If you're having trouble viewing this email, you cansee it online.
"LEAD LIKE ANDREW"
Membership Newsletter Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Welcome to Our Bi-weekly Newsletter
Volume 124, "LEAD LIKE ANDREW"
Here's our latest edition with important meetings and other news you can use! Take a look ...
Please share news, tidbits, or notices of upcoming events in your area so we may include them. We also value your feedback on this newsletter and how we may better serve you. Don't hesitate to contact:
After years of being a monk in the Society of St. John the Evangelist, Jim Woodrum answered a call to an ordained ministry track in the Episcopal Church. Currently an MDiv'27 student at Virginia Theological Seminary, this webinar will give the Brotherhood a special opportunity to hear from a deeply spiritual leader in the church.
On the Road Again
Directly Speaking
By Brotherhood Executive Director Tom Welch, MDiv.
On the road again ... (Sing those words to the song by the same name.😉) June is going to be a brisk month for your Brotherhood senior leadership.
We start out the month with a brief trip to Chicago as we scout out location opportunities for our 2027 Triennial Convention. Stay tuned for that announcement later in the summer. We do know we want part of the convention to include seeing the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Chapel (our birth site in 1883) at St. James Cathedral. Then, it is on to Orlando where two of us have an extraordinary day planned for an in-person event.
Over the last three years I have observed a definite trend across the church corporate for a return to more in-person events; something driven by the individual expressions of the desire for a deeper connection rather than simply the leadership pushing for it. When members talk, leaders should listen. The church and its affiliated ministries are doing just that.
We bid your prayers for traveling mercies, meaningful conversations, and active engagement from our members in Florida in particular. Church of the Holy Spirit, in Apopka hosts a workshop on June 6 for the entire state. See those details and registration link for this free event in this edition just below this article. This will be the first state-wide Brotherhood event there since before the pandemic.
Lastly, while our new members total for the year are already at a pace to exceed those from last year (nearly 200 YTD), we have a significant number of chapters, their members and other members who have not renewed their membership for 2026. Please renew through our website directly if you like. If mailed, be sure to use our P.O. Box 1392, Louisville, KY 40201 rather than the street address. Renew online at
National President Roy Benavides has appointed Brother John E. Curtis, Holy Trinity by the Lake, Rockwell, Texas, as the new Awards & Decorations Commission Chair effective June 1, 2026.“Reconstituting this commission is long overdue,” President Benavides stated. Further Br. Roy shared, “We have been witnessing strong dedication to our Mission of bringing men and youth to Christ. It is time for us to recognize individual and chapter level service in a more appropriate manner.”
Br. Curtis and this commission will be using a two-pronged process to promote it and recruit four to six members from geographical areas building a representative body. The target date for announcing the various awards would be November 30, 2026. The awards and recognitions will center around exceptional levels of service, activity and engagement among our various ministries. Stay tuned for further announcements regarding these special recognitions, the criteria, applications, etc., later during the summer.
(YOUR) Help Wanted!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP! And we know that you're out there just waiting to be asked. So, we need to say, join us as a volunteer and help us.
We have a number of volunteer position vacancies that we need your help. Please consider that we need volunteers to fill key positions at the Province, Diocesan, and national ministry levels. It is critical to have local leaders to assist us in these support positions.
The following positions at the Province Level are vacant:
Province I; Province IV: (Western IV and Eastern IV); and Province V. All Provinces need Diocesan Coordinators who work with Province Presidents.
We need leaders for several ministry positions.
If you are curious, interested, or know of someone who is "ideal" for a position, call Jeff Butcher or Roy Benavides. Let's filler-up!! (ugh).
“In the Episcopal Church, we are guided by the vision of Becoming Beloved Community, our church’s long-term commitment to racial justice, healing, and reconciliation. We’re all on a lifelong journey toward God’s dream, taking intentional and faithful steps as if moving through a labyrinth.”
“Becoming Beloved Community” is driving our initial thoughts and efforts of the Brotherhood ministry in this area. As we talked, we focused on the ongoing need to promote the Sacred Ground program and to support our brothers in this essential Christian formation. Sacred Ground Dialogue Circles are a key element in our effort toBecome a Beloved Community.
“Truth-telling: Telling the Truth about Our Churches and Race
Baptismal Promise: Persevere in resisting evil, and whenever we fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord. Core Questions: What racial/cultural/ethnic groups are in our church? Who have we excluded or included?
Proclamation: Proclaiming the Dream of Beloved Community
Baptismal Promise: Proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ. Core Questions: How has our city/town/area participated in racial injustice or healing over time? What's happening today? What is our dream for Beloved Community? What behaviors and practices foster it?
