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 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Our beloved former Rector the Right Rev. Carl Walter Wright turned 66 this month.  Please send cards to him at 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

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 $300 went to support the Centro de Ayuda.  Our August Healing Sunday offering will support the Anne Arundel 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

O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies

cannot be numbered: Make us, we pray, deeply aware of the

shortness and uncertainty of human life; and let your Holy

Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days; that,

when we shall have served you in our generation, we may be

gathered to our ancestors, having the testimony of a good

conscience, in the communion of the Catholic Church, in the

confidence of a certain faith, in the comfort of a religious and

holy hope, in favor with you, our God, and in perfect charity

with the world. All this we ask through Jesus Christ

our Lord. Amen.  (BCP 505)

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)

priest@standrewspasadena.com

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 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Worship Bulletin - 24 August 2025

Our beloved former Rector the Right Rev. Carl Walter Wright turns 66 this month.  Please send cards to him at 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

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 $300 went to support the Centro de Ayuda.  Our August Healing Sunday offering will support the Anne Arundel 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

It is a great good to seek God; I think nothing comes before it among the good things the soul may enjoy.  It is the first of its gifts and its ultimate goal.  None of the virtues approaches it, and it yields place to none.  What could be better when nothing has a higher place?  To what could it yield place, when it is the consummation of all things?  What virtue can be attributed to him who does not seek God?  What limit is there for him who seeks him?  "Always seek his face" (Ps. 104:4), it says.  I think that even when it has found him the soul will not cease to seek him.  God is sought not on foot but by desire.  And the happy discovery of what is desired does not end desire but extends it.  The consummation of joy does not consume desire, does it?  Rather, it is oil poured on flames, which itself catches fire.  Thus it is.  Joy will be fulfilled (Ps. 15:11).  But there will be no end to desire, and so no end of seeking.  Put from your mind, if you can, the absence of God as the cause of this eagerness to seek him, for he is always present; and anxiety in the search, for you cannot fail to find his abundance.

--Bernard of Clairvaux, tr. Gillian R. Evans, Sermons on the Song of Songs 84 (1153).  Bernard (1090-1153), Monastic and Theologian, is commemorated on August 20th.

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)

priest@standrewspasadena.com

I look forward to worshiping with you Sunday.  Fr. Ron will preach and preside.  Rite I Eucharist is at 8:00 am, and Rite II Eucharist is at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Worship Bulletin

Our beloved former Rector the Right Rev. Carl Walter Wright turns 66 next month.  Please send cards to him at 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

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 $300 went to support the Centro de Ayuda.  Our August Healing Sunday offering will support the Anne Arundel 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

My Dear Boy,—It is a great pleasure to me that you wish to know your faults. Even if we are a little nettled when we first hear of them, especially when they are such as we thought we were free from, or such as we are ashamed that others should discover, yet if we soon recover our good-humour, and treat with kindness the person who has told us of them, it is a very good sign. It may help us to do this to reflect that such persons are rendering us, even when they themselves may not mean it, but may even only be gratifying their own dislike of us, the greatest almost of all services, perhaps may be helping us to obtain an eternal increase of our happiness and glory. For we never should forget that though we are reconciled to God through the atoning blood of Christ, altogether freely and of mere undeserved mercy, yet when once reconciled, and become the children of God, the degrees of happiness and glory which He will grant to us will be proportioned to the degree of holiness we have obtained, the degree (in other words) in which we have improved the talents committed to our stewardship.

-William Wilberforce, 1819 letter to his son Samuel, age 14.  Wilberforce (1759-1833), Social Reformer, is commemorated on July 30th.

