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Weekly eNews
April 10, 2025
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Join Us for Palm Sunday Worship!
April 13, 10 a.m. (Sanctuary)
Each Sunday we worship in person and online. We are always glad when you worship with us. Nursery care is available during worship, and we offer Children's Ministry time as well as activity bags to keep little hearts and hands engaged.
This Sunday's Palm Sunday liturgy marks the beginning of Holy Week. In this service, we journey with Jesus as he is welcomed in triumph upon entering Jerusalem and then rejected and crucified at Golgotha (or “Place of a Skull”) outside the gates of the city. The reading of Christ’s passion sets forth the central act of God’s love for humankind; through it we come to know the reality of God’s saving action in our lives. After church, we gather in the Parish Hall for fellowship, snacks, and making palm frond crosses.
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Walk the Labyrinth in Holy Week
Available April 10–17, during Church Hours (Chapel)
Walking the labyrinth is an ancient form of reflection or silent prayer and is often used as a practice for healing and growth in God. Many see it as a metaphor for our spiritual journey. Our beautiful portable labyrinth, created by Karen Spencer, is now set up in our Chapel and will be available through Maundy Thursday, April 17. You may use it any time the church is open, including after worship. Parish Office hours are Tuesday—Thursday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Printed information about walking the labyrinth will be available in the Chapel.
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Last Call! Submit Your Easter Flower Tributes TODAY!
Tributes are Due April 10
On Easter Sunday, we would like the church altar to be full of beautiful flowers, especially lilies. We invite you to support the Altar Guild with an honorary or memorial Easter Flower Offering. The bulletin for Easter Sunday will list all donors and tributes. Gifts should be received in the office by no later than Thursday, April 10, and may be made at church using the special flower envelopes in the pews, by mail, or online at the link below. Payment can be made online in Abundant, choosing the "Altar Guild Donations" fund from the dropdown menu, or by check to St. Andrew's, with "Altar Guild Flowers" on the memo line. If you are submitting your request by mail, please clearly print all names and check preferred giving method.
This gift is given by: __________________________________
in honor of: _________________________________________
in memory of: _______________________________________
___ I am enclosing my donation. ___ I will make my donation online.
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Holy Week and Easter 2025
Calendar and Resources
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Holy Week: Walk the Labyrinth
April 10-17 (Chapel)
Walking the labyrinth is an ancient form of reflection or silent prayer and is often used as a practice for healing and growth in God. Many see it as a metaphor for our spiritual journey. Our beautiful portable labyrinth, created by Karen Spencer, is now set up in our Chapel and will be available through Maundy Thursday, April 17. You may use it any time the church is open, including after worship. Parish Office hours are Tuesday—Thursday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Printed information about walking the labyrinth will be available in the Chapel.
Holy Wednesday: The Way of the Cross (Guided)
April 16, 12 p.m. (Sanctuary)
On Wednesday of Holy Week, join us in the Sanctuary to walk The Way of the Cross. This session will be guided by Rev. Ginny, beginning at 12 p.m.
Maundy Thursday Service
April 17, 7 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Join us for our Maundy Thursday Service, in which we commemorate Jesus’ servanthood in the washing of feet and the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper. The word Maundy comes from the Latin mandatum novum or the new commandment. “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.” (John 3:34) This liturgy is filled with conflicting images. There is the joy of Communion, celebrated with all its splendor, but there is also deep sadness expressed in the stripping of the altar as we prepare the church for Good Friday, for the agony in the garden, and the arrest and betrayal of Jesus.
Good Friday Service
April 18, 12 p.m. (Chapel)
On this most solemn fast day of the church year, we gather to remember Christ’s suffering and death on the cross. In preparation for Good Friday services, all decorations have been removed. The inexorable truth of Good Friday is that death precedes resurrection. Join us in the Chapel at noon.
Good Friday: The Way of the Cross (Self-Guided)
April 18, 12–3 p.m. (Sanctuary)
In addition to our service at noon in the Chapel, you are invited to Prayer, Meditation, and walking The Way of the Cross (self-guided) in our Sanctuary on Good Friday, 12–3 p.m.
Easter Sunday Service
April 20, 10 a.m. (Sanctuary)
Arrive early for the flowering of the cross and brass and organ prelude music. Stay for an Easter Egg Hunt for Children and a Festive Reception for All!
