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ST. ANDREW’S CROSSThe Brotherhood of St. Andrew

of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion

MARCH 2016

By Jim Goodson

MESA, Arizona - At least 100 people have registered to hear Presiding Bishop Michael Curry when he addresses Brothers April 7 to kick off the 2016 Na" onal Council mee" ng. “We’re hoping about twice that many will a# end,” Brother-hood Vice-President and conference host Jack Hamstein says. “We expect that we’ll obtain more registra" ons as we get clos-er to the conference (April 7-9).” About 50 people have registered for the conference’s Ministry Fair, Brother Hanstein says. Ministry Fair speakers are: Richard Meiss, development director of Lead Like Jesus, a South Carolina-based ministry that has, so far, trained almost 11,000 individuals and organiza" ons to be “visionaries, team builders, mentors, shepherds, servants and change agents,” ac-cording to president and CEO Phyllis Hennecy Hendry. “Through Jesus, your life and your leadership will be transformed.” The Rev. Richard Mallory of The ManKind Project, which integrates aspects of mature masculinity into the everyday world in a powerful, responsible and self-aware way, as part of a community of like-minded men. “We commit to integra" ng these values into our lives, and we support each other and provide tools to help each other succeed,” execu" ve director Tony Wilkinson says. Brother Ed Milbrada will talk about Scou" ng and its long-" me rela" onship with the Brotherhood. Brother Ed Davis will share the latest developments in restora" ve jus" ce plus the various aspects of networking Angli-can Episcopal parishes throughout the country. John Pa! on will tell Brothes about our organiza" on’s Vet-eran Friendly Congrega" ons and how to start one. The Rev. John Christopher is a member of the board of Episcopal Recovery Ministries, a na" onwide network of Episco-pal laity and clergy. with a common commitment to address the

eff ects of addic" on, in all its forms, in rela" on to the church’s mission. Barry Lynch of the Chris" an Ministries Network, which encourages and a# empts to create “true disciples ready for spiritual advancement and who are willing to do the work of the church,” Mr. Lynch says.

“We don’t just talk the talk, we work together to walk the walk.” The Grand Canyon Council of the Boy Scouts of America

will provide a display and materials for the Ministry Fair. In addi" on to the Ministry Fair, Brotherhood issues and regular business ac" vi" es will be addressed ob April 7 and April 8. On April 9 Arizona Bishop Kirk Smith will celebrate a Holy Eucharist with a message from The Rev. Ken Jackson of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Bap" st, Glendale.

And a regular season major league baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs is also sched-uled for that night. There is a lot to do in this part of Arizona and we hope many Brothers will take advantage of our low room rates (less than $60 and good for three days before and a% er the confer-ence) and visit the Phoenix Art Museum, the Heard Natural of Na" ve American Arts and Culture, Taliesin West or any of a number of interes" ng places. It will also be a great opportunity to meet our new Presid-

ing Bishop Michael Curry.

Presiding Bishop

Michael Curry

Hundreds to hearPresiding Bishop April 7

Brotherhood of St. AndrewNational Council meeting

April 7-9 Mesa, Arizona

CHESAPEAKE, Virginia - Province III is situated in a very unique loca� on in the scheme of the Episcopal Provincial layout; its center is the home of our na� on’s capital. However, like all Brotherhood chapters across the country, we don’t let our mission be swayed by local poli� cs. Our 50-plus chapters are diligently at work carrying out their commitment of prayer, study and service by bringing men and youth to Christ. Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to work with large number of great Brotherhood members and leaders. Our local chapters have been featured many � mes in our St.

