Welcome to St. Andrew's Parish
1 North Main Street, Kent, CT
The parish is OPEN FOR WORSHIP
Please contact Irene Connors (860-592-0030 or collageconnors@gmail.com) if you plan to attend in person.
To maintain social distancing, we must cap attendance at 30 persons / family pods per service.
We will also continue to livestream most of our services (see our Weekly Calendar below).
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Click HERE for ALL St Andrew's Online Weekly Service Videos.
Please click HERE to read the latest issue of our weekly E-pistle Newsletter.
Please click HERE to read the latest issue of our weekly E-pistle Newsletter.
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Eastertide Eucharist Bulletin
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Sunday, 9 May - 8:30 Service Bulletin
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Sunday, 9 May - 10:30 Service Bulletin
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Rev. Douglas S. Worthington - Provisional Priest in Charge
~ FROM FATHER DOUGLAS ~
16 April, 2021
Dear People of St Andrew's Parish,
I hope you are having a blessed Eastertide.
Without doubt, for many parishioners one of the most painful aspects of our country's COVID mitigation practices has been our inability to gather for worship as the Body of Christ. Not only is this practice deeply rooted in our tradition, but it is also highly spiritual: We somehow experience the Eucharist differently in the company of others than when we are by ourselves. This is not to say that spiritual (virtual) communion is any less holy or efficacious—certainly not! Only that we don't perceive it quite the same way, qualitatively, as we do in-person communion. (And, I'm convinced, this is a good thing. It serves to draw us together, when it is safe to do so, as a community of faith.)
At St Andrew's, we plan to resume distributing communion again (in one kind only—just the Bread) on Sunday, 23 May, which is the Feast of Pentecost. In the coming weeks I'll share more details about how we will do this safely. But this week, as we continue planning for this resumption, I'd like to solicit your input.
The Wardens, Vestry and I all feel it will be important for us to offer an outdoor worship option when we begin distributing communion again. No one should be denied the sacrament because they don't feel safe returning to indoor worship. So, the question is, What is the best way to provide outdoor worship? One option would be to set up chairs and a speaker in the church yard and allow people to 'attend' the 10:30 service this way. (I would bring the Bread out to them at the distribution.) Another option would be to have a brief 'self-contained' outdoor Eucharist at, say, 12:00 noon or 5:00 pm Sundays or maybe even 5:00 pm on Saturdays: a simplified liturgy, with fewer readings and a brief homily rather than full sermon. Perhaps we could have services near the playground, for families with young children? There are, undoubtedly, other options we haven't thought of yet.
So, my invitation to you: If a weekly outdoor Eucharist (weather permitting) would be attractive to you, please let me know, so we may ensure is a sufficient level of interest. In addition, if you have a preference or suggestion for how our outdoor worship should be planned and designed, please feel free to share that with me, as well. You can give me a call or send me an email (my contact information is listed below), or you can stop by the parish house, and we can have an in-person conversation out on the lawn. I'd like to make our outdoor offering as meaningful and convenient as possible for the people who would like it, so please let me hear from you!
Take good care, and may God continue to bless the work of the Kingdom you are doing.
In the peace and love of Christ,
Douglas+
Frdouglas.sak@gmail.com
860-592-0171 (rectory, and also rings on mobile)
I hope you are having a blessed Eastertide.
Without doubt, for many parishioners one of the most painful aspects of our country's COVID mitigation practices has been our inability to gather for worship as the Body of Christ. Not only is this practice deeply rooted in our tradition, but it is also highly spiritual: We somehow experience the Eucharist differently in the company of others than when we are by ourselves. This is not to say that spiritual (virtual) communion is any less holy or efficacious—certainly not! Only that we don't perceive it quite the same way, qualitatively, as we do in-person communion. (And, I'm convinced, this is a good thing. It serves to draw us together, when it is safe to do so, as a community of faith.)
At St Andrew's, we plan to resume distributing communion again (in one kind only—just the Bread) on Sunday, 23 May, which is the Feast of Pentecost. In the coming weeks I'll share more details about how we will do this safely. But this week, as we continue planning for this resumption, I'd like to solicit your input.
The Wardens, Vestry and I all feel it will be important for us to offer an outdoor worship option when we begin distributing communion again. No one should be denied the sacrament because they don't feel safe returning to indoor worship. So, the question is, What is the best way to provide outdoor worship? One option would be to set up chairs and a speaker in the church yard and allow people to 'attend' the 10:30 service this way. (I would bring the Bread out to them at the distribution.) Another option would be to have a brief 'self-contained' outdoor Eucharist at, say, 12:00 noon or 5:00 pm Sundays or maybe even 5:00 pm on Saturdays: a simplified liturgy, with fewer readings and a brief homily rather than full sermon. Perhaps we could have services near the playground, for families with young children? There are, undoubtedly, other options we haven't thought of yet.
