St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Following our 10 am service on *SUNDAY, 22 NOVEMBER, THE FEAST OF ST. ANDREW

We will hold our Annual Meeting at 11:15 a.m.

Please join us!

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you this 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.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will continue this Sunday with ch. 13.

If you haven't turned in your Commitment Card for the Capital Campaign please send it in, or bring it Sunday so that we can bless it with our offerings. We're asking that cards be returned by the 15th.

Each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our August Healing Sunday offering of $500 went to support St. Jude's Mission in Ocean View, Hawaii. St. Jude's (our southernmost church in the United States) has an active outreach to the homeless population in the southern part of the Big Island, an area that was hit especially hard by two storms this month. Our September Healing Sunday offering will support Hope For All. You may designate Healing Sunday gifts with a note on your check, giving envelope or Zelle transaction.

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

Those who keep God's blessings and judgment always in mind are those who have God's words continually on their lips and put them into practice and place their hope firmly in God's goodness, who are not harmed by the sting of the swords of their enemies, that is, by the treacherous devices of worldly people, but, rather, make progress and for charity's sake convert the erring to God's true charity. Those, however, that grow proud of the grace given them and seek profit from their eloquence are dead, though they live.

--Birgitta of Sweden (d. 1373), Mystic, who is commemorated on October 7th

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

410-255-1070 (o)

410-241-4838 (m)

St. Andrew’s is pleased to announce a new program that will allow you to help our community!

St. Andrew's is now accepting donations of cars, as well as other vehicles such as motorcycles, RVs and boats. We have partnered with a non-profit vehicle donation program provider, CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services). They handle all the logistics of picking up and transporting the vehicle, processing the sale, and funds transfer to St. Andrew's. After CARS' expenses from the sale are deducted, St. Andrew's receives 70% of the proceeds, and donors get a tax deduction for 100% of the gross sale. Please consider this option if you have a vehicle you no longer need. Donate today by calling 855-500-7433 or online at https://careasy.org/st-andrews-church-pasadena-maryland.

Call the church office if you have any questions. Thank you.

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

This Wednesday the 30th at 7:00 pm we will have our annual Blue Mass to honor and pray for police and first responders. Dcn. Gail will preach.

I look forward to worshiping with you this 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.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will continue this Sunday with ch. 12.

Our dearly beloved former Rector the Right Rev. Carl Wright has moved a few miles west. St. Andrew's fixed his pectoral cross for him, as seen in this picture from our visit Sunday. Please send Bishop Carl your greetings at 7321 Calvert St., Annandale, VA 22003.

Each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our August Healing Sunday offering of $500 went to support St. Jude's Mission in Ocean View, Hawaii. St. Jude's (our southernmost church in the United States) has an active outreach to the homeless population in the southern part of the Big Island, an area that was hit especially hard by two storms this month. Our September Healing Sunday offering will support Hope For All. You may designate Healing Sunday gifts with a note on your check, giving envelope or Zelle transaction.

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

Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read

therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be

believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the

name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New

Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church.

And the other [Apocryphal] Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine.

Article VI of the 39 Articles of Religion (1571). St. Jerome (d. 420) is commemorated on September 30th.

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

410-255-1070 (o)

410-241-4838 (m)

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you this 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.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will continue this Sunday with ch. 12.

Our dearly beloved former Rector the Right Rev. Carl Wright has moved a few miles west. Please send Bishop Carl your greetings at 7321 Calvert St., Annandale, VA 22003.

Each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our August Healing Sunday offering of $500 went to support St. Jude's Mission in Ocean View, Hawaii. St. Jude's (our southernmost church in the United States) has an active outreach to the homeless population in the southern part of the Big Island, an area that was hit especially hard by two storms this month. Our September Healing Sunday offering will support Hope For All. You may designate Healing Sunday gifts with a note on your check, giving envelope or Zelle transaction.

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

At the holy church [that houses the remains of St. Thecla] there is nothing but countless monastic cells for men and women.... There are many cells all over the hill, and in the middle there is a large wall which encloses the church where the shrine is. It is a very beautiful shrine.... Having arrived there in the name of God, a prayer was said at the shrine and the complete Acts of St. Thecla was read. I then gave unceasing thanks to Christ our God, who granted to me, an unworthy woman and in no way deserving, the fulfillment of my desires.

