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!

Thursday, July 2, TBA - Stock-the-Pantry Day
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, June 30th, after the noonday Healing Eucharist, as we discuss Chapter 2 of Garry Wills' book What Jesus Meant (2006). All welcome!

This Monday, June 29^th, please join us as we gather at Trinity Commons (1170 11th Ave. South) for a discussion about the late theologian Dr. James Cone's landmark work of Black liberation theology, The Cross and the Lynching Tree (2011).

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.

Our discussion of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas continues this Sunday, June 28^th. Join us between services from 9:15-10:15am in Trinity Commons.

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.

Supreme Court stops execution of inmate who became a ministry leader on death row

(RNS) — At the heart of Alabama’s latest death penalty controversy is Jeffery Lee, who became a Christian mentor to other incarcerated men on death row. Opponents to Lee’s execution ask courts to 'choose life.'

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.

In view of Sunday's celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Rector reflects on the grace of Christ's presence in the Holy Eucharist.

Barbara Sloan has recently published a new children's book with the extra-long title of: Play! Professor Dante Marlowe Browne’s Wonderfully Marvelous Amazing Historical Book of Playgoing Manners with Adventures and Anecdotes by his Friends Collins and Violet. The book was published by SBA Books Publishing, and is available on Amazon.

Summer is upon us, and we extend heartfelt thanks to our Parish Choir for their remarkable ministry among us this past year. Week after week, with diligence, faithfulness, and prayer, they have elevated our worship and led us ever more deeply into the heart of our worship. They continue to bless us in countless ways.

This Sunday, the Second after Pentecost, is the Feast of Corpus Christi, a celebration of the "Body of Christ," also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. On this day, the Church acclaims the real and saving presence of Christ in the Eucharist.