Congregational Letters

“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his deed.” Proverbs 19.17 Dear St. Andrew’s Family, Thank you for your fantastic response to the sermon this past week. As promised, here is further information about Greta Johnson and the...

Dear Friends, Grace and peace to you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. First, thank you for our continued prayers. I am progressing in my healing and restoration and I am at the point where I have been able to return to both our (virtual) Staff and Vestry...

Dear Friends, Scripture sketches a picture of the early church in Acts 2:42: And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (ESV). We do sit under the Apostles’ teaching when we gather online but...

Dear St. Andrew’s Family, In the last few days, under the leadership of our Vestryman, Chris Brooks, along with Kay Boggs, Deb Sprayberry, Doug Barnett, Carol Manning, and Sandra Anderson have met together to brainstorm ways in which we can serve each other in the...

Dear St. Andrew’s Church Family, Desiring to be proactive in our response to the Coronavirus we have sought the counsel of medical professionals with regard to our common life at St. Andrew’s.  As you might expect, they advised me to help diffuse the anxiety being...

Dear St. Andrew’s Family, Sometime this week, for the second time in a year, our clergy and the administrative staff that assist us will relocate our offices to a mobile office unit in our parking lot.  Dwight, bringing a sense of merriment to yet another stressful...

Dear St. Andrew’s Family, As you look around St. Andrew’s one of the first things I hope you notice is the number of children and youth we have at St. Andrew’s.  And from this observation, I hope you conclude that our children (and their families) matter. Their...

Dear Friends, Imagine standing on the shore of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus restored Peter or standing atop Mt. Carmel where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal.  What would it be like to walk through the crowded markets of Jerusalem and up the steps to the...

Dear St. Andrew’s Family, As we stand at the threshold of a new year, Jacqui and I want to say thank you for the innumerable kindnesses, support, and the way so many of you have rallied to our parish in this most unusual year. Because of both our Lord’s faithfulness...

Dear St. Andrew’s Family, At our Vision Night this past September I presented to the congregation assembled our course for the next year.  And at the center of our work this year is an intentional focus on local mission.  Specifically, we are reaching out to our...

July Congregational Letter Dear St. Andrew’s Family, It is with great pleasure that I share with you the good news that The Very Rev'd Dr. Chris Hancock, his wife, Suzie, and The Rev’d Randy Forrester have all accepted the call to become a part of our staff at St....