Called to Worship. Sent to Witness. Led to Welcome. | | From the Associate Rector | |
Calling Upon God Our Father
During this Tuesday’s Bible Study, we revisited the Gospel read each Ash Wednesday as our entry point unto Lent: Mathew chapter 6. In these verses, Jesus warns us about the temptation of public performances of our righteousness (also translated “piety”) instead of worshipping God with all our hearts, and with all our souls, and with all our strength (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). In the midst of this lengthy warning about the dangers of hypocritical faith, Jesus gives us the gift of the “Our Father.”
To call upon God with such an intimate title as Father is remarkable, and communicates God’s closeness to us and to our hearts that I too often forget. In a beautiful, seemingly paradoxical way, Jesus invites us to pray to “our” Father. Not my father, not your father, but pray to God our Father. Every person we meet shares the loving Creator as a parent on whom they may boldly rely to provide bread, to forgive, and to lead them through temptation. What an incredible gift.
Calling upon God our Father, no matter the joys and sorrows we may face, is beautifully modeled in Jesus’s own life. In the final chapters of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus once again calls upon God our Father in the garden at Gethsemane in the moments of stillness before his betrayal (Matthew 26:39-42). Even there, Jesus asks that God’s will be done; I wonder what would it look like for us to also call upon God our Father in moments of joy, sorrow, and even boredom! This week, seek to make Jesus’ prayer your prayer: to call upon God, our Father, that He would illumine your path and show you how to make God’s will real in your life.
Pax et bonum,
Mother Molly+
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Sunday, March 22 - The Fifth Sunday in Lent
8:30 AM Low Mass, Rite II
**No Catechesis of the Good Shepherd this week
10:30 AM Sung High Mass, Rite I (livestream available)
Tuesday, March 24
8:30 AM Morning Prayer, Rite II
4:00 PM Clergy-Led Bible Study
Wednesday, March 25- Feast of the Annunciation
5:30 PM Healing Mass, Rite I
6:30 PM Concluding Lenten Soup Supper Class
Thursday, March 26
8:30 AM Morning Prayer, Rite II
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Palm Sunday, March 29
8:30 AM, Low Mass with Hymns
9:30 AM Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (ages 3-9)
10:30 AM, Solemn High Mass with Palm Procession
Monday in Holy Week, March 30, 6:30 PM, Low Mass
Tuesday in Holy Week, March 31, 6:30 PM, Low Mass
Wednesday in Holy Week, April 1 , 6:30 PM, Tenebrae
Maundy Thursday, April 2
6:00 PM (Updated Time), Sung High Mass with Foot-Washing
& Stripping of the Altar
followed by Vigil at the Altar of Repose in Lady Chapel
Good Friday, April 3
12:00 noon, Stations of the Cross
6:00 PM (Updated Time), Proper Liturgy for Good Friday
Holy Saturday, April 4
10:00 AM, Proper Liturgy for Holy Saturday
7:30 PM, Great Vigil with First Eucharist of Easter
Sunday of the Resurrection, Easter Sunday, April 5
8:30 AM, Low Mass with Hymns
10:00 AM, Flowering of the Cross and Digging Up the Alleluias
10:30 AM, Solemn High Mass
| | Prayer Requests & Resources | |
The following people have been commended
to the prayers of the parish:
| Bambi, Bob, Brian, Charlie, Chuck, Cleve, Don, Holly, Jane, Jay, 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.
| | Episcopal Church Resources for Lent | | |
1. Living Compass: Living Well Through Lent 2026
Living Compass brings us a Lent Devotional, Living Well Through Lent 2026: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit In Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind, which can be ordered in print or downloaded in English and Spanish. They also offer a daily email of reflections, one for each day of Lent plus Easter.
2. Gratitude and Reciprocity by United Thank Offering
Each Lent, United Thank Offering offers resources for congregations, families, children, and individuals. Materials for 2026 are inspired by the book The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer. This book takes a look at how the natural world functions via a gift economy as plants, animals, soil, etc., share what they have for the common good.
3. 2026 Lenten Meditations by Episcopal Relief & Development
Written by Sister Monica Clare, an Episcopal nun, author and unlikely TikTok star, their 2026 meditations offer an invitation to rediscover—or deepen—holy habits of prayer, worship and engagement with Scripture. These "holy habits" provide a path to a life that is given shape, meaning and direction by being rooted in a deeper relationship with God.