On Easter Sunday we will welcome all to celebrate the risen Christ with joy. A brass and organ prelude will be offered in the 10 minutes before worship. You are invited to bring flowers to add to the cross outside and bells to ring. Nursery care will be provided. Our school-age children will stay in church for this special day of worship. We will have bags for them to decorate, butterflies for them to color, bells to ring each time we hear the word “Alleluia,” and other fun ways for children to participate in the service. Join us afterward for an Easter Egg Hunt and a Festive Coffee Hour.
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Living Well Through Lent 2025: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit
in Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind, from Living Compass
Available as a booklet at church and at https://www.livingcompass.org/lent
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Living Hope—Lenten Reflections from the Church of England
Available 3 ways: as a booklet in our Parish Hall and church entrances; as Reflection Emails here; and via the Church of England’s daily devotional app, Everyday Faith here.
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You’re Invited to Breakfast at Green Valley Grill
April 11 at 8:30 a.m.
Join your St. Andrew’s friends at our next informal breakfast gathering at Green Valley Grill, Friday, April 11 at 8:30 a.m. We look forward to sharing food and fellowship with you. RSVP by noon the day before to Jonathan Stephens at 615-480-3804 or by email at the link below.
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Join Our Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Meeting this Week
Monday, April 14
All women of the church are invited to the April meeting of the St. Agatha and St. Mary ECW Chapter of St. Andrew’s, tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Parish Hall. The program, led by Shelley Kappauf, will be about the Walking of the Labyrinth, and will be followed by the opportunity to experience our church labyrinth, painted by Karen Spencer, which is available in the Chapel through Maundy Thursday. There will also be options for folks with limited mobility to participate in using a labyrinth. Contact Cheri Courtright at 336-706-0911 for more information.
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Easter is Almost Here, with Special Plans for Children and an Egg Hiding Mission for Youth
If you’ve spent time in the Godly Play room on Sundays, you know that we are approaching the end of the purple days in the circle of the church year, which means that Easter is almost here! We can’t wait to celebrate the risen Lord with our families and friends on Easter Sunday, April 20. Our Nursery will be open, as usual, for our youngest children. Godly Play friends are invited to remain in the sanctuary for the entire service with special busy bags full of stickers, bells to ring, and other activities available at the church entrance. We will have an egg hunt immediately after church on Easter Sunday and a festive coffee hour too. EYC, put your egg hiding skills to the test with us on Easter morning. We’ll gather before church at 9:40 to hide 250 eggs for the little ones to find.
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The Corner Market & Celebrating Creation
April 27, Right after Worship (Parish Hall)
Join your fellow parishioners in celebrating Earth Day as we welcome Kathy Newsom, director of The Corner Farmers Market, which pops up each Saturday in our Kensington Rd. parking lot. Kathy will share about the important connection between the mission of the Corner Market, our environmental challenges, the health and well-being of our community, and our biblical call to be stewards of our earth. We’ll also get to hear about the many vendors at the market and the diverse products they offer for sale, as well as the delight of meeting friends and neighbors for Saturday morning fellowship. Kathy will join us in the Parish Hall right after worship on Sunday, April 27—we hope you will, too!
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Sign up for a Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Center and Museum
Saturday, May 3
On Saturday, May 3, we have the wonderful opportunity to take a private, guided tour of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum (ICRCM) in downtown Greensboro. The ICRCM commemorates the brave and visionary advocacy of full citizenship and social justice. The cost of the tour is $15 per student and $20 per adult. All are welcome to attend. Scholarships are available—just email martha@standrewsgso.org if you need one. We do need a headcount as soon as possible, so please check your calendars and sign up soon. The tour will begin at 10:30 a.m. and last around 75 minutes, and we’ll caravan back to the church for lunch and discussion to follow. Look for the signup link in our eNews.
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The Episcopal Church Signs Ecumenical Declaration in Support of Immigrants—You Can Help, Too
Last Sunday we were honored to have Mary Ellen Poe of Church World Service (CWS) as our special guest at a Community Conversation after worship. Mary Ellen spoke about the multi-layered work of creating welcome, shared updates on recent changes in national immigration policy, and relayed firsthand stories of the immediate impacts on Greensboro families at all stages of the immigration process, placing these in context of similar impacts across the US and in the countries of origin where many immigrant family members still reside. The work of CWS and other immigrant-serving agencies is urgent. St. Andrew’s continues to provide financial support to CWS (and we raised an additional $800 on Sunday), and The Episcopal Church has pledged action and advocacy at the national level, joining 45 religious groups in signing CWS’s “Ash Wednesday Ecumenical Declaration” defending refuge and opposing anti-immigrant policies through advocacy and prayer. Please visit the link below to learn more about the declaration and other concrete advocacy steps you can take to continue our work to welcome the stranger.