So, my invitation to you: If a weekly outdoor Eucharist (weather permitting) would be attractive to you, please let me know, so we may ensure is a sufficient level of interest. In addition, if you have a preference or suggestion for how our outdoor worship should be planned and designed, please feel free to share that with me, as well. You can give me a call or send me an email (my contact information is listed below), or you can stop by the parish house, and we can have an in-person conversation out on the lawn. I'd like to make our outdoor offering as meaningful and convenient as possible for the people who would like it, so please let me hear from you!
Take good care, and may God continue to bless the work of the Kingdom you are doing.
In the peace and love of Christ,
Douglas+
Frdouglas.sak@gmail.com
860-592-0171 (rectory, and also rings on mobile)
Computer Help is Available!!
If you or someone you know is having difficulty accessing our online services, the weekly E-pistle or our web site … or who would like to participate in our Zoom offerings but don't know how … please let Fr Douglas or Laura know. We have parishioners who are willing to help you and also make sure your equipment and internet connection are working properly. We don't want anyone to miss an opportunity to be part of the life of St Andrew's!
If you or someone you know is having difficulty accessing our online services, the weekly E-pistle or our web site … or who would like to participate in our Zoom offerings but don't know how … please let Fr Douglas or Laura know. We have parishioners who are willing to help you and also make sure your equipment and internet connection are working properly. We don't want anyone to miss an opportunity to be part of the life of St Andrew's!
Kent Food Bank
Please help the parish continue our support of the Kent Food Bank by sending a check in any amount to:
Kent Community Fund
P.O. Box 262
Kent, CT 06757
*Remember to put Food Bank in the memo of your check.
These funds will be used to purchase vouchers for local families in need, under the direction of our town's Social Services Director, Leah Pullaro.
The Kent Food Bank is also taking food donations during this difficult time, and is especially in need of:
Staples such as beans, rice, tea, coffee, sugar, nuts, hot & cold breakfast cereals, peanut butter, jellies, jams and tuna
Please remember that the Food Bank accepts pet foods as well!
Make certain that the 'Best by ...' dates are not past!
You may drop off food items on Thursdays from 9.00 to Noon in the back of the Community House on Main Street.
Please DO NOT come into the Food Bank, but leave
outside the door.
Please help the parish continue our support of the Kent Food Bank by sending a check in any amount to:
Kent Community Fund
P.O. Box 262
Kent, CT 06757
*Remember to put Food Bank in the memo of your check.
These funds will be used to purchase vouchers for local families in need, under the direction of our town's Social Services Director, Leah Pullaro.
The Kent Food Bank is also taking food donations during this difficult time, and is especially in need of:
Staples such as beans, rice, tea, coffee, sugar, nuts, hot & cold breakfast cereals, peanut butter, jellies, jams and tuna
Please remember that the Food Bank accepts pet foods as well!
Make certain that the 'Best by ...' dates are not past!
You may drop off food items on Thursdays from 9.00 to Noon in the back of the Community House on Main Street.
Please DO NOT come into the Food Bank, but leave
outside the door.
ADDITIONAL DIOCESONAL NEWS:
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St. Andrew’s Histories
Reprints are now available for the two histories of St. Andrew’s:
Copies of each of these histories are available in the narthex or by contacting Heather in the parish office. We ask that you consider a donation of $8 for each history in order to help to defray the cost of printing.
Reprints are now available for the two histories of St. Andrew’s:
- “A Brief History of St. Andrew’s Church” published in 1957 which begins with the inception of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut in 1760 and documents the development of St. Andrew’s through 1956.
- “Half a Century: 1957 to 2009, an Anecdotal Account of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church” which picks up the story of St. Andrew’s through the voices of parishioners.
Copies of each of these histories are available in the narthex or by contacting Heather in the parish office. We ask that you consider a donation of $8 for each history in order to help to defray the cost of printing.
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Prayer List
Please contact Fr Douglas if you would like to add a name to our parish Prayer List. You can email him at frdouglas.sak@gmail.com or call him at 860-592-0171. It is helpful to indicate how long you would like the name to be kept on the list. We remember the faithful departed during the two weeks after their deaths, and on those Sundays when you ask for their names to be included.
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