Making
A Pledge To St. Andrew’s
Happy
Fiftieth to St. Andrews!
In 1957, St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church moved from its former site to its new church and building
located here at Buckminster Square, 3 Maple Street.
What an enormous collective effort of faith, hope and charity it must
have taken to undertake and accomplish that task!
Those of us who are newer
members of the parish certainly feel blessed and grateful that those who came
before us have provided our generation with this beautiful and well equipped
church building and grounds where we come together in community to practice
our faith. And the efforts of those in the past 50 years have sustained and
improved that legacy. However
grateful we are for the facilities at St. Andrew's, it is truly the love and
community of faith that has prospered over those years that we are most
thankful for.
In this annual call to
stewardship, it is most appropriate that we look back on the history of
commitment and stewardship over the past 50 years at our church and realize
that we are called to live up to the legacy with which we have been provided.
Those parishioners who built St. Andrew's did not compel their members
to pay – they simply asked them to give all that they could in the hope of a
new beginning and new life. And when those founding members moved on or
passed on, they generously left their church in the hands of fellow
parishioners with the faith that they would replace them as God’s stewards
and sustain St. Andrew's as they had done.
In this historic year, we
look not so much to our proud past as to our exciting present and future under
the leadership of our new Rector Julie Carson.
With Julie’s guidance, the new hires of Jim Ferguson as Music
Director and Lori Mills-Curran as Deacon and Christian Education Director, and
the active ministries in place, we are now actively involved in making St.
Andrew's a place that is making an impact in our community and in the wider
world.
Our plans require you for
your support and selfless involvement and we ask during this Stewardship
campaign that you make the choice to continue and extend your pledge of time,
commitment and funds for the active year ahead of us.
Please review your current pledge and decide to participate with us and
increase your vote of confidence in our ministry efforts.
Ingathering
Sunday will be celebrated in late November and we will be speaking to the
spirit of stewardship and sustainability often in the weeks ahead. As
loyal members of St. Andrew's, honor our past and our future with your pledge
of support.
In God's Name,
| Barbara Ward |
|
Jack Cahill |
| Stewardship Co-Chair |
|
Stewardship Co-Chair |