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)

priest@standrewspasadena.com

I look forward to worshiping with you Sunday.  Our Senior Warden, Mark Cox, will be preaching.  Rite I Eucharist is at 8:00 am, and Rite II Eucharist is at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Worship Bulletin

Our beloved former Rector the Right Rev. Carl Walter Wright turns 66 next month.  Please send cards to him at 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

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 $300 went to support camp scholarships at Claggett.  Our July Healing Sunday offering will 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

Be not troubled about those who are with you or against you, but take care that God be with you in everything you do. Keep your conscience clear and God will protect you, for the malice of man cannot harm one whom God wishes to help. If you know how to suffer in silence, you will undoubtedly experience God’s help. He knows when and how to deliver you; therefore, place yourself in His hands, for it is a divine prerogative to help men and free them from all distress.

It is often good for us to have others know our faults and rebuke them, for it gives us greater humility. When a man humbles himself because of his faults, he easily placates those about him and readily appeases those who are angry with him.

It is the humble man whom God protects and liberates; it is the humble whom He loves and consoles. To the humble He turns and upon them bestows great grace, that after their humiliation He may raise them up to glory. He reveals His secrets to the humble, and with kind invitation bids them come to Him. Thus, the humble man enjoys peace in the midst of many vexations, because his trust is in God, not in the world. Hence, you must not think that you have made any progress until you look upon yourself as inferior to all others.

--Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471), The Imitation of Christ.  Thomas, Priest and Mystic, is commemorated on July 24th.

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)

priest@standrewspasadena.com

Episcopal Relief and Development is working with partners in the Diocese of West Texas to address the needs of flood victims.  Please visit this link for more information and a link to donate.

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 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

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 $300 went to support camp scholarships at Claggett.  Our July Healing Sunday offering will 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

If anyone whilst he reciteth a psalm, a responsory, an antiphon, or a lesson, maketh a mistake, and doth not humble himself there before all by making satisfaction, let him undergo a greater punishment, because he would not correct by humility what he did amiss through negligence. But let children be beaten for such a fault.

--Rule of St. Benedict, XLV.  Benedict of Nursia (ca. 480-ca. 543), Monastic, is commemorated on July 11th.

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)

priest@standrewspasadena.com

O blessed God, who pourest forth Thy store;

O God, whose love flows on for evermore;

O God, whose longing burns eternally;

O God, in whom I dwell, whose dwelling is in me;

O God, whose rest is in my love—

In Thee alone I live and move.

Some Questions to ponder as we read through Wes Hill's book Easter.

Question Sheet

I look forward to worshiping with you Sunday.  We celebrate Rite I Eucharist at 8:00 am and Rite II at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Each week we also offer a Wednesday 1:10 Eucharist, which will conclude by 1:45.

Thanks to everyone who has signed up to help Ron Burr with daily transportation to and from treatments for several weeks beginning May 13th.  His daughter Becky is coordinating rides.  Please contact her at rlhogan2@gmail.com or 410-570-0887 if you're able to help.

Please continue to send cards and make visits to our former Rector the Rt. Rev. Carl Wright at The View Alexandria, 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community.  Our April Healing Sunday offering of $250 went to support Hope for All.  Our May Healing Sunday offering will support NCEON, the North County Emergency Outreach Network. 

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

Our soul can never have rest in things that are beneath itself.  And when it comes above all creatures into itself, it still cannot dwell in this contemplation by its own strength, for all such contemplation is blissfully fixed in God, who is the maker dwelling within it.  For man's soul is his true dwelling, and the most intense light and the brightest shining of the city is the glorious love of our Lord God, as I see it.

And what can make us rejoice in God more than to see in him that he rejoices in us, the noblest of his works?  For...if the blessed Trinity could have made man's soul any better, any fairer, any nobler than he did make it, he would not have been fully pleased with the making of man's soul.  But because he made man's soul as fair, as good, and as precious as he could make a creature, therefore the blessed Trinity is completely pleased without end in the making of man's soul.  And he wills that our hearts should be powerfully raised above the depths of the earth and all vain sorrows, and that they should rejoice in him..

--Julian of Norwich (d. ca. 1417), Mystic and Theologian; Dame Julian 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)

priest@standrewspasadena.com

Call Him to all you cannot call to mind.

