Weekly eNews

April 25, 2024

This Sunday

Join Us for Worship

Sunday at 10 a.m.

Each Sunday we worship in person and online. We are always glad when you worship with us. Nursery care is available during worship, and we offer Children's Ministry time as well as activity bags to keep little hearts and hands engaged. After worship, please join us in the Parish Hall for coffee, snacks, and fellowship.

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Support St. Andrew's

Our "Give Up Your Silence" Postcard Campaign is This Sunday

April 28 after Worship in the Parish Hall

Plus, See Our New Advocacy Center!

This Eastertide we are called to join Episcopalians across the Diocese in a “Give Up Your Silence” postcard campaign. Join us at this Sunday’s Coffee Hour as we write postcards to state legislators for Advocacy Day 2024.

You'll also learn about St. Andrew’s advocacy projects and can visit our brand-new Advocacy Center in the Parish Hall—with voting information, district maps, contact information for office holders, and more.

If you are unable to be at church Sunday, you can pick up a postcard at the church office and return it to the office or to Virginia Haskett to be included with the mailing. Questions? Use the links below to contact Virginia Haskett or visit the diocesan site.

"Give Up Your Silence" Postcard Campaign

Contact Virginia Haskett

Invite–Welcome–Connect (IWC) Meets Sunday

April 28 after Worship in the Library

The IWC will meet after worship in the Library to discuss plans for upcoming parish events.

Learning & Sharing the Story of Women’s Ordination in the Episcopal Church

RSVP for The Philadelphia Eleven* Film Screening

May 9 at 6 p.m.

St. Andrew’s Parish Hall

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of women’s ordination in the Episcopal Church, we will host a screening of The Philadelphia Eleven. The Rev. Marie Moorefield Fleischer, one of the original eleven (who also has ties to our diocese) will join us. Light refreshments will be served. Our diocese and community are also invited. Invite a friend!

Seating is limited to 100. So please RSVP with your contact information to the Rev. Barbara Cooke the link below.

RSVP for Philadelphia Eleven Screening

Join Us for “Celebrating Women in Ministry”

All-Parish Formation Offering, May 5 after Worship

In preparation for our film screening, we will host a special all-parish program after worship on May 5. Join us for Coffee Hour and a discussion celebrating women’s ministry, with Rev. Julie Peeples, the Rev. Tricia de Beer, and the Rev. Barbara Cooke (panelists), and the Rev. Ginny Bain Inman (moderator).

Watch the Film Trailer

* About the story and the film: In 1974, in an act of civil disobedience, a group of eleven women and their supporters organized their ordination to become Episcopal priests. The Philadelphia Eleven is a new film that documents their story.

Upcoming Events & Service Opportunities

Pentecost Sunday Worship with Festive Potluck Picnic

May 19 after 10 a.m. Worship

On Pentecost, we celebrate the birthday of the Church and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Join us for worship and stay for our all-parish party and potluck on May 19. We’ll have food, fellowship, and festivities for kids young and old.

Something read to wear and a dish to share!

Look for more details in the coming weeks.

Bedding and Blankets Needed for YWCA Family Shelter

The Daughters of the King have accepted responsibility for supplying bedding for the YWCA Family Shelter. At the shelter, new families experiencing homelessness are provided fresh bedding on arrival, which they will take with them to their eventual “real” home. Please bring bagged donations of new and gently used twin, double, and queen bedding to the Parish Hall, narthex, and office hallway.

It’s Time for A New Day Singers’ Concert

May 12 at 6 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Come hear our favorite a cappella ensemble perform in St. Andrew’s sanctuary on May 12 at 6 p.m. Join The New Day Singers as they present Echoes of Eternity: Melodies for a New Day. This collection of classic and newfound pieces explores the different aspects of what makes us all human—love, loss, connection, joy, humor, and hope. The concert is free, and donations are welcome. Hope to see you there!

Episcopal Breakfasts at Greensboro Urban Ministry

Your mother probably fed a lot of people. You can, too! Honor your mother this May with a gift to Urban Ministry.

Episcopal volunteers gather before dawn every Tuesday to prepare and provide breakfast to 150 people who are struggling through the deprivations of life without stable housing. The cost to provide each meal is currently $312, and donations are needed.

To sponsor a Tuesday, you can give:

By mail to Greensboro Urban Ministry, 305 W. Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, NC 27406
By phone to Tori Kallam, 346-271-5959, ext. 320
Or online, using the link below.

However you give, please designate “Episcopal Breakfast” as the recipient.

Give to G.U.M. Episcopal Breakfasts

HUGS Camp Applications Still Open for Buddy Campers & Staff!

July 6-13 for Buddy Campers & Staff

Haw River State Park

HUGS is a unique camp for unique people, bringing together young people of diverse abilities. They overcome barriers of real and imagined differences and build bridges of understanding. HUGS is about acknowledging the good creation in each of us and more fully knowing and loving our God through it. The great differences among campers and staff help all of us learn to appreciate and celebrate our diversity as we recognize our common ground.

Buddy campers are rising 9th–12th graders who help campers with special needs enjoy all aspects of a typical summer camp experience. Buddy campers arrive on Saturday, July 6, to be trained to work with campers with special needs, who arrive on Monday, July 8.

