Mark your calendars now and plan to attend a very special service on Thursday, May 30 at 6:30 PM at St. John’s Portsmouth, where Bishop Jay Magness will confirm eight youth and two adults from St. Andrew’s!

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Dear Friends, Periodically I hear from parishioners who miss the Morning Prayer service, with its lovely cadences and canticles.  Morning Prayer is part of the Daily Office, the set of worship services intended for all Episcopalians to pray each Read more

Dear friends, Our senior warden John Whitley is an optimist who always sees the glass half-full.  I have to confess that I tend to take a dimmer view of things.  In a wardens’ meeting the other day, John pointed Read more

“Bear one another’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ… So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.” Read more

Dear Friends, As we prepare to walk through Holy Week together, I thought it might be helpful to share with you some of the rich symbolism embedded in our Maundy Thursday worship.  Because we do this liturgy only once Read more

Trail of Tears You came on Ash Wednesday and left before I could speak to you.  I don’t know your story; I don’t even know your name.  But I know that when you weep, dark trails of mascara trace Read more