We invite you to join us at St. Andrew’s, both in worship and at play.   During the Lenten Season, we are using Rite 1 Communion service, along with the Penetential Office.  The service is at 10:30, followed by coffee hour and a Bible study.

We also are offering a 5:00 pm Sunday Taize service.  This one half hour service, is a time for reflection, for listening to God.  Pieces of Taize music are sung as well as instrumental music listen to, for moments of calm and peace during Lent.  A short meditation is also offered.

Lent is a time in the year to slow down and to catch up, with not only God, but yourself.  It is a time to reflect upon our lives.  To look at where we have gone astray and what response we might offer to God, as repentence for our actions or inactions.

Sometimes people “give up” items during Lent.  They might give up chocolate.  Some feel that through giving up, they are some what “broken open” to the Holy Spirit;  perhaps being more receptive to receiving God’s Spirit and to seeing it at work in their lives.

Wednesday evenings a book study is taking place at 7:00 pm.  It is a discussion of Jesus was an Episcopalian by Chris Yaw.  (Yes, we know that Jesus was a member of all churches that seek to follow him.)  This book study is given as an opportunity to look particularly at what the Episcopal Church believes and how it strives to see itself as Christ’s “Hands in the World”.

During Holy Week we will offer a Tenebrae Service at 7:00 on Wednesday the 31st of March.  For those unfamiliar with this service, it focuses upon Holy Week, looking through hymns and scripture readings.  On  Thursday there will be a Maundy Thursday service at 7:00, which includes the stripping of the Altar and is followed by Vigil until Good Friday morning. (Please  contact me to sign up to participate in the Vigil).  On Good Friday we offer a Stations of the Cross service at 12:00 noon and a traditional Good Friday service at 7:00 pm.  Easter services will be the Easter Vigil on Saturday evening at 7:00 pm and  an Easter morning service at 10:30 am. Both Easter services will be with music and joyous.

Come join us in worship during Lent, during Holy Week; come worship our Risen Christ at Easter.

I hope that you will join us as we worship the Lord!

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Tom