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Worship Sunday - 24 May 2026
A Note From Father Jason

The Shield - Pentecost 2026
Service Change - 24 May 2026
On Pentecost we will have one service, at 10:00, preceded by a Family Meeting at 9:00 and followed by a Burger Burn. Please sign up in the Narthex to bring a dessert or drink to share. Incense will be used at the service. The Family Meeting will not, we hope, include any fiery elements.
Worship Sunday - 17 May 2026
Wednesday Service - Ascension Day
At our regular Wednesday Eucharistic Service today we celebrated Ascension Day with our friends from St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Eastport, Maryland. Our guest homilist was The Rev. Lauren Bloom, recotor of St. Luke's. Attached is a copy of her homily delivered today. Please enjoy her insights!
Adult Study Handout - Session 4
The link below will bring up the Study Session Handout for Session 4 of our Wednesday Adult Study following our Eucharistic Service. This is courtesy of our leader for this session, Mark Cox.
Worship Sunday- 10 May 2026
Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,
I look forward to worshiping with you Sunday. Rite I Eucharist is at 8:00 am, and Rite II Eucharist is at 10:00 am. Our 10:00 service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.
We will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension at our midweek Eucharist next Wednesday the 13th at 1:10 with our friends from St. Luke's, Annapolis. Their Rector, the Rev. Lauren Bloom, will preach. Offerings from this service will support the Bishop's Appeal.
Our Adult Bible Study will go through Paul's letter to the Romans through the end of September. We meet upstairs on Sundays from 11:45-12:40; this week we will look at 2:25-3:8.
On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. April donations totaling $350 went to support NCEON (North County Emergency Outreach Network). Our May Healing Sunday offering will support the Bishop's Appeal.
The Rector's Discretionary Fund enables me to work on the church's behalf to care for those in need in our community, and to support the needs of worthy ministries, as I am made aware of these needs. I am always glad to receive gifts to this fund (either electronically or by checks made out to St. Andrew's with Rector's Discretionary Fund on the memo line). If you are facing job loss or a reduction in your family's income please don't hesitate to reach out to me personally.
--Fr. Jason
God is our very peas, and he is our suer keper when we be oure selfe at unpeas, and he continually werkyth to bryng us into endlesse peas.
--Julian of Norwich (d. ca. 1417), Mystic and Theologian, who is commemorated on May 8th
The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.
Rector
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
7859 Tick Neck Road
Pasadena, MD 21122
410-255-1070 (o)
410-241-4838 (m)
Worship Sunday - 3 May 2026
Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,
Worship Sunday - 26 April 2026
Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,
Worship Sunday - 19 April 2026
Latest Shield - Easter 2026
Easter Sunday Worship Service
Worship Sunday - 29 March 2026
Corned Beef Dinner - 22 March 2026
Hope to see you there for a fine repast and an afternoon of music!
Worship Sunday- 22 March 2026
Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,
I look forward to worshiping with you Sunday. Rite I Eucharist is at 8:00 am, and Rite II Eucharist is at 10:00 am. Our 10:00 service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.
During Lent your priests will hear confessions in the church from 5-6pm on Wednesdays (not Tuesdays as previously advertised). The Sacrament of Reconciliation is always available, and I am happy to meet for it by appointment, but as Lent is an especially suitable time for this practice I reserve an hour each week. Lay-led Stations of the Cross are held at 7pm on Fridays; thanks to our friends from St. Christopher's, Linthicum for sharing their Stations with us.
On Sunday the 22nd we will have our annual Corned Beef Dinner from 2:00-5:00. Live music will begin at 3:00. Proceeds will support the Epiphany Lutheran Food Bank.
Holy Week Services are as follows:
Palm Sunday (March 29): One service at 10:00 am with guest preacher the Rev. Dr. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson; Bible study groups will not meet.
Maundy Thursday (April 2): With St. Martin's in-the-Field, at St. Martin's (375 Benfield Rd., Severna Park), 7:00 pm.
Good Friday (April 3): Manresa (85 Manresa Dr., Annapolis) service at noon. St. Andrew's service 7:00 pm.
Easter Vigil (April 4): With Epiphany, Odenton at St. Andrew's, 7:30 pm. Festive reception to follow.
Easter Sunday (April 5): Community sunrise service at Kurtz's Beach (2070 Kurtz Ave., Pasadena), 6:30 am. St. Andrew's service at 10:00 am; Bible study groups will not meet.
On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Proceeds from the Pancake Supper and our February Healing Sunday offering of $600 went to support Arundel House of Hope. Our March Healing Sunday offering will support the Maryland Food Bank.
The Rector's Discretionary Fund enables me to work on the church's behalf to care for those in need in our community, and to support the needs of worthy ministries, as I am made aware of these needs. I am always glad to receive gifts to this fund (either electronically or by checks made out to St. Andrew's with Rector's Discretionary Fund on the memo line). If you are facing job loss or a reduction in your family's income please don't hesitate to reach out to me personally.
--Fr. Jason
Cuddy
by Malcolm Guite
Cuthbertus says the dark stone up in Durham
Where I have come on pilgrimage to pray.
But not this great cathedral, nor the solemn
Weight of Normal masonry we lay
Upon your bones could hold your soul in prison.
Free as the Cuddy ducks they named for you,
Loosed by the lord who died to pay your ransom,
You roam the North just as you used to do;
Always on foot and walking with the poor,
Breaking the bread of angels in your cave,
A sanctuary, a sign, an open door,
You follow Christ through keening wind and wave,
To be and bear with him where all is borne;
The heart of heaven, in your Inner Farne.
St. Cuthbert (ca. 637-684), Bishop, is commemorated on March 20th.
The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.
Rector
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
410-255-1070 (o)
410-241-4838 (m)
St. Andrew's Pasadena - Capital Campaign Feasibility Study
Your Vestry has decided to consider whether St. Andrew's should conduct a capital campaign in order to address various facility needs. As part of this discernment process, we are working with a consultant to determine what the scope of this effort might be. This first part is called a feasibility study.
Our consultant will review budget and giving data from the last few years, as well as other information that is publicly available. We take everyone's right to privacy very seriously, so we want to assure you that this information will only be shared among our team of three people, along with Fr. Jason and our consultant. We also want to make sure anyone who's not comfortable having their data shared with our consultant can opt out of that.
We do believe that that the better our consultant's information is, the better the advice he'll be able to give us for the feasibility study. We have been assured that he will delete this data after completing his analysis, and we have been in touch with other congregations like ours that have been very happy with his work. Nevertheless, if you would like to opt out of this process we will anonymize your giving data when we share it with him.
If you do wish to opt out please contact Sue McDonald or Fr. Jason by the END OF MARCH. Please feel free to address any questions about this to them as well.
Sue McDonald, Pat Quick and Rick Clarke
Worship Sunday - 15 March 2026
Worship Sunday - 8 March 2026
New Link - The Bible In A Year
We've added a new link to allow you to follow along with our Sunday morning "Bible In A Year" Study Group. The link is also on our Episcopal Links page! For more information you can send an email to Father Jason or give him a call!
Worship Sunday - 1 March 2026
Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,









