominated St. George's in the 2nd Church 1815-1849 and through the first half of the 19th century. Thom’s obituary in the Fredericksburg Ledger was on the front page in 1868 - McGuire didn’t get that billing when he died.

Reuben Thom was on the Vestry for 52 years and is the longest serving Vestry member in our history. Remarkably, he was senior warden for 40 of those 52 years. (Vestry rotation did not begin until 1946). Like McGuire he is buried in St. George's Cemetery though not originally. His grave was moved there in 1932 and was one of the last burials. As they faced each other in life, so too in death.

Unfortunately we know little about their working relationship. However, we know it was more than cooperation since Thom was one of five men to attest to McGuire’s will. In addition, they were affiliated with many of the same organizations in Fredericksburg, namely the American Colonization Society, Female Academy, Auxiliary Prayer Book and Tract Society.

Thom worked as a postman and lived on Caroline Street in an 1822 home between George and William Streets, current occupied by the Salem Shops. (See map on left from the Park Service showing businesses and homes around St. George’s during the Civil War). He also owned a warehouse on the river (the stone warehouse today). The post office was on the first floor and he resided on the second.

The 1850's were a boom year for business and he had to enlarge the numbers of boxes on more than one

occasion. Thom did well. In 1860 when he was 78, he had real estate worth $24,000 (approximately $500,000 in today’s market) and estate $5,500 (just under $150,000). He had 4 children and owned 7 slaves. Like McGuire, he was a member of the local chapter of the American Colonization Society which wanted to send African Americans to Liberia in Africa as a just solution to the slavery issue. We have evidence of Thom freeing at two of his slaves during his lifetime.

Thom was a small man in statute – only five feet tall. Dabney H. Maury, the uncle of Matthew Fontaine Maury, wrote in his recollections the following story about Thom: “Once when the Episcopal Convention was assembled in Saint George's, a dangerous crack was discovered in the gallery of the church, and great apprehension prevailed as to the safety of the building. The senior warden indignantly derided these fears, and, when the convention opened, the amazed congregation saw their warden seated in the gallery, his arms folded, and his back propping the dangerous crack.”

Maury provided some hints on her character and demeanor. “He was a man of strictest integrity and absolute sobriety, and was never known to take a drop of strong drink; but his ruddy face was adorned by a prominent nose of flaming and suspicious redness.” Based on the reading of accounts in his post office, he had a wry sense of humor.

During the 1862 bombardment of Fredericksburg on December 11th one of the early rounds pierced his home. He fled to the basement and then to the garden with what valuables he could take. Later that evening he reached the safety of Lee's lines on Marye's Heights though without his valuables. After the battle he returned to town and lived off contributions from the fund established to aid Fredericksburg residences rendered homeless. He rebuilt in 1863 in another part of town. (Continued on page 13)

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In 2009, I found a November, 1835 circular written by Thom at the Heritage Center where our records are stored. We have very few records from 1817-1865 since our Vestry minutes and other church records were presumably burned in Richmond. A portion of the Circular is reproduced. The issue that Thom discusses is not unusual – lack of monitory support for the Church and even the minister’s family. Thom notes the Vestry members have increased their pledges and he asks the congregation to do the same. He says the revenues were “less than enjoyed 10 years ago.” He may have been reacting over recent communicant trends. The Church listed 100 communicants in 1820 which had risen to 114 in 1829. After a successful revival in 1831 the communicants swelled to 188 but by the time Thom wrote, the number was writing was down to 160. Still the count was larger than the 103 the Church had a decade earlier in 1825, and the Church revenues should have increased though he notes deaths

