St. Andrew's Episcopal Church eNews for April 28, 2021
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Our Sunday Worship and Updates |
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On Sunday, May 2 we will not broadcast a service at St. Andrew's in order to allow everyone to participate in one or both of 2 denominational events. You're invited to join together with parishioners from around our diocese and the country for a special diocesan worship service at 10:00am featuring our bishop or worship at 11:15am with the National Cathedral.
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Worship at St. Andrew’s Update |
Regathering Plans
At the April 20 meeting, the Vestry discussed regathering plans. Our target is to offer a 10:00 am indoor worship service in the sanctuary this summer. We will use the precautions prepared by our task force, and that service will be livestreamed. Our staff and leadership are hoping and planning for a full return in September, with added safety precautions, pursuant to diocesan guidelines. In the meantime, we are preparing some special opportunities to gather together and celebrate our life in Christ.
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Celebrate Pentecost With Us
Join us on May 23rd, 4-6 p.m. We will celebrate the birthday of the church with an ice cream truck and live music outside. There will be activities and games for children of all ages. Bring chairs or a blanket.: standrewsgso.org / email: parish@standrewsgso.org / phone: 336-275-16
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Lots of News for Parents and Youth |
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EYC Returns! Join us for Fellowship and Fun This Sunday
Sunday May 2, 5:00-6:15 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Youth Community (EYC) will gather outdoors this Sunday. Professor Mufeed Basti will be our guest and will lead a discussion with the youth about Ramadan. We will wrap up the meeting by playing a few games. Enrichment, fellowship, and fun! (Please note that no meal will be served.)
Calling all Rising 6th and 7th graders!
We are working to update our church records and want to extend personal EYC invitations to all our youth who will be eligible to join the EYC. If your child is a rising 6th or 7th grader, please contact Susan Frye at parish@standrewsgso.org.
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Calendar Update for Glory Ridge Dates: Sunday, August 8- Friday, August 13th.
If your youth is interested in attending and/or if you would like more information about this mission trip, please reach out to Rachael Revell at 276-224-0118 or
What is Glory Ridge, you ask? Glory Ridge is a multi-denominational Christian camp in North Carolina, founded in 1973. The camp is located in Madison County on 26 acres overlooking the French Broad River. Youth, chaperones, and college-age youth advisors participate in work projects around the community during the day and enjoy dinner, fellowship, and games in the evening. Learn more at https://www.gloryridge.org/ -- or ask us!
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Youth Confirmation is Coming
The rite of Confirmation is an affirmation of one’s faith and a claiming of baptism. Preparation for youth confirmation allows teens to deepen their discipleship, to ask hard questions, to wrestle with their faith and to explore their own lives in Christ in a safe space. It offers the church an opportunity to support adolescents in their faith journeys.
Young people are traditionally confirmed when they are in the 8th grade or older. If you are interested in confirmation in fall 2021/spring 2022, please email Rev. Ginny Inman at ginny@standrewsgso.org.
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Friday May 21, 6-8 p.m.
Pizza Dinner for Parents of Children and Youth
Join us at the home of Craig & Anna Taylor 117 S. Tremont Drive in Greensboro. Please bring a chair and come enjoy dinner from Sticks and Stones pizza with other parents from St Andrews. This is an adults-only event. RSVP to annataylor02@gmail.com by Wednesday, May 19.
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The Blessings of Our Solar Panels |
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Since the solar system has been operating for less than one year and in honor of Earth Day, we thought you may enjoy these facts about our solar panel system since it started generating power: The panels have generated 28.86MW to date which is 45,090 lbs of CO2 saved.
But what does that really mean? Here are some fun facts:
- That is equivalent in Greenhouse gas emissions of 51,401 miles driven or 4.4 passenger vehicles for one year
- In CO2 emissions this equals 22,606 pounds of coal burned, 2.5 homes' energy use for one year or 47.4 barrels of oil consumed
- Carbon sequestered by 25.1 acres of U.S. forests in one year or 338 tree seedlings grown for 10 years
St. Andrews is working to do its part in our community however you want to view it. --Chris Berger
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New Life - Yanceyville Place Apartments |
In this season of Easter, the Church of the Holy Spirit and Mills Construction are proposing an affordable apartment development in northeast Greensboro. You can read about it at http://bit.ly/Yanceyv. One fourth of the apartments will rent from $273 for a one bedroom to $384 for a three bedroom, with rents for households with somewhat higher income levels ranging from $502 to $875. Tenants will be connected with supportive services to gain stability, especially those moving from homelessness and those with disabilities. The apartments will be high quality construction and energy efficient, with a community center and beautiful woods and stream preserved for environmental learning.
