Called to Worship. Sent to Witness. Led to Welcome. | | |
State Historic Board Provides State-Level Approval
for Saint Andrew's Application for Our Church Building
to be on the National Historic Registry!
| | Saint Andrew's representatives at last Friday's State Historic Board Hearing (from left to right): Staci Richey (our consultant), Fr. Tyler, Steve Fairley, Laura Rhodes, Jim King, and Annette Geraghty | | |
Last Friday, I was able to attend the State Historic Board’s meeting at which Saint Andrew’s was taken into consideration for historic designation status. The meeting was held at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in Columbia. Four of our parishioners (pictured above) were also in attendance to support this effort.
We were the second property on the agenda. The first was also a church, Hebron Zion Presbyterian Church of John’s Island, South Carolina. After a presentation about the building’s historical significance to the local community (built by formerly enslaved carpenters out of shipwreck lumber in 1868!), the current pastor and two elders gave a word of thanks for the preservation efforts and the board voted unanimously to pass them on to the Department of the Interior for National Registry consideration.
Our historic preservation consultant, Staci Richey, gave a presentation on Saint Andrew’s, a much abridged version of the presentation she gave at our Wednesday night formation class back in February. Highlighted features were the building as an example of small gothic revival architecture, as well our unique brickwork on the gables usually seen in the wood of carpenter gothic churches. Also of note were the audible “oohs” and “ahhs” in the room as pictures of our building’s lovely interior were displayed.
When asked if those present from Saint Andrew’s would like to say anything, I took the opportunity to thank Staci for her work and the board for taking us into consideration. I said that Greenville, always the forward looking city, had lost a significant amount of its architectural heritage to development over the years, and that I think it would prove valuable to the wider community to preserve, in this rapidly developing neighborhood of a growing city, a structure built with beauty, and not simply utility, in mind. I said that Saint Andrew’s has served as a welcoming place of rest and contemplation for generations, and that I foresee it continuing to be such a place for generations to come.
The board then voted unanimously to recommend us to the National Registry for designated status consideration. According to Staci Richey, we should hear back about final approval from the National Park Service within 2 to 3 months -- so we are hopeful that this can be one more reason for celebration during our 125th Anniversary Year!
- Fr. Tyler
| | Worship & Formation Schedule with Links | | |
Sunday, March 30 - The Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare Sunday)
Canon Mia McDowell, guest preacher & celebrant
8:30 AM Low Mass, Rite II
9:30 AM Catechesis of the Good Shepherd & Lectionary-Based Study
10:30 AM Sung High Mass, Rite I (livestream available)
Tuesday, April 1
8:30 AM Morning Prayer, Rite II (livestream available)
4:00 PM Clergy-Led Bible Study
Wednesday, April 2 - Feast of Martin Luther King, Jr. (observed)
5:30 PM Healing Mass, Rite I
6:30 PM Lenten Soup Supper Class
Thursday, April 3
8:30 AM Morning Prayer, Rite II (livestream available)
10:00 AM Centering Prayer
| | Holy Week and Easter Schedule | | |
Palm Sunday, April 13
8:30 am, Low Mass with Hymns
10:30 am, Solemn High Mass with Palm Procession
Monday in Holy Week, April 14, 6:30 pm, Low Mass
Tuesday in Holy Week, April 15, 6:30 pm, Low Mass
Wednesday in Holy Week, April 16 , 6:30 pm, Tenebrae
Maundy Thursday, April 17
6:30 pm, Sung High Mass with Foot-Washing
& Stripping of the Altar
followed by Vigil at the Altar of Repose in Lady Chapel
Good Friday, April 18
12:00 noon, Stations of the Cross
6:30 pm, Proper Liturgy for Good Friday
Holy Saturday, April 19
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 20
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:
| Andrew, Bob, Brian, Charlie, Chuck, Dick, Don, Felix, Holly, Jan, Jennie, Jim, Jodi, Joyce, Leigh Ann, Lucy, Lyra, Margaret Lee, Marvin, Mary, Nancy, Patt, Robin, Shawn, Sylvia, Taylor, Wade, Winona | | |
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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03/27 Zach Broyles
03/28 Cynthia Fore
03/28 Sarah Hinds
03/29 Bryan Brooks
03/30 Jamie Hinds
03/30 Gilberto King-Huerta
03/30 Kathleen Roberts
03/30 John Woodard
04/01 Susan Buck
04/01 Andrew Raines
04/03 Donna King
04/04 Ginger Blankenship
04/04 Isabella Gosnell
04/04 Bob MacElhiney
04/06 Peter McCauley
04/07 Grace Culbreath
04/09 Roy Jordan
04/10 Claudette Bennett
04/12 Tony Knox
04/13 Cynthia Boswell
04/13 Austin Cochrane
04/13 Gus Whitmire
04/14 Freddie Buck
04/15 Patty Slay
04/17 Brian Connaughton
04/17 Mark Johnson
04/18 Katherine Hall
