Weekly Sunday service information and parish newsletter.
The Reverend Benjamin Hankinson, Celebrant
April 17 - Easter Sunday

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

Masks are optional.

9:00 a.m. Choir Rehearsal
9:15 - Children's Church School in Lower Level
9:15 - Adults - Morning Prayer & conversation in Pearson Hall
10 a.m. service in person & streamed via Facebook Live.
Easter Egg Hunt for children following the 10 a.m. service
Coffee hour follows the 10 a.m. service.

Virtual coffee hour chat available at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81076773055
Easter Egg Hunt following the 10 a.m. service!
Readings for Sunday, April 17

  • Acts 10:34-43
  • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
  • 1 Corinthians 15:19-26
  • Luke 24:1-12
Make Your Offering!
The Week of April 17

  • Wednesday, Holy Eucharist, 5:30 p.m.

Looking Ahead
  • Vestry Meeting, Sunday, April 24, circa 11:30 a.m.
  • Parish Hall rented for the day, April 30
  • Spring Book Fair, May 6-7
  • Parish Picnic, May 22, following 10 a.m. service
  • Summer Book Fair, August 5-6
+From the Rector+

“Hail Thee, Festival Day”
By Venantius Honorius Clementianus
 
Refrain: Hail thee, festival day! blest day that art hallowed forever,
day whereon Christ arose, breaking the kingdom of death
 
Lo, the fair beauty of earth, from the death of the winter arising!
Every good gift of the year now with its Master returns. Refrain
 
He who was nailed to the cross is Lord and the ruler of nature;
all things created on earth sing to the glory of God. Refrain
 
Daily the loveliness grows, adorned with glory of blossom;
heaven her gates unbars, flinging her increase of light. Refrain
 
Rise from the grave now, O Lord, who art author of life and creation.
Treading the pathway of death, life thou bestowest on all. Refrain
 
God the Creator, the Lord, who rulest the earth and the heavens,
guard us from harm without; cleanse us from evil within. Refrain
 
Jesus the health of the world, enlighten our minds, thou Redeemer,
Son of the Father supreme, only-begotten of God. Refrain
 
Spirit of life and of power, now flow in us, fount of our being,
light that dost enlighten all, life that in all dost abide. Refrain
 
Praise to the giver of good! Thou Love who art author of concord,
pour out thy balm on our souls, order our ways in thy peace. Refrain
 
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As we enter into this great festival day and the Great Fifty Days of Easter, I pray God’s blessings upon you and your family and upon the parish family of St. Andrew’s. I hope that you will join us in our celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and may it be our joy and privilege to sing out the good news of Easter, now and always!
 
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!
 
Paschal blessings to you all,
-Fr. Ben

Parish Notes

  • Congratulations to Chris and Katie Helton on the birth of their new baby boy, Ellis Lee Helton, who was born March 28 and weighed in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces.

  • The next Book Fair will be Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. Reservations are required for Friday (3-8 p.m.) and the signup link will appear on the parish website on April 22 per Cindy Reinhardt. Walk ins will be welcome on Saturday (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.).

  • Coffee hour signups are needed for Sundays in May and after! Click on this link to sign up online. You may also go to the parish website and click on the search button at the top of any page, type in "coffee hour" and follow the link provided.

  • Play ball! Once again, St. Andrews Relay for Life is selling tickets to a Cardinals game! This year‘s ACS Day at the Ballpark is Sunday, August 14 vs. the Milwaukee Brewers. Tickets once again will be $20 for the 300 section, which includes a free hot dog and soda. Anyone interested in joining us should contact Elizabeth Donald at Elizabethdonald@yahoo.com or call 618–692–8104. As usual, ticket sales will benefit St. Andrews’ fundraising for the American Cancer Society. 
A Note from Kim Berger in Germany

The war in Ukraine has a lot of Germans on edge and worried for the Ukrainian people and the future of Europe. There are a lot of humanitarian efforts through the German community and other European nations in terms of finding housing and jobs for refugees, and through the American military community in terms of providing clothing, household goods, and animal lovers helping to foster pets. The American military community is, of course, offering other types of support that I can’t go into. Dave and I have been pretty busy at work with this awful Russia-Ukraine war. I’ve shifted the type of work I’m doing. Interesting type of work but horrible subject matter.

We feel safe for now. I’m glad it’s spring and people won’t need to worry about heating their homes with oil, since many European nations rely on Russian oil. We have a huge oil tank that was full when we moved in in the fall. We’re going to have our landlord look at it when he’s in town later this week to see how much we have left and get it filled up while we can.

Other than working more hours, gas prices being higher, and our hearts breaking for the people of Ukraine, the war hasn’t hugely affected daily life for us at this point. Travel was limited initially due to crisis work restrictions, but has recently started to open back up.

As I mentioned, Dave and I were in Spain a couple of weeks ago enjoying the Cote de Sol (sun coast). It wasn’t as sunny as it usually is unfortunately due to a Saharan sandstorm that dumped a thick layer of red dust/dirt on everything in sight. The air was still a bit gritty and smoggy with it when we got there but after a couple of good rains it was out of the air. I wish I could say the same for the buildings, streets and walkways. It will take some time to clean up. We were walking through a pedestrian shopping area in Malaga one day when we realized that what we assumed were terracotta colored tiles were actually a beautiful pattered blue when we saw a man power washing them! Anyway, I think the area is probably much prettier than we really got a chance to see. We explored several towns in the Malaga area and further south and west along the sun coast. We went to Gibraltar one day and then drove north to walk around and have dinner in the old town portion of Cadiz.

In a couple of weeks we’re going to be lucky enough to meet up again with Drew for another of his ship’s port calls. I can’t say where or exactly when until after it has happened, but we’ll be able to drive. We plan to take our dog, Jackson, along and know he’ll be as happy to see “his boy” as we will!

Sammie is doing well and has been busy with her Arizona State online classes and her budding pet sitting gigs.

Please let our St. Andrews family know that we think about them often, miss them, and send our love!

-Kim Berger
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