Please contact your city council member to voice your support for this work. The city council votes on May 4. Contact Beth McKee Huger with questions at bethmckeehuger@outlook.com.
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A Prayer for Social Justice
Almighty God, who created us in your own image: Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make no peace with oppression; and, that we may reverently use our freedom, help us to employ it in the maintenance of justice in our communities and among the nations, to the glory of your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
(Book of Common Prayer, page 260)
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Thank You for Your Generosity
Thank you for your financial support of St. Andrew’s. We need your gifts. Please review the quarterly statement you recently received and contact Ray Marsh at bookkeeper@standrewsgso.org with any questions or concerns. Click here to see the ways you can help us fulfill our mission or, to donate now, just scan the QR Code with your smartphone.
Ray's Donations-Related Tax Information
There may be tax advantages when making a donation to the church either for your pledge or for a special gift to the church. Such gifts may be made through a financial account such as a qualified charitable distribution or a direct stock donation where you are not exposed to the tax implications from the application of the stock price. When these contributions are made, the church requests that you specify with your financial institution on the memo line that you by name are making the contribution when you plan to have the funds directly deposited into the church’s financial account from your financial account. This is better known as an ACH transaction where there is no human interaction with the funds and there is not even a check that is involved in the transaction.
If you do not specify on the memo line in the ACH transaction that you are making this gift, then the church has no way of learning who has given the funds until you notice that you did not receive credit for such a gift when you obtain your Quarterly Giving Statement from the church. We are unable to gain this information from any financial institution due to privacy laws. When you do receive your first quarter giving statement, please review your statement carefully. If you have given a gift to the church that is not reflected on your statement, please contact our new bookkeeper, Ray Marsh at bookkeeper@standrewsgso.org to discuss so that we may annotate where credit is due and correct your statement. Ray is in the office on Wednesday afternoons.
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We Pray for...
Those on our Parish Prayer List: Mary Stalter; Anna Stalter; Ella Janssen; Judy Wells; Norma Bullock; Moira Ermentrout; Laurie Simon Queen; Bruce Adkins; Charles and Rebecca Goodrum; Dee Dee Fulton; Judy Stancil; Maria Wilmoth; Barbara Sherer; Leslie; Johnetta Shablack; Dorothy Cook; Jenna Cottrill; Jimmye Olivey; Karen Hall; Don Lowe; Lynn Palmgren; Jamie Smith; Larry Phillips; Greg Chambers; Paula Pile; Sandra Witherspoon; Val Swan; Dick Montgomery; Mike; David York; Jeff Cummer; Linda Shablack; Sarah Ames; Scott Lee; Dale Brinley; Libby Eberhard; Charles Kelshaw; Camille; Poppy and her parents; Jim and Ali Ostridge; Patrick and Margaret Miller; Page Davies; Julie Jennings; Nancy Brown; Barbara Van Cleve; Frank and Sandy Tatem; Gia Yunker; Karen Moth; Amanda; Ann Hardin; Debbie M.; Jacqui Butcher; Scott Durham; Mack Baker; Doug Sanecki; John and Gisela Smith; Galen Hill; Mary Lou Strohl; Heather; Rob James; Ed Morea
Those Serving in our Military: Wes Durham, Tom Stauffer, Paul Zeigler, Stephen Johnson, Benjamin Phillips, Kenneth Gearhart, Alex Reyes, Raymond Harrison, Catharyn Nosek
Those Expecting : Ashley and Chris Courtright, son and daughter-in-law of Cheri and Mark Courtright; Drew and Alice Courtright, son and daughter-in-law of Cheri and Mark Courtright; Emily and Clint Thomas, daughter and son-in-law of Anne Wilkinson and Mike Sanford
Birthdays: Emma Tarara, Sandy Shelton, Beth Berger, Lisa Garrett
Anniversaries: Norman Middleton and Teresita Guerra
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
website: standrewsgso.org / email: parish@standrewsgso.org / phone: 336-275-1651
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