Christ Church Annual Tour of Homes 2024

We are excited to announce that the Christ Church Annual Tour of Homes will return in 2024 with a focus on homes and their grounds in the exclusive gated St. Simons Island enclave of Frederica Township. Join us to tour six special homes set among unique marsh, lake and river views.

As part of the annual Tour of Homes Christ Church will also feature historical narratives dating back to 1736 in and around the church and cemetery along with our labyrinth and refreshments in Parish Hall.

You will want to make sure not to miss a special option available to purchase a VIP ticket that includes a limited seat lunch and history presentation at the Frederica Boathouse, part of the Frederica Club.

As always, the Annual Tour of Homes benefits organizations and initiatives for women and children in need in our community. Donations are the foundation of our efforts; in addition to your ticket purchase we prayerfully request your additional support. Click here to explore Benefactor opportunities.

We are pleased to report (but regret if we must disappoint you). Standard Morning and Standard Midday Tickets were sold out as of February 9. Both seatings for VIP lunches are also now sold out. Thank you to all our ticket-purchasers.

We hope you will join us next year.

Tickets will go on sale in mid-December for the 2025 Annual Tour of Homes.

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2024 Annual Tour of Homes Venue: Frederica Township

The 2024 Annual Tour of Homes will welcome you to beautiful and unique homes in the exclusive St. Simons Island enclave of Fredrica Township.

Frederica, perhaps one of the remaining best kept secrets of the Golden Isles, is a premier private club and community north of Christ Church on St. Simons Island. The 3,000 acre property encompasses 400 acres of man-made freshwater lake stocked with trophy bass. Draped in a canopy of oaks by a centuries-old maritime forest, the community is almost of another era.

Impressive throughout Frederica is the attention to preserving the natural landscape both in the Club and amenity areas of Frederica and in the improvement of privately owned home sites. A set of Standards and Design guidelines govern the growth of the community and are designed to preserve and enhance the natural environment, native forest and wildlife. These guidelines also assist in achieving a continuity that embraces residential architecture, varied in style, yet consistent in design quality and craftsmanship.

Annual Tour of Homes Important Tour Information

The Annual Tour Hours will be Saturday, March 16, 2024
Homes in the Frederica Township Community will be featured.

Home Tour Hours are 9:30am to 4:00 pm
Morning buses begin boarding at Christ Church at 9:00 am. Midday buses begin boarding at 11:00 am.
The Annual Tour of Homes is held rain or shine
Please dress accordingly.
Refund Policy
All tickets sales for the Annual Tour of Homes are final and non-refundable. Tickets are transferrable.
Private tour bus access to Frederica Township has been filled
Additional private tour buses are welcome to bring passengers to Christ Church to participate in the Tour using our transportation.

No wheelchair or stroller access
Homes on Tour have steps and are not accessible by wheelchairs or strollers.
No photography or video allowed
Out of respect for our homeowners, no photography or videotaping inside the homes is allowed.
No high-heeled shoes
High heeled shoes are not allowed, as they may damage wood floors.
Food and containers
No food, beverage, smoking, large bags or backpacks are permitted inside the homes.

Parish Hall hospitality
Parish Hall hospitality will be available from 10:00 until 4:00, offering light refreshments.

Tickets must be presented at the event
Everyone attending the Annual Tour of Homes MUST have a ticket with them to present before boarding a bus. This can be a computer printed ticket displaying the correct bar code that was printed after being ordered online, or a Mobile ticket on your cell phone - displaying the bar code specific to your own ticket. Order confirmations or emails without a bar code CANNOT be used for admission. Only a printed ticket or a Mobile ticket with a bar code will be accepted.

VIP Luncheon Experience

Elevate your Tour day by joining us at the idyllic Frederica Boathouse for a VIP lunch experience. The limited seating Luncheon will include a gourmet boxed lunch prepared by the Frederica Culinary Team and a presentation by local historian, Wheeler Bryan, who will detail the history of the Frederica area from colonial times through development of today's exclusive Frederica Community.

There will be two lunch seatings, at 11:30 am and 1:00 pm, and the cost for either is $200 per person (including access to all Tour sites).

Both seatings have limited availability; we encourage you to purchase early.

New Cookbook at the Tour

JUST ANNOUNCED!

Exciting News! The new and long-awaited Christ Church cookbook, “Beneath the Oaks” will be released on March 16 at the 2024 Tour of Homes! The cookbook is hot off the presses, and goes on sale *first* exclusively to Tour ticket-holders. Cookbooks will be available for purchase for $40 (including tax) at the Tour Hospitality center in the Parish Hall throughout the day; attendees of the VIP luncheon at the Frederica Boathouse will also be able to buy copies at that event. Filled with mouth-watering recipes and a splendidly written history of the church and its island home, this display-quality book is illustrated with dozens of full-page, full-color photos of beautiful cuisine as well as of the stained-glass windows at Christ Church and St. Ignatius.

Tour Day Activity: Historical Narratives at Christ Church

The Docents of Christ Church, Frederica will present historical narratives from 10:30 am until 4:00 pm in various places in and around the church and the Parish Hall. Highlights include: how Anglican worship began on St. Simons Island in 1736 when General James Oglethorpe arrived with two newly ordained Church of England priests, brothers Charles and John Wesley and the formation of our Parish in 1808 as a Protestant Episcopal Church on the heels of the Revolutionary War with the first church structure built in 1820.

Hear how Anson G.P. Dodge arrived on the island as a 19-year old in 1879 to observe his family’s lumber mill and was so moved by the little parish that he entered Seminary in New York in order to return to St. Simons Island to minister and build a new church with his own funds, replacing the 1820 structure.

And more...

End your day's discoveries with a spiritual walk of the Christ Church Labyrinth located a short distance across the road from Christ Church.

Tour Day Activity: The Labyrinth at Christ Church, Frederica

Dedicated in December 2022, the Labyrinth at Christ Church, Frederica, is a welcomed addition to the Christ Church campus. Nestled on the wooded path from Frederica Road to the Wesley Memorial Garden, it offers guests a unique opportunity for respite, reflection, and rejuvenation. Embraced by many faith traditions and cultures, a labyrinth is a walking meditation or prayer. A large circle with a single path that winds back and forth, moving alternatively toward and away from the center, labyrinths are a metaphor for life.

For more information on the Labyrinth at Christ Church and how to walk one, https://ccfssi.org/labyrinth.

"Christ Church Frederica is one of the most beautiful places I've ever constructed a labyrinth. Surrounded by live oaks and other majestic trees draped with Spanish moss, the labyrinth embraces an open sky. One can’t help but feel surrounded, supported, and nurtured by nature." - Chuck Hunner, Golden Spirit Labyrinths, goldenspirit.com