Fall 2019

NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GODMarty Easton

All stood and sang this hymn in unison at the GalaInaugural Concerts held here September 7 and 8. Itwas a joyful way to celebrate the new pipe organ. Godworking through us brought about the instrument wesee and hear.

The first week of October saw the final stage ofthe project, when pipe shades were affixed to the organcase. The term pipe shades is used to refer tocarved embellishments for the tops of the façadepipes.

Pipe shades are important to complete thevisual, artistic effect of the case. Laurent Robert,woodcarver and cabinetmaker, designed andcarved the pipe shades, using his knowledge ofornamental style in early 18th century Georgianarchitecture, and the organ builder’s suggestions.Research on the history of English organs built inthe mid-eighteenth century, and study of significantinstruments of the period, also provided details toinform Mr. Robert's work. Thus, he created carvingsin the decorative style of organs that began to cometo the colonies at that time. Six drawings resultedin a total of eleven carvings of basswood.

The pipe shades are placed beneath thecornice and also below the swan neckpediments. A pair of consoles (brackets)supports the pediments in the central area ofthe organ. An acroterion is situated at the apexof the two swan neck collars.

Both in the church (floor to ceiling!) andbehind the scenes, it took collaboration amongmany committee people, staff members ofBruton Parish, and outside artisans. We wish tothank the 200 or so individuals and families whocontributed $2.1 million toward the organproject. To all Friends of Bruton who live away,we hope you will plan to visit for a service orconcert very soon.

Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things hath done, inwhom his world rejoices; who from our mothers' arms has blessed us on our way with countlessgifts of love, and still is ours today.

The Hymnal 1982, page 397 Words: Martin Rinckart; tr. Catherine Winkworth

Pictured below:

1) Ryan Mueller at work gilding one of the carvingscaptured attention of visitors in the church.

2) A single palmette carved to sit front and center.

3) Work in progress on October 3 to place gildedcarvings.

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CLERGY BOOK REVIEW

INSPIRED: SLAYING GIANTS,WALKING ON WATER, AND LOVING

THE BIBLE AGAINBy Rachel Held EvansReview by The Rev’d Lauren McDonald

Stories shape our lives. Family narratives, culturalnarratives, historical narratives, and biblical narratives formus and our children. They not only teach us how to live buthow to make meaning of our lives.

In Inspired, Rachel Held Evans explores how her ownrelationship with the Bible changed from the “magic book”of stories she loved as a child, to the instruction manual ofher evangelical youth, to a stumbling block in her youngadulthood. As she questioned and studied and engaged withscholars, wrestling with some of scripture’s most disturbingstories, she discovered that reading the Bible was challengingher faith more than strengthening it.

In time, she made the journey back to loving the Bibleagain, accepting it as it is, not as she would have it be.

With humor and wisdom, through retelling the storiesof scripture, interacting with scholars and theologians, andsharing stories from her own life, Rachel travels fromGenesis through the letters of Paul with a storyteller’s eye,looking at the Bible as a collection of different kinds ofstories: Origin, Deliverance, War, Resistance, Wisdom,Gospel, Fish, and Church. She asks questions like, “If Godis supposed to be the hero of the story, then why did Godbehave like a villain?” She wrestles to reconcile stories ofwar and violence with the God of love. She opens up newways of thinking about scripture without providing definitiveanswers. Throughout the book, her reflections inspire evenas she invites her readers to be inspired by the Bible.

Rachel suggests that all of our stories are part of thebiblical story. “The gospel means thatevery small story is part of asweeping story, every ordinary lifepart of an extraordinary movement.God is busy making all things new,and the life, death, and resurrectionof Jesus has opened that work toeveryone who wants in on it. Thechurch is not a group of people whobelieve all the same things; thechurch is a group of people caughtup in the same story, with Jesus atthe center.”

Reading Inspired is bittersweetbecause it’s the last book Rachel Held Evans will write. Shedied earlier this year while receiving treatment for aninfection. In her chapter on Gospel Stories, Rachel describeshow when God becomes flesh and lives among us, Godspends most of the time telling stories. “God With Us is amarvelous storyteller,” she writes. Indeed. Rachel Held Evanswas also a marvelous storyteller, and when she weaves herstories into God’s stories, you don’t want to miss it.

