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Weekly eNews
April 17, 2025
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Join Us for Maundy Thursday Worship
Tonight at 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.
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All are Invited to Good Friday Observances
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.
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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.
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Come Worship with Us on Easter Sunday
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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Please bring flowers on Easter Sunday and arrive a few minutes early to flower the cross on the church front steps.
You are also invited to bring bells to ring at each "Alleluia!"
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Special Plans for Children and an Egg Hiding Mission for Youth
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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Join Us for Our Next All-Parish Community Conversation!
Celebrating Creation with The Corner Farmers Market
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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For Families: Let’s Learn About Communion!
Starting April 27, Right after Worship
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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Let's Take Some Time To Talk About Gun Violence
EYC: April 27, 5-6:30 p.m. (Herman Hall)
Dinner will be served.
A few weeks ago our parish family had a chance to have a Community Conversation about gun violence, which is a worry that many of our EYC members live with every day. On April 27, several members of our St. Andrew's gun violence prevention group will visit us for a special presentation. We'll have a chance to fill out a Citizen's Knowledge Test and will discuss the answers. Parents, grandparents, and support people are welcome to attend, and we'll share dinner together after.
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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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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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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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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: Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui | | From left, Li Tim-Oi, her mother, Bishop Mok, her father, and Archdeacon Lee Kow Yan after her ordination as Deacon by Bishop R. 0. Hall at the cathedral in Hong Kong in 1941. From Li Tim-Oi's Story - Li Tim-Oi Foundation (ltof.org.uk) | | It’s hard not to think of the origins of the Hong Kong Anglican Church (the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui) without thinking of imperialism and colonialism writ large. From the Nestorians in the 7th century to the Franciscans in the 13th and onward into Anglican and Protestant missions in the 20th, the dominant Chinese view was that Christianity was “foreign” and “colonial.” But Sheng Kung Hui, literally meaning “Holy Catholic Church”—the accepted name for the Anglican Church that resulted from British, Canadian, and American initiatives in the 19th century—slowly emerged as a Chinese church, and in 1998 (a year after Britain returned Hong Kong to China) it became its own Anglican province. Its particular claim to Anglican fame is that the Church in Hong Kong ordained the first woman to the priesthood, Florence Li Tim-oi, in 1944. Often overlooked is that they ordained the second, third, and fourth women to the Anglican priesthood as well. | | |
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: All Saints’, Hamlet; St. Andrew’s, Haw River
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: Tony Bengel, Sean Cummings, Tricia de Beer, Anthony Pierce, Dan Smith
Anniversaries: Stephen & Ginny Inman, Dirk & Tracy Siegmund
| | 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 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, 11:15 a.m.(Parish Hall & Church Lawn)
Monday, April 21
Small Group, 3 p.m. (Library)
Tuesday, April 22
Staff Meeting, 10:30 a.m. (Cloister)
Chapel Open for Prayer, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Brown Bag Book Club, 12 p.m. (Library)
EfM, 6:30 p.m. (Library)
Wednesday, April 23
Hearing the Gospel, 10:30 a.m. (Parish Hall)
Choir Rehearsal, 7 p.m. (Sanctuary)
Thursday, April 24
Daughters of the King, 7 p.m. (Library)
Saturday, April 26
The Corner Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. (Kensington Parking Lot)
Sunday, April 27
Second Sunday of Easter
Worship & Children's Ministry, 10 a.m. (Sanctuary)
Children's Communion Celebration Begins
All-Parish Community Conversation: Celebrating Creation with The Corner Farmers Market, 11:15 a.m. (Parish Hall)
EYC: Conversation about Gun Violence Prevention, 5 p.m. (Herman Hall)
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
standrewsgso.org parish@standrewsgso.org 336-275-1651
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