St. George Episcopal Church

Worship services at St. George are liturgically-based, following the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. We follow the Rite II liturgy, which has more modern language. Our Music Ministry offers songs, and our congregation sings hymns at both our Sunday morning services. We welcome children of all ages to our services, provide nursery care at both services, and Children’s Chapel at our 10:45 AM worship time.

What is Cursillo?

• an opportunity to grow in faith and in spirituality
• a deeper understanding of the teachings of Jesus and how we can serve him
• an experience of living and sharing with others in a loving and caring Christian community and realizing that this can be extended into our own environment
• a continuing community that gives support and encouragement to help Christians carry out their Baptismal Vows

The Weekend:

Cursillo includes a three-day weekend that begins on Thursday evening and concludes on Sunday. The weekend includes fifteen talks, five meditations and a Eucharist every day.

The Cursillo weekend is not a retreat, but an opportunity to meet clergy and laity seeking to strengthen our faith.  It provides an environment to experience the reality of the gift of God’s love through shared prayer, individual meditation, worship, study, fellowship, laughter, tears, and unconditional love.

After the Weekend:

Each person returning from a weekend is encouraged to join in the activities of “the Fourth Day” Community. The purpose of this community is to give strength and support to each other as we grow in faith and develop our unique gifts of ministry.

What’s Expected of Participants:

• to be open and willing to respond to what you experience, to share your feelings with others and allow them to share theirs with you
• to make a genuine effort to discover where you are and where or how you can grow in your Christian life
• to feel secure in the knowledge that you are accepted where you are and as you are, and know that a specific response is not expected of you

The secular world sees Easter as a one day, maybe a weekend, cultural holiday.  For liturgical Christians it is a 50 day season that ends on the Feast of Pentecost.  But what about the rest of the year?  Is Easter a day? A season? Or is it a daily way of living?
Come join Fr. Ram in exploring what it means to live as a resurrection person in the world in this new Adult Spiritual Formation offering.  Discover the tools available to you and your family to help you live an Easter life daily.  Learn about the support St. George offers you to grow as Resurrection Person.  Discover how you can support the wider St. George Community in becoming Easter People.
Class and Workshop begins Sunday, June 4th at 9:45 am in the Parish Hall.

June 4th – “The Power of the Spirit”

June 11th – “…the least of these…”

June 18th – “for the building up of the body”

June 25th – “to whom much is given”

Each class begins starts from Scripture and offers a chance for participants to do some hands-on writing and planning for their own personal Living the Easter Life Plan.

Every Sunday, we have age-appropriate lessons for our young worshippers.  Children begin in the Sanctuary with their parents and follow the acolyte out with their class and will return to their parents in time for Holy Communion.  The children are divided into two age groups.

• Kinder Chapel for 4 year olds and kindergartners.
• Children’s Chapel for 1^st and 2^nd graders

Our curriculum is:

• Lectionary Based-Offering an engaging and fun way for our kids to hear the same stories that are being told during our regular worship.
• Bible Centered-Ensuring that our children interact with the Bible in every lesson.
• Interactive-Children engage in the lesson through interactive games and creative crafts for a fun and exciting learning experience.
• Leader Friendly-Leaders are provided with easy to use leader packs that walk you through each lesson. There is no training needed, allowing volunteers to get involved.  In addition, the lesson preparation is minimal.
• Age-Appropriate-The lessons are tailored to specific age groups, yet all the children will learn the same story on the same day, in a version appropriate and interesting to them.

Need a couple of hours for errands? Just some down time? Come and leave  your children with us for a couple of hours while we host a Parents’ Day Out. We will watch a movie and have snacks and crafts in our Parish Hall on June 4th from 1:30 – 3:30 PM. Contact Happy Wilson for more details and to sign your children up. Space is limited. hwilson@saintgeorgechurch.org