Called to Worship. Sent to Witness. Led to Welcome. | | |
Offering Thanks & Preparing for Another Search
In an e-mail to the parish earlier this week, I let the parish know that Miranda Mason, our part-time Parish Administrator since July of last year, is leaving at the end of this week to accept a full-time position with Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes, where she had already been working part-time during her time at Saint Andrew’s. Over the past seven months, we have been grateful to have Miranda’s experience and service helping lead our Parish Office, and we will miss her. However, this is a great opportunity for Miranda, and I hope that you will join me in congratulating her as she takes this next step in her professional journey.
Moreover, Miranda has graciously agreed, based on the availability of her new full-time schedule, to work one day a week at Saint Andrew’s—assisting with bookkeeping and other essential tasks that are a part of the Parish Administrator position—until we are able to fill that role with someone new. (I am also working to line up parish volunteers to assist on a regular basis in the office in this interim period – and am grateful for the offers of assistance that I have already received.)
Since notifying the parish earlier this week, I have posted the position on several job boards, on our website, and with the Diocese – and I look forward to this opportunity to discover the gifts of whomever we ultimately call to be our next Parish Administrator.
With that in mind, if you know of anyone who might be interested in the position, please let me know—or feel free to pass along the information. An updated copy of the Parish Administrator job description can be found here. Anyone interested in the position can e-mail a cover letter, resume, and references to me at rector@standrewsgreenville.org.
In the meantime, I hope that you will join me in thanking Miranda for her service, offering prayers for her as she steps into this new role (and continues to help out on a more limited basis here), and soliciting God’s guidance for Saint Andrew’s as we seek to fill this important position.
I look forward to your prayers, your encouragement, and your continued faithful labors in the ministry that we are so blessed to share at Saint Andrew’s. God is calling us to continue to make Christ’s abundant and unreserved love known here at the corner of Markley and South Main – and we will, with God’s help.
Grace and Peace,
Fr. Gary+
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Sunday, February 8 - The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
8:30 AM Low Mass, Rite II
9:30 AM Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
10:30 AM Sung High Mass, Rite I (livestream available)
Tuesday, February 10
8:30 AM Morning Prayer, Rite II
4:00 PM Clergy Led Bible Study
Wednesday, February 11 - The Feast of Absalom Jones, Priest (observed)
5:30 PM Healing Mass, Rite II
Thursday, February 12
8:30 AM Morning Prayer, Rite II
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The following people have been commended
to the prayers of the parish:
| Bambi, Bob, Brian, Charlie, Christi, Chuck, Cleve, Don, Jane, Jerry, Jim, Jodi, Joyce, Karen, Kristen, Lyra, Margaret Lee, Margaret, Marvin, Mary, Nancy, Patt, Robin, Shawn, Sylvia, Terry, Theresa, Tom, and Wade | | |
To add someone to the Parish Prayer List, please contact the office.
To add someone to the Daughters of the King prayer list, please e-mail dok@standrewsgreenville.org
There is also wooden box in the Narthex where you can fill out prayer cards.
The Daughters will add your names to their prayers.
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2/2 Eva Gosnell
2/2 Lauren Santilli
2/3 Grayson Marlowe
2/4 Peggy Muncie
2/6 Jodi Steffes
2/8 Kelly Gregory
2/9 Harry Bennett
2/9 Sylvia Brock
2/10 Doug Barrett
2/10 Chad Dudley
2/10 Gary Eichelberger
2/13 Inge Stanley
2/15 Michael Roberts
2/18 Margaret Lee Ballenger
2/20 Ken Banks
2/20 Jenny Peer
2/21 Joseph Simpkins-Arganbright
2/22 Bambi Martin
2/22 Sophia Sloan-Praytor
2/24 Todd Gower
2/24 Leslie Leuthold
2/24 Landon Lever
2/25 Scott Chastain
2/25 Nancy Smith
2/26 Patt Fero
2/26 Helen Landmesser
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Souper Bowl of Caring | 750 CANS NEEDED!
