home - St. Chrysostom Church at St. Joseph's Villa Chapel, 8000 Brook Road, Richmond VA

Click on the SEVEN GOOD REASONS graphic above to read the full text.

TRADITIONAL LITURGICAL WORSHIP for Christians of all denominations...
DIVERSE ETHNIC, ECONOMIC & RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS. We do not celebrate any single national culture or heritage ...
FANCY DRESS NOT REQUIRED. We do not require formal dressing for services...
CORPORATE WORSHIP. Although we come from many backgrounds and conditions of life...
ST. CHRYSOSTOM HYMNAL. Our Hymnal was developed within the parish by a committee of clergy and laity....
LARGE TYPE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Our prayer book offers clear instructions...
REAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FEELING. We offer not just worship but faith and love...

Teaching the Bible is a central function our Christian Education program. Join us any Tuesday night at 7:00 P.M. A light meal is served to those present at 6:30 PM. We are currently studying the Book of Job. Following Bible Study, we join together in prayer using the ancient Compline office, which was the last service of the day before bedtime. Read the text of our version of Compline by clicking the BIBLE STUDY & COMPLINE graphic above.

Awesome Prayers to Our Awesome God, the fourth book in our Christian Education Study Publications series, is now available.

Click the picture above for details about this and other books we currently offer.
(Cover design Copyright 2009 Corinne M. Shibley)

Father Ron Shibley, Rector
Office hours: by appointment
804 306-1190 (New Number)
email: frron.stjohnanglican@earthlink.net
Mr. H. Click Smith, Sr., Lay Reader
804 282-1887 (office)
email: vawgxcc@verizon.net

Learn more about our staff by clicking the MEET OUR STAFF tab at the top or bottom of the page.

Winter Services
(until March 21st, Passion Sunday)
Sundays:
11:00 AM Holy Eucharist
(See Rector's Weekly Message for information about changes coming in the Spring)
Tuesdays:
7:00 PM Bible Study
7:45 PM Compline
Thursdays:
No services until 3/25
(See Rector's Weekly Message for more details)

Learn the details of each of our services, including Advent & Christmas by clicking the SERVICE & STUDY SCHEDULE graphic above.

We need your help

We are a small parish with a number of people on disability or Social Security. We could use outside financial support. No matter where you live you can help support our work. Please make checks payable to St. Chrysostom Church and mail them to our Treasurer, Corinne M. Shibley, 7162 Soft Wind Lane, Mechanicsville, VA 23111. Any contribution, no matter what the amount, will be welcome.

We are not affiliated with and receive no financial support from St. Joseph's Villa. We welcome your contributions and invite you to support our parish with your donations and purchases of our publications.

Click here to visit the OAC web site: www.orthodoxanglican.net

"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, to whom be glory and upon us mercy and compassion for ever and ever. Amen."

Tuesday, February 23rd A.D. 2010

Like many parishes in the Richmond area, we continue to have folks, including me, suffering from colds and flu ailments, complete with coughs and sore throats. We did have five visitors from Mechanicsville on Sunday to make up for our bout of illness.

This coming Sunday, Lent 2, I will introduce a couple more new songs for the Lenten season. Those introduced last Sunday were well-accepted, these included Kind Maker of the World, O Praise to Our God Today, and Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing, Lord. I continue to look for traditional songs, many from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861, and from other traditional, liturgical denominations, such as the Lutheran and Roman Catholic. All songs are arranged to familiar tunes in our Hymnal.

This Thursday, on our work day, I will install our framed certificate of acceptance into the Orthodox Anglican Church on January 27th, 2010, the Feast Day of St. John Chrysostom, and a framed copy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch article from 2008. Both will be mounted in our Sacristy/Vestry Room.

Please join with us Sunday for traditional worship and song for the Second Sunday in Lent.

Glory be to God for all things! Amen.