Andrew’s Cross publica� on, giving living examples of their dedica� on to our mission. The community services and devo� ons of our chapters cover a mul� tude of projects which have truly made a diff erence in the lives of these communi� es, establishing an important presence of the Brotherhood in the neighborhood. Grace Church chapter in Norfolk, Virginia annually par� cipates in a city project by housing and feeding the less fortunate for an en� re week during the winter season and hosts a weekly pantry for the homeless The Pohick chapter in Lorton, Virginia, our largest chapter with more than 70 members, meets weekly and has a slate of projects that benefi t the community:

a Country Fair, Crab Feast, St. Patrick’s Day dinner, an

annual George Washington (vestry member in 1774)

breakfast celebra� on for area chapters and friends and a

picnic for the homeless.

This ac� ve chapter also contributes to its church’s

clergy discre� onary fund and supports a Uganda high

school student.

Our St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church chapter in

Culpepper, Virginia

provides transporta� on

for cancer pa� ents, runs

blood drives and works

with young people

fi nancially.

In the heart of D.C.,

the Our Savior chapter

works with its youth

chapter to run a weekly

Feed the Homeless

project.

The Port Republic,

Maryland collects

computers for the

disadvantaged.

Trinity Episcopal Church Brothers in Fredericksburg

have go# en involved with building homes for the needy

through the Habitat for Humanity program. They also

constantly provide home repair projects for the needy of

the community.

Prison ministry has been a very important part of

our service ac� vi� es. One of the pioneers in this area

has been the St. John’s Episcopal Church chapter in

Halifax, Virginia.

We also have a brother parish at Eastern Shore

Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach that has a strong

prison ministry support program.

Brother Herman Bos� ck, Potomac Assembly

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Busy Brothers in the nation’s capital

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JamesGrimstead

“We should feel proud of our past history of

serving God’s people and having faith to know

that we are needed even more in the future

for that even greater number of lost souls.

PROVINCE III PRESIDENT JAMES GRIMSTEAD

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A MESSAGE FROM PROVINCE III

president, annually runs a well-organized overnight

retreat for the chapters in his area. He also oversees the

local chapter at Saint Timothy’s

Episcopal Church and is an

excellent advisor to the province

president.

We have newcomer chapters

that have made quite an impact on

growing our province.

West Virginia has been a very

remote area for us for a long ! me,

but no more. I had the opportunity

to learn about a person from West

Virginia who was interested in

joining the Brotherhood.

He decided to become an

ac! ve member in the Brotherhood

and Brother Floyd Jamison not

only started a new chapter in West

Virginia but went on to sponsor

two other new chapters in that area. These ac! vi! es

earned him a nomina! on for diocesan coordinator for

West Virginia. He was installed at our na! onal Triennial

mee! ng in Philadelphia in June, 2015.

Another new chapter which came aboard is from the

northern Virginia area star! ng with 16 members. Saint

David’s Episcopal Church in Ashburn has built a strong

chapter with good clergy support and is already well on

its way to serve the community.

There are many other chapters in our province that

are not highlighted but do a tremendous job of carrying

out the doctrine of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew.

One of the key ingredients of all chapters is that they

start their mee! ngs with prayers and devo! on, which is

the key to the longevity of a good Brotherhood chapter -

along with clergy support.

The loca! on of Province III off ers many special

opportuni! es. In 2007 it hosted a na! onal council

mee! ng in Arlington, Virginia and our Brotherhood

members were able to tour of Na! onal Cathedral,

where we conducted Brotherhood services with Bishop

Eugene Su# on.

In 2015 several of our members had the opportunity

to a# end the consecra! on of

the new chapel Immanual at the

Virginia Theological Seminary

in Alexandria, Virginia. In

a# endance were Archbishop

of Canterbury Jus! n Welby

in England, Presiding Bishop

Katherine Jeff erts Schori and

Bishop-Elect Michael Curry.

At least two of our Provincial

members were present: Herman

Bos! ck and Chaplain Desmond

Campbell, who had prayers and

conversa! on with Bishop Curry.

Virginia Theological

Seminary has a signifi cant

meaning to us in that it has

been the mee! ng place for

us for at least fi ve ! mes. The Chris! an-like se% ng is

very appropriate for the type of retreat we use for our

gathering. This year’s 2016 annual mee! ng will also be

held at this seminary.

