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Locks changing August 20

The Episcopal Church’s Safe Church program for the prevention of sexual misconduct is grounded in our Baptismal Covenant – our call to seek and serve Christ in all persons and to respect the dignity of every human being. One Read more

Freedom anyone?

Every year I get to celebrate Independence Day two times. As an American citizen, I join with other Americans celebrating the independence of my adopted country on the 4th of July. But also as a person born on the Read more

The Rector’s Discretionary Fund: How does it work?

Where Does the Money Come From? According to our Canons (church laws), every parish is to set aside money for “such pious and charitable uses as the Rector… shall determine”. St. Andrew’s budgets $900 per year for the Rector’s Read more

Parish Life update

Bob Wharton and I are the vestry liaisons for Parish Life here at St. Andrew’s. Parish Life includes many sub-committees and probably affects just about every church member. Since this is our 100th year anniversary, there has been a Read more

Summer liturgies

Dear friends,

A blessing and a challenge of liturgical worship is that the words of the service become so familiar. The blessing is that those familiar words can be a source of great comfort, and anchor in the midst Read more

A word about the Dismissal: Saving up our Alleluias for Easter

Did you know the rubrics of The Book of Common Prayer call for a limited use of the word Alleluia in seasons other than Easter? If you look at the rubrics on pages 340 or 366, you’ll see that Read more

St. Andrew’s makes $5000 in outreach grants

The Vestry earmarked $10,000 of St. Andrew’s 2019 budget for outreach. The Outreach Team has approved the following grants from those funds, totaling $5,000. The remainder of the funds will be granted by the Outreach Team in the fall. Read more

What is Whitsunday – Pentecost?

In the Jewish tradition, Pentecost was originally known as Feast of the Harvest, an agriculture festival. Later it became a celebration of the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai. Jews from around the world came to Jerusalem to Read more

Christendom Has Ended; What’s Next for the Church? Be Part of the Discussion

You may have noticed St. Andrew’s clergy, parishioners, and staff walking around recently with a book called Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory. Written by a Presbyterian minister and seminary administrator with 27 years of parish leadership Read more

Looking Ahead to Whitsunday: Wear White! Celebrate Baptism! Give Thanks for Past Clergy!

After the spectacular Garden Party, our next centennial celebration will be a liturgical one: a Whitsunday service on June 9th. The day we now refer to as Pentecost was for many years called Whitsunday—a contracted version of the Read more