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2020 Pledge Campaign: Reflections on Gracious Giving

“The church is a triangle,” Cliff whispered to me in the pew, repeating his observation later during Children’s Chapel. As he held his little fingers together in the shape of this three-sided figure, the other children copied him as Read more

A grateful good-bye to Lorna

Dearest people of St. Andrew’s, My heart is heavy as I write this letter to you all, as I have accepted a call to another parish, St. Luke’s, Germantown, in the city of Philadelphia. My last Sunday with you Read more

Hospitable

As we welcome people to become a part of our new Outreach Center, let us remember the gift of hospitality. Make of your life a welcome home.Make your heart a buffet of goodness.

Make yourself a front porch, wide,two Read more

Multi-Use Community Outreach Facility Already Underway – Here’s What’s Happening so Far

As we are forming the Building Implementation Team to oversee and foster the functioning of the Multi-Use Community Outreach Facility, people in our community are already reaching out to us with requests to use the former day school classrooms. Read more

A lesson for the ages

Luke 15 seems to be about 3 lost and found parables, but Jesus makes it into lost and found and really lost.

The Pharisees were seething with resentment that Jesus associated with people they deemed well outside of God’s Read more

Moving forward from “Canoeing the Mountains”

“Canoeing the Mountains” laid the foundation for a new conversation about the Church’s role and ministry today. to build on that foundation, St. Andrew’s is establishing the Engaging the Climb Team.

What is the job of the Engaging the Read more

Electing the 11th Bishop of Southern Virginia: Your Role

The election of the 11th Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia will be held Saturday, September 21, 2019, and the Consecration of our new bishop will be held February 1, 2020. As we prepare for the election, the Read more

Next steps for St. Andrew’s Multiuse Outreach Facility

Dear friends, As you know from my recent letter, we plan to convert our former school space into a multiuse outreach facility to serve the local community. To do so, we need to create a Building Implementation Team. See Read more

Building Discernment Team completes their task of determining the best use for the former day school spaces

Dear friends,

I am delighted to report that the Building Discernment Team has completed the task of determining the best use for the former day school spaces. I’m grateful to the members of the team for their work on Read more

A Prayer for All of Us

In recent days and weeks, as our national discourse has continued to erode, I keep thinking about how important it is for us to remember who we are and whosewe are: children of God, all of us. I Read more