About Our Parish
St Andrew's is a vibrant parish community in the Anglican tradition which gathers in beauty and in grace in order to celebrate and share God's gifts to all of God's people. With God’s help, we strive to listen, to serve, and to grow. The Vestry, clergy, and staff of St Andrew’s are committed to ensuring that the parish be a place where everyone can discover and nourish significant relationships with God and one another.
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OUR MISSION
The Vestry, clergy, and staff of St Andrew’s are committed to ensuring that the parish be a place where everyone can discover and nourish significant relationships with God and one another.
WHO WE SERVE
We gather for worship together on four occasions each week: Sunday morning Eucharists at 8:30 and 10:30, Wednesday Eucharist at 6pm, and Friday Prayers & Meditation at 5:30. Our outreach extends not only to others and organizations nearby, but also throughout the diocese and around the world. We actively support the Kent Food Bank, The Kent Community Fund, Episcopal Relief & Development, The Torrington Soup Kitchen, and Hispañola Health Partners.
WHAT WE DO
The women and men serving on our Altar Guild; at our annual Tag Sale and our annual Christmas Bazaar; as lectors, chalicists, Choir members, hosts at coffee, as workers on our twice-yearly clean-up days, and as helpers at a nearby soup kitchen are enthusiastic, gracious, and welcoming volunteers.
The Vestry, clergy, and staff of St Andrew’s are committed to ensuring that the parish be a place where everyone can discover and nourish significant relationships with God and one another.
WHO WE SERVE
We gather for worship together on four occasions each week: Sunday morning Eucharists at 8:30 and 10:30, Wednesday Eucharist at 6pm, and Friday Prayers & Meditation at 5:30. Our outreach extends not only to others and organizations nearby, but also throughout the diocese and around the world. We actively support the Kent Food Bank, The Kent Community Fund, Episcopal Relief & Development, The Torrington Soup Kitchen, and Hispañola Health Partners.
WHAT WE DO
The women and men serving on our Altar Guild; at our annual Tag Sale and our annual Christmas Bazaar; as lectors, chalicists, Choir members, hosts at coffee, as workers on our twice-yearly clean-up days, and as helpers at a nearby soup kitchen are enthusiastic, gracious, and welcoming volunteers.
Our History
(A photo taken pre-1970)
The Episcopal church was a presence in Kent before 1760 through missionaries, and had its first church building in Kent by 1772. As a congregation of the Church of England in an area whose settlers were uncomfortable with the English church, the church building was sited at the southern fringe of Kent.
St. John’s Church (as it was then named) was consecrated in 1819, led at that time by The Rev. George Andrews, who ministered to several Episcopal parishes in the NW Corner of Connecticut. Aided by his wife’s fortune, Fr. Andrews built four churches for his parishioners in our region, including one in Kent. All have been altered over time but are recognizeable as having a common architect (reportedly, Fr. Andrews himself). St. Andrew’s is the only one of the churches constructed of stone.
The new church building was located slightly to the north of the original building. Reflecting its gratitude to Fr. and Mrs. Andrews, the parish was renamed from St. John’s to St. Andrew’s when the building was consecrated in 1827.
Since construction of the church building, the center of the town has moved two miles southward from its origin in Flanders and now St. Andrew’s sits at the crossroads of Kent – physically and metaphorically.
St. John’s Church (as it was then named) was consecrated in 1819, led at that time by The Rev. George Andrews, who ministered to several Episcopal parishes in the NW Corner of Connecticut. Aided by his wife’s fortune, Fr. Andrews built four churches for his parishioners in our region, including one in Kent. All have been altered over time but are recognizeable as having a common architect (reportedly, Fr. Andrews himself). St. Andrew’s is the only one of the churches constructed of stone.
The new church building was located slightly to the north of the original building. Reflecting its gratitude to Fr. and Mrs. Andrews, the parish was renamed from St. John’s to St. Andrew’s when the building was consecrated in 1827.
Since construction of the church building, the center of the town has moved two miles southward from its origin in Flanders and now St. Andrew’s sits at the crossroads of Kent – physically and metaphorically.