eNews for March 31, 2021
Holy Week is Here
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 on our YouTube channel)
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
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Flowering of the Easter Cross
Bring your backyard flowers to participate in this Easter tradition.  

Easter Day Worship, April 4
10:00 a.m.
Festive Eucharist Online and In Person
Use YouTube link above to view live-streamed service.
Our in-person worship signup has reached the 100-person limitation.
Tonight: Our Final Lenten Offering "From Ashes to Alleluia"
Each Wednesday at 7:00 p.m., we have gathered online for Compline, followed by a reflection and/or spiritual practice at 7:30 p.m. Come for one or both for our final Lenten Compline this week. Led by the Rev. John de Beer.

The reflection for tonight is available at the link below for those who would like to see it or who cannot attend. You can view the Prayer on the Goodness of God that was developed during the Lent 1 reflection at this link.

This virtual service will be on ZOOM at this link. Use “Wedworship” as the passcode if prompted. To join by phone, call 929-205-6099. Meeting ID: 828 3916 2954
Gethsemane Watch

Sign up here for our Maundy Thursday prayer vigil.

The Garden of Gethsemane is where Jesus asked his disciples to pray with him the night before his crucifixion. This year, we will follow that command with a vigil on Maundy Thursday by keeping vigil in our homes. Our Gethsemane Watch will begin at 9:00 p.m. on Maundy Thursday (April 1) and end at noon on Good Friday (April 2).

All are invited to sign up for an hour of prayer. You can be silent, pray with the Psalms, or offer what is on your heart. Use the link below to sign up. Our goal is to have St. Andrew’s parishioners and friends praying throughout the night during our Gethsemane Watch, journeying alongside Jesus.
Way of the Cross
This beautiful video invites us to walk with Christians of every generation on a virtual pilgrimage, using scripture, art, and music. You can download an accompanying reflection guide here.
Our Easter In-Person Worship Service is full. We have reached the 100-person attendance limitation on our signup. Click the link below to read about Easter Sunday Worship.


Bring and ring your bells!

For worship this Sunday, whether you are attending Easter Worship at home or online, come with bells on and ring them at every "Alleluia!"
Alleluia Butterflies
As part of our Easter festivities, all are invited to color an Alleluia Butterfly and send a picture of the butterfly (and hopefully your child or children with it) to Susan Frye at parish@standrewsgso.org. You can download the butterfly here, and it is also p. 12 of the downloadable Holy Week materials. The photos will be part of an Easter montage that will be shared on Easter afternoon.
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.
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; Page Davies; Julie Jennings; 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; Doug Sanecki; John and Gisela Smith

Those Serving in our Military: Wes Durham, Tom Stauffer, Paul Zeigler, Stephen Johnson, Benjamin Phillips, Kenneth Gearhart, Alex Reyes, Raymond Harrison, Catharyn Nosek

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; Drew and Alice Courtright, son and daughter-in-law of Cheri and Mark Courtright

Birthdays: Barbara Smith, Nate Taylor, Anders Bennett, Danielle Feifs, Asher Ermentrout, Craig Taylor, Deb Richardson, Rebecca Gray