We now consider the renovation of St. George’s 2002-2011. From planning to completion it took almost a decade. Here are two campaign booklets that provide insight on what was done and why.
Pictures of the concert series and choir from 2009 onward
The concert series was started in 2009 at the time the church was completing a major renovation. The theme became appropriately “Beautiful Music in a Beautiful space.” It has provided another avenue of evangelism and outreach for St. George’s to the community to hear quality musical talent at a reasonable price.
Article on John and Mary Vreeland from the FrontPorch magazine. Frontporch carried listing of concerts for several years.
Survey of how music changed at St. George’s in the early years of the century. Much of it deals with the talent and vision of John Vreeland who came to St. George’s in 2005.
Music at St. George’s has always had the organ at the forefront leading the congregation in hymns and providing the organist a chance to sample the wide organ repertoire in the prelude and postlude. This is a short history of organs at St. George’s and the beginning of a music series.
When and how did the popular Celtic service develop ? The Celtic was part of an overall shift toward an increase number of services to present different liturgies, music and to fit changing needs within the church.
The expansion years were good years for the preschool in the number of students served, the finances and the addition of the afternoon classes. We were finding more St. George’s parents were sending their children to the preschool
One expense the preschool did not have to bear with the building occupancy costs which were close to $35,000. Due to the modification of the basement space of McGuire, we were affected by a new building code adopted by the state of Virginia. We would have been affected by this code when we would make … Read more
The first year proved to have many challenges – lower enrollment, costs to get an occupancy report and a change in the director.