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Deacon Carey with Catechesis 3rd to 5th grade.

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd – the first decade 2006-2016

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd was a different way of conduction christian education among youth and led to increasing links between it and other parts of St. George’s life.

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1996 Annual Report

This report was presented to the congregation, Jan 26, 1997 and is an effective summary of 1996, Charles Sydnor’s 20th year. This report is also important since we are missing our entire 1996 Vestry minutes. We do have the newsletters. It was a time of staff changes as Elizabeth Roberson, the parish secretary under both Tom Faulkner and Charles Sydnor retired after 36 years. Ministries were changing and others were being added in pastoral care and in the mission area .

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Church-State Ties in Early St. George’s Parish

By Debbie Haliday.

The government and early clergy and vestries of St. George’s Episcopal, 1712-1775

Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources

Selections from several categories of our history.

5. Rev. Edward McGuire

McGuire served all 3 churches over the course of 45 years. He is probably the most influential of all our rectors in all phases of ministry from preaching, teaching, and outreach. Trip Wiggins, our archivist, wrote this for a Sunday school class and has been teaching classes for years

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6. Tom Faulkner confronts the Vestry on race

Faulkner served St. George's for 30 years from 1946-1976. During these years racial policies were paramount, especially 1954, in the year of Brown vs. Board of Education, Faulkner was challenged by the Vestry on the role of Blacks in our service. He was able to move St. George's toward racial justice that other rectors would further

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