in the Church that had a negative impact. He had “confident expectation” that the congregation would understand the issue and each parishioner would “contribute so fair a claim upon your Christian liberality.” Thom’s confidence was rewarded. By the Civil War the communicants had risen to the 280’s. Given the ability to support the new church the financial crisis must have passed. One side pursuit was his service as President of Aqueduct Company which provided water to Fredericksburg before there was a public water company and even lasted until 1964. Their main source was the springs on William Street just east of Trinity Church today. In the heyday they supplied water through four cast iron pipes to 100 customers from Hanover Street to Princess Anne. Thom died in May, 1868 at the age of 82. As the Fredericksburg Ledger wrote: We have never known “a man of more sterling honesty, more transparent truth or cooler courage.” His remarkable life spanned the early American Republic, the Jacksonian years and the years prior to the Civil War as well as the War and the beginning years of Reconstruction. 52 of those years was given to service to St. George’s and with Rev McGuire served all three St. George’s Church buildings. Not surprisingly, according to his obituary, “Among his last utterances were fervent prayers for the prosperity of the Church.” - Ben Hicks

Tiffany Stained Glass Exhibit in Richmond and St. George’s “Tiffany: Color and Light”, an exhibit of the work inspired by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) comes to Richmond between May 29-August 15th. The show in Richmond at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is the only US location having been to Paris and Montreal. It will be the first show in their new addition which doubled the size of the museum.

The exhibition features 180 works, including a wide range of glass vases in incredible shapes, a series of spectacular lamps, some paintings, mosaics, enamels and jewelry, as well original drawings from the Tiffany studios and period photographs. One interesting feature is to be able to see a set of newly restored Tiffany windows from Montreal at eye level.

To celebrate the Tiffany event at St. George’s, we have created three new handouts on all our windows (including the 3 Tiffanies here) that will be located in the Narthex and available for self directed tours. The latter two highlight the Biblical inscriptions, history of the donors (where available) as well as artistic techniques:

1. Overview tour – Short summary on each window.

2. Tiffany window tour. All three are covered in depth.

3. Tour of 6 key windows illustrating 6 different makers and various styles.

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Besides an exhibit in Richmond, the museum is planning a driving tour featuring podcasts that can be downloaded to an

electronic player for each Church. The tour can be found here. There are over 50 such Tiffany windows in Virginia from Alexandria to Petersburg, east to Norfolk and west to Roanoke. St. George’s is the only Church in Fredericksburg with Tiffany windows and will be part of the tour. We are hoping to attract a number of visitors to Fredericksburg.

Tiffany’s contribution to stained glass was his use of different types of glasses, many of which were his own creation. He patented an opalescent glass, which has a milky, opaque, and sometimes rainbow-hued appearance when light shines through it. Tiffany called his brand Favrile Glass and was a key part of his stained glass windows since the color was embedded or ingrained in the glass. It was a uniquely American phenomenon that proved to be among the most important advances in decorative windows.

We sent scripts of all of our Tiffanies to the Virginia Museum for the podcast tour. They chose to feature the double window, “Road to Emmaus/Angels with Trumpet and Incense” window in the podcast.

Here is the script produced by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts that will be a part of the driving tour:

“Tiffany Studios produced three windows for Saint George’s Episcopal Church between 1912 and 1917. Each was intended as a memorial to specific members of the congregation, the earliest being the double window installed in 1912 on the left side of the nave.

“This double window is composed of two biblical scenes, dedicated to the memory of the sons of William Yates and Mary Ann Downman Yates, who died young.

The upper section, known as Angels with Trumpet and Incense, takes its inspiration from Revelations 9:13. There are seven soundings of trumpets in Revelations, each signaling the issuing of God’s judgment on earth. Before the seventh trumpet sounded, John was told that

the holy city of Jerusalem would be trampled for 42 months, during which time two prophets would inform the inhabitants about God. This image captures the calm before the storm— the angel on the left is the seventh trumpeter, and the angel on the right bears incense.

Behind the kneeling angels, billowing cloud rise up, parting at the top to reveal a glistening vision of Jerusalem. The city was painted onto a sheet of colored glass with enamel. A sheet of spotted glass was then laid or plated on top, creating a sense of sunlit distance. Spotted glass was made by adding fluorine during the firing process— the fluorine crystallized and caused the spots. Drapery glass is used to produce ripples of varying hues and tints in the angels’ gowns. This type of glass has been bent and folded to produce ripples that create an illusion of depth. The solemn pose of the angels contrasts with the iridescent glimmer of the city that hovers above, instilling the design with surreal grandeur and a sense of what is to come.

