St. Timothy's
Episcopal Church
2627 Horseshoe Drive
Alexandria, LA 71301
318-487-0875
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Sunday
9:10 am Christian Ed.
Monday
6 pm Bible Study
Tuesday
1:30 pm Bible Study
Wednesday
6 pm Holy Eucharist
6:30 Choir & EYC
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The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is a worldwide ministry to men and boys in the Episcopal and Anglican communion. The "Brotherhood" focuses on the disciplines of prayer, study and service. It was incorporated by an Act of the U.S. Congress in 1908. Signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, this Act says that "the sole object of said corporation shall be the spread of Christ's Kingdom among men." The Brotherhood meets the first Wednesday of every month at 5 pm.
"Pentecost is
Not Just Something
of the Past"
This is only one article in the St. Andrew's Cross (Summer 2007) concerning our Bishop MacPherson...
Why is the Brotherhood needed?
It is a continuing phenomenon in the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church in particular, that the vast majority of men on parish rolls do not attend worship services or participate in the life of the parish in any way whatsoever. Generally, those attending services are 60% to 70% women, 10% to 20% children and youth with the men comprising about 15% to 25% on the average. Sometimes the men are seen dropping off the children for Church School on their way to play golf or to pick up the Sunday paper. Occasionally you will see several strange men at Christmas or Easter services, or at a baptism, only to find out late they are members of the parish. In most communities where there is an Anglican or Episcopal presence, as many as 50% of the men do not attend any Christian church at all. Why? We do not know all the answers to this phenomenon, but one thing we do know is that where men are able to come together with other men to share in discussions of their Christian Faith and study the Holy Bible, they become more active in and supportive of the parish ministry in that community. As they begin to accept the Disciplines of PRAYER and STUDY, they grow to accept the Discipline of SERVICE. No parish needs another men's organization, but every parish needs a ministry to its men. And the Brotherhood of St. Andrew is ministry to men!
