St. Mary's Episcopal Church

What St. Mary's Episcopal Church does

St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish located at 12291 River Road in Goochland County, just west of Richmond, Virginia, operating under the Diocese of Virginia. The parish was consecrated in 1878 in memory of infant Mary Allen of nearby Tuckahoe Plantation and serves a regional congregation of families, youth, and adults through traditional Episcopal worship, Christian formation, pastoral care, music ministry, and community outreach. Core programs include weekly Sunday services (Holy Eucharist/Morning Prayer at 9 and 11 a.m. during program year, 10 a.m. in summer), Wednesday healing services, Thursday centering prayer, children's ministry from nursery through 5th grade, youth programs for grades 6-12, adult formation, pastoral care teams, fellowship events, and a music program featuring choir and handbell ensembles. The campus comprises New St. Mary's (1992 sanctuary addition), Little St. Mary's (original 1878 sanctuary), an Education Building, Parish Hall, and Dover Lounge exhibition space.

The church generates revenue through member pledges and tithes (the primary recurring stream), tuition from its wholly-owned preschool subsidiary St. Mary's Episcopal School (ages 2 through kindergarten), and one-time sales of burial plots in the historic churchyard ($3,000 per four-by-ten-foot plot) and memorial garden cremation interments ($300 plus $245 plaque). Stock gifts are processed through Davenport & Co. LLC. Technology infrastructure is limited to standard church administration tools — Constant Contact for email newsletters and MyAmplify for online giving and pledge management — with no proprietary technology, app, or AI capabilities. The parish is led by Rector The Reverend Daniel Reeves (joined March 2025 as fifth rector), three additional clergy, an Executive Director of Church Operations, and a staff of approximately 14-18, and is governed by an elected vestry including a Senior Warden and Junior Warden.

The church's strategic position is anchored by 147 years of continuous operation, irreplaceable historic assets including 100 original gravestones and the original bell, and a diversified programming portfolio that captures members across life stages from baptism through burial. Outreach contributions exceed $70,000 annually to community partners including CARITAS, CrossOver Healthcare Ministry, and GoochlandCares. Recent organizational development — including the first Director of Communications hire (January 2026), expansion to four clergy with an Associate Rector for Pastoral Care (August 2026), and a dedicated Director of Youth Formation — signals a deliberate phase of professionalization and capacity-building rather than rapid growth.

Name

St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Legal name

St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Website

https://stmarysgoochland.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1878

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish in Goochland County, Virginia, founded in 1878, serving families and individuals with traditional worship, Christian formation, pastoral care, a preschool, and historic churchyard burial services, funded primarily through member pledges.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Religious Organizations (813110)

akta.pro primary industry

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Episcopal worship services
• Christian formation programs
• Religious preschool education
• Community outreach ministry
• Pastoral care services

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Members make annual pledges and regular tithes to support church operations, missions, and outreach. The church emphasizes pledging as a spiritual practice and accepts various forms of giving including online, mail, and stock gifts.
2. Burial Plot Sales: The church sells burial plots in the churchyard and memorial garden plots for cremation interments, providing revenue while serving parish members.
3. School Tuition: St. Mary's Episcopal School, a preschool program for ages 2 through kindergarten, generates tuition revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish offering weekly worship services (Sunday Holy Eucharist/Morning Prayer, Wednesday healing services, Thursday centering prayer), comprehensive Christian formation programs for all ages (children, youth, and adults), pastoral care, fellowship programs, outreach ministries, sacramental life events (baptism, confirmation, weddings, funerals), a music ministry with choir and handbell programs, an affiliated preschool (St. Mary's Episcopal School), and burial services through its historic churchyard.