Jesus on the Road to Emmaus fills the lower window with a passage from Luke. Two disciples encounter Jesus shortly after his resurrection. The look of incredulity and awe on the faces of the men stands in contrast to the dignity and still expression of Christ. Christ faces toward us, but the men are turned inward, a compositional device that gives the illusion of depth. As in most figural windows by Tiffany Studios, the faces and arms are painted with enamel. Drapery glass creates ripples of undulating fabric, as well as areas of shading, realistically depicting the figures’ forms. Plated spotted and confetti glass are used to portray the dappled leaves on the trees in the background. To make confetti glass, small, irregularly shaped pieces of glass are embedded to the reverse of a sheet of glass.

“In the Biblical passage, the two disciples do not recognize Christ when they meet him. To convey this mystical aspect of Christ, the artist took into account the window’s placement in the church in relation to the composition of the window. Without illumination from the sun, the features of Christ’s face are unrecognizable. But in daylight, Christ’s identity is apparent to the men and the viewer alike.” - Ben Hicks

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Pentecost Baptisms (May 23, 2010)

Welcome to our newly baptized members—Liam McClernon, Seth Vance and Sandra Fisher

EfM Graduates (Education for Ministry)

Congratulations to our six EfM Graduates Jen Rowe, Donn Holt, Ann Holt, Nick Cadwallender, Janis Hales, Connie Smith

Lutheran/Episcopal Covenant Before After Accessibility project completed May 22, 2010!!!

“The Work Crew” 15

More Variety Show Pictures

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This ‘n’ That

Saturday Night Supper The June Saturday Night Supper will be held at the home of Claire and Harrison Simpson, 9 Pawnee Drive, Fredericksburg 22401 at 7:00 p.m. on June 5th and you are invited. Please bring a beverage for social time and a dish to share for dinner. Please contact Claire and Harrison at 540-373-3047 to let them know you will be attending. NO Saturday Night Supper in July and August. Prayers & Squares Quilt Ministry

The "Prayers and Squares" Prayer Quilt Ministry will meet casually this summer. We will resume regular monthly meeting in the fall. Anyone wanting prayers or knowing someone needing prayers may contact Bryn Roth at (540) 373-9126, Sarah Hassinger at (540) 419-1293, or Sally Sarkisian at (540) 373-0567.

Thank You from Larry Duffee

Dear Reverend Jim, Please accept on behalf of yourself, the staff, and all the members of the Saint George’s Community my sincerest and most heartfelt Thanks for the remarkable outpouring of love and Christian goodwill that has been bestowed upon me. I am overwhelmed by your kindness and generosity. I hope I represent St. George’s well on my overseas adventure and prove worthy of all the good wishes that have been given to me.

Many thanks for all you have done to welcome me into the St. George’s family,

Peace and Blessings, Larry Duffee

Church Cleanup Time

Please join us on June 19 at 9AM for a cleanup day at St. George’s. Bring the whole family as we will provide you with supplies and a task to clean a particular part of the church. There will be something for everyone from ceiling to floor. We will provide a few snacks, lunch and even wandering musicians to entertain you while you work. Is that a deal or what? Please plan on joining us and if you would like to lead a particular work group, have a pick-up truck you can provide or have something to add to the list of tasks please contact Richard Friesner at [email protected] or Earl Baughman at [email protected]. We will see you on June 19 at 9AM!

Thank You!

There’s nothing quite like a fresh coat of paint to brighten things up. Earlier last month, we had workers from Micah’s work program painting the walls and trim in Sydnor Hall. Many thanks to our ECW Chapters for their matching donations towards this project. Their generosity brought our costs down to only $600.00. What a blessing!

Coffee Hour Interested in hosting coffee hour this summer? All you have to do is make a pot of coffee (or two), make some lemonade, and put out a few cookies. There is a form in the kitchen for you to volunteer your time for an event that ALL St.

Georgians love. Contact Jan Meredith at 368-9092 or [email protected] for more information.

