01 · Formation
Sunday School
Concurrent classes for every age — catechesis for children and young adults, and Scripture teaching for adults. No prior background required; bring a coffee.
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Common life
A handful of small ministries — formation, prayer, hospitality, and care — that make up the daily and weekly life of St. Andrew's.
Concurrent classes for every age — catechesis for children and young adults, and Scripture teaching for adults. No prior background required; bring a coffee.
Children 2nd grade and below are welcomed into Children's Chapel during the Liturgy of the Word, returning to their families for the Eucharist.
We warmly commend the ancient Anglican practice of praying the Daily Office — Morning and Evening Prayer — as a steady rule of life. As an ACNA parish we pray the 2019 Book of Common Prayer; the easiest way to begin is DailyOffice2019.com, which sets out each office for you, day by day.
Seasonally through the year we gather on Thursdays for shared dinner followed by Compline — a quiet, candlelit office to end the day in prayer together. All are welcome; no preparation needed.
The St. Andrew's Vocal Ensemble for Teens — a group of singers ages 13–19 who rehearse and prepare music together for parish worship.
A string ensemble of parishioners — intermediate students through professional players — who rehearse together to accompany the congregation in worship and for special seasonal services.
The kitchen is the warmest room in the building. Coffee Sunday by Sunday; parish dinners through the year; meals for new parents and the bereaved.
Hospital visits, home communion, prayer in time of need. Speak with the rector at any point — there's no waiting list and no wrong reason.
The parish supports and engages in ministries — local, national, and global — that seek to meet people's spiritual and physical needs. See the partners we walk with.
Informal gatherings — early-morning breakfasts, evening reading groups — that knit the parish together outside Sunday morning.
Children at St. Andrew's
We believe that children are among God's greatest blessings — and that God ordained the family to be the primary place of their instruction and growth in the faith. Our calling as a parish is not to take children out of the family but to strengthen the families who raise them.
So we gather, week by week, to worship and learn together — parents and children alongside one another, sharing struggles and joys, modeling for the next generation a common love of God and neighbor.
Children are warmly encouraged in the regular worship and work of the parish. We also set apart particular times to focus on them — Sunday School through the year, and Children's Chapel during the sermon for those second grade and below — drawing on Scripture and the Anglican liturgy to lead them into the truth, goodness, and beauty of God.
Missions
When Jesus ascended he left his Church — his body on earth — to continue his mission, bearing witness of him in “Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). In gratitude for the salvation we have received, St. Andrew's supports and engages in ministries that meet people's spiritual and physical needs — food banks and shelters, pregnancy clinics, refugee care, and missionaries serving across our country and around the world.
Some of our partners work in places or ministries too sensitive to name publicly. Among those we are glad to name:
Food and clothing for those in need across Anne Arundel County.
A faith-based medical non-profit serving those facing pregnancy-related and sexual health issues with physical, emotional, and spiritual support.
On-campus ministry and summer camps helping middle and high school students discover the reality of faith.
Shelter and services that empower people moving toward employment, housing, and self-sufficiency.
Coming alongside Maryland's refugee community as they re-establish their lives in the U.S.
Supports the Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy — chaplains in the U.S. military, government, hospitals, and law enforcement.
The Church's Ministry among Jewish People — combating anti-Semitism, recovering the Jewish roots of the Christian faith, and fostering respectful dialogue.
Mobilizes Anglicans for authentic cross-cultural partnerships around the world.
Brings the light of the gospel to the people of the San Carlos Apache Reservation.
Plants indigenous churches among the largest and least-evangelized peoples in the world. We support the home office and several cross-cultural workers sent through AFM.
Hope and practical aid for the persecuted church worldwide.
Strategic, collaborative church planting where the need is greatest.
Christmas gifts and the good news of Jesus for children in need around the world.
Scripture translation among people groups still without God's Word in their own language.
A missions training and sending organization mobilizing people of all ages.
St. Andrew's also supports individuals and families serving in places such as Central Asia, North Africa, Southeast Asia, Ukraine, and Central America.
Get involved
The simplest first step is Sunday morning — come, worship, stay for coffee. Most ministries are joined by a conversation at coffee hour, not a sign-up form.
If you'd like to learn more about a particular ministry, or you'd like to bring a gift or a need to the parish, write to mail@saintandrewsanglican.org and we'll get you connected.
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