Friends Of Bruton

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Welcome to Our Worldwide Congregation!

The purpose of Friends of Bruton is to provide a means whereby individuals and families, who may live throughout the United States and indeed around the world, may participate in the preservation and promotion of the unique history and spiritual legacy of Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg. Friends of Bruton is open to all who share this vision.  As the successor to the first Anglican Church established in the “New World” at Jamestown, Bruton has continued in the spiritual tradition of those early settlers who landed there in May of 1607.

Become A Friend Of Bruton

As a Friend of Bruton, you will receive a variety of benefits, including an electronic edition of The Bruton Fount, our periodic electronic newsletter especially designed for Our Worldwide Congregation which contains articles of interest both historic and spiritual.  Read the latest issue Winter 2024. Future benefits may include special events, cultural tours, webinars, music programs, and other events in Williamsburg!  To enroll, please click here.


We look forward to welcoming you to Our Worldwide Congregation as a Friend of Bruton.

- The Rev'd Christopher L. Epperson, Rector

Become a Cornerstone Circle Member

The Cornerstone Circle has been created to provide for sustaining membership through an annual tax deductible contribution of at least $100 per individual. The name Cornerstone Circle was chosen based on Ephesians 2:20: Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the Cornerstone.

 

When joining, a first-year Cornerstone Circle member will receive a beautiful hand-crafted Bruton Weathervane lapel pin.  Cornerstone Circle members will receive a gift in recognition of their commitment upon renewal each year. In addition, Cornerstone Circle members will receive our quarterly electronic newsletter, The Bruton Fount; opportunity to receive private guided tours of the church and churchyard; early opportunity to register for travel programs sponsored by Friends of Bruton (such as our past trips to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Holy Land); and other programs and benefits as they become available.

There remains no charge for basic membership in Friends of Bruton. However, annual renewable membership in the Cornerstone Circle will enable Friends of Bruton to initiate or support Parish programs that promote and preserve the historic and spiritual heritage of Bruton Parish Church. As a result of contributions from Charter Members, Friends of Bruton was able to sponsor one of the handmade needlepoint cushions placed at the altar. Future projects include continued support for the Heritage Center in the Parish House, development of a computer-based genealogy program, and a project to digitally preserve historic photographs of Bruton Parish Church.  The Cornerstone Circle has contributed to an improved sound system at the church.


To become a member of the Cornerstone Circle, please click HERE or contact Hilary Cooley at hcooley@brutonparish.org.

 

Bruton Parish Postcards

To view postcards which were created through Friends of Bruton, and are available for purchase in the church

or at the Bruton Parish Shop, please click here.


The Bruton Fount

To read and view pictures from previous recent issues of our electronic newsletter,

please click below. If you would like earlier issues (back to 2012), please contact BPC@brutonparish.org.


2024

Winter


2023

Winter, Spring


2022

Winter, Spring, Fall


2021

Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter





There remains no charge for basic membership in Friends of Bruton. However, annual renewable membership in the Cornerstone Circle will enable Friends of Bruton to initiate or support Parish programs that promote and preserve the historic and spiritual heritage of Bruton Parish Church. As a result of contributions from Charter Members, Friends of Bruton was able to sponsor one of the handmade needlepoint cushions placed at the altar. Future projects include continued support for the Heritage Center in the Parish House, development of a computer-based genealogy program, and a project to digitally preserve historic photographs of Bruton Parish Church.  The Cornerstone Circle has contributed to an improved sound system at the church.


To become a member of the Cornerstone Circle, please click HERE or contact Hilary Cooley at hcooley@brutonparish.org.

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