AN ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME IN

THE HOLY LAND OF ISRAELJim Morford

The Friends of Bruton Committee is planning to send a groupof twenty on a very special trip to the Holy Land in October2020. The Committee is at work now, a year in advance, tobe certain that this trip is designed especially to meet theneeds and interests of Our Worldwide Congregation.

Our rector, The Rev’d Chris Epperson, traveled to theHoly Land last May and is enthusiastic about leading a BrutonParish group there next fall. The Rev’d Lauren McDonald,Bruton’s Associate Rector for Mission and Women’sMinistries, has also visited the Holy Land and some photosfrom her trip are included here.

The tour being plannedwill be all-inclusive. Airfareand ground transportation inluxurious motor coaches,accommodations in deluxehotels, and all meals through-out are to be included in theprice of the trip.

Deepen your under-standing of your Christianfaith as the words of the Biblecome alive. Walk where Jesuswalked. See what theapostles saw. Visit sites madefamous by Jesus’ life andministry including the “LittleTown of Bethlehem” where Hewas born, His home town ofNazareth, the River Jordanwhere He was baptized, theSea of Galilee, the GardenTomb where it is believed Jesus was buried and from whereHe rose on the third day. Visit the city of Jerusalem, thespiritual home of three great religions.

Specific dates and details will be announced as soon asthey are confirmed, but you are urged to begin planningnow to join with fellow Brutonians and Friends to be amongthose who experience a unique adventure.

THE HYMNS WE SINGJim Morford, Chair

In the long history of the Christian Church, congregationalhymn singing is a relatively recent happening.

Dr. David Music (yes, that's his real name), Professorof Church Music at Baylor University, wrote in an essaypublished in Christian History in 1991, "In the New Englandcolonies in 1707, no church organ had yet been installed.The first singing-instruction book would not be written forfourteen more years, and “Hymns and Spiritual Songs” wouldnot be reprinted untilabout 1720." [Bruton'sf i rst organ was in-stalled in 1756.]

"While the newhymns were beingwritten and sungthroughout England,many American chur-ches and min istersopposed them. Notunti l wel l after themiddle of the eigh-teenth century d idEnglish hymns achievea significant place inAmerican worship."

In early Americanchurches, where therewere organs, musicconsisted mostly ofpreludes, post ludesand interludes playedto give the presidingclergy a break. To the extent there was congregationalparticipation, it consisted of the psalms being chanted by aleader with the congregation chanting in response. Hymns,as we know them today, did not exist. At Bruton, it was theboys from the College of William and Mary seated in thewest gallery who led the responses. They were well-versedin them as they attended chapel at the college everyweekday.

Eighteenth-century hymnbooks were usually onlycollections of texts and did not include musical notes. Thefirst American hymnal to join tunes with texts was notpublished until 1831. The usual method of singing in churchwas by "lining out.” This involved having a leader say orsing one line, and the congregation repeat it. This was donebecause hymnbooks were expensive, and many worshiperscould not read. The Episcopal Church in America used thissystem until 1916, when the first authorized hymnal withwords and music was published.

One of the oldest of the traditional hymns we sing isthe Doxology. The word doxology comes from two Greekwords, doxa, which means glory, and logos, which meansword. A doxology is literally "a word of glory." We singdoxologies to give glory or praise to God.

Today it is most commonly sung to the tune of the "OldHundredth" a tune from the Genevan Psalter first publishedin 1562. It is frequently (but not exclusively) sung as theoffering is brought to the altar.

The words were originally penned by Thomas Ken (b.1637), an Oxford scholar and later a bishop in the AnglicanChurch. He wrote a manual of prayers in 1674, including athree-verse one simply named Morning Hymn. The doxologyas we know it today is the final verse of this poem.

Although the tune was first associated with Psalm 134in the Genevan Psalter, the melody receives its current namefrom an association with the 100th Psalm. It comes from atranslation by William Kethe entitled “All People that on Earthdo Dwell.” Kethe, a Scottish clergyman, was in exile inGeneva during the Scottish Reformation when he composedthe tune.

All people that on earth do dwell,Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.Him serve with mirth, His praise forth tell;Come ye before Him and rejoice.

This version was sung at the coronation of Queen ElizabethII in 1953.

