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Bishop Johns on the “Life and Labors” of Edward McGuire

This article appeared in 1859 a year after Bishop John Johns delivered a funeral oration for Rev. McGuire who died in 1858. We don’t have Johns funeral oration for Rev. McGuire. However, a year later this article appeared in the “Protestant Episcopal Quarterly Review”. It was entitled “Rev. Edward C. McGuire, D. D. Sketch of his Life and Labors”. Johns name does not appear with the article but a copy of the article is at Virginia Theological Seminary with his name attached to it.

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1800s

Once A Village – remarks about high/low church at St. George’s

Once a Village was written by Kate Doggett Boggs and published in 1944. This selection reflects the high/low church controversy of the late 19th century

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1800s

How the Pledge card developed

The pledge system developed at the end of the Civil War to help the church pay for its damages. It would cover building maintenance and the rector’s salary as well as other charitable causes.

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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