04/19 Thomas Lever
04/22 Steve Fairley
04/25 Liz Henderson
04/26 Nancy Molleson
04/27 John Gilbert
04/29 Garrison Clark
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Photo Gallery
Yard Clean Up Day
| | Thanks to everyone who helped clean up and beautify the churchyard--and pressure wash the sidewalks and columbarium area--this past Saturday! It looks incredible! If you missed out, there is another chance coming on Saturday, April 5th (more details below in the Announcements). | |
Upcoming Anniversary Special Events:
- Laetare Sunday, March 30 | At Both Masses | Guest Preacher & Celebrant, Canon Mia McDowell, former Saint Andrew's Seminarian
- Second Sunday of Easter, April 27 | At Both Masses | Guest Preacher, Fr. Stephen Bolle, former Interim Rector
- Good Shepherd Sunday (Easter 4), May 11 | At Both Masses | Guest Preacher, Fr. David Upton, former Rector
- Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 29 | At Both Masses | Guest Preacher & Celebrant, Mtr. Melanie Rowell, former Saint Andrew’s Seminarian
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SIGN UP TODAY!
Rebuild Upstate Workday
This Saturday, March 29
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saint Andrew's has been matched with a project for our Rebuild Upstate build day on March 29: We will be demolishing and rebuilding a deck for neighbor in need.
The day starts with check-in at 8:30 AM and we work until we complete the task, often before 5:00 PM. Contact Ellen Mays if you want to help but have time conflicts.
The video below describes what volunteers can expect for their build day.
| | Register using the button below as soon as possible, as our build day is this Saturday! | | |
125th Anniversary Guest Preaching Series
Continues Sunday with Canon Mia McDowell
This Sunday, we welcome Canon Mia McDowell back to Saint Andrew’s as our guest preacher and celebrant. Canon McDowell was previously a Saint Andrew’s parishioner, and served actively in numerous ministries (including Altar Guild and DOK). After she experienced a call to ordained ministry, Canon McDowell was supported by Saint Andrew’s in her discernment process and as seminarian at Sewanee. Canon McDowell now serves as Canon Catechist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia.
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Laetare Sunday | This Sunday
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is also known as Laetare Sunday or Rose Sunday – one of the two Sundays of the church year (along with the Third Sunday of Advent) when we use rose-colored vestments for the mass. The joyful theme of Laetare Sunday and the corresponding change in vestments provide a brief lightening of certain penitential aspects of our worship in Lent – as we begin to anticipate the joyful victory that we will celebrate at the close of Lent.
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March Youth Group Gathering Outdoor Fun at McPherson Park (120 E. Park Ave)
Sunday, March 30 | 5 to 7 PM
Saint Andrew’s youth and their friends in elementary through high school will have their monthly opportunity to gather for food, fun, and fellowship. We will meet up at Picnic Shelter #16 (by the tennis courts) at McPherson Park at 5 PM for some outdoor fun. Bring your golf putters, tennis rackets, and pickle ball rackets if you have them! Please RSVP to formation@standrewsgreenville.org. This months gathering will be led by the Eichelbergers.
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Easter Lily Dedications
Deadline for orders is Sunday, April 6. Suggested donation for each plant is $15. You may also email the Parish Office with your order and dedication or online.
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This year during the season of Lent, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church Women (ECW) are inviting our Parish to engage in the practice of gratitude and in turn, change the world through the United Thank Offering (UTO).
Beginning in 1883, the women of the church took up a thank offering to support innovative mission and ministry in The Episcopal Church that the church budget could not cover. UTO’s focus is still on promoting gratitude and supporting innovative projects that address compelling needs around the globe, focusing on urgent human needs – meaning your individual gratitude gift helps with racial reconciliation efforts, ending poverty, and much more!
We encourage you to adopt the practice of gratitude during the season of Lent this year. While there are so many things happening in our world that are disheartening, there is still much to be grateful for!
Using the resources provided:
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NOTICE good things each day,
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GIVE thanks to God for your blessings,
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MAKE an offering for each blessing,
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BLESS others!
