March 27 - The Fourth Sunday of Lent

Rite I 8 a.m. | Rite II 10 a.m. (Sung)

9:00 a.m. Choir Rehearsal

9:15 - Children's Sunday School in Lower Level

9:15 - Adults - Morning Prayer and conversation in Pearson Hall

10 a.m. service streamed via Facebook Live.

Coffee hour follows the 10 a.m. service.

Virtual coffee hour chat available at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81076773055

If you wish to make an Easter offering to the Altar Guild, Flower Guild, Music Fund, Outreach or to St. Andrew's, the Easter Offering Form is at this link. Offerings made now through Palm Sunday will be recognized in this newsletter.

Easter offerings can also be made online but will not be acknowledged in the newsletter unless a form is submitted. For online offerings, be sure to enter which ministries you are supporting in the comments box.

Join others on Wednesday evening at six to walk the Stations of the Cross for the last two Wednesdays of Lent. We hope to see you there as we contemplate together the Passion of our Lord, pausing week by week, station by station to reflect upon the cross of Christ. You may observe this online then follow the prayers for the Stations of the Cross using the pages from The Book of Occasional Services at this link.

Next, beginning in April, we are returning to Communion in both kinds with the separate administration of the bread and wine. The celebrant will distribute the bread to communicants, and the Eucharistic Ministers will administer the chalice. Further details will be laid out in next weekend’s newsletter.

Then, go ahead and mark your calendars for Holy Week and Easter, beginning with Palm Sunday on April 10. This is the climax of our church year, and a great time for us to share together in our common faith journey with each other and with our Lord Jesus Christ.

Keep checking back in the weeks ahead as more things will be refreshed as we prepare to celebrate the Great 50 Days of the Easter feast and the Resurrection of our Lord lived out in our parish life.

-Fr. Ben+

Painting in Pearson Hall and the adjoining rooms was completed Friday afternoon. Parish volunteers are working today (Saturday) to put kitchen items back in the pantry and set up the parish hall for Sunday coffee hour. More pictures of our volunteers in action will be emailed this evening.

Many thanks to all who have helped with the relocating of pantry items and furniture for the painters. Special thanks to Fr. Ben who got recruited by the painters to help move some items on Wednesday!

The work to install the carpet tile in the parish hall and wood-look flooring in the kitchen and adjoining pantry and janitor's closet will probably take place in late April or early May.

More information on plans for Phase Two of improvements in the addition, walkway, and narthex will be shared soon.

-Marian Smithson, Coordinator for Renovations, Phase One and Two

Action by Churches Together Alliance will provide cash, blankets, hygiene supplies and other needed assistance.

International Disaster Response Fund will provide humanitarian assistance for the crisis in Ukraine."