The Saltire: April 16th, 2026

April 16, 2026

Sunday Morning Worship Opportunities

Join us Sundays at 8:00 am and 10:00 am in the Nave!

Click Here for a Rite II Digital Bulletin!

Sunday, April 19th:

The Third Sunday of Easter

Vestry Person on Duty: Joyce Cannon

Altar Guild: Team 3 - Janet Permar and Sylvia Bolton

Flower Guild: Lynn Shatterly

8:00 AM Service

Lay Reader - Roy Robison

Acolyte - Bert Sports

10:00 AM Service

Greeters - Joyce Cannon and Mary Stout Hess

Ushers - Sylvia Bolton and Roland Myers

Children's Church Leaders - Mary Stout Hess and Christina Miller

Lay Reader - Roland Myers

Intercessor - David Shively

Coffee Hour - Karen Levon and Mekesha Oates

Offering Counters - Brad Permar and Mary Margaret Bivings

Lay Eucharistic Visitors - Bert Bivings

A gentle reminder to all who serve at St. Andrew's:

If you are unable to serve on your scheduled date,

please find a substitute and notify our Parish Administrator.

Holy Week Gallery

St. Andrew’s hopes you had a blessed, reverent Holy Week and a joyful Easter Sunday.

We are deeply grateful to all who joined us for worship and to everyone who continues to make our parish such a loving and faithful community.

We invite you to take a moment to view photos from Holy Week and to explore St. Andrew’s new website—we hope both will be a source of joy and connection!

Click Here to View St. Andrew's Holy Week Gallery!

Foundry Appreciation Breakfast - May 1st!

As many of you know, Foundry Academy will be transitioning to a new facility at the end of this school year and will no longer be renting space in our church. While this change will have a financial impact, we remain deeply grateful for the time we have shared and for the energy, learning, and life the school has brought into our building.

We celebrate Foundry Academy as it takes this important next step and continue to pray for its growth and success. We trust that God will guide our parish as we adjust and look ahead with hope to what comes next.

Considering this transition, St. Andrew’s Outreach team will be honoring the Foundry Academy and celebrating our partnership with them by hosting a Foundry Academy Appreciation Breakfast on May 1st.

If you would like to contribute—whether by providing food, plates, cups, utensils, napkins, or a monetary donation toward supplies—we would be most grateful.

For more information or to get involved, please contact Joyce Cannon.

St. Andrew's VBS 2026!

Our Vacation Bible School this year will be held in the Parish Hall starting Monday, June 15th, through Friday, June 19th, from 9:00am to 12:00pm each day for children ages 4 through 11.

The theme is Tropical Trek from Concordia Publishing House.

Registration will be available online soon, through VBSMate just like last year.

We will publish the website information as soon as it is set up.

I am greatly thankful to have a wonderful staff of talented and enthusiastic volunteers from our church. We can always use more, though, if you or someone you know is interested.

We encourage any of your children, grandchildren, or other children that you know to attend.

We had great fun last year and this year looks to be even better!

The Vestry

The Vestry meets every second Tuesday of the month.

The next Vestry meeting is scheduled for

Tuesday, May 12th at 7:00pm.

WNS+ 2026 Schedule

St. Andrew's next Wednesday Night Supper+ will occur on April 29th. More details to come!

Evening Schedule

6:00pm – Holy Eucharist

6:45pm – WNS+ Dinner & Fellowship

Cost

$5 per person / $10 maximum per family

For adult beverages, a contribution is appreciated.

Please RSVP to Lynn Burns or sign up in the Narthex on Sunday.

We hope you will join us!

Mark your calendars and join us for WNS+ evenings of worship, dinner, and fellowship on the following dates:

April 29
May 13

St. Andrew's New Website and Email Addresses

St. Andrew’s has launched a new website: standrewsptc.org.

We invite you to visit the site for parish news, service information, and upcoming events.

Please also note that parish email addresses now end in @standrewsptc.org.

Kindly update your contact lists so you can continue to reach clergy, staff, and vestry without interruption.

Visit St. Andrew's NEW Website!

Brotherhood of Saint Andrew

The Brotherhood of Saint Andrew will meet this Sunday at 11:30am following the 10am service and coffee hour.

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew gathers on the second Sunday of each month.

The next scheduled meeting will occur on Sunday,

May 10th.

For more information or if you are interested in joining, please contact Clarence Bolden.

Daughters of the King

The Daughters of the King will meet this Sunday at 11:30am in the Pink Room following the 10am service and coffee hour.

The Daughters of the King meet on the second Sunday of each month.

The next scheduled meeting will occur on Sunday, May 10th.

For more information or if you are interested in joining, please contact Janet Permar.

Words & Wine Book Group

The Words and Wine Book Group meets on the first Monday of each month at 4:00 PM in the Pink Room of our Parish Hall (unless otherwise noted).

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with others over literature, thoughtful discussion, and light refreshments.

📚 Upcoming 2026 Book Selections:

May 4 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
June 1 - Mr. Emerson's Wife by Amy Belding Brown

All are welcome to join us for a lively and engaging time of fellowship!

Introducing St. Andrew's

New Small Group

St. Andrew’s is excited to launch a new small group for families with young children, led by Dicy Adams! While designed with families in mind, all are welcome to join.