A gratitude guide book plus an envelope and/or box for donation are in the basket located in the back of the church. Please consider making an offering to help the work of UTO as part of your practice of gratitude during this season of Lent.
The UTO Lenten Gratitude offering will be collected on Palm Sunday, April 13. We are pleased to share that 100% of all funds given to UTO support innovative mission and ministry in the Episcopal Church!
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Clergy-Led Bible Study of the Book of Genesis
Tuesdays | 4 PM
Through the Book of Genesis, we receive many of the foundational stories of our faith, which shape our understanding of God’s relationship to creation and to God’s creatures — and, in particular, how God has called a particular people, the Jewish people, to a distinct role in the revelation of God’s plan for creation. We hope that you will join us as we continue to study the Book of Genesis together.
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Wednesday Night Lenten Soup Supper Class
Lift Up Your Hearts: Turning from Sin to Blessedness
Wednesdays| 6:30 PM | Parish Hall
Join us as we continue our 5-week lenten study of Rowan Williams’ book Passions of the Soul, which makes use of the early Christian spirituality to offer thoughtful, practical meditations on the nature of temptation, desire, and fulfillment by pairing the 8 passions of the soul (a precursor to the “7 deadly sins”) with the beatitudes of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount.
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Yard Clean-up | April 5 | 11 AM - 1 PM
Parishioners are invited to help ready Saint Andrew’s yard for Springtime and Easter Week. We will be raking, weeding, and where necessary, pruning. If you have garden tools, please bring them. Any questions, please contact Annette Geraghty at annv51@yahoo.com.
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Book Club Meeting | April 6 | 1 PM | At the home of Anne Marie Currier (22 Arcadia Circle) |
We will be discussing The House of Doors by Tan Twang Eng. Interested parishioners are welcome to join a discussion about the book. Questions can be directed to Annette Geraghty, annv51@yahoo.com. (Click on image for an overview.)
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ECW (Episcopal Church Women) Meeting | Tuesday, April 8 | 6:00-7:30 PM | Parish Hall
Our guest speaker will be Leslie Mills from Friends of The Little White House – The Pottery Project, a non-profit pottery studio supporting neurodiversity and pottery with a purpose. All women of Saint Andrew’s are cordially invited to attend. No need to sign up, please come and invite your friends! If you have questions, please feel free to contact Leigh Randall, Laura Rhodes, or Jenny Peer.
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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.
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Preparing for Baptism | Easter Vigil, April 19 |
As we continue the journey of Lent, we are also preparing for our next baptismal feast, which will take place on Saturday, April 19, 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. We have several individuals who are already preparing for baptism. However, if there is anyone else desiring to be baptized or to have a child baptized, please let one of our priests know so that we can begin to prepare accordingly.
| | GOAL Justice Nehemiah Action Rally Thursday, April 10 | 6:30 PM | Bethlehem Baptist Church (4 Harrison Bridge Rd, Simpsonville, SC 29681) | | Join us for our third annual Nehemiah Action, it will be a momentous occasion to come together over important community issues and hold our officials accountable for justice. Your presence is what gives us power. Invite your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors as well! | | | | |
SAVE THE DATE:
ECW MARIAN TEA
Saturday, May 3
More Details to Come ...
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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. (Please note that, during Lent, we only place flowers on the altar on Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent, which falls on March 30 this year.) 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
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Living the Reign | Your Diocesan Newsletter | Are you or is someone you know called to ministry in The Episcopal Church? This one-day session is designed to help you understand options within ordained or lay ministry, and next steps. Attending this free seminar is informational, and by no means sets any commitment by the attendee. Free lunch provided! | | | |
Notes Along the Way | The Family Meal | As a side note, this is why the Church has always required baptism before receiving the Eucharist. The Eucharist is the Body of Christ and a vehicle of divine grace in which we receive what we are and are becoming. | | | | From Episcopal Relief & Development... | |
5 ways you can engage with Lenten Meditations by Episcopal Relief & Development this year! | This year, Episcopal Relief & Development is offering Lenten Meditations with deep reflections from Jerusalem Jackson Greer on the divine gifts we find in community. Here are some ways your congregation can participate: Subscribe to daily email meditations Daily email meditations will be delivered to your inbox every day (except Sundays) starting March 5. | | | |
March is also Women's History Month , a time to recognize and celebrate the incredible women who have shaped our communities and our organization. From the dedicated women on our staff to the inspiring volunteers who make our work possible, we honor their contributions and commitment to making a difference every day. | | | |
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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