Click here for the church calendar. Follow us on Facebook and on Instagram. Click here for what's happening this Sunday at St. Andrew's. Email Newsletter Click here to subscribe to our once-a-week email newsletter. Click here to read the current issue. Visit our blog site Visit our blog site for stories and pictures from our church family and our ministries. What's New Marathon Sunday: A change of pace! (March 2) Newport News will be hosting its One City Marathon on Sunday, March 2nd. As usual, we will not hold morning worship that day but instead will have a 4 PM service of Holy Eucharist. Note: Because our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will take place just two days after the Marathon Sunday service, we will not be serving dinner on March 2nd after worship. Therefore our 4 PM service will take place in the sanctuary. As is typical on Marathon Sunday, our worship will be less formal than usual and will include guitar music. Feel free to come dressed casually. We look forward to seeing you there! Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Join us on Tuesday, March 4, for a night of fun and PANCAKES! It’s the tradition we all love—Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. It’s a chance to kick up your heels before Lent kicks off. Dinner is 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Cost is $5 per person, $20 max per family. Ash Wednesday Services for children on March 5 On Ash Wednesday, March 5, join us at 9 AM and again at 4 PM for a very brief and casual Ash Wednesday service for children in our St. Nicholas Chapel. Holy Eucharist on Wednesdays in Lent As a part of your Lenten observance consider joining us for Holy Eucharist at 11:00 AM on the Wednesdays in Lent (March 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16). Lenten Series: Celebrating the Disciplines “Superficiality is the curse of our age,” says Richard Foster, author of Celebrating the Disciplines, which is the basis for our Lenten study this year. Foster notes that, “The doctrine of instant gratification is a spiritual problem,” but “the classical spiritual disciplines of the spiritual life call us to move beyond surface living into the depths.” Spiritual discipline, however, is not “dull drudgery,” but rather is characterized by joy because, by placing ourselves before God, the disciplines allow transformation of the inner spirit. Beginning on Wednesday, March 12, and continuing on Wednesdays through April 9, we will gather for a simple meal beginning at 5:30 pm with program from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. March 12 Simplicity & ConfessionMarch 19 Solitude & WorshipMarch 26 Study & ServiceApril 2 Guidance & CelebrationApril 9 Meditation & Prayer Change in office hours New hours for the church office are 9 AM to noon on Mondays and Tuesdays; and from 9 AM to 3 PM on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Our staff will continue to work their usual number of hours, combining public-facing service while the office is open with crucial behind-the-scenes work during the rest of their working hours.
