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Table Article from St. George’s Voice, December, 2013
The need is intense. In October of 2013 alone we, at St. George’s, provided food to 2,429 people – 808 households with 418 children. With the recent cuts in food stamps or SNAP benefits the need will only increase. [pdf-embedder url=”http://history.churchsp.org/wp-content/uploads/TheVoiceTableArticle2013.pdf” title=”thevoicetablearticle2013″]
Unique food pantry offers produce, prayer, Nov., 2013
Published by the Free Lance-Star, Amy Umble, November 23, 2013. The first pastel wisps of dawn crept over the steeple as Tom Way slipped inside the side door of St. George’s Episcopal Church on Tuesday. Way joined a handful of volunteers who unfolded seat after seat in a little nook outside the church kitchen, creating … Read more
The Table in 2013 – Expansion in operations
While the Table expanded in visits, concern centered on the availability of fresh vegetables and related issues of funding. During 2013 these concerns were overcome : On March 5, 2013 the Outreach Commission applied and was approved for a $7,000 Mustard Seed Grant from the Diocese of Virginia. This grant supports churches which expand existing … 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