He comes to harrow Hell and now to your

Well guarded fortress let His love descend.

Call Him to all you cannot call to mind.

He comes to harrow Hell and now to your

Well guarded fortress let His love descend.

Call Him to all you cannot call to mind.

He comes to harrow Hell and now to your

Well guarded fortress let His love descend.

Call Him to all you cannot call to mind.

He comes to harrow Hell and now to your

Well guarded fortress let His love descend.

Dear Friends of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you again in March after my 6 weeks of recuperation from surgery. 
 

In the interim we will follow our usual schedule of Rite I Eucharist at 8:00 am and Rite II at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Fr. Ron will preside and preach on most Sundays, and at our Wednesday 1:10 Eucharist. Deacon Gail, our intern Jessica, and our Senior Warden will augment Fr. Ron's preaching schedule.

During Lent we will have:

• Confession on Wednesday's from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
• Evening Prayer on Wednesdays at 7 pm.
• Stations of the Cross on Fridays at 7 pm.

A Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for May 9th. Please mark your calendars.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community.  Our January Healing Sunday offering was sent to Arundel House of Hope.

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.

Please continue to send cards and make visits to our former Rector the Rt. Rev. Carl Wright at The View Alexandria, 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

[Also, please send cards and notes to our Rector the Rev. Dr. Jason Poling at 2 Seiler Ct., Reisterstown, MD 21135.]

-Fr. Jason

Dear Friends of St. Andrew's,

Attached is a PDF version of the Lenten Edition of our semi-annual Newsletter, "The Shield."

We hope you enjoy the issue. Printed copies are available in the narthex.

St. Andrew's Annual Corned Beef Diner will take place on March 16th from 2 till 5. 

With Pub Music from 4:30 till 6. Suggested free will donation of $10.00.

As always if there is some information you would like to share in the Shield, please send it the my attention at standrewshield@aol.com

AMC

Editor of the Shield

Dear Friends of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you again in March after my 6 weeks of recuperation from surgery. 
 

In the interim we will follow our usual schedule of Rite I Eucharist at 8:00 am and Rite II at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Fr. Ron will preside and preach on most Sundays, and at our Wednesday 1:10 Eucharist. Deacon Gail, our intern Jessica, and our Senior Warden will augment Fr. Ron's preaching schedule.

Ash Wednesday Services will be held This Wednesday March 5th. In place of our normal Wednesday Eucharist we will Have a 1:10 Ash Wednesday Service followed by drive thru anointing from 5 - 6:30 and Evening Ash Wednesday Service at 7:00 PM.

A Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for May 9th. Please mark your calendars.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community.  Our January Healing Sunday offering was sent to Arundel House of Hope.

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.

Please continue to send cards and make visits to our former Rector the Rt. Rev. Carl Wright at The View Alexandria, 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

[Also, please send cards and notes to our Rector the Rev. Dr. Jason Poling at 2 Seiler Ct., Reisterstown, MD 21135.]

-Fr. Jason

Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This season of Lent provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy Baptism. It was also a time when those who, because of notorious sins, had been separated from the body of the faithful were reconciled by penitence and forgiveness, and restored to the fellowship of the Church. Thereby, the whole congregation was put in mind of the message of pardon and absolution set forth in the Gospel of our Savior, and of the need which all Christians continually have to renew their repentance and faith. I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word.

 (The Book of Common Prayer, pp. 264-265)

Remember, Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 9th at 2am! 

Dear Friends of St. Andrew's,

 I am recovering nicely, still in a cast, and look forward to worshiping with you again in March after my 6 weeks of recuperation from surgery. 
 

In the interim we will follow our usual schedule of Rite I Eucharist at 8:00 am and Rite II at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

 Fr. Ron will preside and preach on most Sundays, and at our Wednesday 1:10 Eucharist. Deacon Gail, our intern Jessica, and our Senior Warden will augment Fr. Ron's preaching schedule.