The Brotherhood of Saint Andrew is a great

organiza! on off ering tremendous spiritual support to

the Episcopal and Anglican communions where men

have an avenue to develop their rela! onship with Christ

and be able to pass this spirit of Chris! an fellowship to

new men and youth who are thirs! ng for the Gospel.

We have a lot of work before us but we should feel

proud of our past history of serving God’s people and

having that great faith to know that we are needed even

more in the future for that even greater number of lost

souls.

Brother James Grimstead is Province III President of

the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew.

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MINNESOTA STUDENTS BRING CHRIST’S LOVE TO TEXAS

Commuters drive past homes and businesses destroyed by tornadoes two days a� er Christmas, 2015.

Minnesotans rebuild TexasAfter 11 die and 600 structures are damaged near Dallas

By The Rev. J.D. Brown

GARLAND, Texas -

Fi� een students from

Minnesota State Univer-

sity at Mankato, volun-

teered to work Habitat

for Humanity projects

in a Dec. 27 tornado

destruc� on zone in Gar-

land.

Eight people were

killed in Garland and 11

were killed in northeast Texas in late December 2015

when a series of violent storms spawned tornados that

also sent 15 people to hospitals with non-life-threaten-con! nued on page 7

MINNESOTA STUDENTS BRING CHRIST’S LOVE TO TEXAS


ing injuries. About 600 structures were damaged in

the suburb about 20 miles northeast of Dallas.

Five of Garland’s fatali� es occurred at one inter-

sec� on in the city.

The students slept in the parish hall at Holy Trin-

ity Episcopal Church in Garland. They were here for

about a week These are neat kids who paid their way

to come here to work.

Their meals were prepared by various chapters

of the Brotherhood of St Andrew’s Dallas Assembly:

St Andrew’s, Farmers Branch; Epiphany, Richardson;

St Michael and All Angels, Dallas; Holy Trinity by the

Lake, Heath; Holy Trinity, Garland and the “Mary-Mar-

tha’s” of Holy Trinity Garland.

The students spent three days working in the de-

struc� on zone and two days on a Habitat for Humani-

ty build site. They were treated to a visit to the Patriot

Paws Service Dog training facility to learn about the

ministry to our disabled veterans (training and provid-

ing service dogs to veterans free of charge).

Holy Trinity, Garland’s congrega� on feted the stu-

dents with a special potluck supper to show their ap-

precia� on.

Holy Trinity, Garland also hosted the quarterly

mee� ng of the Dallas Assembly March 12. Former

Dallas Bishop James M. Stanton was the guest speak-

er. This was the last � me the MSU students broke

bread with us before they drove back home.

The Rev. J. D. Brown is rector of Holy TrinityEpiscopal Church in Garland, Texas.


Dallas Brothers welcome and feed Minnesota State

University at Mankato students to Holy Trinity Epis-

copal Church in Garland, their home for the week

in Garland, Texas, where they are rebuilding homes

par� ally destroyed by a series of tornadoes Dec. 27, 2015. Five Brotherhood chapters and one women’s group fed the college students for more than a week and made sure the students were safe at the Garland church led by The Rev. J. D. Brown.

Students drive to Dallas area, work hard and drive home

photos courtesy of The Dallas Morning News and The Rev. J. D. Brown

CHAPTER NEWS


Brothers study church history

SMITHFIELD, North Carolina – Two new members joined the Brotherhood at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in 2015, increasing the membership to 15 Brothers. In addi� on to study-ing the Bible, Brothers spend an equal amount of � me researching church history in their a� empt to grow spiritu-ally, chapter director Richard Hawk says. Hawk is one of several “rota� ng” directors of the St. Peter’s chapter. It’s a busy group. The Brothers raise funds by staging three events throughout the year: a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper, an April wine-tas� ng and by selling Christmas trees and gar-lands in November and December. These funds support Stop Hunger Now, the Episcopal Farm Workers’ Ministry, parish diaconate can-didate Linda Becke� and a sabba� cal for rector The Rev. Jim Melnyk. Brothers also make Meals on Wheels deliveries on Mondays and Fridays and set up chairs and tables for all parish mee� ngs and meals.