Staff must have completed their first year of college and are expected to stay in cabins with campers, as well as serve on one of the following teams: camp life, worship, activities or program. Before camp, there is a mandatory Zoom meeting with the entire staff, as well as individual meetings with the team you have been assigned. Staff earn a stipend for their work.

Learn more or submit an application at the links below.

Learn about HUGS

Buddy Camper Application

Staff Application

Put These on the Calendar—Details Coming Soon

EYC Field Day—Sunday, May 5

EfM Graduation—Sunday, June 2, during 10 a.m. Worship

Youth Sunday & Celebration of Graduates—Sunday, June 2, during 10 a.m. Worship

EYC Summer Mission—June 9-14

Compassion Camp VBS—August 5–9

Supporting St. Andrew's & Our Neighbors

Take a Bag and Bring a Bag

Help fill the shelves at One Step Further!

Thank you for remembering our burgundy Bag Ministry. Each Sunday you may leave bags in the church narthex or Chapel hallway and take a bag to fill in the coming week. Food is collected and distributed weekly to One Step Further food pantry by our Missions and Outreach Committee.

Especially needed are rice, pasta, beans (dried and canned), and canned vegetables, meats, and fish. Thank you for feeding the hungry in our community.

Your Gifts Sustain Us

We are grateful for your gifts that sustain St. Andrew's. If you have questions about your giving, please email Ray Marsh, Bookkeeper, or leave a message at 336-275-1651, ext. 3. Ray is in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

If you would like to make a new gift or a payment on your pledge, please use your choice of these options:

Donate at abundant.co/standrewsepiscopalch/give.
Use the “Abundant Giving” app, choosing "St Andrew’s Episcopal Church" in Greensboro.
Mail a check to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Bookkeeper, 2105 W. Market St., Greensboro, NC 27403.

Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.

In St. Andrew's Parking Lot

(W. Market St. at Kensington)

sym·bi·o·sis

noun. a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups.

From Kathy Newsom, Market Director:

Last Saturday's plant sale was about as close to a perfect market as imaginable. All of us were so pleased to see so many of you. Our community is thriving. Symbiosis is magical.

We'll be back this week with lots more plants, the promise of perfect spring weather, and more music -- on top of all the amazing fresh and prepared foods throughout the market. Golly day.

Thank you for remembering our farmers, makers and bakers rely on us as much as we rely on them. Symbiosis feeds us all.

The Corner Farmers Market delivers the goods each Saturday in our Kensington Rd. parking lot. Stay up to date on weekly offerings at their website (sign up for their newsletter!), and Facebook page.

Follow the Market on Facebook

Parish Photos

April 21 Youth & Seniors Dinner Night

(Send us your photos!)

We Pray For

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Church of Bangladesh

A Bangladeshi procession. From Challenges – Church of Bangladesh

Christianity came to Bengal, in what was then India, during the colonial period. The region became the eastern part of Pakistan with the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan in 1947. Following a war of liberation in 1971, East Pakistan separated from West Pakistan and became an independent Bangladesh. The Church of Bangladesh follows the pattern of Pakistan and India, with the creation of united churches. In Bangladesh, the united Church consists mainly of those from Anglican and Presbyterian traditions. They make up only 0.3% of the population of the country.

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Andrew’s, Haw River; Church of the Holy Innocents, Henderson; St. John’s, Henderson

Those on our parish prayer list: Mary Stalter; Norma Bullock; Moira Ermentrout; Maria Wilmoth; Jimmye Olivey; Patrick and Margaret Miller; Ed Morea; Julie Dameron; Traci and Erik; Barbara Cernansky; Ella Janssen; Gabriel; Charles Claunch; Libby Eberhard; Gwen Snead; Barbara Van Cleve; David Heflin; Jeff Cummer; Charles Kelshaw; David McGraw; Maureen Morea; Carolyn Ritchie; Betty Atwell; Eva Harris; Harold Johnson; Bob Emmaus; Judy Gecinger; Liz Wert; Carol Phillips; Leslie Deaton; Ed Phelps; Tom Walton; Mack Baker; Amber Morales; Lauren; Phillip Marion; Downs Brown Jr.; Martha and Jim Kaley; Nancy O’Donnell; Tina Sink Gangi; Florine; Vickie; Heather; Victoria; Dean Barrett; Bob; Leslie; Johnetta Shablack; Doug Baker; Erik Flak; Bill Hill; Elizabeth Nevius; Frank Tatem; Pauline Tatum; Jim Tatum; Kenya; Terrance Horne; Margaret Ann Horne; Pia; Henry, Christine, and Emily Davis-Potter; Harry Barrineau; Donald Chase; Linda Heller

Those serving in our military: Tom Stauffer, Paul Zeigler, Stephen Johnson, Benjamin Phillips, Kenneth Gearhart, Alex Reyes, Michael McNeil, Jordan Payne, Catharyn Nosek

Birthdays: Betty Brown, Javi Chaires, Clotelle Goring, Mimi Pomeroy, Hannah Schlotterer, Joe Stultz

Please send prayer requests to Susan Frye, Parish Administrator, by email or at 336-275-1651, ext. 1. Names remain on our parish prayer list for six weeks. Please let Susan know if you would like a name to continue to be listed. Please also contact Susan with birthdays and anniversaries for the bulletin.