Saturday, July 4, 8:30am - Distribution Day

Thursday, July 16, 2026, TBA - Stock-the-Pantry Day
Saturday, July 18, 8:30am - Distribution Day

Our book study continues this Tuesday, July 7th, after the noonday Healing Eucharist, as we discuss Chapter 3 of Garry Wills' book What Jesus Meant (2006). All welcome!

‍This Monday, July 13^th, please join us at 6pm at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church (228 Dennison Ave SW, Birmingham, AL 35211) for our ongoing discussion of of the late theologian Dr. James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree (2011). Our topic of discussion this week is Chapter 3, "Bearing the Cross & Staring Down the Lynching Tree: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Struggle to Redeem the Soul of America.”

Save the Date | Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage
Please plan to join us on Saturday, August 15, 2026, for the annual Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage of the Diocese of Alabama.

Event Details: ‍ ‍

Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026‍ ‍

Guest Preacher: The 13th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, Richard Lawson‍ ‍

Location: Lowndes County Courthouse Square (1 South Washington Street, Hayneville, AL 36040)‍ ‍

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Members of Saint Andrew's are invited to join our friends at All Saints' Episcopal Church for two movie nights featuring films from the Unitarian Universalist Church's "Bending the Arc Project."

The first movie night is this Wednesday, July 8^th, from 6:00 - 8:00pm.

Please note there will be no Summer House Eucharist this Wednesday, July 15th. We’ll gather again on July 22nd at the home of parishioner David Gary.

Palestinian Cultural Exchange
Come together to share food, conversation, and Palestinian culture in a collaboration between communities
Sunday, July 19th at 12:00pm
Unity of Birmingham
2803 Highland Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205

Continuing this Sunday, July 12^th, we'll read and discuss the conclusion of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, "The Culture of Power and the Civilization of Love." Please join us between services from 9:15-10:15am in Trinity Commons Episcopal Student Center.

An incredible day! We thank all those who helped organize Saint Andrew's participation in the 2026 Central Alabama Pride Parade, and warm thanks to our 43 parade goers who walked alongside parishioners and clergy from St. Mark's, Grace Church, St. Catherine's, St. Francis of Assisi, the Cathedral Church of the Advent, among others. Happy Pride, beloved!

Beginning Thursday, August. 20th, Saint Andrew's is offering EfM “Wide Angle,” a one-year theological study program of the University of the South for laypeople ready to go deeper.

The Organist & Choirmaster shares about a new book: Shapers of the Hymnal 1982 by Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett.

As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, clergy and other leaders in The Episcopal Church champion the voices of the Church’s prophets.

An incredible day! We thank all those who helped organize Saint Andrew's participation in the 2026 Central Alabama Pride Parade, and warm thanks to our 43 parade goers who walked alongside parishioners and clergy from St. Mark's, Grace Church, St. Catherine's, St. Francis of Assisi, the Cathedral Church of the Advent, among others. Happy Pride, beloved!

We've installed a holy water dispenser at the back of the church. We invite you to take a bottle home with you this Sunday, along with the sheet of prayers and instructions for use. Please consider a donation of $1.50 to cover the cost of the bottle. 

Please click Read More for details on our House Eucharist this Wednesday, June 24th, hosted by Bill Ross and Colby Galloway..

A few notes from Saint Andrew’s Pride Parade Committee on the Parade tomorrow, June 13:

• Saturday's 6/13/2026 parade line up spot is between 4th and 5th Ave South on 32nd street.

• If you pre-registered and gave your waiver to the Committee, check in at the line up spot to obtain your arm band.  

• If you did not pre-register, take your waiver to the registration tent to obtain your armband.  

• Dress for the weather.

• We will have cold water in a cooler on the truck.

• Bring your beads, flowers, flags, tutus (Dane, etc.)

• Please share this information with anyone who may not see this announcement.

• HAVE FUN!

We are excited to have so many Saint Andrew's parishioners always supporting this effort for equality for all.  Thank you all!

This Sunday, June 14^th, we celebrate Pride Sunday at Saint Andrew's, with specials prayers of intercession and thanksgiving for the dignity, belovedness, and gifts of all God's children. We'll offer the Eucharist to the glory of God and pray for the flourishing of our community. 

A new Word & Deed has been released! Please click Read More below to read Word & Deed for Pentecost 2026.

Please click Read More for details on our House Eucharist this Wednesday, June 17th, hosted by Ben Johnson.