
News & Upcoming Events

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.
Concert: Capitol Early Music
For more information and tickets visit www.capitolearlymusic.org

Blessing of the Animals
October 12, 4:00 pm. Blessing of the Animals. In celebration of the Feast of Saint Francis, bring your furry
and feathered friends to the lawn for a special blessing. Stick around for drinks and treats at Doggy Happy Hour.

Crop Walk
October 18, 8:00 am-12 noon, CROP Walk On Saturday morning, October 18, St. Georgians will support the CWS Arlington
Crop Walk by providing snacks, drinks and smiles at our church, the walk’s mid-point. The walk’s goal is to help eradicate hunger; the
need this year is more critical than ever. If you’re interested in helping with the snack table (supplies or time), please contact Maria
Melton (meltonmv@yahoo.com ) or John Churchman (churchm3@comcast.net ). If you’re interested in walking and/or donating,
please visit https://events.crophungerwalk.org/crophungerwalks/event/arlingtonva.

Racial Reconciliation Book Group
October 21 and 28, and November 4, 2025 at 7:30-9 PM* on Zoom, Racial Reconciliation Committee Autumn Book Club.Together we will study The Church Cracked Open - Part 1, by The Rev. Stephanie Spellers. We will be assisted by the user guide created by the Rev. Spellers, Canon to Former Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Please RSVP by October 10, 2025 to Lyn Crawford at egaylelom@yahoo.com or Julie Lindemann at juliannelindemann@gmail.com. Part 2 will be offered in February 2026.

Kids Halloween Concert and Pumpkin Painting
Join us for our annual Halloween Kids Concert! Featuring fun music for the season on our Martin Pasi pipe organ, along with the singing of Pumpkin Carols. Be sure to wear your costumes! For kids of all ages!

Choral Evensong for All Souls
We remember those who have died in the past year with the lighting of candles and the reading of the Parish Necrology. Music by Jake Runestad, Edward Bairstow, Stephen Paulus, and Sydney Watson. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A festive reception follows in the Parish Hall.
To add a name to the Parish Necrology and/or to confirm your loved one is listed, visit
www.saintgeorgeschurch.org/necrology. Submissions are due by Sunday, Oct. 26.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Concert: 9th Street String Quartet
Join the 9th Street String Quartet for their first concert of the season. More at 9thstreetchambermusic.com

EYC Advent Wreath Sale
The Annual EYC Advent Wreath Sale following the 10:30 am service.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Choral Evensong for Advent
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing a service of Choral Evensong for the Second Sunday of Advent. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A festive reception follows.

Concert: Youth String Quartets
Concert: 9th Street Chamber Music Youth String Quartets, Nave. Come hear the the first concert of they year by the 9th Street Youth String Quartet Intensive program. These talented musicians rehearese here each Tuesday evening. www.9thstreetchambermusic.com

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols
Our Annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is sung by the Saint George’s Choir and Choristers. Doors open at 3:30 pm. Not to be missed. A festive reception follows. All are welcome.

Concert: Whispers of the Solstice
9th Street String Quartet Concert. This performance is a special partnership with Lifescape Visionary. Experience the peacefulness of the winter solstice through a blend of chamber music, contemplative poetry and fine art, inviting you to ponder the mystery and quiet comfort of this season. More info at 9thstreetchambermusic.com

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an eclectic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Choral Evensong
Choral Evensong returns.
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing a service of Choral Evensong in memory of John Johnson of Wytheville, Virginia. Music features works by African American composers. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A festive reception follows.

Men's Group
October 4, 8:30 am, St. George’s Men Group meets IN PERSON, Room 114. Our discussion topic will be “Approaches and Ground Rules for Meaningful and Inclusive Discussions.” We hope you will be able to join us! If you have any questions please contact David Grahn 571-269-2277 or John Churchman churchm3@comcast.net.

20s&30s Meeting
September 28, 12:00 pm, 20s and 30s Spiritual Quadrilateral, Room 114. We’re asking (and answering!) big questions together as we delve in and take a look at our individual spiritualities. The discussion will use a self-diagnostic tool to center around how we perceive our own spiritualities and what that tells us about how we interact with God in our daily lives. Questions? Contact Becky at beckylfulton@gmail.com

Acolyte Training
September 28th, immediately following the 10:30 service, Training for New Youth Acolytes: Training for youth aged
(approximately) 8 and up who wish to become acolytes will be held on Sunday, September 28 in the nave immediately after the 10:30
service. Please contact Allison Otto at allisonotto@gmail.com with any questions, or if your youth wishes to become an acolyte but
you are not yet on the mailing list.

Rev. Shearon's Retirement Celebration
Annual Parish Picnic and Retirement Celebration for our Rector, the Rev. Shearon Sykes Williams
More information about our celebration for Rev. Shearon upon her retirement, visit: www.saintgeorgeschurch.org/shearons-celebration

Newcomer's Lunch
Sunday, September 7, Noon, 114. Newcomer Lunch. Calling all newcomers (in mind, body, and spirit)! The Invite, Welcome, Connect committee will be holding a Newcomers Lunch on September 7th at 12 pm in Room 114. This will be an opportunity to break bread with some other newcomers (and old comers) and to learn how to get more connected with parish life at Saint George’s. For more information contact Mike Giaquinto (giaquinto@gmail.com).

Men's Group
September 6th, 8:00 to 9:30 am St. George’s Men Group will meet via Zoom. Our discussion topic will be “Summer Catch Up.”
We hope you will be able to join us! The Zoom link will be e-mailed the Wednesday of that week. If you have any questions please
contact David Grahn 571-268-2277 or John Churchman 703.300.6574

Blessing
August 24, All Services, Blessing of Backpacks. Bring your backpacks, water bottles, briefcases, or laptop bags to receive a special
blessing that you’ll get to carry with you as the school year begins! We will bless backpacks at all three services.

