Community input needed by our Facilities Visioning Team

St. Andrew's Facilities Visioning Team is gathering input as we discern how best to use our facility! We want to hear from as wide an array of voices as possible, so hearing from our Hilton Village neighbors is extremely important. Click here to give us your input. Please reply by May 31. 

Cub Scout recruiting night on May 18

St. Andrew's Pack 242 Recruitment Night, the "Cub-Annapolis 500," is coming up, Monday May 18 at 6:30 PM. Parents and children in rising grades K-5th will meet in the parish hall, where each grade level will be led in decorating one box to be their "car" for the event. The children and leaders will then move outside for the race portion while parents will meet to go over the Cub Scout program. Both girls and boys are welcome. Come join the fun of scouting.

Foreign language speakers needed for Pentecost

Do you speak a language besides English? If you do, we’d love to have you participate in the 10:30 AM service on Pentecost Sunday, May 24! There will be a brief rehearsal for all speakers at 9:45 AM in the parish hall. Please contact the church office by May 18.

Wear red on Pentecost!

Sunday, May 24, is Pentecost. The liturgical color for Pentecost is red, so don your favorite red outfit and join us for the celebration! 

Diocesan Pride Service on June 3

The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia invites you to a celebration of faith, inclusion, and community at a Pride Service on Wednesday, June 3, at 6:00 PM at Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Norfolk. Bishop Susan will be celebrant, and the preacher will be the Rev. Charles Lane Cowen, rector of St. Andrew’s in Norfolk. A reception will follow the service. All are warmly welcome to come as you are and celebrate with us! All are invited to take part in a community choir for this special service. A rehearsal will be held at 4:45 PM on June 3, prior to the service. To register to participate in the choir, contact Ann Turner in the church office. 

Volunteers needed for summer lemonade

Lemonade and cookies after church is a summer tradition at St. Andrew's! Summer is on the way, and I am looking for volunteers to make and serve lemonade, and snacks/cookies, following our 10:30 service. Cookies and lemonade are provided. Volunteers make two pitchers of lemonade and a pitcher of water.  These items are taken to the front of the church in our blue cooler from the kitchen. There will be a small table and plastic tablecloth in the front of the church that will need to be set up outside the River Road entrance. It’s fun, easy, and a great way to meet new members, visit with old friends, and have your thirst quenched all at the same time. Please consider helping me to continue our summer lemonade tradition!  Contact me for more information or questions. - Nora Ann Lambiotte, 757-291-2299 

Become an acolyte sponsor: Help send us to DC!

Our acolytes are raising money to travel to the National Acolyte Festival at Washington National Cathedral in October. You’re invited to become an acolyte sponsor! Any amount from $25 to $500 will enable to you join our sponsors. You can reserve now and pay in full by August 31. All sponsors will be recognized in the fall. 

Vacation Bible School is coming!

Volunteers are needed!

Have you heard? Hilton VBS - Rainforest Falls: Exploring the Nature of God -  is July 13-16, 5 to 8 PM, and we need your help! Adults and teens are needed to help lead this year's program. Share your gifts with our young people this summer! Click here to volunteer. 

Centering Prayer

Centering prayer meets Wednesday evenings from 5:00 to 5:30 PM and on Thursday mornings from 7:30 to 8:00 PM. All are welcome, whether you are experienced with centering prayer or a newcomer to the practice. Mets in the parish library. 

Thursday Morning Bible Study

Thursdays at 10:00 AM

The Thursday Morning Bible Study meets Sept. through June at 10:00 AM in the parish library. All are welcome and invited to join us each week as we discuss the lectionary readings for the coming Sunday.

Senior Game Day

Mondays 1:00 to 3:00 PM

Canasta! Mexican Train! Uno! Mondays from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the Village Room.  All are welcome! 

Thursday Night Bible Study: Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul

Thursdays at 7:00 PM

Thursday nights at 7:00 pm in the library, we are engaged in a study of a couple of Paul's shorter letters.  Please join us!

