Benefactors and Bequests
Carwithen House and Gray House, 2008: Click to EnlargeFor generations, Saint Paul’s Parish has benefited from the generosity of many benefactors. Very significant bequests from the estates of Bill Carwithen and Velma Gray underwrote major parts of our 2007-2008 building project. Recent additions to the church are being funded in part by J. Reilly Lewis’ generous gift in memory of his mother, Dora Lewis, plus special gifts by a number of parishioners and a bequest by Mary Wolfskill. Pillsbury Hall is an older example of a major project made possible by a large gift or bequest.In recent years, several endowments that provide ongoing support for our music and Christian formation programs have come from parishioner bequests. Around the church, one will see stained glass windows and other features that were made possible over the years by the generosity of members and friends of St Paul’s, in some cases by bequests. Many of these are examples of planned giving that our parish continues to enjoy. Planned gifts – also known as legacy gifts - are given in response to a deep love of God, an affection and concern for his Church, and a desire to support its continuing work. The Legacy Society provides an opportunity for donors to give witness to their good stewardship.
Past Benefactors
The parish gives thanks for its many benefactors in this life and the next, whose generous gifts over the years have made possible many aspects of our church. Those benefactors who have passed to the next life include:
The parish gives thanks for its many benefactors in this life and the next, whose generous gifts over the years have made possible many aspects of our church. Those benefactors who have passed to the next life include:
- The 260th Coast Artillery Assn. — St. Michael window (from Old Church)
- Mr. & Mrs. AlonzoBaker — Communion rail (Lady Chapel); pew; vestments
- John W. Barr — pew
- Sophie Rochester Beatty — bequest
- E. Quackenbush Belt — bequest
- Robert E. & Marcia Berrien — US flag
- Henry Wayne Blair — Te Deum window (from Old Church)
- Michael James & Daisy McAllister Blew — reredos statue; pew screen
- Bishop Robert Board — Board Fund (music)
- Mary Margaret Brady — bequest; holy water vat & aspergillum
- H. DanielBrewster — Lady Altar carpet; window; aspergillum
- Ruth Brill — bequest
- Mrs. Charles Fox Brookes — altar flower vases
- Margaret P. Burdette — bequest
- Mary M. Carter — font (from Old Church)
- William Carwithen — Guild Room improvements; bequests for building program and outreach programs
- Ethel Wister (Mrs. Arthur M.) Chichester — Angel Chapel icon; pew
- Marie S. Clarke — reredos statue
- Charles H.A. Cochran — pew
- Gerrit Craig Cone — bequest for Common Room
- Greydon P. Copland — missal
- Julia Thompson Cottle — bequest
- Mr. & Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. — St Paul icon; large & small cruets & ciborium
- W. Edwards Deming — lighting system; building program planning; initial funding for organ
- Dorothy V.S. Eagles — silver chalice & paten; vestments
- Richard L. Falk, Jr. — Angel Chapel frontal
- Joseph M. Feigley, Jr. family — pew
- John F. & Margaret McCallum Freund — Pulpit crucifix
- Eugene Funderburke — book collection
- Ellen Gloyd — Angel Chapel pews
- Henrietta A. Graham — Lanterns in nave, narthex & chapel
- Velma Gray — bequest for columbarium & music facilities
- Miss L. Anna Grice — Lady Altar rug
- Mrs. Groser — window
- Frank J. & Patricia W. Haendler — Centennial Bell
- Charles F. Halty — bequest; holy water vat & aspergillum
- Col. James B. Harris — vestments
- Stuart Harbour — bequest
- Raymond E. Harding — pew
- The Harding Club — chairs near font; Christus Rex processional cross
- Richard Hartsock — pew
- Nagel & Louise Ward Haskin — Annunciation window; Haskin Fund
- John Havemeyer — bequest to Rector’s Discretionary Fund
- Mrs. Herzer — wrought iron handrails for aisle chancel steps
- Arleen Hesse — bequest
- John B. Howerton — Lady Chapel triptych; wooden screen behind choir
- Dorothy Hull — window; sanctuary benches
- Ross H. Hunter — St Paul window; sanctuary benches
- Kay Hutcheon — vestments
- Helen S.W. Hutchison — pew; sanctuary lamp; monstrance (red/gold); crucifix in Dining Hall
- Winifred Ing — high altar carpet; Lady Altar; pew; holy water stoup; Centennial Bell; vestments
- Pearl C. Johnson — pew
- Catherine Lee Jones — pew
- Mrs. Sherman Kreuzberg — Lady Chapel kneelers; vestments
- Mrs. Ralph A. Krickbaum — missal stand
- Hlidegarde J. Leonard — pew
- Capt./Mrs. Jack H. Lewis — Purification window
- Margaret Lindsay — holy water stoup (near choir)
- Katherine C. Lowndes — bier light; lavabo bowl
- Richard J. & Dorothy Lund — pew
- Robert C. Maddox — vestments; St Michael shrine; home communion set; thurible; crucifix lighting; remote system for bell; signage, church enhancements and liturgical books
- Foster Jr. & Eugenia Edwards MacKenzie — window
- Everett Courtland Martin — parish banner (original); Visitation window; Angel Chapel crucifix/candlesticks; eagle lectern; statue
- Orville & Priscilla Martin — alms basin
- Dr. & Mrs. John Frederick May — Angel Chapel reredos windows (from Old Church)
- Ellen McAra — bequest
- The Rev. Arlington A. McCallum — missal
- Robena M. McCallum — pew
- Charles Post McCurdy — bequest
- Edith MacCulloch Miller — Angel Chapel reredos (from OldChurch)
- Kate Upshur Moorhead — bequest
- Mrs. Mary Van Zant Morgan — Adoration of the Magi painting
- Helen Munroe — High Altar credence; window; salt cellar
- Elsa A. Needham — pew; monstrance (silver)
- William & Olive Newhall — sanctuary table
- Cora Nicholson — pew
- Rebecca Parker — organ bequest
- Brig. Gen. & Mrs. Henry C. Pillsbury — Pillsbury Hall; font candlesticks & credence; window; Angel Chapel crucifix (original)
- Elizabeth A. Randolph — High Altar reredos; painting of Our Lady; Stations of the Cross; bier light
- Rector’s Aid Society — ablutions cup
- Mrs. Otto Richard Reischer & children — icon
- Mrs. Wade H. Renn — prayer desk in sanctuary
- Dorothy Rigg — prayer desk in sanctuary
- Georgia Ritchie — Ritchie Fund etc.