4. The Episcopal Church Foundation
The Episcopal Church Foundation has also compiled a list of additional resources to explore.
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3/2 Buddy Gregory
3/5 Dan Randall
3/7 Terry Caldwell
3/8 Andrew Culbreath
3/9 Susie Woodard
3/10 Charlotte Lever
3/11 Gregory Campbell
3/11 Luke Henderson
3/11 Lydee Henderson
3/12 Michael Whittington
3/13 Jim Moody
3/14 Thomas Buck
3/15 Ed Prosio
3/17 JoAnn Madden
3/18 Ellis Woods
3/18 Eliza Gower
3/19 Katie Pierson
3/21 John Conrad
3/22 Sharon Occhipinti
3/22 Jim King
3/22 Drew Peterson
3/23 Susan Holden
3/24 George Hull
3/24 Virginia Dumont
3/24 Laney Fenn
3/25 Kate Townsend
3/25 Hayes Santilli
3/27 Zach Broyles
3/28 Cynthia Fore
3/28 Sarah Hinds
3/29 Bryan Brooks
3/30 Kathleen Roberts
3/30 Gilberto Huerta
3/30 John Woodard
3/30 Jamie Hinds
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Holy Week Schedule Change:
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Evening Services starting at 6:00PM
Please note that the start times for our evening services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are moving from 6:30 PM to 6:00 PM due to the Greenville Drive home game schedule during Holy Week.
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Vestry Meeting | This Sunday | 12:30 PM
Our monthly vestry meeting will take place in the upstairs of the Parish House following Sunday's 10:30 AM Sung High Mass.
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Easter Lily Dedications | Due by This Sunday, March 22
Easter lily dedications are now open. You can signup online, or fill out the form that will be in your bulletin this week. Deadline for orders is Sunday, March 22. Suggested donation for each plant is $15. You may also email the Parish Office with your order and dedication. Payment can be made online, placed in the offering, or turned into the Parish Office. *Make checks payable to Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church with "Easter Lily" in the memo.
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The Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord | Wednesday, March 25 | 5:30 PM
On this Feast Day, which is observed nine months prior to the date on which we celebrate the Nativity of Christ, we celebrate the Angel Gabriel's making known to Mary that she was to bear the Christ Child and Mary's assent to that calling. Given that this a major feast in the church calendar, it means that, as we celebrate, we will briefly "step out" of the Lenten season to proclaim the festive nature of this day.
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Holy Week Services Walk-through | Saturday, March 28 | 10 AM
We will conduct our Holy Week liturgy review with our lay liturgical ministers, altar guild, and ushers for the following Holy Week liturgies: Palm Sunday at 10 AM; Maundy Thursday at 10:15 AM; Good Friday (Proper Liturgy) at 10:30 AM; and Easter Vigil at 10:45 AM.
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Palm Sunday Services | March 29
Next Sunday, we will enter Holy Week with our Palm Sunday Masses. Those attending the 8:30 AM mass should gather in the Church, where the service will start around the font with the Liturgy of the Palms. Those attending the 10:30 AM mass should gather in the Parish Hall, where the Liturgy of the Palms will take place prior to a Procession to the Church for the remainder of the service.
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Lenten Soup Supper Class | Prayer, Pilgrimage, & Sabbath: Practices for Sabbatical | Final Class This Wednesday | 6:30 PM | Parish Hall
As Father Gary prepares for his four-month sabbatical starting in May, he is inviting parishioners to help him prepare through this Lenten Soup Supper Class. Through his sabbatical, Fr. Gary hopes to focus on three spiritual practices — Prayer, Pilgrimage, & Sabbath — and, with this class, he is inviting parishioners to help him in that preparation.
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United Thank Offering & Gratitude Practice | Concluding Palm Sunday, March 29
Our Episcopal Church Women (ECW) invite the parish to practice gratitude through the United Thank Offering (UTO) as part of your Lenten devotion. Gratitude guides and UTO envelopes were in your bulletin last week and can be found in the Parish Hall. The UTO Lenten Gratitude Offering will be collected on Palm Sunday, March 29. All funds will go to support mission and ministry in the Episcopal Church. More information can be found on their website.
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Sign Up for Vigil at the Altar of Repose
The Vigil with the Reserved Sacrament at the Altar of Repose is an opportunity to reflect upon Christ's words to his disciples, "Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?" Following the Maundy Thursday service, the Reserved Sacrament will be kept on an altar downstairs in the Parish Hall until the Good Friday evening service. An officer will be in the parking lot 9 PM - 8 AM to ensure the safety of those coming at night. Please consider signing up for an hour (sign up online or email the office).