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For Families: Let’s Learn About Communion!
Starting April 27
This spring, we will have a three-week Communion Celebration for all interested pre-K through 5th graders. Head to the Godly Play Room after church on Sunday, April 27, for a special story about World Communion, and stay in the Sanctuary on Sunday, May 4, for time with Mother Ginny and to tour the Sacristy, where the Altar Guild makes it possible for us to share in the Sacrament of Communion each week. We’ll take a break for Mother’s Day, May 11. Then on May 18, we will all sit together at the front of the church and will take Communion together as a group. Please email using the link below to let us know you’ll be there!
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Love One Another—Won’t You Be My Helper?
We need your help to love one another well. Here at St. Andrew’s, we share the love, we welcome the stranger, we feed the hungry—and we help our fellow parishioners. One of the ways that we help our parishioners is through our CareNet ministry. You may know that a CareNet team of cooks will, with happy hearts, bring meals to you and your family when needed. But did you know that we will also offer rides to medical appointments and to church for those who need them? We can't save the world, but we can help right here at St. Andrew’s with meals and transportation. We currently have a wonderful team doing all of this, and we are looking for additional CareNet helpers to join us! To paraphrase Mr. Rogers, Won't you be our helper?
If you would like to provide meals or transportation or both, please contact Fran Swan at 336-709-5147 or by email at the link below.
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Barnabas Housewares Drive: Thank You, St. Andrew’s!
Thank you for your very generous support of The Barnabas Network through this year’s Lenten housewares drive. Your donations filled seven SUVs with needed housewares for people on the path to self-sufficiency. We’re also grateful to our EYC, who volunteered to sort the items. Thanks to supporters like you, last year Barnabas helped 800 families furnish a home, kept 10,000 pieces of furniture out of the landfill, and provided 1,200 beds, many of them to children who would otherwise be sleeping on the floor. For more information, please contact Dawn Martin or visit the Barnabas website at the link below.
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Cursillo Weekend Planned for May 15–18
Sign Up by April 25
You are invited to attend NC Episcopal Cursillo #111, May 15-18, at Camp Walter Johnson, in Lexington. Cursillo is a Diocesan program offering an opportunity for Episcopalians to meet and learn together as they seek to grow their faith. At Cursillo, you will experience the gift of God’s love through shared prayer, worship, study, and fellowship. For more information contact Fred Watts at the “Email for More Info” link below. To apply by the April 25 deadline, visit the website at the link below.
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We Need Your Burgundy Bag Donations!
Our weekly Burgundy Bag food donations are an outward and visible sign of St. Andrew’s mission of “feeding the hungry.” Each week, our donations are delivered to the One Step Further Food Pantry to support their vital efforts to relieve food insecurity in Greensboro.
Most needed food items include: rice, pasta, beans (dried and canned), canned vegetables, and canned meats and fish.
Please pick up and drop off in the Sanctuary narthex and the hallway by the Chapel. Thank you for helping St. Andrew's feed the hungry. Contact Doug Sanecki with questions.
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Come to the Corner Market This Saturday!
The Corner Farmers Market delivers the goods each Saturday. Stay up to date on all their weekly offerings at their website (sign up for their wonderfully newsy newsletter while there) and on Facebook using the links below.
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Thank You for Your Gifts
We are grateful for your continued gifts that sustain the mission and ministry of St. Andrew’s. If you have questions about your giving, setting up or changing a recurring draft, or making gifts of stock or other funds, email Ray Marsh or leave him a message at 336-275-1651, ext. 3.