Sunday Forum: Abraham - A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths

April 12, May 3, 10, 17 at 9:15 AM

In a time when the world is asking “Can the religions get along?”  One man - Abraham - stands out as the shared ancestor of Jews, Muslims, and Christians, holding the key to our deepest fears - and our possible reconciliation.  Beginning on April 12, the adult forum will resume with a series based on Bruce Feiler's Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths, the story of Feiler's personal quest to better understand our common patriarch who defines faith for half the world.  Both immediate and timeless, Abraham is a powerful universal story, the first-ever interfaith portrait of the man God chose to be God's partner.  Thoughtful and inspiring, it offers a rare vision of hope that will redefine what we think about our neighbors, our future, and ourselves. 

Cub Scout Recruting Night

May 18, 6:30 PM

St. Andrew's Pack 242 Recruitment Night, the "Cub-Annapolis 500," is coming up, Monday May 18 at 6:30 PM. Parents and children in rising grades K-5th will meet in the parish hall, where each grade level will be led in decorating one box to be their "car" for the event. The children and leaders will then move outside for the race portion while parents will meet to go over the Cub Scout program. Both girls and boys are welcome. Come join the fun of scouting.

Newcomer Reception

May 24, 9:15 AM

Join us for a Newcomer Reception on Sunday, May 24, at 9:15 AM. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know our new (and new-ish) parishioners, and for them to get to know you! Drop by the parish library and get acquainted!

Training for Lectors, Lay Eucharistic Ministers, and Lay Eucharistic Visitors

May 31, 9:00 AM

Lectors, Lay Eucharistic Ministers (LEM), and Lay Eucharistic Visitors (LEV) are vital to our Sunday worship and care for those who are unable to attend our Sunday services. Lectors read the lessons and lead the Prayers of the People. LEMs administer the chalice  at communion. LEVs are those who take communion once a month from the Sunday morning service to those who are homebound or hospitalized. These ministries are in need of new participants. Please prayerfully consider if you are called to serve in one (or more!) of these ways. For more information please contact the church office. There is a required training session for lectors, LEMs, and LEVs taking place on Sunday, May 31, at 9:00 AM. If you are already serving in one of these ministries, or would like to join us, please plan to attend. 

Diocesan Pride Service

June 3, 6:00 PM at Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Norfolk

The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia invites you to a joyful celebration of faith, inclusion, and community. The service will be followed by a reception. All are invited to take part in a community choir for this special service. Sign up here. A rehearsal will be held at 4:45 on June 3, prior to the service. 

Parish Picnic & Recognition Sunday

June 7, 10:30 AM, picnic at 12 PM

On Sunday, June 7, at the 10:30 service, we will recognize all those who have been involved in our Christian Formation and worship ministries.  Feel free to dress casually, because after the service we’ll have our annual Parish Picnic (indoors, so no worries about weather or bugs!) Chicken (fried and gluten-free options) will be provided. We hope that you will bring a side dish or salad to share. Simply drop off your dish before the 10:30 service; volunteers will be in the parish hall to receive it (let us know if it’s gluten-free so it can be placed on a separate table). We need some picnic volunteers to help set up the parish hall and prepare the drinks (on Saturday, June 6 at 10 AM), to receive food items on Sunday morning before the service, to help serve the chicken, and to clean up afterward. To volunteer, contact the church office by June 3.  So that we know how much chicken to order, RSVP by Monday, June 1, to the church office.

Safe Church Training (Universal)

July 2, 8:30 to 8:00 PM

This is a 90-minute, in-person Universal Safe Church Training Workshop designed specifically for Vacation Bible School (VBS) volunteers. Others required to take Universal Safe Church Training may also attend. Click here to register. 

Vacation Bible School

July 13-16, 5:00 to 8:00 PM each night

Mark you calendar for VBS fun this summer! St. Andrew's co-hosts this VBS with Hilton Presbyterian Church. This year's VBS is Rainforest Falls: Exploring the Nature of God. Registration coming soon!

Annual Parish Retreat

Sept. 25-27

Mark your calendar for our annual Parish Retreat at Chanco on the James (Surry,  VA). Info and registration coming this spring!