The Saltire: October 30th, 2026

October 30, 2026

Next Sunday: November 1, 2026

The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost / All Saints Day

Proper 25A

Worship Opportunities

8:00am - Holy Eucharist Rite I

10:00am - Holy Eucharist, Rite II

Click Here for a Rite II Digital Bulletin

Servers

Vestry Person on Duty: Brad Permar

Altar Guild: Team 1 (Joyce Cannon, MaryAnn Morris, Robin Holdren)

Flower Guild: Lynn Shatterly

Coffee Hour: Sheila Harris, Janet Permar

Offering Counters: Joyce Cannon, John Flynn

Eucharistic Visitor: Cheryl Beall

8:00AM Service

Lay Reader: Dicy Adams

Acolyte: Roy Robison

10:00AM Service

Greeters: Brad Permar, Lynn Burns

Ushers: Jonsie Pollock, Joyce Cannon

Lay Reader: Roland Myers

Intercessor: Heather Dognazzi

Children’s Church Leaders: Dicy Adams, Christina Miller

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.

Outreach

Thank You on behalf of the Real Life Center - 2026 Coat Drive!

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Coat Drive to benefit the clients of the Real Life Center. Your generosity and kindness have made a meaningful difference in the lives of local families. Because of your support, families in our community will have nutritious meals on their tables and warm coats to help them through the colder months. We are incredibly grateful for your willingness to give and help those in need. Thank you for being a blessing to our community.

-Bongi Queen, Real Life Center Special Programs Manager

This November, we invite you to join us in our Outreach program as we partner with Fayette Samaritans to create and distribute Thansgiving Baskets filled with essential foods items for families in need.

The items will be collected from October 25th through November 8th when they will be blessed that Sunday. The bags will then be delivered to Fayette Samaritans on November 9th to families in need for a Thanksgiving dinner celebration.

Thank you for your generaosity and for supporting the missions of St. Andrew’s in the Pines Episcopal Church!

Walking with the Word

You're invited to join the North and South Georgia Conferences of the United Methodist Church, the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Episcopal Dioceses of Atlanta and Georgia in a journey of reading the Bible together from Advent 2026 through Advent 2027. Learn more at https://walkingwiththewordga.org.

Abigail is selling Treats and Keeps with the Girl Scouts and has a goal to sell 150 items! You cna choose from magazines, personalized items, choclates, nuts, and more.

Follow the link below to help Abigail with her goal:

https://www.gsnutsandmags.com/landing/14/faff0527-f576-4930-bdec-884a22558fa9/en-US/False

Advent Event

It's Coming!! What's Coming? Advent is Coming and with it ...

Waiting With Wonder Advent Event!!

The Children's Ministry and the Daughters of the King are planning an intergenerational Celebration to help us get ready for Advent!

On November 14th at 2PM in the Parish Hall.

This event is for kids and adults. We will make ornaments for a "Jesse Tree" as well as making holiday cards for those in our community who are shut-in. There will be cookies to decorate, an Advent wreath banner and songs to sing. Please come for the fellowship and the food. This is a great opportunity to bring a friend or neighbor who might need a little joy this season. RSVP to the office so we know how much to prepare for. If you would like to get involved there will be a sign up sheet in the Narthex on Sundays please sign up. Help us spread the Joy of Jesus in this season of preparation.

You may or maynot know that the Daughters of the King are not allowed to raise money. That means that any events we host of the parish must be paid for from our own pockets.

We are looking for some donations to help offset the cost of our Advent Event on the 14th of November. Please see if you have any of these supplies laying around and bring them to the church no later than the 8th of Nov.

If you could let us know you are bringing materials by signing up on the poster in the narthex that would be great. While you are there, why not sign-up to come for the event?

24 wide mouth pint canning jars with rings and lids
100 paper plates
Gold Glitter
small gold cording 4 rolls
craft glue
1/4 inch satin ribbon in blue and green 4 rolls
washable markers 4 packages
Red and Green stamp pads
cookie decorating sprinkles
100 sticky velcro dots
ink pens

-Carolyn Backus

Wednesday Night Supper

WNS has returned! The schedule for the remainder of 2026 is:

November 11

December 9

Holy Eucharist will be held at 6:00pm with supper and fellowship to follow at 6:45pm. Cost is $5.00 per person or $10.00 for a family. Contributions for adult beverages are appropriate.

The menu for October 14 will be BBQ on Buns, baked beans, cole slaw, fresh fruit tray, and dessert.

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

Mark your calendar and join us! – The WNS Team

Words and Wine Book Group

All are welcome to join the Words and Wine book group for great fellowship and discussion! The meetings are held in the Parish Hall at 4:00pm unless otherwise noted. Light snacks will be provided.

Upcoming meetings:

November 2 - Whistler by Ann Patchette

Children's Church

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.

Sunday Adult Bible Study

Adult Bible Study is held from 9:15 to 9:45 each Sunday in the Parish Hall Pink Room. Roland Myers is leading the study using Forward Movement's program titled Transforming Questions. The series will run until November 1st.

Adult Bible Study will continue after this series at the same time and place with a program and leader to be announced.

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 office@standrewsptc.org.

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

Payments may be made by cash or check.

Prayer Shawls Available

St. Andrew’s has blessed prayer shawls available in the church office to anyone in need of comfort, prayer, and warmth.

These shawls are free to be taken and used as a source of support. For more, please contact

Jonsie Pollock.

Safe Church and Pilgrimage of Racial Hearing

Many of our parishioners are required to take periodic safeguarding and antiracism training. More information is available from the Diocese of Atlanta at https://safechurchatlanta.org/ and https://centerforracialhealing.org/pilgrimage/.

If you have any questions, please contact Dicy.

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 via cash or check or through Realm, which supports donations by credit card, debit card, ACH (bank transfer), Apple Pay, Google Pay, stock, or cryptocurrency.

Please access Realm at onrealm.org/standrewsptc/give, and please contact office@standrewsptc.org with any issues or questions.