You are invited to a Holy and Life-Giving Lent |
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Our stations will be open Thursday through Saturday, weather permitting, 10 to 6.
We have created five outdoor prayer stations for this season of Lent around our church campus. There are four along the front and one in the Gabriel Garden in the back.
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Dear People of God,
We have some good news to share. As spring draws near, our Task Force and Vestry met this week to consider how best to begin the process of gradually regathering for in-person worship and reopening our doors. Our St. Andrew’s clergy and staff are being vaccinated. The Diocese of North Carolina has issued new guidelines that set local benchmarks for small outdoor and indoor worship services. After reviewing these guidelines, current Guilford County infection and vaccination rate data, and the required precaution and sanitation measures, we are delighted to begin offering opportunities to worship together in person and pray in our sanctuary.
Be assured that we will continue to provide virtual worship. For the foreseeable future, we will offer a Sunday morning online worship service at 10 a.m. We understand that we have parishioners at high risk of severe illness and who have not yet been vaccinated.
As we approach Holy Week, we invite you to participate in the events and services that deepen your walk with Christ. We have five outdoor prayer stations, designed around the theme Love Changes Everything, that provide prompts for reflection and prayer on our lovely campus. To prepare for our Palm Sunday service, we will offer a Palm and Communion Pick-up on Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. At that time, we also will be distributing prayers and liturgies for home worship during Holy Week.
On Good Friday, the church sanctuary will be open for prayer and self-guided Stations of the Cross from 12 to 3 p.m. (with music for meditation from 12 to 1 p.m.). In addition to our Festive Easter Eucharist online at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning, we will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord with an outdoor Eucharist at 3 p.m.! Look for more information next week. Everyone should be masked and practice social distancing during worship and while visiting St. Andrew’s.
If COVID infection rates continue to decline, we plan to return to an in-person Sunday morning 10 a.m. worship service in the sanctuary (currently limited to 25 people) this spring. This service will also be live-streamed. We also hope to open the church campus up for small group gatherings in spring or early summer.
We are excited to begin worshipping in person together again, even as we know there are many in our community who cannot yet join us. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we move forward with both caution and joy. As we continue our Lenten journey and prepare to remember our Lord’s passion and resurrection once again, we pray that this new chapter will be marked by hope and new life.
In sure and certain hope,
Rev. Ginny Inman, Rector
Marion Seaman, Senior Warden
Sandy Shelton, Senior Warden
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Holy Week at Home Pickup, March 27 (Saturday)
10 a.m.–12 p.m.
You may pick up Palms, Communion, and Holy Week Worship prayers and liturgies.
Palm Sunday, March 28
10:00 a.m.
Liturgy of the Palms Online Service: Holy Eucharist and Reading of the Passion Palms can be picked up Saturday March 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Holy Wednesday, March 31
7:00 p.m.
Compline and Reflection: From Ashes to Alleluia ( online)
Maundy Thursday, April 1
Evening
Music and Meditation Offering ( online) Agape Meal Parishioners are invited to prepare a special meal in their homes.
9:00 p.m.
Gethsemane Watch (through noon on Good Friday)
Sign up here to participate in our Parish Prayer Vigil in your home, praying as Jesus did with his disciples the night before his crucifixion.
Good Friday, April 2
12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Sanctuary Open for Prayer and Self-Guided Stations of the Cross
Special Music for Meditation by Rev. Phil Barrineau, noon to 1 pm
Holy Saturday, April 3
Flowering of the Easter Cross
Bring your backyard flowers to participate in this Easter tradition.
Easter Day Worship, April 4
10:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
Outdoor Eucharist
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Our Lenten Offering "From Ashes to Alleluia" Continues Tonight |
Each Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., we are gathering online for Compline, followed by a reflection and/or spiritual practice at 7:30 p.m. Come for one or both. Led by the Rev. John de Beer.
The reflection for each week will be available online ahead of time for those who would like to see them or who cannot attend. Tonight's reflection is available at this link. You can view the Prayer on the Goodness of God that was developed during the Lent 1 reflection at this link.
Use "Wedworship" as the passcode if prompted.
To join by phone, call 929-205-6099. Meeting ID: 828 3916 2954
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Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 21
Please join us for virtual worship on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. If you’re new or just checking us out, please fill out our Virtual Visitor Card so we’ll know you’re among us. We’re glad you’re here!
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EYC Meeting this Saturday, March 20th, 2:00-3:15 p.m. |
The EYC will gather outside, masked and socially distanced, this Saturday, March 20th from 2:00- 3:15.
The youth will explore the prayer stations that have been set up in the front lawn. We'll wrap up the gathering with a few games. Fellowship and fun for all!
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Easter Flowers – Make Your Gift and Dedication by Tuesday March 23rd
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As many of you know, one of the duties of St. Andrew’s Altar Guild is to decorate our worship space for special services, including Easter. On this very special and festive day, we would like the church altar to be full of beautiful flowers, especially lilies. We invite you to support the Altar Guild with an honorary or memorial Easter Flower Offering. The bulletin for Easter Sunday will list all donors and dedications.
Gifts may be made online at this link, at church during Tuesday office hours, or by mail. All gifts should be received by Tuesday March 23rd.
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Lenten Resources and Micropractices Booklet
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We would like to purchase several weather resistant benches to place around our campus, as a sign of welcome and sanctuary. These are one more way of saying, "wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here." The benches cost $400 each. If you would like to sponsor a bench as a memorial or as an honor gift, please contact Rev. Ginny Inman at ginny@standrewsgso.org.
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Fines, Fees and Driver's License Loss in Guilford County |
The League of Women Voters Criminal Justice Roundtable, together with Thrive GSO, is hosting a community discussion of how driver's licenses can be restored to 35,000 people in Guilford with suspended licenses.
March 24th, 12-1:30 pm
Virtual Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 928 8575 5139
Passcode: 546805
Dial by Phone: 3126266799
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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. However, when these contributions are made, the church requests 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 1st 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 Ray Marsh, our new bookkeeper (bookkeeperstagso@gmail.com), to discuss so that we may annotate where credit is due and correct your statement.
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A Simple Prayer Marking One Year of Pandemic Life |
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God you are with us all the time. All the time you are with us.
Today we remember. We remember how things used to be. We remember how many things we have gone through. We remember things we missed and people we lost.
Today we hope. We hope for healing. We hope for vaccines. We hope for wisdom.
Today we share. We share smiles with one another.
We share our joys and our sorrows. We share our dreams for the future.
God you are with us, all the time. All the time, you are with us.
Be with us as we remember, hope, and share. Amen.
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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; Trevor Nuttall; Page Davies; Ali Avery; Julie Jennings; Chris, Brittany, and Harper Grace Collins; Nancy Brown; Barbara Van Cleve; Frank and Sandy Tatem; Gia Yunker; Karen Moth; Amanda; Ann Hardin; Don Brooks; Debbie M.; Jacqui Butcher; Scott Durham; Mack Baker
Those Serving in our Military: Wes Durham, Tom Stauffer, Paul Zeigler, Stephen Johnson, Benjamin Phillips, Kenneth Gearhart, Alex Reyes, Raymond Harrison, Catharyn Nosek
The Departed: Martha, sister of Eleanor Baker
Those Expecting: Ashley and Chris 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: Matthew Anderson, Owen Carter, Paul Florence, Beth Gobble, Carolyn Hackett, Henry Klett, Michael Klett, Bob Mills, Kacy Ramirez
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