The preschool arose in part from a Virginia Preschool initiative. The Vestry minutes of Nov., 2007 reported that “Cary, Jim and Gay recently attended a meeting on the Virginia Pre-School Initiative that is being sponsored by the Governor of Virginia. The issue is the large number of underserved three to four years olds in Virginia … Read more
In 2009, the church was painted again after 10+ years providing yet another opportunity to view the surrounding area from “on high.” These pictures were mostly taken by Ralph Powell and the Free Lance-Star at the time.
The two unanswered questions with the 1888 steeple pictures is who took them and where. “Who” may not be discovered. “Where” is open to speculation.
Editor’s note -This project was conceived originally in 2013. Fund raising and developing the concept took much of 2014 and 2015. A paper was produced in September, 2014 – key parts are below. The machine was purchased in May, 2016 and was sent to Haiti. Concept Paper for PUBLIC HEALTH ENTERPRISE FOR WOMEN: SANITARY NAPKIN … Read more
This was a collaborative project between Region One, 19 Episcopal churches from Colonial Beach to Culpeper, and the individual churches to complete a new toilet for Notre Dame School that St. George’s and others had supported. St. George’s was the collection point for funds as well as the entity that directed the construction.
Besides the medical support, one missioner wrote this, “This visit is the twelfth for some of us, the tenth for others and the first for others. Over that amount of time we have built deep connections to the community of our Church, school and neighborhood. ” Thanks to Sarah Roeske for her notes on these missions
This has been the main theme of missions from 2012 onward. Learn how it got started and grew
“Sponsor a Child”, the fund for education in Haiti, turned 5 years old in August 2016. It was created in August 2011 as a response to the June, 2011 trip. How well has it done over the last 5 years ?
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.
Trip Wiggins is our archivist, tour guide of the graveyard, researcher and archivist of the church as well as Sunday morning Christian education teacher. Here is a story about St. George’s Church records. We will feature his research on baptisms, marriages and burials starting on Oct. 10.