- Mrs. Jasper Newton Roberts & son — pew
- Josephine W. Rust — bequest
- Sophie H. Rutherford — bequest
- Matthew Rutkowski — Rutkowski Fund (music)
- The Sartwell family — altar rail & chalice
- Elizabeth H. Schenck — bequest
- Mrs. Frank, Gordon & Morrison Scott — Lady Altar furnishings (original)
- Mrs. Seebach — wrought iron handrails for aisle chancel steps
- William & Virginia Sinnott — pew
- Adrian& Robert Smith — folding lectern
- Carol Smith — bequest for music
- Children of Coit E. & Eugenia L. Spaldingholy water stoop
- Richard C. Spalding — sacristy bell; Centennial Bell; bequest
- Col. & Mrs. Edwin B. Spiller — vestments
- Edward D. Spingarn — bequest
- TheSt Paul’s Guild — pew
- St Paul’s Parishioners — high altar & tabernacle; pulpit
- St Paul’s Ward CBS — reredos statue
- St Paul’s Young People — Angel Chapel candlesticks (original)
- George Stonebreaker — bier light
- Mrs. Thomas Hardy Taliaferro — window
- Phyllis Taynton — books for library
- Thomas E. & Katherine Morgan Terrymissal
- Florence L. Thompson — altar flower vases
- Robert Thompson — bequest
- George D. Thoms — red torches
- Elizabeth Tilton — bequest
- Joseph Toth — music collection (former parish organist for E&B)
- Walter Earl & Eleanor Trantham — sanctuary table
- Jan Turkiewicz — Angel Chapel missal stand
- Alfred F. O. Walking — Crucifix from old church
- Mrs. John Rudolph Wallace & childrenpew
- Mrs. Thomas Campbell Washington & sons — pew
- Tipton Westfall — book collection
- William RichardsWhaley — Crucifixion painting
- John H. Wharton — Common Room crucifix
- Mary Wolfskill — bequest for improvements around font
- Lucy G. Wright — pew
The Parish Endowments
The Parish Endowments exist to support (i) capital needs of the parish; (ii) outreach ministries and grants; (iii) seed money for new ministries and special one-time projects; and (iv) such other purposes as are specifically designated by donors to the parish whose gifts are included in the Parish Endowments. Accordingly, parishioners and friends of Saint Paul’s have left funds to our parish for special purpose endowments. These gifts for the future development of the parish's ministry are subject to the most careful stewardship. The corpus of each fund is invested under the supervision of a quasi-independent Endowment Board named by the Vestry and subject to special investment rules, and the earnings of each fund are used to realize the purposes of that fund. In addition to these special purpose endowments, there is a General Endowment the earnings of which also are to be used “to enable St. Paul’s Parish to fulfill more completely its mission by developing its ministries beyond what is possible through its annual operating funds.” Here are our current special endowed funds, with how they are put to work for the advancement of Saint Paul’s and its mission:
The Parish Endowments exist to support (i) capital needs of the parish; (ii) outreach ministries and grants; (iii) seed money for new ministries and special one-time projects; and (iv) such other purposes as are specifically designated by donors to the parish whose gifts are included in the Parish Endowments. Accordingly, parishioners and friends of Saint Paul’s have left funds to our parish for special purpose endowments. These gifts for the future development of the parish's ministry are subject to the most careful stewardship. The corpus of each fund is invested under the supervision of a quasi-independent Endowment Board named by the Vestry and subject to special investment rules, and the earnings of each fund are used to realize the purposes of that fund. In addition to these special purpose endowments, there is a General Endowment the earnings of which also are to be used “to enable St. Paul’s Parish to fulfill more completely its mission by developing its ministries beyond what is possible through its annual operating funds.” Here are our current special endowed funds, with how they are put to work for the advancement of Saint Paul’s and its mission:
- Birchby Music Endowment, initiated by funds given in the late 1970s in memory of our late organist and choirmaster, E. Douglas Birchby, and used for the support of music in connection with the worship of the parish.
- Father Richards Memorial Scholarship Fund, started from memorial gifts for our late rector, the Rev’d Fr James Richards, in the mid-1970s and used to fund scholarships for seminarians.
- Ritchie Memorial Endowment Fund, started by funds given in the late 1980s in memory of our late music director, J. Marcus Ritchie, and used for the support of musical events, such as recitals, concerts, and special services, in St. Paul’s Church.
- Outreach Endowment, begun with funds raised for this purpose as a part of the One Glorifying Voice Capital Campaign in the 1990s, used to support outreach activities.
- Matthew Rutkowski Music Fund, initiated with a bequest by the late Matthew Rutkowski in the late 1990s and used for instrumental musicians for special services, concerts, and recitals, and for sponsoring instrumental or chamber music recitals to raise money for parish outreach programs.
- Bishop Board Music Fund, from a bequest in 2003 by the late Robert B. Board and used to support the music ministry of St. Paul’s.