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Our Mission

As a local expression of Christ's one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, our mission is to worship and glorify God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- and to edify His people: that is, to help them grow in the knowledge and love of the Lord. Toward that end, we seek to:

• Know God our Heavenly Father and make Him known, through Jesus Christ his Son our Lord, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

• Offer dignified, reverent worship "in the beauty of holiness," as is "our bounden duty and service."

• Love our neighbors as ourselves, expressing this love in acts of service and outreach to our local community and beyond.

• Practice due and proper stewardship of this good Earth which God has given us, knowing that we cannot love the Creator while despising His Creation.

• Offer parishioners opportunities to deepen their faith and their knowledge thereof through Christian education and formation.

Our Clergy

The Rev'd Mr. Thomas H. Harbold, M.T.S., is our Deacon-in-Charge. A long-time licensed lay reader, licensed lay preacher, and licensed Eucharistic minister in the Episcopal Church, he holds a B.A. in medieval studies from then-Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), and a Master of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School.

About St. Bede, our Patron

Saint Bede the Venerable, also known as the Venerable Bede, was born in 672 or 673, traditionally at Monktown in Jarrow, Northumbria, in northern England; he died on May 25, 735, at the double monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow. This date (May 25th) is celebrated as his feast day.

Bede, also spelled Baeda or Beda (the word means “prayer” in Old English), was an Anglo-Saxon theologian, historian, and scholar, best known today for his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (“Ecclesiastical History of the English People,” also known as "A History of the English Church and People"), a source vital to the history of the conversion to Christianity of the Anglo-Saxon tribes.

During his lifetime and throughout the Middle Ages, Bede’s reputation was based mainly on his scriptural commentaries, copies of which found their way into many of the monastic libraries of western Europe. His method of dating events from the time of the incarnation, or Christ’s birth – i.e., AD dating, for Anno Domini, or “Year of our Lord” – came into general use through the popularity of the Historia ecclesiastica and his two works on chronology.

St. Bede is a wonderful example of a Christian life which combined great learning with great devotion, and it is for that reason that he is our patron – he inspires us, too, to combine our God-given faculty of reason with devotion to the “faith once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3).

Latest News & Events

​We are excited to announce our inaugural service at the Chapel of Westminster United Methodist Church, at the corner of Center and Main Streets, Westminster, Maryland, on Sunday, March 6, 2016! Gathering and a brief introductory presentation at 1:00 p.m.; service begins at 1:30 with Morning Prayer, followed by Holy Communion. Informal discussion, pictures, and general socializing will follow. Please join us, and bring friends!

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Donations

Donations in support of the mission and ministry of St. Bede's are always welcome! Feel free to donate in person, by "snail mail," or you may donate using Paypal at the following email address: tharbold@qis.net. Please use the "gift" option, as PayPal takes less out of it that way. Many thanks, and may God reward your generosity!