Special Services

Once a month during the school year, our youth take an active role in leading worship, responding to the Gospel through words, art, poetry, reflection, and music. These Sundays give our young people space to share their voices and gifts with the whole congregation.

Each November, we celebrate the feast of our patron saint, St. Andrew, with special worship and a bit of Scottish spirit. Bring out your tartan and enjoy the sound of bagpipes as we mark this joyful day in the life of our parish.

Each October, we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis with a blessing of the animals. Bring your four-footed, feathered, finned, or scaly friends as we give thanks for the companionship and wonder of all God’s creatures.

Mindful of the great cloud of witnesses, we gather at sunset on November 2 by candlelight in the Garden of the Resurrection to remember by name those buried in that patch of holy ground.

At our early Christmas Eve service, the children of St. Andrew’s bring the story of Jesus’ birth to life, joyfully taking their places as angels, shepherds, Magi, the Holy Family — and, of course, livestock!

Each June, during our Annual Parish Picnic at the Surf Club, we honor our graduating high school seniors and send them into the next season of their lives with the prayers and blessing of their church community.