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. Celebrate your graduate! On Sunday, June 2, we would like to recognize our graduating high school and college seniors, as well as those receiving advanced degrees. If you would like to have your grad recognized, please send the following info to the church office by Monday, May 20:For high school seniors: student’s full name, high school attended, any special recognitions received, and post-graduation plans (college, military, etc) For college seniors and advanced degrees: student’s full name, college name, degree to be awarded, any honors or recognitions. KAIROS needs cookies! The Kairos Prison Ministry team for Nottoway Correctional Center is preparing for its 45th weekend from May 30th – June 2nd and needs Agape. Expressions of Agape come to the weekend participants in the form of prayer chains, posters, placemats and cookies. -- Prayers for the weekend participants and Nottoway’s residents, officers and administration: Signup sheets for prayer partners will be in the lobby. During the weekend, each prayer will be represented by a link in a prayer chain to show the residents that they are not alone.-- Cookies: Each Kairos team member needs to bring 100 dozen cookies for the residents of Nottoway. They cannot have any coatings such as sugar or icing, or contain any type of fruits or nuts. They can be baked in advance and frozen, but please don’t freeze them before they completely cool or they will be prone to crumbling.-- Posters and placemats with messages and drawings from youth remind the participants of God’s love: For posters, please use half-size poster board. Any children who draw posters or placemats can include their age, but should only sign their first names, do not sign with last names. The mission of Kairos Prison Ministry is to bring Christ’s love and forgiveness to all incarcerated individuals and their families. Financial support can also be used to sponsor an individual participant or a table family for the weekend. Those who wish to contribute or have questions can contact Matt Deller or the church office. The Communications Committee needs you! Attention Parishioners! As Vestry Liaison for Communications, I invite you to join our Communications Committee. This committee is a very important ministry for St. Andrews. It creates and maintains strong communication channels that provide greater visibility of our church while engaging members and non members in upcoming events and other activities. Your assistance will help staff and volunteers, who currently assume many of the responsibilities single handedly. The Committee's activities include: Scheduling weekly sound system operators; Scheduling weekly camera operators for the 10:30 service, the Adult Forum, and special services, as needed; Posting and monitoring Facebook, Instagram and NextDoor content; Maintaining church bulletin boards; Updating content for the street sign; Developing and updating content for the SAEC website. The list includes tasks discussed at our last Congregational Meeting. Whatever time you can invest is very much needed and will be greatly appreciated! For more information or to sign up as a committee member please contact the church office. VBS 2024: Volunteers needed! Last summer's revival of Hilton Vacation Bible School was a great success. Before it ended, many participants were already looking forward to this year's session. This summer, the Hilton area churches will again be hosting VBS -- HOMETOWN NAZARETH WHERE JESUS WAS A KID. The VBS Steering Committee is hard at work planning for an exciting four-night program July 29-August 1 (Monday through Thursday) at 5-8 p.m. This is a marvelous outreach opportunity to bring the Good News to families in our churches and community and to cultivate a lifetime faith for the participants. There will be numerous volunteer opportunities for kitchen staff to help prepare and serve simple dinners, shepherds to lead the groups to their activities, as well as leaders and helpers in crafts, recreation, and music. Please consider your talents and how you can contribute to a successful VBS. When we have a volunteer roster, we'll know the number of students we can accept. We're hoping to accept more kids this year! To put your name on the volunteer list, please contact Laura Abbitt or Melissa Sale. Camp Chanco scholarship applications now being accepted The Skip Sherman Camp Chanco Scholarship Fund provides one full scholarship for a St. Andrew’s child or youth to attend a week of summer camp at Chanco on the James, the diocesan camp and conference center. Applications for the scholarship are available in the church office. Request for scholarship must be received in the office no later than May 1, 2024. The Scholarship Committee will review all applications and make their decision based on the need of the perspective camper. The one-week camping sessions are: Session 1 (June 23-28, for ages 8-11), Mariner’s Camp (June 23-28, for ages 12-16), Wilderness Camp (July 7-12, for ages 12-16), Ropes Camp (July 21-26, for ages 12-16), and Session 5 (August 5-9, for ages 8-10). You can learn more about Chanco and the summer camp at www.chanco.org. Online Church Directory Our church directory is online! (Don't worry - it's only accessible to those who are listed in it.) Click here for instructions on accessing the directory from your computer or the mobile app. If you're not listed in the directory yet or need to update your information, please contact Ann Turner in the church office. 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.
