Starting a new church is a bit like having a baby. There’s all sorts of stuff that is needed to gather a group of people for public worship, and it all costs money that a new baby church doesn’t have. So we’ve pulled together a “registry” so that friends and family and the church can give towards specific, tangible items needed to help us move into this next season.

It’s been just a year since a few lay leaders with a vision for an Anglican church in Frederick, Maryland, attended the Always Forward Church Planting Intensive training in Baltimore. Since then, Frederick Anglican Fellowship has become a small but vibrant community of folks committed to an Anglican church in Frederick.

During Lent, All Souls in Richmond, VA had art installed over the altar. You can read about it here. For Easter, the artwork was transformed.

We had a wonderful Palm Sunday here in Frederick, led by visiting priest Father Charles Glantzberg. Thirty people attended, eight of them children!

Frederick Anglican Fellowship continue to be encouraged about how the Lord is working at our church plant in Frederick, Maryland. A steady group of folks has a growing investment in this church plant through their time, involvement, fellowship, and financial support.

Truro affirms this call to plant a new church in two ways: This is a call for them. And this is a call for Truro. You are invited to pray as well.

We are humbled and amazed about what God has done since last Easter, as we continue to work on the church plant in Frederick, Maryland, currently called Frederick Anglican Fellowship.

For us here in Philadelphia, that shift, that little opening, is happening. A splash of water in our canteen that we and others have asked for – it has come. We have our first few!

This week, All Souls Anglican Church in Richmond, VA will gather together for its tenth week as a worshiping community on the Southside of Richmond. These past ten weeks have been fast, and full, and good.

Frederick Anglican Fellowship continues to move forward. Our little, lay-led community is growing!

On November 13, 2022, New Creation Church, Hagerstown, MD celebrated their 10th year anniversary! Enjoy photos and a reflection about the day.

Update from Christ the Redeemer Church Plant

We thank God for the church launch of All Souls, Richmond on Sunday, November 27, 2022, first week of Advent.

Exciting news! Frederick Anglican Fellowship has begun lay-led Morning Prayer services on the first Sunday of each month in Frederick, Maryland. Our first service was on Sunday, October 2, led by David Breisch. Even though it was pouring rain, we had a good turnout, including people we knew and guests they brought. It was a multi-generational group, and the fellowship was warm.

The Rev. Morgan Reed announced a few weeks ago that beginning on January 22, 2023, Corpus Christi will begin meeting for weekly worship at Prince of Peace Lutheran School. He shares a bit more detail about how they came to find their new space, what they are excited about in this new space, a timeline for the move, and how you have the opportunity to help them get there.

The official public launch date for the Church of the Good Shepherd in Charlottesville, VA is Sunday, October 30.

It's been awhile since you have heard from us because we are actively and prayerfully working towards our public launch in a few weeks!

Church Planting is central to the mission strategy of the Diocese. Since its founding, the diocese has consistently devoted itself to planting a thriving network of Anglican churches throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

FAF seeks to be a community of individuals and families of different ages and backgrounds who live and experience Jesus Christ personally, and to be a place where people can grow in spiritual maturity and be equipped for ministry in their specific contexts.

After the agendas died down and several of us were sitting by the fire, one Canon turned to me and said, “These conversations give me hope.”