Baptismal Promise: Seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves. Core Questions: How will we grow as reconcilers, healers, and justice-bearers? What activities, practices, learning and experiences would (trans)form us? How will we share stories and grow relationship?
Justice:Repairing the Breach in Society and Institutions”
Baptismal Promise: Strive for justice and peace among all people & respect the dignity of every human being. Core Questions: What institutions and systems bear the signs of racial injustice? How will we participate in the repair, restoration and healing of people, institutions and systems?
As a men’s ministry in the Angelica communion, it is most appropriate that we use these elements as our basis for moving forward, keeping our Baptismal vows.
How will we encourage this?
By being a Community animated by a non-clinging, self-emptying, persistent love that drives the members to pursue wholeness and kindness. In it, the individual and the collective strive and sacrifice for the sake of the greater whole and for the end of all forms of domination and oppression that diminish the children of God.
Howard Thurman in his Book Jesus and The Disinherited wrote "'The first step toward love is a common sharing of a sense of mutual worth and value. This cannot be discovered in a vacuum or in a series of artificial or hypothetical relationships. It has to be in a real situation, natural, free."
JOIN US!
WEEKLY SCHEDULED ACTIVITY
Brothers, in addition to our weekly Mid-Day Mid-Week Prayers, we are scheduling a weekly end-of-day Order for Compline each Sunday at 9 PM Eastern Time.
Additionally, the National Service Center has begun assembling a complete list of chapters' Zoom and Hybrid meetings specifically targeted for a MAL's benefit. Listed below are chapter meetings available to engage in fellowship.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW HAS BEEN PART OF THE MEN’S STUDY SERIES KNOWN AS PROJECT 12 FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
Please consider the series as a potential opportunity for your chapter or group of men to study and interact on one of the topics in the Lifeline Series.
“It started on a patio. Two men sat there talking about what God was doing in their lives and ministries. Diverse in more than just age and geography, these two men discussed how building men was not a cookie cutter, one-size-fits-all approach There was a desire expressed to gather a group of effective men’s leaders from all over the country to share what God was doing. This was the beginning of the A-Team.
Fast forward to 2014, and over 25 men gathered in the Midwest at a retreat center to learn from each other and celebrate how God was working in their lives to change their communities. One of the outcomes of these conversations was to gather a list of great faithful resources to point men towards to help, teach, and grow.
The Project Twelve concept emerged. Twelve guys following Jesus. Twelve months in a year. Perhaps this group could help men follow Jesus year-round like the original twelve guys did. Welcome to Project Twelve.”
The programs can be found at www.projecttwelve.net. They are called Lifelines. They were just recently released. They are faith-based roadmaps for every generation. According to the outline, each of the six segments has six blocks. If you did one per week, it would last at least 36 weeks. Each is based on the Serendipity Bible.
We are part of the original group that established Project Twelve five years ago. There are seven different denominations/ministries, and 13 individuals who contributed to the writings. There is no charge for tapping into the various programs.
JOIN US IN PRAYER EACH WEEK
Mid-Week, Mid-Day, "12:00 Central Time"
What better way to level set during the middle of the week? We will hold a weekly Wednesday noon (Central) prayer time over ZOOM that is open to all brothers and guests. Let's pray for the Brotherhood, for our Brothers, and even share some stories of how Prayer has impacted you or someone you know!
We can all spare 20 minutes in prayer. It's like stopping at the faith service station to fill your prayer tank!
Please join us every week when you can to recharge your prayer batteries!
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew, The Brooklyn and Queens Assemblies, and The Diocese of Chicago wish to remind you to join the weekly Bible Study on Thursdays, 8 p.m. EDT/ 7 p.m. CDT/ 6 p.m. MDT/ 5 p.m. PDT. Joining this group will allow you to continue to gain deeper knowledge, awareness, and understanding of the Bible.
Kathy Copas, our editor, would like to include more news of chapter events and ministry meetings or events. If you have something to share, please send it to
LOCATION: 620 South Third Street, Suite 203, Louisville, KY 40202
MAILING: P.O. Box 1382, Louisville, KY 40201
502-450-5640 www.BrothersAndrew.net 502-930-0658
Disclaimer:If you unsubscribe to Brotherhood of St. Andrew emails, you will no longer receive any communication from the National Service Center including donation receipts, dues reminders, announcements, and special invitations to events happening near you. To resubscribe, you will have to send an email to admin@brothersandrew.net to be added back to the database.