In American Churches today the traditional lyric of the OldHundredth is:

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;Praise Him, all creatures here below;Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

A PRAYER FOR

OUR FRIENDS OF BRUTONAmazing and wonderful things can occur when we keepour fragile lives wrapped in prayer. Whether it is theLord's Prayer or the early sixth century Jesus Prayer(Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.)or a myriad of other possible prayers, each one bringsa benefit and a sense of blessing and calm. It can beas simple as, Lord, have mercy! The prayer selectedfor this month is Prayer of Sir Francis Drake circa 1587

Disturb us, Lord, whenWe are too well pleased with ourselves,When our dreams have come trueBecause we have dreamed too little,When we arrived safelyBecause we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord whenWith the abundance of things we possessWe have lost our thirstFor the waters of life;Having fallen in love with life,We have ceased to dream of eternity,And in our efforts to build a new earthWe have allowed our visionOf the new heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,To venture on wilder seasWhere storms will show your masteryWhere losing sight of landWe shall find the stars.We ask You to push backThe horizons of our hopes;And to push into the futureIn strength, courage, hope and love. Amen.

Visit bit.ly/friendsprayers online if you have aprayer request. Your confidential requests will beforwarded to our clergy, who will lift you up in prayerdaily for a month.

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Dr. David, Music Professor ofChurch Music, Baylor University

WONDERFUL GALA INAUGURAL

ORGAN CONCERTSRebecca Davy, MusicDirector & Organist

Inaugural Organ eventswere begun by our guestorganist, Gordon Stewart.Gordon is both aconsummate organist andcompletely engagingperformer who kept theaudience captivated fromfirst to last chords of theperformances. He tookgreat care to use the fullvariety of the organ stopsand performed works thatrun the gamut in both erascomposed and musicalstyles, which ranged fromserious to light-hearted.

We were honored tohave Lynn Dobson, BillAyers and Ryan Muellerfrom the Dobson OrganBuilding Company presentat both Saturday andSunday concerts and wereadditionally touched tohave Choirmaster-Emeritus Jock Darlingpresent on Sunday.Receptions followed bothprograms with deliciousfood and gorgeousflowers, offering awelcome opportunity forfellowship. Those whowork with me know Iseldom use the word "perfect," but that is just what thisweekend was. Thanks to all who made it such a success!

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Desperate times demand strong leaders, sometimescharismatic, often learned, experienced, and whethermilitary or civilian, they can influence the coming generationsfor good or for ill. Think over your lifetime, and look backat the leaders you admire — particularly if they led duringcrisis times in our country or church. In the history of theEpiscopal church in Virginia, James Madison is one of thestars in the Anglican galaxy.

Kinsman to the more petite gentleman of the same namewho became a President and the Father of the Constitution,our Mr. Madison was tall, very dignified, and thoroughlyAnglican, while his more famous cousin was educated byPresbyterians. Our Madison studied at the College of William& Mary, and like his colleague Thomas Jefferson, read lawunder George Wythe. Though he passed the bar exam, hechose never to practice law, and found it totally disagreeable.He heard the call to the church early on, and answered withevery fiber of his being.

He taught Moral Philosophy and Mathematics at thecollege, went to England to be ordained in 1775, and servedas Chaplain to the Virginia House of Delegates. Well-roundedand interested in every facet of life, he was the secretaryhere of the Williamsburg Society for the Advancement ofUseful Knowledge — gathering statistics, experimenting withnew means of communiction, and inspiring his students toexplore, invent, and look way outside of the normal 18thcentury idea of a box or a boundary. He was rememberedfor impeccable diction, fine preaching, and a paternal andbeneficent care for all the students — many of whom heorganized into a college militia company as war approached.

A large part of his service was as rector of James Cityparish at the Church on the Main. He juggled time and dutiesand preached very often at Bruton. His sharp intellect, drive,dedication, and faith enabled him to ably fulfill many roles,and in 1790 he was elected Bishop. The diocese of Virginiacovered all of the Commonwealth, West Virginia, Kentucky,Illinois, and areas in states north of the Ohio river. Becauseof his teaching and administrative duties, he could travelfor parochial visitations only in the summer months. Andour new American attitude strictly limited his shepherdingduties to ordination, confirmation and ecclesiasticalgatherings. No trappings of royalty or prestigious privilegehere — Virginia has been low church since 1607!

His influence over the fledgling Episcopal Church wasboth clear and important. A remarkable consecration washeld in an empty and nearly abandoned Bruton early in the19th century, where Bishop Madison presided over theceremony for a young priest by the name of William Meade.He too would grow up to be a Bishop of fame, carryingforward the task of bringing the infant Episcopal church intogrowth, albeit slowly. His leadership, visitations, and the

JAMES MADISON, THE VIRGINIA BISHOPAnne Conkling

resultant organization, writing and management helped thechurch rise from the ashes of revolution.