Soup Can Drive with Concluding Soup Luncheon
This Sunday, February 8 | After the 10:30 AM Mass
Pop-top soup donations may be dropped off in the Parish Hall. There is also an Amazon wishlist where you can purchase cans and have them delivered to the Parish Office (see below). To celebrate our drive, please join us for a soup and cornbread luncheon after the 10:30 AM Mass on "Souper Bowl Sunday." Thanks to all who are preparing soups and other delicious offerings for the luncheon!
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*Clergy-Led Bible Study of Matthew’s Gospel | Tuesdays | 4 PM
Our weekly clergy-led study of Matthew meets Tuesdays at 4 PM. If you have not previously signed up for weekly Bible study, please do so in order to receive the weekly reminders and handouts via e-mail. All are welcome.
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ECW Monthly Gathering | Tuesday, February 10 | 6 PM | Parish Hall
We hope all of our members are safe and warm as we leave snowy January behind us and begin the spring ECW season this February. We will meet to discuss business and listen to your input on a few important updates including our United Thank Offering and the gentle changes that will be occurring this year to continue the joyful success of our growing ECW.
We especially want to extend thanks to Patty and our volunteers from the Shrimp Boil, whose efforts yielded impressive fundraising!
This Tuesday, we will have a lovely devotional from Allison, and enjoy a brief intro to the ministry of Creation Care thanks to Ellen.
Our dinner will be a baked potato bar with salad, desserts, and drinks.
ECW Leadership will be providing baked potatoes and a side salad. We ask that you please email us committing to bring one of the needed potato toppings or items listed below:
• shredded cheese • chives • broccoli • bacon pieces
• small pot of chili • bring your favorite topping!
• dessert #1 • dessert #2
• 1 bag ice • sweet and unsweet tea (1 gallon each)
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper | Tuesday, February 17 | 6:00 PM | Saint Andrew’s Parish Hall
On Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, we are planning to feast on pancakes (as well as eggs, sausage, orange juice and coffee!) in preparation for entering the penitential season of Lent. Saint Paul United Methodist (who we gathered with for the Blessing of the Animals) will be joining us for this supper. In addition to enjoying pancakes together, the children of Saint Andrew’s and Saint Paul's will assist us with the ceremonial Burning of the Palms and Burying of the Alleluias. (If you still have your palms from last year, you are invited to bring them.) If you are interested in helping, please contact Riley Owens, who is serving as this year’s Shrove Tuesday Supper Coordinator.
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Ash Wednesday Services with Imposition of Ashes February 18 | 7:00 AM, 12 Noon, and 6:30 PM
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, one of the most solemn days of the church year. Please join us for an Ash Wednesday service as we enter a Holy Lent together and begin the forty day penitential journey to the Cross.
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Additional Upcoming Events
- Garden Crew | Saturday, February 21 | 9 - 11 AM
- February Youth Group Gathering | Sunday, February 22 | 5 - 7 PM | Parish Hall
- Just Faith Study Group | Monday, March 2 | 6 - 7 PM | Parish Hall
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New Saint Andrew’s Parish Directory Available
The 125th Anniversary Edition of Saint Andrew’s Parish Directory now available. Please let us know if you have not gotten your copy yet! You can pick up one per household from the Parish Office.
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Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for 3-to-9-Year- Olds | Continues This Sunday | 9:30 AM | The Atrium (upstairs in the Parish Hall)
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd — an approach to Christian formation that builds upon Montessori methods of learning — continues each week. Please note that we will not meet Sunday, December 28.
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Coffee Hour
Volunteers Needed!
Please consider volunteering to assist with refreshments and set up for our coffee hour fellowship following the 10:30 AM Mass. A sign up sheet can be found on the “Welcome” bulletin board in the Parish Hall or online at the link below.
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UPDATED: Parking at Saint Andrew's
For detailed parking instructions, click here.
