Come Out to Our Workday this Saturday–Rain or Shine!

March 23, 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

The Building and Grounds Committee will host a parish workday this Saturday, March 23, from 9:30 to 1:00, rain or shine.

Outside work includes spreading new pine needles and mulch, cleaning out beds, trimming bushes, and washing porch areas. Please bring work gloves, clippers, and rakes. One or two wheelbarrows will be helpful, too.

Inside work will be announced that morning, and cleaning supplies will be provided.

Lunch will be provided. Contact Dirk Siegmund or Nick Klett with questions.

Swap Your Tanger Tix Today

Tanger's Broadway Series includes Tina on Maundy Thursday, March 28. We know you don't want to miss seeing Tina! So we wanted to bring this to your attention and provide a couple of (hopefully) helpful links below. A little bird told us that the deadline for exchanges for some ticket holders is Friday, March 22.

Are You Rocking Your Socks for #WDSD?

March 21–today!–is World Down Syndrome Day. While Martha & Javi Chaires are in Washington, D.C., rocking discipleship through advocacy, we hope you're enjoying rocking your socks wherever you are today!

Please use the link below to send us pictures of your socks. We'd love to include them in an eNews sock collage.

Breakfast with St. Andrew's Friends is Tomorrow

Friday, March 22, 8:30 a.m.

Green Valley Grill

All are invited to an informal breakfast gathering at Green Valley Grill tomorrow.

RSVP to Charles Kelshaw at 336-897-9724 or at the link below.

To Market, To Market

Saturdays, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.

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 a wonderful newsletter!), and Facebook page.

Join Us for Palm Sunday Worship

March 24, 10 a.m.

Please join us for Palm Sunday worship and the beginning of Holy Week this Sunday. Each week we worship in person and online. We are always glad when you worship with us. Nursery care is available, and we offer children’s ministry time as well as activity bags to keep little hearts and hands engaged. After worship, we will gather in the Parish Hall for Coffee and Conversation and to make palm crosses for Holy Week.

The Palm Sunday liturgy marks the beginning of Holy Week. In this service, we journey with Jesus as he is welcomed in triumph upon entering Jerusalem and then rejected and crucified at Golgotha (the place of The Skull) outside the gates of the city. The reading of Christ’s passion sets forth the central act of God’s love for humankind, and through it we come to know the reality of God’s saving action in our lives

Holy Week is Here

March 24-28, 2024

Our calendar for Holy Week is provided at the bottom of this message. You can read more about each of our Holy Week offerings in the Holy Week & Easter Special eNews Edition that was emailed March 20.

To see the special edition, click on the image or on the button below.

Walking the Labyrinth

March 24-28, in the Chapel

Begins after Palm Sunday Worship

Walking the labyrinth is an ancient form of reflection or silent prayer and is often used as a practice for healing and growth in God. Many see it as a metaphor for our spiritual journey. Our beautiful portable labyrinth, created by Karen Spencer, will be set up in our Chapel beginning after worship on Palm Sunday, March 24, and will be available for use through Maundy Thursday, March 28.

Feel free to take time to walk the labyrinth if you are in the building. You may use it any time the church is open or, if need be, by appointment. Please call Marcia Moore at 336-202-6516 for assistance arranging times outside of Parish Office hours (Tuesday-Thursday, 10am-2pm).

Printed information will be available, and you can access a labyrinth handout at the link below.

Last Call for Soup Pickup

March 24, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

(Parish Hall)

"The time has come, the walrus said,

to keep you in the loop:

Please come to the Parish Hall

to pick up your delicious soup!”

Listen to the walrus! Orders not picked up on time will be returned to stock. To request special arrangements for pickup, please call Geoff Swan at 336-847-8601.

Please Bring Your Burgundy Bag

Help Fill the Shelves at One Step Further

If you have donations you've been collecting through Lent, we hope you will bring them to church this week! You may leave bags in the church narthex and office hallway to be collected and distributed 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.  

EYC School Supplies Drive

Bring your school supplies this Sunday!

Thank you for continuing to bring gifts of crayons, notebooks, lined paper, pencils, and backpacks for St. Stephen’s Episcopal Elementary School in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. To make a monetary donation toward the purchase of solar lamps for the school, please use the link below, choose the “Donation / Pledge Offering” fund, and type “St. Stephen’s School” in the memo line.

Palm Sunday is the last Sunday in our drive! We will bless and ship all gifts in the Easter season. 

Give Up Your Silence: A Lenten Invitation—Eastertide Advocacy to Follow

The Diocese of North Carolina invites you to reflect this Lent, and to discern ways you might give up your silence and lend your voice to uphold the values consistent with the teachings and example of Jesus. How might you give up your silence to ensure the dignity of every human being? This is a time to clarify why it matters to you and consider how giving up your silence might look for you. You can learn more about this invitation at the link below.