Bishop Madison died on March 6, 1812, and is buried inthe crypt under the Wren Chapel.

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VISIT OUR WEBSITE

WHETHER NEAR OR FAR

Whether you live near or far, there are many ways tostay in touch with Bruton Parish. Visit our website atwww.brutonparish.org to see worship schedules,Candlelight Concert schedules, The Link Library,calendar of events, ministries, children’s and youthprograms, adultformation,history, theHeritage Centerand parishrecords, andmuch more!

BRUTON PARISH PETITIONS THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES (1755)AND THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES (1777) FOR ASSISTANCELinda Rowe

Petition from Bruton Parish concerning poor relief.1777.

To The Honble. The Speaker, & House of Delegates.

The Memorial of the Churchwardens & Vestry of the Parishof Bruton, In the Counties of York and James City, Humblysheweth,

That in Consequence of the great Resort of Soldiers to theCity of Williamsburg & it’s Environs, besides a Number ofother Persons who are necessary Attendants on the Camp,most of whom are of the poorest Sort of our People, yourMemorialists are justly apprehensive of a very considerableIncrease of their Poor-Rates, if such Persons should gain aSettlement in the said Parish,as they will, after a year’sResidence therein, under theAct of the 22d of George 2d.(1748] Chapter 13th, intitled‘An Act, for the better securingthe Payment of Levies, &Restraint of Vagrants, & formaking Provis ion for thePoor’-

Your Memorialists beg Leaveto represent, that in the Act ofAssembly pass’d in the 28thYear of George 2d.[1754]Chapter 1st intitled ‘An Act, foremploying & better maintainthe Poor’ whereby the Vestriesof the several Parishes areempowered to erect Work-houses, i t was thoughtnecessary to provide that no Person by being removed toany such Work-house should gain a Settlement in the Parishto which it belongs, but should be deemed a Resident of theParish from whence he or she was removed. And if suchCaution was judged necessary with Respect to a Measurewhich might be supposed to affect the several Parishes inthe Country in nearly equal degree, it seems to yourMemorialists to be much more so on the present Occasion,when from the Peculiarity of Situation the Inhabitants oftheir Parish are likely to be so very unequally burdened.

Your Memorialists, therefore, humbly ask for such Relief inthe Premisses as to the Honble House may seem just, &will, as in Duty bound, ever pray etc.

Verso: May 20, 1777Churchwardens & Vestry of BrutonMemorial1777May 20Referred to Propo. [Committee forPropositions and Grievances]Reasonable

Note: A bill concerning poor relief in several parishes wasdrawn up and read for the second time in May 1777. Houseof Delegates takes no further action at this time.

Source: Library of Virginia, Religious Petitions online

Recall that until the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedomwas enacted by the Virginia General Assembly, church andstate were not separate in Virginia. With the Church ofEngland (later the Episcopal Church) the established or statechurch, Virginia parish vestries were the sole bodyresponsible for providing for the persons within the parishwho were poor orphans or adults unable to get a living dueto illness, injury, or old age.

The two petitions following reveal that Bruton Parishwas overwhelmed in 1755 and 1777. Both occasions wereprobably war-connected. 1755 would have been during theFrench and Indian War and the petition perhaps reflectswounded soldiers returning to town. We know of two whowere able to make small livings as guards at the magazine.

The second, in 1777, likely is a reflection of the numberof soldiers in and out of Williamsburg during the early yearsof the American revolution before being sent to joincontinental forces or other trouble spots. As a result of the1755 petition, the General Assembly (House of Burgessesand Council) enacted a law permitting parishes to establishpoor houses. No action was taken with regard to the 1777petition by the General Assembly (House of Delegates andSenate) of the independent Commonwealth of Virginia.

Petition from Bruton Parish to the House of BurgessesMay 16, 1755

A Petition of the Minister [Thomas Dawson], Churchwardens,and Vestry of the Parish of Bruton, setting forth, That theCharge of providing for the Poor of the said Parish, hathalways been burthensome to the Inhabitants thereof, andof late Years hath much increased, which they conceive isowing to the great Number of idle Persons, that resort tothe City of Williamsburg (situate in the said Parish) in publickTimes, who lurk about the Town, and Parts adjacent, tillthey gain a settlement [residency], and then become aCharge to the Parish. That there is a House belonging to theParish, at the Capitol Landing, which might easily beconverted into a Workhouse, where the Poor might be morecheaply maintained, and usefully employed; provided theOfficers of the said Parish had sufficient Power to compelthem to live there; and praying, that an Act may pass toempower them to compel the Poor of their Parish, to dwelland work in the said House, under such Regulations andRestrictions, as this House shall direct.