Cursillo men turn toward Brotherhood

SAUTEE, Georgia – Men in north Georgia whose Cur-sillo group has become inac� ve are turning to the Broth-erhood chapter at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrec-� on here, chapter director Joe Cash says. “We are drawing these men into our chapter,” Brother Cash says. “We invite everyone to share com-

munion at God’s altar, to love mercy through introspec-� ve prayer and worship and to regularly studying of and teaching God’s word.” In addi� on to bringing in more adult men, this 17-member chapter supports both Cub Scouts and Boy Scout troops.

Meaningful study at Texas chapter

GARLAND, Texas – Brothers at St. Barnabas’ Episco-pal Church use the organiza� on’s devo� onal handbook for opening and closing prayers augmented by Bible study and a companion publica� on. Studies included Praying By the Power of the Holy Spirit by Neil T. Ander-son. Anderson explores how we can in� mately connect with our loving heavenly Father, looking at the confi -

dence we can have taking our struggles before God - and

interceding for others, release from bondage and free-

dom to walk in the Spirit and the gracious way God leads

us to love Him, not His blessings.

Praying by the Power of the Spirit reinforces the

truth that prayer is rela� onship, not ritual - and that as

already-accepted children, we are free to be honest with

our Father.

A" er study, Brothers plan service projects which

include funding a yearly college scholarship, distribute

clothes and toys to needy families and collect food for

Garland’s Good Samaritan Center.

Cold doesn’t deter Brothers

FISHER. Indiana – A cold, bi� er January night didn’t

deter 21 Brothers – the largest turnout last year – from

a� ending a vision sharing event by the chapter at Holy

Family Episcopal Church.

The men put forth an ambi� ous plan that began a

Manly Men’s Breakfast in February that began year-long

support of the nearby Delaware Township Food Pantry.

In March, Brothers donated funds from their annual

Shrove Tuesday pancake supper to the church’s youth

group.

Busy NC chapter also supports Episcopal farm workers’ ministry

Brother and rector The Rev. Jim Melnyk takes part in the Brother-hood’s Christmas tree and garland sale at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Smithfi eld, North Car-olina.

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THE BROTHERHOOD TODAY

BROTHERS WHOHAVE DIED

April proved to be a busy month, with lots of indoor and outdoor maintenance of the church, includ-ing a Mulch Madness day that found 15 Brothers wielding wheelbarrows, rakes and shovels to prepare the church’s grounds and its community garden. Brothers teamed with the church’s youth group in May to stage a spaghe� dinner and auc� on and host a deanery confi rma� on service. In June, Brothers manned the grill for the annual Pentecost Picnic and nine Brothers par� cipated in a partnership with the Joshua House outreach to local jails and its Alpha program. Prison ministry also in-cludes joining the Kairos ministry at the Indiana Department of Correc-� ons. Also in June, Brothers conducted one of the year’s biggest fundraisers – a strawberry shortcake sale. Another Manly Men’s breakfast was held in July and Brothers pro-vided “to go” breakfasts to their

youth group, which was leaving for a service project at the downtown Indianapolis women’s shelter. A new Game Night was also begun in July and it proved to be an eff ec� ve way to reach young men and boys. The end of summer in August found Brothers stocking the Cub Scout-built fi re pit with fi rewood and extending the Brotherhood ministry to the White River Food Pantry. In September, Brothers repainted the church’s outdoor baseboad and installed a basketball goal in the driveway. October found Brothers con� nuing the on-going prison min-istries and restocking of the food pantry. In November, Brothers held a men’s retreat at Fort Harrison State Park – and 23 men who are not Brothers a� ended. It wasn’t your average retreat, Brother Joe Span-gler reports, with its jokes, skits and props during a program put together by The Rev. Michael Galvin. A nocturnal service was conduct-ed in late November for the Feast Day of Saint Andrew. - By Jim Goodson


Chapter news

NEW LIFE MEMBERSNEW CHAPTERS

Edward Keune

Vernon, CT

Richard Benne!