Product overview

St. Mary's Episcopal Church offers a comprehensive portfolio of worship, formation, fellowship, and outreach programs for its congregation. Core offerings include weekly worship services (Sunday Holy Eucharist/Morning Prayer, Wednesday healing services, and Thursday centering prayer), children's and youth ministries, adult formation programs, and pastoral care. The church also operates St. Mary's Episcopal School (preschool), maintains the historic churchyard for burial services, and provides life event sacraments including baptism, confirmation, weddings, and funerals. Music ministry featuring choir and handbell programs, fellowship meals, and outreach partnerships round out the service portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Worship Services

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CARITAScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal nonprofit working to cure homelessness and rebuild lives through shelters, transitional housing, affordable housing, and comprehensive services. St. Mary's volunteers support their mission through outreach ministry.
• CrossOver Healthcare MinistrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare ministry providing medical and dental care to uninsured and underinsured residents. St. Mary's supports through volunteer outreach.
• Education Equals HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational support organization. St. Mary's volunteers support their mission.
• Gateway HomesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization providing support for adults with mental illness. St. Mary's outreach ministry volunteers.
• GoochlandCarescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal community services organization. St. Mary's volunteers regularly participate in GoochlandCares Clothes Closet Sorting events on Sundays.
• Goochland Family YMCAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily wellness and community center. St. Mary's supports through outreach ministry.
• Peter Paul Development CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth development and community center in Richmond. St. Mary's volunteers support their programs.
• St. Andrew's SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational institution. St. Mary's outreach ministry supports their mission.
• Harvest of HopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization that helps communities address food insecurity. St. Mary's youth participate in mission trips to Fayetteville, N.C. to work with Harvest of Hope, gleaning fresh vegetables for food banks.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church: An Episcopal parish in the Richmond region with comparable traditional worship, formation, and outreach programming. St. Mary's Associate Rector previously served there, signaling comparable size and operational model.
• Church of the Holy Comforter (Richmond, VA): A Richmond-area Episcopal parish serving a similar demographic profile with comparable liturgy and program mix. St. Mary's staff and members have prior ties, making it operationally and culturally comparable.
• St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Richmond, VA): Another Episcopal parish in the Richmond area with a similar musical-liturgy emphasis and full program portfolio (children, youth, adult formation, outreach). St. Mary's Director of Music previously served there as interim organist and choirmaster.
• St. John's Episcopal Church (Chester, VA): A nearby Episcopal parish in the Diocese of Virginia where St. Mary's Associate Rector for Pastoral Care previously served as Deacon. Similar pastoral-care-focused programming model.
• All Saints Episcopal Church (Richmond, VA): A Richmond-area Episcopal parish that St. Mary's Senior Warden attended for nearly 40 years. Direct overlapping congregant base and comparable traditional worship and formation programming.
• St. James's Episcopal Church (Richmond, VA): A larger historic Episcopal parish in Richmond with comparable traditional liturgy, multi-generational formation programming, and burial-garden services. Multiple St. Mary's staff and members began or served at St. James's, making it a natural comparable.
• Holy Comforter Episcopal (Burlington, NC): An Episcopal parish in North Carolina where St. Mary's rector previously served as interim associate rector. Comparable mid-sized parish structure with traditional formation and outreach.
• Christ Church (Raleigh, NC): A mid-sized historic Episcopal parish in North Carolina where St. Mary's new rector previously served as associate rector. Comparable structure across worship, formation, and outreach; useful proxy for rector-driven strategic capability.
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Richmond, VA): A nearby Episcopal parish in the Richmond metro that shares St. Mary's diocesan network (Diocese of Virginia), congregation profile, and mainline Protestant program structure. Several St. Mary's staff previously served at St. Stephen's, indicating direct operational and cultural overlap.
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Durham, NC): An Episcopal parish where St. Mary's rector previously served as curate. Comparable parish size, formation programming, and pastoral emphasis — useful for benchmarking rector-led growth initiatives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/StMarysGoochland
• Facebookfacebook.com/St.MarysGoochland
• Instagraminstagram.com/stmarysgoochland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stmarysgoochland

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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