Serving our community is a highlight of life with Historic Beckford Parish. From hosting Scout troops to serving cocoa and cookies at the local Christmas events, we support our community!
Community Worship Services
The congregations of Historic Beckford Parish support various ecumenical efforts by the Shenandoah County Ministerial Association such as their Community Advent Series, Community Lenten series, and various other community-wide efforts.
Christmas Events
We’re known as the cookie and hot chocolate folks as we provide and serve hot chocolate and cookies for the Mount Jackson and Woodstock’s Christmas events. It’s a wonderful way to increase visibility for our churches and show the community how much we love them.
Pot luck meals
Emmanuel hosts a monthly community potluck meal on the 4th Thursday from 5-7. Everyone is invited! Bringing something is not required, and no one ever goes away hungry.
Shenandoah County Fair
Our parish has had a booth at the county fair for the past several years. It has been a wonderful way to get to know our community and fill them in on what we have to offer.
Camp Curious
Our parish is a dedicated contributor to Camp Curious, a summer camp designed to promote reading and writing for local children up to 6th grade.
Scouting America Troop 117 and Troop 1117
St. Andrew’s is proud to sponsor Scouting America Troop 117 (the only girls scout troop in the Shenandoah Valley), and host both that troop and Scout Troop 117 for their meetings. We are proud of our Scouts!
Thanksgiving Dinner
Emmanuel hosts Thanksgiving dinner for the community on Thanksgiving at 5 p.m. Everyone loves this annual event as a chance to visit together, enjoy each other’s company and eat some amazing food!
The Clothes Closet
Along with other area churches, we support this well-stocked local thrift store in Woodstock that provides very affordable clothing, gifts, and household items to those in need (or those who love bargain-shopping). Free clothes are given to those referred by a government or non-profit charitable organization and to those in need as a result of a fire/flood. The Clothes Closet organization puts their significant profits back into the local community and is one of our oldest outreach programs.
The Clothes Closet welcomes donations of clothing and small appliances, home goods, books, and gifts. You can drop them off during their open hours Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Recent extended hours means they need more volunteers. If you’d like to help or learn more, contact Trudy Pence.