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June 2010

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday *Holy Eucharist, Rite I, 7:45 am Continuous Coffee Hour, 8:45am Holy Eucharist, 10:00 am Celtic Service and Communion, 5:30 pm

1 Meditation Group, 11:30 am, MR Daily Office, Noon Staff Meeting, 1:00pm, ELR Dedication of the Bishop’s Chapel, at Roslyn , 4:00 pm Our Little Roses Mission Meeting, 7:15 pm, FH

2 Holy Eucharist, Noon

3 Daily Office, Noon


5 Micah Yard Sale Ordination to the Diaconate for Catherine Hicks, 10:30, Christ Church, Charlottesville Meditation Group, 11:45 am, MR Saturday Night Supper, 7:00 pm, Simpsons Home

6* Recognition of graduates Parish Picnic, 10:00 am, Hurkamp Park

7 Daily Office, Noon ECW Conference Meeting, 1:00 pm, FH Community Dinner hosted by St. Mary’s, 5:00 pm, SH

8 Meditation Group, 11:30 am, MR Daily Office, Noon Staff Meeting, 1:00pm, ELR


10 Daily Office, Noon Food for Life pick up, 2:00 pm, FH


12 Finance Committee Meeting, 9:00 am, FH Meditation Group, 11:45 am, MR

13* Greeters Meeting, 11:15 am, Nave

14 Daily Office, Noon Community Dinner hosted by Ferry Farm Baptist, 5:00 pm, SH

15 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE Meditation Group, 11:30 am, MR Daily Office, Noon Staff Meeting, 1:00pm, ELR

16 Holy Eucharist, Noon Vestry Meeting, 7:00 pm, FH


18 Daily Office, Noon Chanson du Soir Concert, 7:30 pm, Nave

19 Parish Clean-up Party, 9:00 am Meditation Group, 11:45 am, MR

20* Father’s Day Integrity, 6:30 pm, SH

21 Daily Office, Noon Community Dinner hosted by St. George’s, 5:00 pm, SH Conversation about New Mission Congregation, 7:30 pm, FH





26 Meditation Group, 11:45 am, MR

27* Worship and Dinner, 5:30, Nave and SH

28 Daily Office, Noon Community Dinner hosted by St. George’s, 5:00 pm, SH



1 July Chancellor’s Village Holy Eucharist and Social

LEGEND ELR - Elsie Lewis Room FH - Faulkner Hall K - Kitchen Lib - Library McG - McGuire Room MR – Meditation Room N – Nursery G - Gallery SH – Sydnor Hall

For an up-to-date calendar, go to: http://www.StGeorgesEpiscopal.net/calendar/webcal.html

Those who give their time and talents to enhance our worship...

June 2010 Servers

If you are scheduled to serve and cannot, find your replacement then email or call the church office (373-4133) and Ralph Powell (368-5777)

by noon Tuesday with changes. Sunday Services: 7:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

Updated 05/24/2010

Latest updates at: http://www.stgeorgesepiscopal.net/ServerSched2010.asp

Sunday June 6 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday June 13 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday June 20 4th Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday June 27 5th Sunday after Pentecost

7:45 a.m. Rite I

LECTOR/ PRAYERS/LEM

Peter Meyers Ed Dinger Joe Blackwell Trip Wiggins

2ND CHALICE Elizabeth Meyers Peter Meyers Ed Dinger Joe Blackwell

GREETERS Jean Rossbacher Betty Stephens Cornelia Bryant Trip Wiggins

10:00 a.m. Rite II (1st, 3rd) Rite III (2nd, 4th)

LITURGICAL COORDINATOR Pam Jewett-Bullock Lee Anne Hecker Bryan Howell Mary Jane O'Neil

PRAYERS N/A John Pearce Abbey Martinez Cynthia Ellis

LESSONS Marion Rambo Bill Carter N/A Richard Friesner

YOUTH READER (Lessons) N/A N/A Carolyn Howell N/A

YOUTH READER (Prayers) Julia Schwarz N/A N/A N/A

CHALICE 1 (Pulpit side) Julia Schwarz Bill Carter Bryan Howell Cynthia Ellis

CHALICE 2 (Lectern side) Thena Jones Lee Anne Hecker Pam Jewett-Bullock Tres Seaver

