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Worship Sunday - 13 September 2026
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)
Blue Mass 2026 - Coming Soon!
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!
Worship Sunday - 6 September 2026
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
410-255-1070 (o)
410-241-4838 (m)
Worship Sunday - 30 August 2026
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
410-255-1070 (o)
410-241-4838 (m)
Wednesday Adult Study Session
Following our Wednesday 1:10 pm Holy Eucharist service we have an adult study session. All are invited!
Worship Sunday - 16 August 2026
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)
Worship Sunday - 9 August 2026
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)
Worship Sunday - 2 August 2026
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)
Worship Sunday - 26 July 2026
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)
In Loving Memory: Kathy Charvat (Update)
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
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Time
12:30 PM
Location12:30 PM
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
7859 Tick Neck Rd.
Pasadena, Maryland
Map/Driving Directions
Red Cross Blood Drive - Training Event Cancelled
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!
In Loving Memory: Kathy Charvat
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)
Worship Sunday - 12 July 2026
Fr. Ron will preach and officiate this Sundays.
I look forward to worshiping with you again on Sunday July 19th, when our intern Jessie will preach. 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 ask your prayers as I continue to recover from surgery. I should be available for pastoral emergencies after July 8th . Alternately you may contact Deacon Gail at (443) 995-4692 or Fr. Ron at (443) 257-0867.
Our Adult Bible Study will go through Paul's letter to the Romans through the end of September. We will meet upstairs again on Sundays July 19th from 11:45-12:40; when 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 went to support Claggett camp scholarships for children at St. Alban's, Glen Burnie, the parish that planted St. Andrew's.
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 Shield - Pentecost 2026
The Pentecost edition of our seasonal newsletter, The Shield, is attached for your pleasure. If you prefer a hard copy, they are available in the Narthex.
May the Spirit be with you!
AMC
Editor of the Shield