If Lent is the season for learning and discerning, Easter is the season to take action.

As part of Advocacy Day 2024, Episcopalians across the Diocese of North Carolina will be invited to give up their silence in Eastertide and add their voices to those meeting in person with legislators in May. You can do this by taking part in a “Give Up Your Silence” postcard campaign in April. Details and resources for this initiative will be provided in the coming weeks. You can also learn more at the link below.

Easter Plans for Children and Egg-Hiding Mission for Youth

Easter Sunday, March 31

Nursery will be open.

School-age children join us in worship!

EYC meets at 9:40 a.m. to hide eggs.

If you’ve been spending time in the Godly Play room on Sundays, you know that we are approaching the end of the purple days in the circle of the church year, which means that Easter is almost here! We can’t wait to celebrate the risen Lord with our families and friends on Easter Sunday, March 31. Our Nursery will be open, as usual, for our youngest children. Godly Play friends are invited to remain in the sanctuary for the entire service with special busy bags full of stickers, bells to ring, and other activities available at the front of the church. We will have an egg hunt immediately after church on Easter Sunday and a festive coffee hour too!

Please put April 7 on the Calendar! Our Easter Celebration will continue with Children’s Chapel and music with Mr. Riley.

Pastoral Care Team Invites New Members

Pastoral Care is an important part of our life together. In whatever season of life people find themselves, relationships are important. We’re looking for people who are ready to help walk our church family through grief and loss, tear down strongholds and build up healthy foundations through fellowship, and visit or call people in the hospital or at home. If you are a person who likes to listen and share the Good News of Christ’s love with others, we are looking for you! Please contact Deacon Pam at the link below to express your interest or learn more.

Talk Books with Us at the Brown Bag Book Club

March 26, 12 p.m. (Library)

Join us for our monthly meeting and a discussion of The Dove Keepers, by Alice Hoffman. Bring a snack or sandwich and your beverage and come to the Cloister from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.–ish. Email Janet Owens at the link below to learn more.

EYC Asheville Youth Mission Week is June 9–14

First payment due April 7

This summer our middle and high school youth return to Asheville to serve our neighbors experiencing hunger, housing insecurity, and poverty in the North Carolina mountains. We’re excited to be back with our friends at Asheville Youth Mission! The cost of the trip is $150 per person, and a $75 deposit is due by Sunday, April 7.

Payments can be made by check to St. Andrew’s (memo “EYC Mission Trip”) or at Abundant (click below, choose “EYC Glory Ridge” fund, and add camper’s name as memo).

Come VBS With Us This Summer

August 5–9, for Kids Ages 3–10

(& Volunteers!)

VBS is back and better than ever this summer with Compassion Camp: What Every Living Thing Needs. We have so many surprises in store for our campers this summer, from a water day to some furry and four-legged guests. Mark your calendar for the best week of summer and look for more information to come soon. Volunteers, mark your calendars too! You won’t want to miss this week of fun with St. Andrew’s little ones.

HUGS Camp Applications Now Open for Buddy Campers

2024 Camp Dates: July 6-13

Haw River State Park

The planning for HUGS Camp is underway, and applications for both staff and buddy campers are now open. The 2024 camp will run July 6–13 at 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.

Learn more or submit an application at the links below.

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.

Holy Week 2024

Palm Sunday, March 24

Palm Sunday Worship & Children's Ministry, 10 a.m. (Sanctuary)

Coffee Hour & Palm Frond Crosses, 11:15 a.m. (Parish Hall)

Soup Pickup Day– Last Call, 11:15 a.m. (Parish Hall)

Palm Sunday through Maundy Thursday

Walking the Labyrinth (Chapel)

See announcement above.

Tuesday in Holy Week, March 26

Staff Meeting, 10:30 a.m.

Chapel Open for Prayer, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Brown Bag Book Club, 12 p.m.

EfM, 6 p.m. (Cloister)

Wednesday in Holy Week, March 27

Hearing the Gospel, 10:30 a.m. (Parish Hall)

Prayer Shawl Ministry, 2 p.m. (Library)

Choir Rehearsal, 7 p.m. (Sanctuary)

Maundy Thursday, March 28

Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m. (Sanctuary)

Good Friday, March 29

Good Friday Service, 12 p.m. (Chapel)

Prayer & Stations of the Cross, 12-3 p.m. (Sanctuary)

Holy Saturday, March 30

Corner Farmers Market, 8 a.m.–12 p.m.

Easter Sunday, March 31

EYC Secret Mission, 9:40 a.m. (on the Lawn)

Brass & Organ Prelude, Flowering the Cross, 9:50 a.m.

Easter Worship, 10 a.m. (Sanctuary)

Nursery provided. School-age children join us for worship!

Easter Egg Hunt & Festive Reception, 11:15 a.m.

(Parish Hall & Church Lawn)