CHALICE 4 (Pulpit side) Bill Sielski Lana Digges Abbey Martinez Barbara Willis

CHALICE 5 (Lectern side) Bethany Friesner Vicki Lewis Carolyn Howell Connie Smith

CRUCIFER N/A Matt Seaver Kristen Steele Mary Gray Johnson

SERVER N/A Maggie Stoffel Ridge Dodd Chris Vaughn

CANDLE ACOLYTE N/A Elle Hayes Emily Martinez Lennon Hu

GOSPEL BOOK BEARER N/A Vicki Lewis Lily Babbie Cynthia Ellis

GREETERS Frank and Barbara Douglas Mac and Ann Smith Kit Burns Peggy Conway

Pat Baughman Barbara Teal

USHERS * (Head Usher)

* Jim Lewis Vicki Lewis Richard Pierson Kevin Jones

* Kelly Sparr Laura DeSimone Bill Sielski Gayle Howard

* Mark Steele Marshall Simons Wally King Champe Corbin

* Fitz Johnson Alex Singler Joe Sers Soni Sers

COUNTERS Ed Jones Hurley Bogardus

Ralph Powell Mary Jane O'Neill

Pat Baughman Dori Eglevsky

Ben Wafle Susan Carter Morgan

LEV Pat Baughman N/A N/A N/A

Month of June: Altar Guild: Lauren Blalock, Connie Brady, Barbara Arlin

ST. GEORGE’S PARISH PICNIC

Sunday S Hurkamp Park June 6 Rain Location:

10:00 a.m. Sydnor Hall

Bring a generous dish to share and bring a comfortable chair!! Please bring your own non-

breakable plates, cups, utensils, and cloth napkins!! We want to reduce trash!

There is room for soccer, Frisbee or Lacrosse – bring your favorite ball.

ST. GEORGE’S PARISH PICNIC

Sunday S Hurkamp Park June 6 Rain Location:

10:00 a.m. Sydnor Hall

Bring a generous dish to share and bring a comfortable chair!! Please bring your own non-

breakable plates, cups, utensils, and cloth napkins!! We want to reduce trash!

There is room for soccer, Frisbee or Lacrosse – bring your favorite ball.

Summer Fun

We have been dreaming about fun things to do with kids this Summer!

Becky Stewart, Kid’s Musician extraordinaire and Carey Chirico, lover of all things kids, would love to gather

St. George’s kids for a week.

July 12-15 from 6:30 pm to 8 p.m. For Fantastic 4s and 5s, Awesome 6s and 7s and

Over the Top 8-10 year olds. Over the week we would learn some lines,

create sets, make some costumes and put on a play.

But we can’t do it alone! We need three grown up helpers for each age

group and Grown-Ups who love theater and kids!

Yes, my child(ren) would like to participate: ______________________________________________________Name Age

Yes, I can help: ______________________________________________________Name Phone

Collection Basket by the Front Doors

Summer Fun

We have been dreaming about fun things to do with kids this Summer!

Becky Stewart, Kid’s Musician extraordinaire and Carey Chirico, lover of all things kids, would love to gather

St. George’s kids for a week.

July 12-15 from 6:30 pm to 8 p.m. For Fantastic 4s and 5s, Awesome 6s and 7s and

Over the Top 8-10 year olds. Over the week we would learn some lines,

create sets, make some costumes and put on a play.

But we can’t do it alone! We need three grown up helpers for each age

group and Grown-Ups who love theater and kids!

Yes, my child(ren) would like to participate: ______________________________________________________Name Age

Yes, I can help: ______________________________________________________Name Phone

Collection Basket by the Front Doors

RETREAT REGISTRATION FORM

Registration and payment due by Sept. 28

Register now with your $50 deposit. Pay in full by May 31st and receive $25 off per family.

Name(s):

Address: Telephone (daytime):

(evening): (cell): E-Mail: Children (Names and ages): I would like: ___A Quieter Room ___Room near action

___No Preference

Special Needs (crib, etc.): Golfing: Contact Dick Roth at 540-373-9126 Price includes lodging, activities, and meals.

