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Park Service, St. George’s to present ‘Voices from the Storm’ program

The Park Services “Voices” is at St. George’s 7pm, Sat., Dec. 10, 2016. Here is the full story and a preview. There are additional links about the interior picture used as well as the party described at the rectory at 303 Hanover Street.

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This Century

Pastoral Care is revolutionized – The Creation of the One Body inititiative, 2010

On March 10, 2010, St. George’s Congregational Care Commission inaugurated a new seventy-member pastoral care initiative called the One Body Response Team. This brought new strength to pastoral care by getting more people involved outside a geographical focus.

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Pastoral Care in the 1990’s

Pastoral care mushroomed in the 1990’s. With the growth of the church in the late 1990’s it became stretched. From this one commission came our current commissions of pastoral care, fellowship and newcomers.

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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