Details:

Thursdays, 6:00pm - 7:30pm (schedule below)
For Kids: Age-appropriate, church-friendly viewing (like VeggieTales) during adult discussion time
For Adults: Engaging discussion using the Transforming Questions curriculum from Forward Movement

About the Curriculum:

The Transforming Questions small group is an 11-session series following the Church Year from Lent to Pentecost, exploring a central question each meeting:

First Week of Lent (Feb 26): Can We Question Our Faith?
Third Week of Lent (Mar 12): Who Is Jesus?
Fifth Week of Lent (Mar 26): Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Eastertide (Apr 9): What Do We Have to Do?
Eastertide (Apr 23): How Should I Read the Bible?
Eastertide (May 7): Does God Answer Prayer?
Season of Pentecost (June 4): Why Do Bad Things Happen?
Season of Pentecost (July 30): Where Do We Go When We Die?
Season of Pentecost (Aug 6): Why Do I Need Church?
Season of Pentecost (Aug 13): Where Do We Go from Here?
Season of Pentecost (Aug 27): What Do I Have to Believe to Be an Episcopalian?

Additional Notes:

Two scheduled breaks for Spring Break and Summer Break
If all goes well, we plan to explore a new curriculum and continue growing the small group

This is a wonderful opportunity to dive deeper into faith, connect with others, and explore life’s big questions in a supportive and welcoming environment.

Children's Church

We are delighted to share that Children’s Church takes place every Sunday during the 10:00 a.m. service.

All children ages three years old (and potty-trained) through fifth grade are warmly invited to join.

Each Sunday, our two Children’s Church teachers will lead the children to the Children’s Chapel before the Ministry of the Word.

An usher will notify the teachers just before Communion begins, and the children will return to the service during Communion.

We look forward to welcoming our young disciples and sharing this special time of learning, prayer, worship, and community together!

2026 Flower Dedications

Parishioners are invited to sign up for flower dedications for 2026 by using the Flower Dedication 2026 booklet located on the Narthex’s center table or by emailing Alessandra Edge at office@standrews316.org.

Each dedication will include the statement, “The flowers at the altar are given to the Glory of God and…”, followed by your personal dedication, such as “in loving memory of” or “in thanksgiving for.”

The cost for each flower arrangement is $50 per Sunday.

Payments may be made by cash or check.

Please be sure to indicate Flower Guild and the date of your dedication in the memo or “for” field of your check.

We are pleased to share that more than one flower dedication is now permitted on any given Sunday, allowing multiple families to honor loved ones or give thanks together.

In addition, following a memorial service, the Sunday immediately following the service will also include the memorial flowers given in remembrance of those who have passed.

Please note that flower dedications are not observed during the following liturgical seasons:

Lent: From the First Sunday in Lent, February 22, through the Second Sunday of Easter, April 12, 2026
Advent and Christmastide: From the First Sunday of Advent, November 29, through the First Sunday after Christmas Day, December 27, 2026

Flower dedications are a meaningful way to honor loved ones, give thanks, and enhance our worship through the beauty of flowers.

WAYS WE GIVE

Thank you for your continued generosity in supporting the ministries of St. Andrew’s in the Pines! We currently accept financial gifts in the following ways:

1. Cash. Please submit cash donations using the offering plate.

2. Check. Please submit checks using the offering plate or by mail.

3. Realm. Payments in Realm can be one-time or recurring, and they can be designated as pledge or plate offerings or as donations to the Flower Guild or Memorial Fund. Payments in Realm can be made using the following methods:

a. Credit card,

b. Debit card,

c. ACH (bank transfer),

d. Apple Pay,

e. Google Pay,

f. Stock, or

g. Cryptocurrency.

Please access Realm at https://onrealm.org/standrews316/Give, and please contact Alessandra with any issues or questions.

Note: For a donation to the Memorial Fund, please note the person to whom the donation is dedicated and email Alessandra for confirmation it was received.

Prayer Shawls Available

St. Andrew’s has 10 blessed prayer shawls available for anyone in need of comfort, prayer, and warmth.

These shawls are free to be taken and used as a source of support.

The prayer shawls can be found in the church office.

Feel free to take one at any time.

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Jonsie Pollock.

Safeguarding Training

The 2026 Safeguarding God's Children and Safeguarding God's People zoom training schedule and registration form has a new link (button to link below).

Training sessions are posted as they are scheduled, and the current schedule is posted below.

Some things to note about trainings, requirements, etc:

Safeguarding God's Children should be renewed every three years, and is required by all clergy, staff, vestry, and staff/volunteers who serve in ministries with children or youth. Further details can be found here: https://safechurchatlanta.org/sgc/who-needs-sgc-training/
If someone has never taken the SGC training, or took it prior to 2020 (when our diocesan policies were updated) then they need to attend a 2-hour zoom training and complete an online module (approximately 45 minutes, on their own time) or attend a 3-hour in person training.
If someone has taken the SGC training in 2020 or more recently, then they would have been trained on the updated policies and so only need to complete the online module from Praesidium Academy: Abuse Prevention Refresher which can be found at the link below: https://www.praesidiumacademy.com/learn/course/abuse-prevention-refresher-eng/abuse-prevention-refresher/introduction?client=pan-cpg-9313f79
Nursery workers, preschool and kindergarten teachers do not need to take the full SGC training but have to complete an online module. Details are outlined here: https://safechurchatlanta.org/preschool/
Safeguarding God's People should be renewed every five years and is required by all clergy, staff, vestry, and staff/volunteers who serve in ministries with adults. They are required to complete a 2-hour zoom training, and if they are first-time trainees, an additional online module. Those renewing do not need to complete the module. In person trainings are also an option when offered and would not require any additional modules/zoom.