Adults: $145 Teens 13 to 18: $145 Children 8 to 12: $90

4 to 7: $40 0 to 3: Free

Amount Enclosed:

Please tear off and mail with payment to: St. George’s Episcopal Church

905 Princess Anne Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Celebrate the beauty of God’s creation...

...experience the fellowship of God’s people...

...attend St. George’s

Parish Retreat at Shrine Mont

St. George’s Episcopal Church

invites you to our annual...

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Parish Retreat

October 8-10 2010

Shrine Mont Orkney Springs, VA

Cap of $475 per

family

The Program… This year’s theme will include presentations for adults by Vigen Guorian on Ecology and Spirituality. He is professor of Religious Studies in Orthodox Christianity at the University of Virginia. Dr. Guroian has authored nine books and has contributed nearly two hundered articles to books, journals, encyclopedias, magazines, and newspapers.

The Accommodations... The Shrine Mont retreat facility is owned and operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Lodging is in a quaint old hotel and nearby cottages, all with private baths. Meals are served in the large dining room of Virginia House, the main conference facility. Tips are appreciated by the dining room staff.

Free time activities... Shrine Mont has something for everyone - unless you are looking for a TV! Activities include fishing, hiking, porch sitting, sleeping, playing music with friends, Trivial Pursuit, crafts, reading, playing bridge, HAYRIDES, games, wading in the lake...

Plus… Our own great NURSERY comes with us for childcare during adult programming and Saturday afternoon relaxation. It is a tradition that we have a BONFIRE on Saturday evening and we WORSHIP on Sunday morning in the beautiful open air shrine - the Cathedral Shrine of the Diocese of Virginia.

Why Come?

There are hundreds of reasons why you should come. Here are a few:

o Programs for Children, Youth and Adults o Time to enjoy the colorful mountains in

the Fall o Kick back with a cool one, with friends on

the porch o Play a round of golf o Hike the North Mountain o Hayride o Flashlight tag o Fishing o Bonfire with marshmallows and singing

Where is Shrine Mont... It is nestled among the trees at the foot of Great North Mountain in the Shenandoah Valley about two hours from Fredericksburg.

Shrine Mont is a place where people are more important than things; where prayer and reflection, rest and recreation are more important than appointments and tasks. It’s a place where people give thanks to God for creation – from the beauty of the streams, flowers and wildlife which are at home here, to the people who come to this place to celebrate being part of the family of God.

Please don’t let cost keep you from attending this important St. George’s Community event. Scholarships are available for funding; speak to Gay, Jim, or Carey. Remember both sharing and receiving are nurturing elements in our Community growth. Funding requests will be held in confidence. If resources permit, please consider contributing to our scholarship fund. Donations will be cheerfully accepted and greatly appreciated. Questions or more info, contact Jan Meredith 540‐368‐9092 or [email protected].





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Name(s):



___No Preference



4 to 7: $40 0 to 3: Free

Amount Enclosed:









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Parish Retreat

October 8-10 2010


Cap of $475 per

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Name(s):



___No Preference



4 to 7: $40 0 to 3: Free

Amount Enclosed:









Recycle Renew

Relax

Parish Retreat

October 8-10 2010


Cap of $475 per

family

ST. GEORGE’S STAFF The Rev. James C. Dannals, Rector ...................................................................... 373-4133 [email protected] ...............................(Home) ............... 898-3644 The Rev. Gay M. Rahn, Associate Rector .............................................................. 373-4133 [email protected] ......................................(Home) ............... 373-9250 John H. Vreeland, Dir. of Music Ministries .............................................................. 373-4133 [email protected] Carey D. Chirico, Dir. of Children’s Ministries/Dir. of Outreach Ministries. ........................ 373-4133 [email protected] Anna Black, Director of Youth Ministries ................................................................ 373-4133 [email protected] Becky Stewart, Assistant Dir. of Music (Children) .................................................. 373-4133 [email protected] Ben Hicks, Business Manager ................................................................................ 373-4133 [email protected] Nancy Schwartz, Parish Coordiantor ...................................................................... 373-4133 [email protected] Amy Bogardus, Nursery Coordinator [email protected] Mariam Mubangu, Sexton St. George’s Office Fax Machine ............................................................................ 374-0923

