St. Andrew's gets go-ahead for new construction, renovation plans

St. Andrew's gets

go-ahead for new construction, renovation plans

The Episcopal

Diocese of Atlanta recently approved planned renovations and new building

construction for St. Andrew's in-the-Pines Episcopal Church on Peachtree

Parkway in Peachtree City.

"The needs

of the church and its many activities and the growth of church stewardship

programs and our community outreach ministries necessitates our new building

program," said the Rev. Daniel Brigham, pastor of St. Andrew's. "We

simply have outgrown our facility."

In 1976, when

St. Andrew's was first designated a mission, 28 people began meeting at

the Peachtree City Elementary School. The land where the present sanctuary

stands was purchased, ground was broken for the present parish hall in

1980, and the present sanctuary was built in 1994. The Garden of Remembrance

for interment of ashes was built in 2001. St. Andrew's now serves over

380 families from Fayette County and surrounding areas.

Brigham has

guided the church through rapid growth and expansion since 1983. Father

Frank Larisey became associate pastor in 2000.

St. Andrew's

maintains many stewardship and community outreach programs, including

Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, youth ministries, preschool and kindergarten,

Episcopal Women, The Order of the Daughters of the King, Habitat for Humanity,

Operation Christmas Child, the Thanksgiving food basket project, Emmaus

House support, Fayette Samaritans, Support Our Soldiers, clothing for

school children, and Women's Success Network.

Church activities

include Sunday worship programs, adult and children's choirs, Wednesday

potluck dinners, Oktoberfest, annual art action fund raiser, healing services,

blessing of the animals in October, youth ski trip, Lenten, Easter and

Christmas services, Southland Nursing Home devotions, and other special

services.

For a complete

listing of services, visit the church Web site, www.standrewsptc.com .

The church phone number is 770-487-8415.

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