2019 PLEDGE UPDATE
So far, we’ve received 337 responses and 314 pledges. We are hoping for responses from 100% which is 588.
OFFICE HOURS FOR THANKSGIVING
Our office will close at noon on Wednesday, November 21 - we will have noon prayer with Eucharist. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday (November 23 - 24). There will be no noon prayer on those days.
ADVENT WORKSHOP
There will be no youth or children's formation classes Sunday, November 25. Instead all ages are welcome to attend the Advent Workshop. We will be making advent wreaths and other crafts to celebrate the season of Advent. An $8 donation helps cover the cost of materials for this wonderful event. To volunteer to assist with the Advent Workshop, contact Hecti Musa (
hector.musa@stgeorgesepiscopal.net).
PLANT-BASED COOKING
Our Stewardship of the Earth Cooking Class and Potluck will meet Wednesday, November 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Join us as Liz Ritoli, founder and director of Stone Soup Village Kitchen, demonstrates how to turn the fall harvest into delicious, easy to prepare warm salads. Kale and Brussels sprouts will be the stars in her salad. Vegan potluck supper follows class. Bring a plant-based item to share or make a donation to St. George’s Food Pantry (The Table). This event is in partnership with the Fredericksburg Food Co-op.
#GIVINGTUESDAY
This global day of giving is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving - November 27. The Table at St. George’s will be participating with donate links available on St. George’s webpage and The Table at St. George’s Facebook page. You can also stop by Sydnor Hall on November 27 if you’d like to donate with a check. Micah Ministries is also participating - please see their website to donate.
YOUNG ADULT HYMN SING
Start the season off right with a sing-along of our favorite hymns! The Rev. David Casey, our Young Adult Missioner, would like to invite all of our young adults (this includes college students!) from Christ Lutheran, Trinity Episcopal, and St George's Episcopal to Eileen's Bakery & Café, 1115 Caroline Street at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28 for a time of fellowship and music. Snacks and beverages will be provided. An E-vite was sent to your mailbox earlier this week. If you did not receive the Evite and would like to attend, please contact Pastor David at
dcasey@vts.edu or 646-416-0218.
SATURDAY NIGHT SUPPER
Our next SNS is December 1 at 6 p.m. at the home of Ralph and Diane Powell (791 Winterberry Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22405). Please RSVP to
Diane.
SUBMIT IDEAS
The 2020 Commission wants your input for our 300th anniversary celebrations. Please fill out a card (found in the pews or in the tract rack) and submit by December 2.
CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
You are invited to Shiloh Baptist's (New Site) Annual Candlelight Service on December 2 at 6 p.m. St. George's choir will sing and our Rector will deliver the message. All St. Georgians are invited to attend and build community in Advent with our New Site neighbors.
DISASTER RESPONSE PLANNING GROUP
St. George’s World Mission Commission would like to form a planning group or team to brainstorm how we at St. George’s might position ourselves to better respond to natural disasters. In the last two hurricane seasons, parts of the United States have been devastated by hurricanes. The World Mission Commission would like to be able to quickly respond to such when needed so we invite your input. If you feel called to be part of this new effort, please contact
Bob Miller.
HOT DOGS FOR HAITI
We’re selling chili and hot dogs, chili, hot cocoa and much more with all profits going to our sister church and adjoining school in Haiti at the Christmas parade on December 1. Adults and youth help us set up, cook, and clean up. Contact Lance if you can sign up for a shift or for information on donating needed items for the event:
sacton15@msn.com.
HAITIAN CRAFTS FOR SALE
The Haiti Team brought back many items from their recent trip and will be selling Haitian crafts after the 9 a.m. service during the coffee hour in Sydnor Hall on December 2 and 9.
ECW SILENT AUCTION
The Mary Faulkner Chapter is having a silent auction in Sydnor Hall Dec. 2 and 9 following each service. Come bid on fun themed baskets such as: martini, horse-lovers, kitchen, and more! Proceeds go towards funding ECW grants.
ART SHOW FEATURING ARTISTS OF MICAH CHURCHES
Fredericksburg Baptist Church will host a First Friday art show in their welcome center during December. Artists are welcome to bring pieces to their office the week of December 3, and by Thursday, December 6. Just include your name and phone number on the back of the piece. And medium is welcome and pieces do not have to be framed. All are invited to see the art at an open house from 5:30 - 8 p.m. on Friday, December 7.
SOUND TECHNICIANS NEEDED
We are looking for volunteers to help adjust our sound system as needed during Sunday services. If interested, contact the
office.
COLD WEATHER VOLUNTEERS
Help is needed to assist with the 2018-19 cold weather shelter. If you would like to be a part of our church response team, which serves the shelter on the 1st, 2nd and 5th Monday nights from November 15 - March 15, contact Anna Colopy (cell: 540-226-0960). In addition to making beds, checking guests in and building relationships with shelter guests, there are several new opportunities to consider this year. Please let Anna know if you have special interest in:
- Intake Volunteer: works with staff to meet and orient new guests, collect data, explain community resources and process id cards. Preliminary training required.
- Morning and/or Evening Bus Drivers: Uses Micah’s 15-passenger bus to pick up guests at 6:15 p.m. and transport them from the community dinners to the shelter, and/or from the shelter to the Micah breakfasts at 7 a.m. the next morning. Requires driver’s license, good driving record and tutorial for bus usage.
HELP OUT THE TABLE AND COMMUNITY DINNER
Our produce team needs adult and teen volunteers on Sunday afternoons from 2:30 - 4 p.m. to meet and unload the fresh produce from the farm truck. Crates can weigh up to 40 lbs., so a little muscle helps. 3rd Monday of the month Community Dinners need to update their list of volunteers. If you are able to come serve, clean up, wash dishes between 4:30 to 7 p.m., please let us know. For both - Contact
Grace in Action to get involved.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
ANNOUNCING THE BISHOP S. JOHNSTON FUND
Our Diocese has announced the Bishop Shannon S. Johnston Fund for Youth and Young Adult Formation in honor and thanksgiving for Bishop Shannon’s ministry to our diocese and his great passion for engaging young people. This fund will benefit our ministries with youth and young adult formation – in particular, our next stage of the Triangle of Hope initiative – and provide for meaningful diocesan collegiate endeavors.
How to give:
• Make your check payable to Diocese of Virginia and include the memo: Bishop Johnston Fund. Send your check to The Diocese of Virginia, 110 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23220.
• Give online through
www.diocese.net and click on the red “Donate” button and choose the Bishop Johnston Fund.
• Text DIOVA SSJFUND to 73256.
