Welcome from Fr. Keith

Welcome to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church! This growing and vibrant community strives to be a joyful and supportive place for members, visitors, and everyone in the community. As part of the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement, we are committed to loving, including, and supporting all people. We hope you’ll find a place at St. Andrew’s to feed your soul, to share your gifts, and to be personally welcomed. Please contact me using this email form so we can get to know each other better! 

Recent Notes from Fr. Keith

Beauty Will Save the World - I have a tree in my front yard that, for one day each fall is brilliant with orange leaves—and then they all fall off at… ...Continue Reading
Beauty Will Save the World - I have a tree in my front yard that, for one day each fall is brilliant with orange leaves—and then they all fall off at… ...Continue Reading
Being Worthy of the Calling to Which We Are Called - I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with… ...Continue Reading
Prayers for Our Nation - In the movie Shadowlands, a biography of C.S. Lewis, the actor Anthony Hopkins, as Lewis, says: “I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray… ...Continue Reading
Mission and Vision - Many of you may have been involved at one time or another in creating the mission and vision statements for an organization. When faithfully created… ...Continue Reading
The Commandments of Jesus - Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” (Sermon for the 6th Sunday of Easter Year A)If you love me you will… ...Continue Reading
Easter Day – We are God’s Community of Hope in the World - You know, our patron, St. Andrew was a fisherman, and our new church logo features a boat clearly at sail with a good tailwind. So… ...Continue Reading
Easter Vigil – Death has not won, death will never win - After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. (Matthew 28:1)… ...Continue Reading
Good Friday – Jesus doesn’t save us from God, Jesus shows us God - He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity, and as one from whom others hide their faces….But he… ...Continue Reading
Maundy Thursday: Draw In in the Spirit’s Tether - I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this… ...Continue Reading
John 3:17 - “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”… ...Continue Reading
What Are You Storing? - Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for… ...Continue Reading
Tripple Crown of Sunday Readings - …What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8b) Home… ...Continue Reading
The Voice of a Prophet - Our typical understanding of prophecy is like what we see in the Harry Potter movies, where there is a little crystal sphere that holds a… ...Continue Reading
The Three B’s of Faith - For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor… ...Continue Reading
Why Do We Bless Our Pets? - Care … rests upon genuine religion. Care allows creatures to escape our explanations into their actual presence and their essential mystery. In taking care of… ...Continue Reading
Dread, Duty, and Joy - Joy is the serious business of Heaven. (C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer) In my sermon on Sunday (you can read it here),… ...Continue Reading
Christian Hope - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by… ...Continue Reading
God Is Always Doing New Things - O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred mystery; by the effectual working of your… ...Continue Reading
The Dreaded “E” Word - You are the light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden, and no one lights a lamp… ...Continue Reading