When will we reopen?
What determines when St. Andrew's will resume services? The designation of Allegheny County as "Code Yellow," and then "Code Green," is only part of the process. In various messages Bishop McConnell has told us that the diocese will proceed carefully with allowing churches to reopen for services, and it will not happen immediately.
This week, St. Andrew's will submit a detailed Reopening Plan to the diocese, in accordance with diocesan guidelines. The diocese will review our plan, and there may be some revisions before the plan is approved. At some point in the next couple months, the diocese will announce that those parishes with approved plans will be allowed to reopen. We will share information on this process with you just as soon as we are able.
St. Andrew's Update for May 30
May31 Morning Prayer
We will live stream the 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer service on May 31. This service can be accessed in real time on the St. Andrew's Facebook page. and a saved version will appear there as well. The service will be posted on the St. Andrew's YouTube channel by 1:00 p.m. on Sunday:
A full service leaflet is provided on our website under Worship/Sunday Service Leaflet, and it can also be accessed by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Email Updates
These days we are relying a great deal on various types of online communication, since we can't be together in person. If you would like to have your email address added to the parish list, please send a request to standrewsseniorwarden@gmail.com. We send out two or three emails a week with information on our online resources and what's happening in the parish. You can opt out at any time.
May 31 Evensong
Tomorrow afternoon at 4:30, we will live stream the last Evensong of the season on the St. Andrew's Facebook page. As with all of our services, a saved version will also be posted on both Facebook and YouTube. The service will be Harold Friedell in F, and the anthem will be T. Tertius Noble's "Grieve Not the Holy Spirit of God." You can also access the Evensong service leaflet with a button at the bottom of the page.
Tips for Live-Streaming
If you've had trouble accessing the live-streamed services on Gacebook, we're told that it helps to refresh your Internet browser several times right after the time the service is supposed to start. We have also added a couple minutes of quiet time at the beginning of the live stream so that viewers have time to log on.
Congratulations to All!
Our Interim Organist, Benjamin Cornelius-Bates, is now Dr. Cornelius-Bates! Earlier this month, Ben successfully defended his dissertation in Music Composition at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Congrats, Ben!
Hattie Taylor, who was the Seminarian at St. Andrew's last year and has been a frequent Lector and Layreader at our services this year, has graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a Master's Divinity degree. She has returned to northern New York, where her family lives and where she hopes to find a position in a local United Methodist Church. We wish you the best, Hattie, and we'l hold you to your promist to visit us when you're in town!
Angela Kodokian, our Director of Choral Scholars, has graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and has been accepted to a Master's in Counseling and Music Therapy program at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She'll be around for a while this summer, and we hope to hear her voice a few more times in our line-streamed services. Congratulations, Angela, and please visit us when you can!
An Interfaith Remembrance of Victims of COVD-19
This last weekend in May, The Episcopal Church is joining with other faith traditions (Jewish, Muslim, and Christians, who are Protestant, Catholic and Evangelical) in remembrance of all who have lost their lives to COVID-19. All are invited to offer prayers of grief, lf lament, of support, for those who have died, for their loved ones and all who grieve, and for the healing for the human family and our world at this time.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry issued this statement:
"A number of faith leaders came together this week , and decided that the last weeken in May, we would invite members of our various congregations to offer prayers of frief, of lament, of support for those who have died, for their loved ones, and all who grieve, and for the healing of our nation and our world at this time. And so, in the last weekend of May, which is the weekend of Pentecost, I would invite us, as the Episcopal Church, and all of our congregations, in ways that are appropriate to our communities, to offer to join with Jews, Muslims, Christians, who are Protestant, Catholic, and Evangelical, who have decided to come together to pray for those who have died, and for all of us who grieve, and to pray for the healing of our nations."
"You can do this in any way that's appropriate as part of the prayers of the people, very simple part of the prayers of the people, or in some other way that is appropriate and fitting for your community. But, However you do it, let us pray to the Lord our God, that he may hear us, that he may, that he may hear our hurts, and that God may heal our land.
"God love you, Bod bless you and may God hold us all in those almighty hands of love."
