Come Home to Tradition!

In a world where traditional belief is under attack as never before, even from inside the Church, we offer a refuge in the storm, a traditional Church home for the faithful of all denominations.

We gather together in the presence of the Holy Spirit to worship through prayers of thanksgivings and praise to our Creator and His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Our liturgies are formed from the long Anglican and Catholic traditions but include prayers and hymns from many Christian denominations.

see the story and slide show about us in the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Take a few minutes to explore our site. The FAQ page deals with commonly-asked questions about us and about our practices and beliefs. The About Us page displays the Apostolic Succession of the United Episcopal Church of North America, of which we are a parish. Our Vicar, Father Ron Shibley, is also Editor of Glad Tidings, the quarterly newletter of the UECNA. You are welcome to visit the National web site of the UECNA at www.united-episcopal.org and view the latest issue.

You will always be received with open arms at St. Chrysostom Anglican Church. We vow to treat you as "no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God." (Ephesians 2:19 NKJV text).

Christ Praying at Gethsemane
Inset from window at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel

Prayer List

In both Morning Prayer and Holy Eucharist liturgies, we speak aloud the names of those for whom prayers are desired.  Visitors may add names simply by speaking out at the appropriate time.  Today we ask your prayers for the following persons in immediate need:

Anita Williams; Robert Searles; Brenda Stone; Dave Miller, Sr; Sgt. Don Martin; Ryan Spah; Larry Piper; Carol Moore; Jackie Tart; Sarah Jenkins; Audrey Wilson; Karen Dobson; Cindy Faison; Lloyd Strasser.

Contact us:
Father Ron Shibley, Vicar
(804) 559-2690 Office
(804) 559-1627 Fax
email:  ron.anglicanchurch@earthlink.net

Schedule of Worship, Study & Work
Click here for our complete schedule

Active Bible Study Program

At St. Chrysostom we believe that the Church has failed in the past in teaching the doctrines of the faith.  Our parish's Christian Education programs provide guidance and education, all taught in layman's language and using audio-visual aids.

This month we started a new course, Exodus: Themes and Theology.  The class should help parishioners and visitors understand the significance of ten important aspects of Exodus.  Each session will include a roundtable discussion.  Topics are not necessarily in the chronological order of the text, but are grouped together from various places in the book. Reading assignments will be suggested for the following session to help make the meaning clearer and understanding greater.

• The revelation to Moses of the Divine Name, the great I AM statement of Exodus 3:14
• "Seeing" God - What does the Scripture mean?
• The Symbols of Exodus
• The Ten Plagues of Egypt
• The Passover Ritual Instituted
• The Exodus
• The Decalogue
• The Mosaic Laws
• The Tabernacle and Ark of the Covenant
• Jewish Vestments

Interested Christians from all denominations are welcome.  Each class begins at 7:00 P.M.  Unfinished business from each session will be carried over to the next session.

Join Us for Compline

On Tuesday nights, immediately following Bible Study, we end the day by singing and chanting the ancient monastic office of Compline (pronounced com-plen).  For hundreds of years monks, laypeople, priests and visitors, both in the Western churches and in the East, ended the day with the service of Compline, the seventh and last of the services of the hours.

Compline is offered at or near bedtime and its prayers help guide the way of the faithful through the night.  The special version of Compline we use at St. Chrysostom was adapted from the version posted on the CommonPrayer.org web site.  The language is adapted into the style of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.

One of the highlights of Compline is the singing of the 7th Century Roman Catholic hymn, To Thee Before the Close of Day, which is sung to the same tune as "Faith of Our Fathers" (St. Catherine).  For most of the service, the male voices join with the Priest and the female voices sing together.

Please join us this week or any week for Compline.  Read the text