--Egeria (4th c.), on her pilgrimage to the remains of St. Thecla

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you this 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.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will continue this Sunday with chs. 10-11.

Our dearly beloved former Rector the Right Rev. Carl Wright has moved a few miles west. Please send him your greetings at 7321 Calvert St., Annandale, VA 22003.

Each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our August Healing Sunday offering of $500 went to support St. Jude's Mission in Ocean View, Hawaii. St. Jude's (our southernmost church in the United States) has an active outreach to the homeless population in the southern part of the Big Island, an area that was hit especially hard by two storms this month. Our September Healing Sunday offering will support Hope For All. You may designate Healing Sunday gifts with a note on your check, giving envelope or Zelle transaction.

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

On me God's Son

Suffered a time; thus glorious I now tower

Under the heavens, and I may heal

All and some of those in awe of me.

Once I was turned into the hardest of torments,

Loathsome to all, before I opened up

Life's way to them, to those wielding speech.

--Dream of the Rood (Old English, 8th c.)

The Feast of the Holy Cross is observed on September 14th.

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you this 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 have an important Family Meeting at 9:00 am on September 13, in the church. Both the 8:00 and 10:00 services will be held that day as usual.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will resume this Sunday with chapter 9.

Each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our August Healing Sunday offering of $500 went to support St. Jude's Mission in Ocean View, Hawaii. St. Jude's (our southernmost church in the United States) has an active outreach to the homeless population in the southern part of the Big Island, an area that was hit especially hard by two storms this month. Our September Healing Sunday offering will support Hope For All. You may designate Healing Sunday gifts with a note on your check, giving envelope or Zelle transaction.

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

I felt the fineness of his character, his calm courtesy, the sweetness of his strength, and his fair blending of the hope and truth of life.

--W.E.B. DuBois, on Alexander Crummell. Crummell (1819-1898), Priest, is commemorated on September 10th.

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

410-255-1070 (o)

410-241-4838 (m)

On September 30, 2026, St. Andrew's Episcopal will hold a special "Blue Mass" to honor our First Responders! Everyone is invited, especially all of our First Responders!

The Mass will be held September 30, 2026 at 7:00 pm. Please join us as we honor those who protect all of us!

Come Join Us!

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you this 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 have an important Family Meeting at 9:00 am on September 13, in the church. Both the 8:00 and 10:00 services will be held that day as usual.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will resume September 13.

Each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our August Healing Sunday offering of $500 went to support St. Jude's Mission in Ocean View, Hawaii. St. Jude's (our southernmost church in the United States) has an active outreach to the homeless population in the southern part of the Big Island, an area that was hit especially hard by two storms this month. Our September Healing Sunday offering will support Hope For All. You may designate Healing Sunday gifts with a note on your check, giving envelope or Zelle transaction.

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

One thing only I can guarantee is that if we do not forsake Christ here in Papua in His Body, the Church, He will not forsake us. He will uphold us; He will strengthen us and He will guide us and keep us though the days that lie ahead. If we all left, it would take years for the Church to recover from our betrayal of our trust. If we remain—and even if the worst came to the worst and we were all to perish in remaining—the Church would not perish, for there would have been no breach of trust in its walls, but its foundations and structure would have received added strength for the future building by our faithfulness unto death.

--The Rt. Rev. Philip Strong, Bishop of New Guinea, to the Anglican missionaries serving in New Guinea prior to the Japanese invasion in 1942. The 333 Martyrs of New Guinea--clergy, religious, teachers, evangelists, Papuan and Western, and 12 of them Anglican--are commemorated on September 2nd.

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

Fr. Ron will preach and preside this 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.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will resume September 13.

Each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our July Healing Sunday offering of $400 went to support the Centro de Ayuda. Our August Healing Sunday offering will support the outreach ministries of St. Jude's Mission in Ocean View, Hawaii. St. Jude's (our southernmost church in the United States) has an active outreach to the homeless population in the southern part of the Big Island, an area that was hit especially hard by two storms this month. You may designate Healing Sunday gifts with a note on your check, giving envelope or Zelle transaction.