2010 VESTRY Pat Baughman (2010), Congregational Care, Newcomers .................................... 373-0324 Barbara Blose, (2011), Fellowship .......................................................................... 374-0934 Hurley Bogardus, (2010), World Mission ................................................................ 899-6290 Kit Burns, (2010), Outreach .................................................................................... 785-3960 Dori Eglevsky, (2012), Communications, Evangelism ............................................ 371-0540 Richard Friesner, (2012), Buildings & Grounds ...................................................... 654-3185 Ed Jones, (2010), Senior Warden, Personnel ........................................................ 371-5649 Susan Morgan, (2012), Children’s Formation, Adult Education ............................. 373-8461 Ralph Powell, (2010), Finance ................................................................................ 368-5777 Mary Jane O’Neill, Junior Warden, Worship & Music ............................................. 899-6543 Mac Smith, (2011), Youth ....................................................................................... 786-2652 Ben Wafle, (2011), Stewardship ............................................................................. 373-0443 Tom Meredith, Treasurer ........................................................................................ 368-9092 Ben Hicks, Register................................................................................................. 373-1556

COMMISSIONS AND CONTACTS Adult Formation ......................................... Connie Brady......................................... 370-1560 Connie Smith ......................................... 898-2837 Children’s Formation .................................. Kenna Glascock .................................... 371-5384 Youth Formation ........................................ Rusty Dodd ........................................... 373-8452 Building & Grounds .................................... Earl Baughman ...................................... 373-0324 Communications ........................................ Ann Holt… ............................................. 361-1966 Webmaster ............ [email protected] ............................... 368-5777 Congregational Care .................................. Joanna Catron ....................................... 845-2317 Pat Mathews ......................................... 972-2534 Evangelism ................................................ Dori Eglevsky ........................................ 371-0540 Fellowship ................................................. Jan Meredith ......................................... 368-9092 Coffee Hour ......................................... Jan Meredith ......................................... 368-9092 Newcomers................................................ Sandy Seaton ................................. 804-214-9813 Barbara Teal .................................. 703-680-5443 Greeters ............................................... Barbara Teal .................................. 703-680-5443 Outreach .................................................... Kit Burns ................................................ 785-3960 World Mission ............................................ Vicki Lewis ............................................ 373-0051 Janice Brunson ...................................... 370-1887 Stewardship ............................................... Frank Douglas ....................................... 710-0077 Worship & Music ........................................ Thena Jones ......................................... 371-2304 Ushers .................................................. Tommy Thompson ................................ 371-1095 Acolytes ................................................ Thena Jones ......................................... 371-2304 Flower Scheduler Susan Graves........................................ 371-5656 Flower Guild ......................................... Betsy Taylor .......................................... 582-3919 Iris Cheatham ........................................ 371-1313 Jane Guerin ........................................... 972-6949 Altar Guild ............................................ Liz Myers ............................................... 373-2073 Vicki Harrison ........................................ 898-0856 Lay Eucharistic Ministry (LEM) ............. Hurley Bogardus .................................... 899-6290 Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEV) .............. Pat Baughman ....................................... 373-0324 Liturgical Coordinators .......................... George Haliday ..................................... 891-4357 St. Georgian Newsletter ............................. Jan Meredith ([email protected]) ..................................................... 368-9092

OTHER GROUPS Archives ......................................................... Trip Wiggins ................................................ 371-3906 Docents .......................................................... Jean Rossbacher ........................................ 373-6722 Education for Ministry ..................................... Gay Rahn .................................................... 373-4133 Episcopal Church Women (ECW) .................. Barbara Teal ....................................... 703-680-5443 Renewing for Ministry Capital Campaign (RfM 2) ...... Ben Wafle…….……. ................................... 373-0443 Jim Branscome ...................................... 371-1977

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