We are a small Episcopal Church on the banks of the Rappahannock in Port Royal, Virginia. We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional land of the first people of Port Royal, the Nandtaughtacund, and we respect and honor with gratitude the land itself, the legacy of the ancestors, and the life of the Rappahannock Tribe. Our mission statement is to do God’s Will in all that we do.

Looking back to the beginning of Summer, 2016, 8 years ago

Traveling back in time for June and July, 2016 marks the transition from spring to summer. We have a slide show and a description.

 Look back to June, July 2016(full size gallery)

Here are some of the events that happened over the 2 month period:

1. Altarpiece center portion and other sections completed so scaffolding could be removed in July
A. July 21, 2016
B. July 13, 2016
C. July 3, 2016
D. June 26, 2016
E. June 11, 2016
F. June 11, 2016
G. June 9, 2016
H. June 6, 2016

2. Church steeple top and parish house painted

3. Vacation Bible school for 4 days, led by Becky Fisher with a program focusing on the resurrection of Jesus

4. Training for acolytes occurred

5. Village Harvest continued with the largest produce distribution in July -We gave out 1277 pounds of produce and 315 pounds of things like peanut butter, canned fruit, tuna, etc. on July 20, 2016. The amount of produce was a record produce distribution in the history of this ministry.

6. Village Harvest Luncheon. We invited a group from the Village Harvest food distribution to meet with parishioners for overall fellowship as well as to see their needs in relationship to the existing Village Harvest program which has been ongoing since Nov. 2014. How well is it going ? Any changes ? We had 11 from the food distribution and 9 from St. Peter’s.

7. Callie completed her service with Godly Play on July 17. She preached and there was a reception. Marilyn provided the communion music on her new harp. It was a plain song that could have been heard at St. Peter’s at the time the altarpiece was created (1853).

8. We received materials from Nepal commemorating our work with that country

9. July 4, 2016. The venue of the program presented by Historic Port Royal was switched to St. Peter’s because of the impending rain.

10. Shrine Mont received matching grant of $50,000—And we can help match this grant.

11. Ken started up Port Royal Tutoring this time with a focus on high school juniors and rising seniors who take the PSAT test, emphasizing math

12. Continuing – the beautiful light in the church, Cookie’s altar flowers

13. Reappearance of our first Godly Play teacher, Amy Turner who was just hired in Florida as a chaplain