***PLEASE NOTE - West End Baptist Church, which owns the parking lot around Saint Andrew's, has reduced the parking lot area available on Sundays to the area closer to South Main Street--with the back part of the parking lot (against Rhett Street) no longer available. As a result, please enter the parking lot via South Main Street. The map linked below has been updated to reflect that change.***
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Note: You need a parking decal to park in the designated lots. They can be found on the shelf to the left of the doors as you exit the church.
| Sunday Altar Flower and Presence Candle Dedications | |
On Sundays, we have the opportunity to offer a special dedication of the altar flowers or presence candle in honor, memory, or celebration of loved ones. The cost to the church for altar flowers is now $100 per Sunday, so we are suggesting that donations for dedicating altar flowers be in the range of $50 to $100 to help us cover those costs. The suggested donation for a presence candle dedication is $10.
If you would like to sign up for a Sunday, please see the sign up sheet on the bulletin in the Parish Hall or click on the button below. You may place a check in the offering plate with "Altar Flowers" or "Presence Candle" noted in the memo.
We will continue to only have Altar Flowers if someone has signed up and paid for the arrangements. As a result, we will need to know by the Tuesday prior to the upcoming Sunday if you would like to sign up.
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Invitation to Submit Future Parishioner Postings ...
If you have news of important milestones or work that you would like to share with the parish, please let us know!
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News from the Wider Church
and from Our Ministry Partners
| | Notes Along the Way | To Speak As A Christian and Citizen | | | Come enjoy "Coffee with the Bishop" | EDUSC Launches New Podcast | | | |
Living the Reign | Your Diocesan Newsletter | | | Spring Events - Diocesan Youth & Young Adult Ministries | HAPPY NEW YEAR! We are grateful for a truly wonderful Fall across our youth and young adult ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. From meaningful gatherings like Happening and Converge that deepened our relationships and developed faithful leaders, it was a season marked by growth, connection, and joy. | | | St. Andrew's, Greenville Calls A New Associate Rector | For the past seven years, The Rev. Molly McGee Short has served as the Chaplain at St. Andrew's-Sewanee School, an Episcopal boarding and day School in Sewanee, TN. Molly's spiritual formation first took root as a student at St. Paul's Episcopal school in Mobile, AL. | | | | From Episcopal Relief & Development... | |
Build Holy Habits This Lent | | | |
LETTER FROM THE CEO Dear Project Host Friends and Supporters, February is a month rooted in connection, care, and reflection, and at Project Host, we always welcome any season that celebrates love. This Valentine's Day, we are especially grateful for the compassion and commitment of our volunteers who show up week after week to serve our neighbors. | | | |
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Good Evening Everyone,
I hope you are all doing well. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Issues Committee Meeting this Thursday at the Enoree River Center. I also wanted to let clergy know that on the last newsletter there was a mix-up on the date for the next Clergy Caucus event, which will be on February 25th at Change Your Mind Ministries. Finally we want to remind everyone about filling out there Congregational Information sheets by the end of the month. This info is vital to our organization, so please work on that in the next two weeks. If you do not have that sheet contact me at oscar@thedartcenter.org and i will email it to you.
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Altar Guild Volunteers Needed
The Altar Guild is currently looking for people who may be interested in serving with them. If you are interested, or have questions, please reach out to Lesley Moore or Linda Fitzsimmons.
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Choir | Rehearsal on Sundays at 9:30 AM
We are always seeking additional volunteers for the Saint Andrew’s choir, which currently gathers on Sunday mornings at 9:30 AM (and not on Wednesday evenings) to prepare the music for the 10:30 mass. This more limited time commitment provides an excellent opportunity for prospective new members to “try us out.” If you have questions, contact the Parish Office—or just show up on Sunday morning!
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Volunteers Needed
Feed Thy Neighbor
Founded in 2010, Feed Thy Neighbor is a cooperative effort of the Episcopal community in Greenville. Parish volunteers from Saint Andrew’s, St. Peter’s, St. James, and Christ Church feed the hungry each Saturday from 7:30 to 8:30 AM. We are seeking volunteers to help serve and clean up. Please contact the office if you would like to volunteer: office@standrewsgreenville.org.
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