20's & 30's Brunch
Join 20s and 30s for a brunch outing at Detour Coffee Co! We'll gather at the back of the church after the 10:30 service and walk over together. Questions? Contact Becky at beckylfulton@gmail.com.

Summer Book Club
The Racial Reconciliation Committee host a summer book club on Monday evenings in July and August. Together we will study Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitizer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson. RSVP to Lyn Crawford by June 20th at egaylelom@yahoo.com.

First Supper Club
Each month, usually on the first Sunday of the month, the First Supper Club meets at an inexpensive, ethnic restaurant to explore unusual cuisines and share food, fun, and fellowship. On Sunday, July 6, we're convening at 6:00 pm at an all-American "watering hole" that's been feeding Arlingtonians since 1946, the Cowboy Cafe (https://www.thecowboycafe.com/) Their main parking lot is two doors west of the restaurant. Contact Mike Nelson if you have questions. (michael.r.nelson@verizon.net or 703.598.5187)
4792 Langston Blvd, Arlington, VA 22207

Youth Piano Recital
June 29, 3:00 pm, Youth Piano Recital, Nave. Saint George’s youth Ellianna and Zachary McCabe, along with the students of Leopoldo Angulo, present their end of the year recital.

Concert: Michael Crabill, piano
June 22, 4:00 pm, Concert, Nave. Pianist Michael Crabill plays transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies. The concert is free. All are welcome.

Demonstration and Vigil against cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
Saint George’s Social Justice Ministry is organizing a delegation to join the event, which is sponsored by the Georgetown University Center on Faith + Justice. Time TBD

9th Street String Quartet Concert
June 8, 4:00 pm, 9th Street String Quartet Concert, Nave.
Our Artists in Residence give their final concert of the season. A composers Q&A follows the concert. For more information and tickets visit 9thstreetchambermusic.com.

First Supper Club
We’re convening at 6:00 pm at a brand-new Chinese restaurant in Rosslyn, Yu Noodles (1515 Wilson Blvd, Unit 102, 703-718-4928)

20's & 30's Music Q&A with Dr. Ben
Hymnal Lesson and Q&A with Dr. Ben
Confused by how to use the hymnal we sing from each week? Come to Evensong at 4pm and stay afterwards for a crash course with Dr. Ben Keseley, Minister of Music. He’ll give us a little history of our hymnal, show us the basics of how we read the Hymnal 1982, and talk about how music is selected, as well as answer any related questions we have for him. Hope you can join us!

Choral Evensong for Pride Month
We celebrate the start of Pride Month with Choral Evensong, sung by the Saint George’s Choir and Choristers. In this service we celebrate the all-embracing love of God. Music includes music by Magaret Burk, Howard Helvey, and Josu Elberdin. The organ prelude begins at 3:45 pm. A festive reception follows.

Arlington Pride
The Arlington region of Episcopal Churches is hosting a booth at Arlington Pride this year! If you are interested in volunteering at the booth, contact the Rev. Alyse Viggianno (alyse@standrewsarlington.org)

Concert: In Stile Moderno
Capitol Early Music presents A Garland of Roses: Love Songs from 17th-century Italy. Baroque guitars, theorbo and archlute join forces with voice, cornetto, recorder and percussion, in a rich sampler of 17th-century Italian music. More information and tickets at captiolearlymusic.org.

Farewell Reception for Father Paddy Cavanaugh
Following the 10:30 service, please join us as we bid our beloved Associate Rector farewell.

Youth Sunday & Last Day of Sunday School
We will be honoring graduating high school seniors and all the leaders of our Children and Youth ministry. Do you know a graduating senior from the Saint George’s community who we should honor? Email Rev. Paddy (pcavanaugh@saintgeorgeschurch.org)

9th Street Youth String Quartet Intensive Concert
Come hear the final concert of the 9th Street Youth String Quartet Intensive program featuring talented youth musicians playing music from the 20th and 21st centuries. www.9thstreetchambermusic.com

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an ecletic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

Choral Evensong
The Saint George’s Choir and Choristers sing Choral Evensong. Music by Jessica French, Käthe Kaufmann, and John Ireland. The prelude begins at 3:45 pm and a festive reception follows the service.
Choral Evensong in this church is a tiny fragment of something else: it is part of the worship which is offered to God by Christian people every hour of the day and night, in every part of the world. When you come to Evensong here, it is as if you were dropping in on a conversation already in progress – a conversation between God and God’s people which began long before you were born and which will continue long after your death. So, do not be surprised or disturbed if there are some things which you do not understand straight away. For a brief moment, you step into the continual stream of worship which is being offered today and which will be offered to the end of time. You are one with those who worship here on earth and in heaven.


Resurrection Bike Ride
Join us in the small church parking lot for a two-hour ride to Alexandria and possibly National Harbor. Almost all of ride will be along bike lanes or bike trails. Be sure to wear a helmet! Rain date May 10. Contact Mike Nelson (703-598-5187 or mnelson@pobox.com) if you have questions.

Saint George’s Men’s Group
Our discussion topic will be “What Good Things Have Surprised You in Your Life?” We hope you will be able to join us! The Zoom link will be e-mailed the Wednesday of that week. If you have any questions please contact Robbie Williams 703.548.0914 or John Churchman 703.300.6574

Free Chamber Music Concert
The Friday Morning Music Club hosts the Saint George’s Chamber Music series in the Nave. The series features a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles of skilled amateur and professional musicians performing an ecletic repertoire. More information and program at fmmc.org.

The Resurrection of our Lord
Festival Worship at 9am and 11:15 am. Brass, Choir and Organ. A festive reception follows.