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The Beginning of the Haiti Mission 2010-2012
Editor’s note – This is the first of several articles on the history of the Haiti mission from 2010 onward. This article is being originally published on Oct. 20, 2016, the day the current team departs for another medical mission.
A. Wilson (Rooter) Embrey’s Life in the Choir
Editor’s note – A. Wilson Embrey, Jr was better known as “Rooter” Embrey. Rooter was quite a character as this letter testifies. One of the stories Charles Sydnor told me was about Rooter’s fund raising method. He would call up a friend (Person B) and tell a story about another person (Person A). He would … Read more
Getting Started in St. George's History - 6 essential resources
Selections from several categories of our history.
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
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