To make a new gift or to continue your pledge, please give online or mail your check to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Bookkeeper, 2105 W. Market St., Greensboro, NC 27403.
| | Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church of England | | The Mother Church. England and Anglican—sharing the same root. English Christians trace back to Roman Britain in the 3rd century, but the Church of England usually points to 597 as the beginning of its Christian history, when Augustine came as a missionary from Rome and was named the first Archbishop of Canterbury. Celtic Christianity, making its way from Ireland to Iona and downward into England, predated Augustine. But the Roman tradition prevailed over the Celtic, and when the Reformation reached England in the 16th century, the Church in England was essentially Roman Catholic. The transition from the Church in England to the established Church of England, separated from Rome, was anything but smooth; Queen Mary, e.g., had Thomas Cranmer, Henry VIII’s Archbishop of Canterbury, burned at the stake in 1556. (He was martyred in Oxford on March 21st, which is his feast day in England; our feast day is October 16th.) However messy it was, the struggles of the English Reformation have left us all with breadth in theology and beauty in liturgy (thanks largely to Cranmer for much of that). And, we are left with a worldwide Communion which, despite our rich diversity, remains bound together by a shared heritage. | | |
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Andrew’s, St. Barnabas’, and St. Francis’, all of Greensboro
Special concerns: Western North Carolina and all those impacted by natural disasters, including wildfires and hurricanes
Those on our parish prayer list: Norma Bullock; Traci and Erik; Charles Claunch; Jeff Cummer; David McGraw; Betty Atwell; Mack Baker; Lauren; Downs Brown, Jr.; Martha and Jim Kaley; Nancy O’Donnell; Tina Sink Gangi; Heather; Victoria; Johnetta Shablack; Pauline Tatum; Jim Tatum; Pia; Henry, Arwyn, and Christine Davis-Potter; Linda Heller; Katelyn Flowers; Jeannie Phillips; James; Madeline Colavito; Hilary Towle; Charlotte Lloyd; Sarah Sellers; Jack; Mary Rose; Sue Keith; Anne Franklin and family; Myra Stephens; Marilyn McManis; Rhonda Weaver; Amanda Avery; Maria Alicia Huarcaya Hermoza and Kathy Hinshaw; Daniel; Terry Meyer; Betsy Murray; Earnest Graham; Derek; Fred Johnson; E. MacKenzie; Carolyn Ritchie; Pam Haynes; Paula Boothby; Kelly Jordan; Glenna Ohaver; Susan Seaton; Sam Doyle; Karl Towle
Those serving in our military: Tom Stauffer, Paul Zeigler, Stephen Johnson, Benjamin Phillips, Kenneth Gearhart, Alex Reyes, Michael McNeil, Jordan Payne, Catharyn Nosek
Birthdays: Jesse Carrico, Shane Carrico, Melissa Fleming, Judy Gaskins, Clo Goring, Bill Hill, Collin Obimma, Becca Redding
Anniversaries: Dawn & Stephen Martin, Steve & Susan Gallimore
| | Please send prayer requests to Susan Frye, Parish Administrator, by email or at 336-275-1651, ext. 1. Names remain on our parish prayer list for six weeks. Please let Susan know if you would like a name to continue to be listed. Please also contact Susan with birthdays and anniversaries for the bulletin. | | St. Andrew's Weekly Calendar | | |
Sunday, April 13
Palm Sunday
Worship & Children's Ministry, 10 a.m. (Sanctuary)
Palm Sunday Coffee & Conversation with Palm Cross Making, 11:15 a.m. (Parish Hall)
Labyrinth Available (Chapel)
Sacred Ground Circles, 3 p.m. (Library & Cloister)
Monday, April 14
ECW St. Agatha & St. Mary Chapter Meeting, 2 p.m. (Parish Hall)
Lenten Small Group, 3 p.m. (Library)
Lenten Small Group, 6 p.m. (Library)
Tuesday, April 15
Staff Meeting, 10:30 a.m. (Cloister)
Labyrinth Available, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Chapel)
EfM, 6:30 p.m. (Library)
Vestry Meeting, 7 p.m. (Cloister)
Wednesday, April 16
Labyrinth Available, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Chapel)
Hearing the Gospel, 10:30 a.m. (Parish Hall)
The Way of the Cross (Guided), 12 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Choir Rehearsal, 7 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Thursday, April 17
Lenten Small Group, 7:30 a.m. (Library)
Labyrinth Available, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. (Chapel)
Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Friday, April 18
Good Friday Service, 12 p.m. (Chapel)
Good Friday: The Way of the Cross (Self-Guided), 12-3 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Saturday, April 19
The Corner Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (Kensington Parking Lot)
Sunday, April 20
Easter Sunday
Brass and Organ Prelude & Flowering the Cross, 9:50 a.m.
All-Parish Easter Worship, 10 a.m. (Sanctuary)
Easter Egg Hunt & Festive Reception after Church (Parish Hall & Church Lawn)
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
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