Vernon, CT

Leonard Dufour

Vernon, CT

Bernie Madeira

Hollis, NH

Bobby Steadman

Ha� esburg, MS

Stewart Ellio!

Spartanburg, SC

William Howe II

Rocklin, CA

John Parnell

Knoxville, TN

Lorenzo Ridenhour

Jonesboro, GA

Hamilton Simpson

Rosedale, NY

Posey Brim, Jr.

Locust Grove, VA

Dennis McCarty

Delaplane, VA

Levan Reid

S. Floral Park, NY

Bill Hutchinson

Jacksonville Beach, FL

St. Peter’s Episcopal

Conway, AR

St Mar" n In The Fields

Keller, TX

Trinity Episcopal

Greeley, CO

St. Peters Episcopal

Rialto, CA

Bishop Peter Eaton

Miami, FL

Aurelio Azpiazu

Port Republic, MD

Prayer. Study. Service. We hold to these three central values as Brothers Andrew. I’ve had reason lately to do some thinking about Study. I have a friend who has a real message to preach on Grace. He preaches it in an evangelical se� ng where so many of the people he knows have been wounded by churches that say, in eff ect, “Grace is great, but….” and then dump law and condemna-� on on them. He has asked me to serve as an editor of sorts for his new blog. He wants another set of eyes on what he writes before he posts it so that he says what he wants to say. He knows that I get his heart, so I guess he trusts me to say, “Um. Do you think you could say this another way?” (Believe me, having published a book and had editors poring over my work, I know how hard it is to let someone else cri� que the outpourings of your heart)! My friend is smart. He loves to read, loves to study, loves to think. And because he’s a part of a conversa� on about “grace” that is really con-troversial in his part of the Body of Chist, he also likes to debate. As I’ve begun to look more carefully at what he’s wri� ng, I’m aware that there’s a danger to Study. We can Study to win arguments, instead of studying to win hearts. Why do you Study? (I’m assuming that, as a dedi-cated Brother, one who’s reading the St. Andrew’s Cross, that it’s a part of your life!) Do you Study so that you can win arguments? So that you can tell others what the Bible says they should do? Do you “Study to show thyself approved” as the King James Bible unfortunately translates it? (The anachronis� c sense of “study” from the � me of that transla� on bears almost no rela� onship to the second of our three disciplines.) There’s another way, another reason to engage in Study. It is found in Ezekiel, (3:3) where God instructs Ezekiel to “eat” the scroll that he is given. When he

does, the Word that he takes in is “sweet” to him. To me, this is about studying so as to internalize the “sweetness” of God’s love for us. It “sweetens” our words to others, draws them toward the honey of God’s embrace. I know more about the impossibiilty of doing King-dom work while studying for the wrong reasons that I

wish I did! I was really good at thinking my way through things without experiencing the sweet aroma of the Au-thor’s Presence. I could argue my way out of almost any-thing, but I couldn’t a" ract others to Jesus or the Father. A# er a very diffi cult period when I came face-to-face with that reality, God graciously taught me how to read His Word so that I might fi nd Him, not my next deba� ng point. When you study, does your heart grow strangely warm? If not, I’d encourage you to ask yourself, “Why not?” Study can be like ea� ng honey. Why not pursue that for yourself?

Long! me Brother The Rev. Jeff Krantz is chaplain at

many Brotherhood func! ons, including Na! onal Council

mee! ngs.

“When you study, does your

heart grow strangely warm? If not, I’d encourage you to ask

yourself, ‘Why not?’

THE REV. JEFF KRANTZ


A MESSAGE FROM THE REV. JEFF KRANTZ

Study for the right reasons

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