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Preparing for Baptism | Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 4
We are preparing for our next baptismal feast on Saturday, April 4, when Lent draws to a close as we celebrate the Great Vigil of Easter -- one of the four feast days that our prayer book designates as “especially appropriate” for Holy Baptism. If there is anyone desiring to be baptized, please let Fr. Gary know so that we can begin to prepare.
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Second Sunday Harvest in April
Our goal for April's offering is 50 cans of fruit and baked beans, a specific request from United Ministries.
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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)
Please note the adjusted schedule for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for the next few weeks.
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March 22 - No Class
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March 29 - Normal Class
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April 5 - No Class (due to Flowering of the Cross and Digging Up the Alleluias)
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April 12 - Resume normal class schedule
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Just Faith Study Group | Monday, April 6 | 6-7 PM | Parish Hall
Join us for Session 1 of our Just Faith meetings on Monday, April 6 at 6 PM. A light supper will be provided and to honor your time, we will start and end on time. If you are running a few minutes late, please come on in and join us!
Additional future dates:
If you have any questions or ideas for supporting content, please send them to Anne Kaiser.
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GOAL Justice Nehemiah Action Rally | Thursday, April 9 | 6:30 PM | Bethlehem Baptist Church
The GOAL Justice Nehemiah Action Rally will be held on Thursday, April 9 at First Baptist Church, Greenville at 6:30 p.m. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m. At last week’s rally 250 people representing now 36 congregations and parishes were in attendance. The focus continues to be on affordable housing to address the eviction crisis and mental health to address the increasing mental health challenges our youth face.
Please come to the Nehemiah Rally and show the elected officials the power of faith and community.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Anne Kaiser.
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Rebuild Upstate Work Day | Saturday, April 11 | 8:30-5:00
Seeking Volunteers: Please consider being part of our next Rebuild project team! Rebuild Upstate envisions a future where everyone has the opportunity to live a life of dignity in a safe home environment in order to maintain and foster strong, sustainable communities. They provide a skilled Team Leader and supplies, and we provide the labor. The Saint Andrew’s team will work hard while serving God and showing love to our neighbors.
View this video for an overview of a build day:
| | Registering now will help Rebuild match us with a project perfect for our volunteer team. Email Ellen Mays (ellen.mays@yahoo.com) with any questions or to share your excitement about our partnership with Rebuild Upstate. | | |
A Note on Parish Name Tags
As our parish family continues to grow, we have a wonderful opportunity to extend hospitality in a simple but meaningful way.
We are delighted to welcome our new Associate Rector, Mother Molly McGee Short. To help her learn everyone’s names — and to help all of us grow more connected as a parish community — we encourage you to please wear your name tag each Sunday if you have one.
If you do not have a name tag or have misplaced yours, please let us know so we can provide one for you. Kindly email Vestry member Rusty Infinger at Rustyinfinger@gmail.com.
Wearing our name tags is a small gesture that makes a big difference in helping us know one another better and in offering a warm, welcoming spirit to Mother Molly and to all who join us.
Thank you for helping us build a more connected and hospitable parish!
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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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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 | The Bread of Life | Some passages of Scripture simply rise above the rest. is one of them. It is the longest chapter in the Gospel and contains two unforgettable moments-the feeding of the five thousand and Jesus walking on the water-followed by a challenging teaching about the bread of life. | | | Living the Reign | Your Diocesan Newsletter | Notes Along the Way , and in this diocesan newsletter. If you need to ask any questions, please contact communications@edusc.org | | | | |
PLEASE NOTE: The Diocese just announced a Six Month Delay for the Diocesan Day of Discernment (previously set for March 14)
NEW DATE IS SEPTEMBER 12
(Sorry for any inconvenience caused for those who plan to attend.)
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Build Holy Habits This Lent | | | |
March is Women's History Month , a time to recognize and celebrate the countless contributions women have made to our communities. From trailblazing leaders and innovators to caregivers, educators, artists, and advocates, women have shaped history in powerful and lasting ways. | | | |
Rally Tickets-Nehemiah date correction | I hope everyone is doing well today. The Rally is right around the corner and it’s time to start reaching out to your network members. Below you will see the Rally tickets button, please hand these out in the weeks to come. If you have any issues with accessing the tickets let me know at oscar@thedartcenter.org. | | | |
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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