New Worship Service and Church School Times

After receiving much input about combining services, we have decided to go with the following times:

8:30 - 9:30   Traditional service
9:15 - 9:55   Church School
10:00 - 11:00   Contemporary Service

We will offer adult ed twice a month after the 8:30 service and twice a month after the 10:00 service. Coffee hour snacks will be out between services and again after the 10:00 service. These service times will begin the week after the church picnic in June and then the church school will begin in September. Thank you to all who have given their input in making this decision.

Summer Theatre Camp Registration is open

St. Andrew's Theatre Camps are LOADS of fun. Join Joy Weaver and Grant Underwood for a week, or two, full of music, dance and fun!

 
This is your child's opportunity to shine on stage--every camper will be featured in every show! Pick up your registration form at the back of the church or at the parish office. Or download the registration form and detailed information about the program.

Recorded Sermons Available Online

Father Steve's Sunday sermons are now being recorded and will be made available from the St. Andrew's web site. Simply click on the "Sermons" link at the left hand column of this page and you will be able to download written and audio versions of selected past sermons. The first few audio sermons are available now.

Download Annual Report

You can download the 2013 Annual Report for St. Andrew's church. This file requires the freely available Adobe Reader in order to view. To download Adobe Reader, please click here.

Results From Parish-wide Dinners and Retreat

St Andrew's hosted parish-wide dinners during September and October to gather and compile parishioner's views and concerns about the church and its activities. During a parish-wide retreat on November 11 participants reviewed the compilation and and then broke into small study groups to generate goals and action steps related to several selected topics. The Compilation and summaries for each small group topic are available for review including Worship & Music, Outreach, Stewardship, Christian Education, and Youth Ministry.

The completed Parish Survey Report assembled from parishioners reponses to a detailed questionnaire also is available.

All these files require the freely available Adobe Reader in order to view. To download Adobe Reader, please click here.

More News

Church School registration forms
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Recent Photos of interest

2012 Holiday Fair
Bishop Ahrens Visit
Blessing of the Animals

Raise the Roof: New Builds Scheduled

Thanks to everyone that helped make Madison Cares’ Raise the Roof a big hit! More than 30 parishioners volunteered their time and talent on Saturday May 11. Want to get involved? St. Andrew's has 3 dates assigned to us for the summer as part of Madison Cares' 9th build. They include June 1, July 20, and Sept 7 from 8:45-3:30. We can car-pool from St. Andrew's and will meet at 8:15.  Sign up and click on the Volunteer Up button. We can bring up to 12 volunteers (age 16 and older) each Saturday. Any questions,contact Rich Fisler at 203 376-3045 or rich.fisler@gmail.com.

Women in Mission at St. Andrew's

The St. Andrew's Women's Spirituality Book Club will be meeting on Monday June 24th from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Farmer Hall at St. Andrew's for soup, salad and discussion of the book, "The Power of a Positive Mom," by Karol Ladd (revised edition). You can purchase the book on Amazon or Christian Book Distributors. This book is also available electronically. Please RSVP by 6/17 to Katie Wilker. If you are in need of child care, please include this in your RSVP. The group will also be meeting on July 22nd and August 26th at 6:30pm. If you have any further questions email Wendy Flanders or contact Megan Sesma.

When You Have News to Share

When it comes to news you want to share with others at St Andrew's, one email now does it all! Have an event you want in the Weekly Service Bulletin or on the Calendar, news you want reported in the Messenger, or on the web page? One email address does it all. Behind that email is a real human being-—Donna Gregory. Donna has taken on the job of "Communications Coordinator." She will be on the lookout for news, upcoming events, and other types of happenings, fed to her in most cases by emails sent to the above address. Once alerted, the information will be forwarded to the right places. This new system will help to get the information to the right people in a timely fashion. So please use it when you have news to disseminate. Thank you, Donna for taking on this role!

From Priest-in-Charge to Rector

In mid-2013 Fr. Steve and the Wardens will be meeting with Bishop Laura Ahrens, our diocesan consultant Barbara Casey, and a new deployment officer, Rev. Tim Hodapp to discuss changing the status of our parish from having a priest-in-charge back to having a rector. We will keep you up-to-date on progress as we proceed.

Same Sex Marriage Liturgical Resources

Starting 1 Advent 2012, priests in the Diocese of Connecticut may officiate at the civil marriage of a same-sex couple. Those who choose to do so have new liturgical resources, a rite for provisional use approved at General Convention, "I Will Bless You and You Will Be a Blessing," as well as pastoral resources for preparing same-sex couples. This information was included in a letter emailed on August 3 to clergy of the Diocese of Connecticut. The letter, the resolution from General Convention, and the full resource referenced, are available from the diocesan website.

'Young Life' at St. Andrew's

Young Life brings the good news of Jesus Christ into the lives of adolescents with an approach that is respectful of who kids are and hopeful about who they can be.

Find out more about the Young Life program by viewing this brief video describing its goals and activities and checking out the organization's local website. Contact Dave Preikszas for more information.