 "St. Andrew's is hosting Winter Relief this week, providing dinner, beds, and breakfast for people experiencing homelessness. Sunday is their last day at St. Andrew's.

A Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for May 9th. Please mark your calendars.

 On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community.  Our January offering supported Arundel House of Hope.

 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.

Please continue to send cards and make visits to our former Rector the Rt. Rev. Carl Wright at The View Alexandria, 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

[Also, please send cards and notes to our Rector the Rev. Dr. Jason Poling at 2 Seiler Ct., Reisterstown, MD 21135.]

O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

-Fr. Jason

Dear Friends of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you again in March after my 6 weeks of recuperation from surgery. 
 

In the interim we will follow our usual schedule of Rite I Eucharist at 8:00 am and Rite II at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Fr. Ron will preside and preach on most Sundays, and at our Wednesday 1:10 Eucharist. Deacon Gail, our intern Jessica, and our Senior Warden will augment Fr. Ron's preaching schedule.

"St. Andrew's will host Winter Relief next week (February 17-24), providing dinner, beds, and breakfast for people experiencing homelessness. We particularly need volunteers for the overnight shifts from 10pm to 2am and 2am to 6am. Please see the sign-up sheet in the narthex for all available volunteer opportunities."

A Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for May 9th. Please mark your calendars.

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community.  Our January Healing Sunday offering was sent to Arundel House of Hope.

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.

Please continue to send cards and make visits to our former Rector the Rt. Rev. Carl Wright at The View Alexandria, 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

[Also, please send cards and notes to our Rector the Rev. Dr. Jason Poling at 2 Seiler Ct., Reisterstown, MD 21135.]

-Fr. Jason

“He was the Word that spake it,

he took the bread and brake it,

and what that Word did make it,

I do believe and take it.”

Dear Friend's of St. Andrew's,

I look forward to worshiping with you again in March after my 6 weeks of recuperation from surgery.

 
In the interim we will follow our usual schedule of Rite I Eucharist at 8:00 am and Rite II at 10:00 am.  Our 10:00 am service is streamed via our Facebook page, our YouTube channel and our website.

Fr. Ron will preside and preach on most Sundays, and at our Wednesday 1:10 Eucharist. Deacon Gail, our intern Jessica, and our Senior Warden will augment Fr. Ron's preaching schedule.

"St. Andrew's will host Winter Relief the week of February 17-24, providing dinner, beds, and breakfast for people experiencing homelessness. We particularly need volunteers for the overnight shifts from 10pm to 2am and 2am to 6am. Please see the sign-up sheet in the narthex on Sunday for all available volunteer opportunities."

On the third Sunday of each month we take up a special offering to address needs in our community.  Our December Healing Sunday offering of $500 was sent to Caring Cupboard, and our January offering supported Arundel House of Hope.

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.

Please continue to send cards and make visits to our former Rector the Rt. Rev. Carl Wright at The View Alexandria, 5000 Fairbanks Ave., Alexandria, VA  22311.

[Also, please send cards and notes to our Rector the Rev. Dr. Jason Poling at 2 Seiler Ct., Reisterstown, MD 21135.]

-Fr. Jason

O Lord Jesus Christ, open thou the eyes of my heart, that I may hear thy word and understand and do thy will, for I am a sojourner upon the earth. Hide not thy commandments from me, but open mine eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of thy law. Speak unto me the hidden and secret things of thy wisdom. On thee do I set my hope, O my God, that thou shalt enlighten my mind and understanding with the light of thy knowledge, not only to cherish those things which are written, but to do them; that in reading the lives and sayings of the saints I may not sin, but that such may serve for my restoration, enlightenment and sanctification, for the salvation of my soul, and the inheritance of life everlasting. For thou art the enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, and from thee cometh every good deed and every gift. Amen.

John Chrysostom