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in pursuant to the prayer ofthe said Petition, and it is referred to Mr. Waller, and Mr.Attorney [Peyton Randolph], to prepare and bring in thesame.

Source: McIlwaine, Journals of the House of Burgesses ofVirginia, 1752-1755, 1756-1758, p. 260.

Note: The General Assembly passed An Act for employingand better maintaining the Poor in May 1755 permittingparishes in Virginia to erect poorhouses, if needed. Bruton’spoorhouse was near Capitol Landing on Queen’s Creek.

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Facsimile Bruton Parishpoorhouse badge basedon an emblem found ina Hogarth print. CreditColonial Williamsburg.

BRUTON SERMONS ON THE WEB

Click the links below to revisitthe sermon given on the TwelfthSunday after Pentecost by TheRev’d Josh Stephens, AssociateRector for Family Ministry.

Each week, the sermonsgiven by our c lergy at theSunday morning services arerecorded and posted online forthe members of our community— both local and worldwide — who are not physicallypresent or for those who would like to revisit a particularsermon.

We keep a few months’ worth of sermon videosonline, along with other videos of parish life. They canalso be viewed at www.youtube.com/user/BrutonParish.

Become a subscriber today!

As with many aspects of our lives, September seems to beas much the beginning of a new year as does January. Justas Labor Day marks the end of summer, September marksthe beginning of another year of activities at Bruton ParishChurch.

Friends of Bruton is pleased that the long and complexinstallation on the new pipe organ has been completed. Thechurch is once again open daily to welcome visitors andmake new Friends. Bruton Guides have resumed welcomingvisitors each day to share the story of our historic church.It is through the interaction between visitors and BrutonGuides that many people join Friends of Bruton and becomea part of Our Worldwide Congregation.

With over 2,000 Friends of Bruton from throughout thenation and indeed around the world united with our morethan 2,000 local Bruton congregants, Our WorldwideCongregation exceeds 4,000.

Last spring we celebrated our 7th Annual Friends Daywith an all-day recognition of the momentous events of 1619by conducting all activities at Historic Jamestown andJamestown Settlement. Plans are nowunderway for the 8th Annual FriendsDay, so you will want to mark yourcalendars now for Saturday, May 2,2020.

The Cornerstone Circle, anextension of Friends of Bruton, whichthrough annual sustaining contributions, permits the FriendsCommittee to sponsor projects that will make a lastingcontribution to our church. Two projects are currently in thebeginning stages of development. One is an oral historyproject that will capture recollections of senior parishmembers, who will help preserve the history of Bruton fromas far back as the early 1940s to the present. A secondproject under consideration is topublish a book of se lectedarticles from the past six or moreyears of The Bruton Fount. Bothprojects will require funding fromCornerstone Circle membershipthat is based on an annualcontribution of $100 or more perperson. Each new CornerstoneCircle member receives a lapelpin representing the Brutonweathervane — the emblem ofFriends of Bruton. Renewingmembers receive a g ift inrecognition of their continuedsupport for the work of Friendsof Bruton. This year’s gift is a 9x13” beautiful portrait of thechurch by a local artist.

Under active consideration by the Committee is a tripto the Holy Land next year. The Rev’d Chris Epperson, havingrecently returned from a tour there, is looking forward toleading a group to visit the land where our Judeo/Christianheritage was born.

Because of our interesting activities, the Friends ofBruton Committee believes it is time to expand our workingcommittee from its original seven members to elevenmembers. To that end, we invite members of thecongregation, who are interested in contributing to theongoing work of Friends of Bruton, to contact Hilary Cooleyat either (757) 229-2891 or hcooley@brutonparish.org tolet us know of your interest.

In another significant action, the Friends of BrutonCommittee has determined to redesign the Advisory Council.Rather than a group that meets annually, the Committee iscompiling a list of individuals who may be called on fromtime to time to lend their particular knowledge or skill toassist the Committee in meeting its goals. These individualswill be known as “Resource Associates”.

