St. Andrew's E-news

Greetings!

Thank you, St. Andrew's! for prov iding a dinner for Greensboro collaborativ e y outh m ission weekand for supporting our 26 y oung people from 7 different Greensboro and High Point churches asthey v olunteered in our com m unity , reflected on the Gospel story of Jesus with Martha and Maryusing arts, dram a, and pray er, and form ed new friendships through cooking, gam es, and workingtogether. We lift up the leadership of Jesse Carrico, who serv ed on the y outh planning team , andother St. Andrew's participants: Sam Flem ing, Nate Tay lor, and Lindy Tay lor. This cam p was co-ledby Am y Cam pbell, diocesan y outh m issioner; Felicia Cole, St. Francis y outh m inistry coordinator;and Audra Abt, Missionary Vicar at Church of the Holy Spirit.

Search Committee UpdateThe Search Com m ittee is deeply grateful to all who participated in the rector search discernm entev ent on May 1 9. Your insights and input were inv aluable to us as we prepared the ParishProfile, which will be broadcast nationally through the Diocese of North Carolina. We expect theParish Profile to be ready soon, and we look forward to sharing it with y ou!

The sum m er-fall season is when m any priests will be discerning new positions. We expect to receiv eapplications throughout July and August, and then we will work to interv iew and v isit with topcandidates in Septem ber and October. By Nov em ber, we expect to m ake a recom m endation to theVestry to call our next Rector, hopefully to be in place before Christm as.

This process m ay seem long, but ev ery thing is m ov ing according to schedule and as planned. Theinterim period prov ides a sacred tim e to ready ourselv es for our next Rector, and we are blessed tohav e Ed am ong us. And as alway s, y our pray ers are appreciated.In the m eantim e, please feel free to contact any m em ber of the Search Com m ittee if y ou hav equestions or concerns. The m em bers are: Craig Tay lor, chair; Dottie Clark; Catherine Clifton; JudyHackett; Cathy Jordan; Bob Mills; Deb Richardson; Doug Sanecki; and Brenda Swearingin.

Worship Announcements

Bishop Anne Hodges-Copple, October 27If y ou would like to be confirm ed or to be receiv ed from another denom ination or to reaffirm y ourbaptism al v ows, please contact the Rev . Ed Pickup at Edm und.pickup@standrewsgso.org. Classeswill begin in August after the 1 0 am serv ice.

Fellowship and Christian Formation Announcements

Godly Play and Kids of the Kingdom

Godly Play and Kids of the Kingdom classes on Sunday m ornings will resum e next week. Nurserycare is av ailable.

EfM – Education for Ministry – Interested in participating? Now m ight be the tim e! EfM is anadult form ation program prov ided by the School of Theology at Sewanee/The Univ ersity of theSouth. Our St. Andrew’s class is seeking new students to begin with us this fall. EfM students studythe New and Old Testam ents, church history , and m odern religious thought; m ore than that, weexplore our baptism al call to m inistry and apply ing our faith in our own liv es and in the world.If y ou would like to enroll in the class or would sim ply like to know m ore about EfM, contact MarciaMoore, at m arcia.houck.m oore@gm ail.com , 3 3 6-202-651 6, or Brenda Swearingin atswearinginbl@guilford.edu, 3 3 6-423 -687 6.

Read Ed's Article, "Lord, Teach Us to Pray ." Click here.

Ways You Can GiveWays You Can Give

Those Serving Sunday

Eucharistic Ministers:8:30- Virginia Haskett; 10-Barbara Lawless, AlanAtwell

Readers: 8:30- CathyJordan; 10- Bill Hill, SusanMcMullen, Marcia Moore

Acolytes: Amelia Cooper,Sam Fleming, AlexisObimma, EmmanuelObimma, Gift Obimma

Verger: Debbie Dowd

Greeters: 8:30 – Rebecca

We Pray For

Mary Stalter, Anna Stalter,Ella Janssen, Jeff Cummer,Judy Wells, NormaBullock, MoiraErmentrout, HughMcLawhorn, Doug Scott,Laurie Simon Queen,Albert Madden, BonitaBeshears, Bruce Adkins,Charles and RebeccaGoodrum, Dee Dee Fulton,Judy Stancil, Xavier andSue, Maria Wilmoth,Barbara Sherer, Leslie,Johnetta Shablack,Dorothy Cook, Julia Testa,Jenna Cottrill, Jean

UPCOMING CALENDAR

Sun., July 28: Holy Eucharist

8:30 am Holy Eucharist, Chapel

9 am Summer Choir Rehearsal,Sanctuary

10 am Holy Eucharist, Sanctuary

Children are invited to jointhe worship service withtheir families.

Gray; 10– Pat Baker, JimBaker

Newcomer Hosts:Shelley Kappauf, AngelaTodd

Altar Guild: CarolynHackett, Judy Hackett,Rebecca Gray, Anne Jones,Linda Van Ormer, GailWalters

Ushers: Mark Kaley,Linda Van Ormer, MichaelVan Ormer, Tim Fleming,Charles Kelshaw

Kitchen Team: PatBaker, Jim Baker, Bill Hill,Annette Garvey, JulieGreen

Vestry Person of theMonth:

Karen Rierson

WorshipWorship

Westervelt, Lloyd Kerley,Jimmye Olivey, Erin,Karen Hall, Ann Clark,Debra Koltai, Dan Seaman,Don Lowe, Lynn Palmgren,Jamie Smith, LarryPhillips, Shelley Kappauf,Vik

Our Military: WesDurham, Tom Stauffer,Paul Zeigler, StephenJohnson, Michael Hens,Benjamin Phillips, KennethGearhart, Alex Reyes,Raymond Harrison

Birthdays: JenniferJones, George Platt, SamFleming, Bruce Morton,Dean Barrett

Anniversaries: Melanieand Shane Carrico, Bethand David Hair, Marionand Dan Seaman

The Altar Flowers aregiven to the glory of Godby Tim and Mary Hanna-Wilcox in loving memoryof George, Rosa, and JustinHanna; and Norton andBetty Wilcox.

NewcomersNewcomers

Wed., July 31: Stewardship Committee, 5pm, Cloister

Thurs., August 1: Hearing the Gospel, 10:30am, Library

Sun., August 4: Holy Eucharist

8:30 am Holy Eucharist, Chapel

9 am Summer Choir Rehearsal,Sanctuary

10 am Holy Eucharist, SanctuaryGodly Play(PreK – 2nd grade)Kids of the Kingdom(grades 3rd – 5th)

MinistriesMinistries

Sincerely,

Kimberly Rathburn

St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchSt. Andrew's Episcopal Church2105 West Market Street

Greensboro, North Carolina 27403336-275-1651