Congregational Letters
Be Bold. Speak of Jesus. :: Congregational Letter
Dear St. Andrew’s Family, A brief letter to keep you informed…. What an amazing Sunday this past Sunday was! For the first time in over a year we had a New Member Sunday. In the past we would have these welcoming and incorporation events bi-annually and we would...
Promises Made, Promises Kept :: Congregational Letter
Dear Friends, This is a long letter. Please read it through. I have a high value on action; following through on commitments made, on words matching deeds. This letter recaps promises made and kept. On June 7 this past year we returned to in-person worship at the...
Completing His Extraordinary Work :: Congregational Letter
Friends, As we stand at the threshold of opening our new facility, 1 Chronicles 28 was my (Steve’s) appointed text for the day in my daily Bible reading. All of it was timely. Particularly, David's instruction to Solomon to be strong and courageous, to not be...
The Final Days :: Congregational Letter
Dear St. Andrew’s Family, As we come to the close of summer we thought it’d be a good time to give a number of updates on the many many things taking place in our life at St. Andrew’s. My Jerusalem You may remember our letter of a few weeks ago sharing with you the...
A Home for Greta :: Congregational Letter
“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...
Pentecost 2020 Congregational Letter
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...
Outdoor Worship at the Farmers Market
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...
Caring for the Church
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...
Staying Healthy at Church
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...
Would You Pray with Me? – July Congregational Letter
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...