FRIENDS DAY 2020Please mark your calendars to save Saturday, May 2,2020, as the day on which we will have our annual Friends

Day event! In past years, we will havea morning program followed by aluncheon with speaker. While plansare not yet complete, we do have

our luncheon speaker, our own RonHurst, whose "day job" is serving as

the Carlisle Humelsine Chief Curator andVice President, Collections and Museums, at the ColonialWilliamsburg Foundation. Ron's talk will center on the 65,000square foot addition to the Art Museums of ColonialWilliamsburg expected to be completed by Spring 2020. Roncurrently serves on the Vestry and is Junior Warden at BrutonParish. Stay tuned for updates in future issues of The BrutonFount.

FRIENDS OF BRUTON GEARS UP FOR NEW CHURCH PROGRAM YEARJim Morford, Chair

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Friends of Bruton Advisory Council

The Rev’d Jan Brown, Deacon, Bruton Parish

Colin Campbell, Former President & CEOColonial Williamsburg Foundation (Emeritus)

Jo Anne Coy, Charter & Cornerstone Circle Member

Dr. Bryant Cureton, Advisory Council Chair& Bruton Member

Rebecca Davy, Bruton Music Director & Organist

Marty Easton, Bruton Development Director,Cornerstone Circle Member, Bruton Member

Channing Hall, III, Cornerstone Circle Member,Attorney, Bruton Member

Marcia Hibbitts, Bruton Guide, Cornerstone Circle Member,Bruton Member

Valarie Holmes, Colonial WilliamsburgInterpreter

Dr. James Horn, PresidentJamestown Rediscovery

Dr. William Kelso, Director of ResearchJamestown Rediscovery (Emeritus)

Virginia Lee, Daughters of the American Revolution,Bruton Member

Albert Louer, Charter Member, Cornerstone Circle MemberBruton Member

Dr. Carl Lounsbury, Senior Architectural HistorianColonial Williamsburg Foundation (Emeritus)

The Rev’d Lauren McDonald, Associate RectorOutreach & Women’s Ministry, Bruton Parish Church

The Hon. T. Montgomery “Monty” MasonSenate of Virginia

The Rev’d Dr. Daniel W. McClainAssociate Rector & Canterbury Chaplain

Joe Poole, III, Director of Special GiftsColonial Williamsburg

W. Taylor Reveley, III, Former PresidentThe College of William & Mary

Susan Riggs, Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarianat Swem Library, William & Mary & WilliamsburgHistoric Records Association Archivist

Linda Rowe, Historian, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation(Retired), Charter Member, Cornerstone Circle Member,Bruton Member

Scott M. Spence, Architect, Bruton Member

Joseph L. Spruill, Sons of the American Revolution,Bruton Member

The Rev’d Joshua Stephens, Associate RectorFamily Ministry, Bruton Parish Church

Friends of Bruton Committee

The Rev’d Christopher L. Epperson, Rector

Bill Armbruster, Guide, Cornerstone CircleMember, Bruton Member

Donald Bogus, Charter Member, CornerstoneCircle Member, Bruton Member

Isabel Burch, Cornerstone Circle Member,Bruton Member

Anne Conkling, Guide Trainer,The Bruton Fount Editor, Bruton Member,

Hilary Cooley, BrutonCommunications Director

Terri Cordle, Charter Member, CornerstoneCircle Member, Bruton Member

Steve Hibbitts, Treasurer, CornerstoneCircle Member, Bruton Member

William O. Kafes, Cornerstone Circle Member,Bruton Member

James C. Morford, Committee Chair ,Charter Member, Cornerstone Circle Member,

Bruton Member

Linda Rowe, CW Historian (Retired), Charter Member,Cornerstone Circle Member, Bruton Member

Bruton Parish Church

The Most Revd Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop

The Rt. Rev. James "Jay" MagnessBishop Diocesan Pro Tempore

The Revd Christopher L. Epperson, Rector

The Rev’d Dr. Daniel W. McClainAssociate Rector & Canterbury Chaplain

The Revd Lauren M. McDonald, Associate RectorMission & Women’s Ministries

The Revd Joshua P. StephensAssociate Rector - Family Ministry

The Revd Jan Brown, Deacon

Bruton Parish Church, P.O. Box 3520Williamsburg, VA 23187-3520

Phone: 757-229-2891Fax: 757-221-0290

Email: BPC@brutonparish.org