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

So when one says, "Moses meant as I do"; and another, "Nay, but as I do," I suppose that I speak more reverently, "Why not rather as both, if both be true?" And if there be a third, or a fourth, yea if any other seeth any other truth in those words, why may not he be believed to have seen all these, through whom the One God hath tempered the holy Scriptures to the senses of many, who should see therein things true but diverse? For I certainly (and fearlessly I speak it from my heart), that were I to write any thing to have supreme authority, I should prefer so to write, that whatever truth any could apprehend on those matters, might be conveyed in my words, rather than set down my own meaning so clearly as to exclude the rest, which not being false, could not offend me. I will not therefore, O my God, be so rash, as not to believe, that Thou vouchsafedst as much to that great man. He without doubt, when he wrote those words, perceived and thought on what truth soever we have been able to find, yea and whatsoever we have not been able, nor yet are, but which may be found in them.

--Augustine of Hippo (354-430), Bishop and Theologian, who is commemorated on August 28th

The Rev. Jason A. Poling, D.Min.

Rector

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Following our Wednesday 1:10 pm Holy Eucharist service we have an adult study session. All are invited!

Session 4 Study Guide

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

Fr. Ron will preside again this Sunday. Jessica Costleigh will preach at the 10:00 Service. 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.

I will be on vacation from now through Sunday, August 16th. For pastoral emergencies during that time please contact Fr. Ron at (443) 257-0867.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will resume September 13.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our August Healing Sunday offering of $400 went to support the AA County 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

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)

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

Fr. Ron will preach and preside again this 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.

I will be on vacation from now through Sunday, August 16th. For pastoral emergencies during that time please contact Fr. Ron at (443) 257-0867.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will resume September 13.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our July Healing Sunday offering of $400 went to support the Centro de Ayuda.

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

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)

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

Fr. Ron will preach and preside this 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.

I will be on vacation from this Thursday, July 30th through Sunday, August 16th. For pastoral emergencies during that time please contact Fr. Ron at (443) 257-0867.

Our Adult Bible Study on Paul's letter to the Romans will resume September 13.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our July Healing Sunday offering of $400 went to support the Centro de Ayuda.

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

In the light of the Divine Goodness, it seems to me, though others may think differently, that ingratitude is the most abominable of sins and that it should be detested in the sight of our Creator and Lord by all of His creatures who are capable of enjoying His divine and everlasting glory. It is a forgetting of the graces, benefits, and blessings received, and as such it is the cause, beginning, and origin of all sins and misfortunes. Contrariwise, the grateful acknowledgment of blessings and gifts received is loved and esteemed both in heaven and on earth.

--Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), priest and spiritual writer, who is commemorated on July 31st.

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)

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's,

Thanks to all of you for your prayers during my recovery from surgery. 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.

Our Adult Bible Study will go through Paul's letter to the Romans through the fall. We meet upstairs on Sundays from 11:45-12:40; this Sunday we will look at chapter 8.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community. Our June Healing Sunday offering of $500 went to support Claggett camp scholarships. Our July Healing Sunday offering will go to support the Centro de Ayuda.

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

The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all day long;

we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 8:26-39)

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)

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the St. Andrews Episcopal Church 7859 Tick Neck Road, Pasadena, Maryland on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at 12:30 pm.

Service Information:

Date
Saturday, July 25, 2026

Time
12:30 PM

Location
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
7859 Tick Neck Rd.
Pasadena, Maryland
Map/Driving Directions

The blood drive scheduled for 26 August has been canceled. We will post an announcement if there is any new information.

The Red Cross is having a blood drive on August 26 from 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM. This is a regular blood drive using St. Andrew's as a facility to train students. Come help the Red Cross train their volunteers and potentially save a life!

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Andrew's, it is my sad duty to inform you that Kathy Charvat, Rick Clarke's wife, passed into the nearer presence of Our Lord this morning. "Rest eternal grant to her, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon her."

I will inform you as to arrangements when they are finalized. Please do keep Rick and his family in your prayers.

--Fr. Jason

Grant, O Lord, to all who are bereaved the spirit of faith and

courage, that they may have strength to meet the days to

come with steadfastness and patience; not sorrowing as those

without hope, but in thankful remembrance of your great

goodness, and in the joyful expectation of eternal life with

those they love. And this we ask in the Name of Jesus Christ

our Savior. Amen.

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)