Our prayers are with our congregation, our city, our country, and our world as we deal with this pandemic, with God's help.
Faithfully yours,
Marty Federowicz
Senior Warden
We will live stream the 9:00 a.m. Morning Prayer service on May 31. This service can be accessed in real time on the St. Andrew's Facebook page. and a saved version will appear there as well. The service will be posted on the St. Andrew's YouTube channel by 1:00 p.m. on Sunday:
A full service leaflet is provided on our website under Worship/Sunday Service Leaflet, and it can also be accessed by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Email Updates
These days we are relying a great deal on various types of online communication, since we can't be together in person. If you would like to have your email address added to the parish list, please send a request to standrewsseniorwarden@gmail.com. We send out two or three emails a week with information on our online resources and what's happening in the parish. You can opt out at any time.
May 31 Evensong
Tomorrow afternoon at 4:30, we will live stream the last Evensong of the season on the St. Andrew's Facebook page. As with all of our services, a saved version will also be posted on both Facebook and YouTube. The service will be Harold Friedell in F, and the anthem will be T. Tertius Noble's "Grieve Not the Holy Spirit of God." You can also access the Evensong service leaflet with a button at the bottom of the page.
Tips for Live-Streaming
If you've had trouble accessing the live-streamed services on Gacebook, we're told that it helps to refresh your Internet browser several times right after the time the service is supposed to start. We have also added a couple minutes of quiet time at the beginning of the live stream so that viewers have time to log on.
Congratulations to All!
Our Interim Organist, Benjamin Cornelius-Bates, is now Dr. Cornelius-Bates! Earlier this month, Ben successfully defended his dissertation in Music Composition at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Congrats, Ben!
Hattie Taylor, who was the Seminarian at St. Andrew's last year and has been a frequent Lector and Layreader at our services this year, has graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with a Master's Divinity degree. She has returned to northern New York, where her family lives and where she hopes to find a position in a local United Methodist Church. We wish you the best, Hattie, and we'l hold you to your promist to visit us when you're in town!
Angela Kodokian, our Director of Choral Scholars, has graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and has been accepted to a Master's in Counseling and Music Therapy program at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She'll be around for a while this summer, and we hope to hear her voice a few more times in our line-streamed services. Congratulations, Angela, and please visit us when you can!
An Interfaith Remembrance of Victims of COVD-19
This last weekend in May, The Episcopal Church is joining with other faith traditions (Jewish, Muslim, and Christians, who are Protestant, Catholic and Evangelical) in remembrance of all who have lost their lives to COVID-19. All are invited to offer prayers of grief, lf lament, of support, for those who have died, for their loved ones and all who grieve, and for the healing for the human family and our world at this time.
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry issued this statement:
"A number of faith leaders came together this week , and decided that the last weeken in May, we would invite members of our various congregations to offer prayers of frief, of lament, of support for those who have died, for their loved ones, and all who grieve, and for the healing of our nation and our world at this time. And so, in the last weekend of May, which is the weekend of Pentecost, I would invite us, as the Episcopal Church, and all of our congregations, in ways that are appropriate to our communities, to offer to join with Jews, Muslims, Christians, who are Protestant, Catholic, and Evangelical, who have decided to come together to pray for those who have died, and for all of us who grieve, and to pray for the healing of our nations."
"You can do this in any way that's appropriate as part of the prayers of the people, very simple part of the prayers of the people, or in some other way that is appropriate and fitting for your community. But, However you do it, let us pray to the Lord our God, that he may hear us, that he may, that he may hear our hurts, and that God may heal our land.
"God love you, Bod bless you and may God hold us all in those almighty hands of love."
Our prayers are with our congregation, our city, our country, and our world as we deal with this pandemic, with God's help.
Faithfully yours,
Marty Federowicz
Senior Warden
St. Andrew's is located at 5801 Hampton Street,
one block south of Bryant Street and four blocks
south of the park, in the East End Pittsburgh
neighborhood of Highland Park, zip 15206-1615.
one block south of Bryant Street and four blocks
south of the park, in the East End Pittsburgh
neighborhood of Highland Park, zip 15206-1615.