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"LEAD LIKE ANDREW"
Membership Newsletter Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Welcome to Our Bi-weekly Newsletter
Volume 99, "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:
Last week our Sr. VP/Adm, Jeff Butcher, and I had the chance to attend a regional conference not too far from our Service Center in Louisville. It was sponsored by The Living Church and some of our friends there. Just over 100 attended this in-person event. It was abundantly clear from multiple attendees the value of "real" face to face time, informal times between sessions, some great bluegrass music, prayers three times a day, and excellent speakers.
We learned that the sponsor will mirror the same type of conference in St. Louis later in the year. In other words, they focus on "regional conferences" with smaller crowds by design, hosted by a local church, in a town with easy air, rail and road access. Does that sound familiar? It should, that's what we did very successfully, particularly before COVID. This type of "church house" event doesn't involve a sponsor getting on the hook for a hotel, expensive meals, etc. The conference, titled "Tending the Vineyard" was a smashing success. As you see it advertised in the future and it is close to you, take some of your friends with you. You will not be disappointed. We will be sharing some of the information from that conference in the weeks ahead. Stay tuned.
Speaking of numbers, what do FIFTY and TWO THOUSAND have to do with the Brotherhood of St. Andrew? As we approach my eighth anniversary as your Executive Director on the 15th (also my birthday), as I was attending this conference last week I began to think about our own numbers since June 15, 2017. Since that time we have experienced50+ new chapters and 2,000+ new Senior Memberships. Nine new or re-chartered chapters this year alone. That's something for us to be proud of. Look at what Christ has done through YOU in fulfilling the Great Commission within and beyond the Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
The essential key to this growth is retaining paid, active members. The Brotherhood needs that to expand our mission reach further, maintain a staff and Service Center to serve the needs of 350+ different chapters scattered across the country. For those of you in a chapter, please check with your chapter officers about your membership status. For those who are Members-at-Large, feel free to call the Service Center. Remember, since the USPS remains in a continual state of understaffing, we have a POST OFFICE BOX for all snail mail. That address is P.O. Box 1382, Louisville, KY 40201. Snail mail addressed to our street address will be returned to the sender.
Lastly, speaking of "the numbers," think of the number of Father Figures in your life this week. Give thanks for them this Father's Day weekend as you attend your church. Better than that, give them a call to check in. I'll be making a couple of calls. I pray you will as well!
Members-at-Large Invited to Zoom Chapter Meeting
Brotherhood Chapter #5259 at Church of the Good Shepherd in Friendswood, Texas invites all Members-at-Large to join their regular meeting held at 10 a.m. (Central time) on the first and third Saturdays of each month via Zoom web-conferencing. Meeting format includes a Prayer List and I scripture Program. Contact Chapter Director Peter Gilmour (ptrglmr7@gmail.com) to receive Zoom login information.
Any other chapters holding Zoom or hybrid meetings that would like to invite Members-at-Large to attend, may send the meeting information to admin@brothersandrew.net to be include in the National calendar and other Lead Like Andrew publications.
FIRST WEDNESDAY WEBINAR
The monthly webinar is always on the first Wednesday of each month at 8 pm/Eastern.
Filing your annual chapter report is the perfect way to give the Brotherhood Board feedback about and for your chapter. Without your participation, the Board cannot effectively assess and plan ministries, resources and support for you. Please check with your chapter officers to make sure your report for 2024 was filed or email admin@brothersandrew.net with your chapter number to check. If it hasn't been filed, please file this 2024 report eitherONLINEorPRINT, complete and mail as soon as possible. Your response helps make the Brotherhood a better organization of prayer, study and service for all!
SECOND TUESDAY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
The monthly seminar is always on the second Tuesday of each month at 8 pm/Eastern.
Hosted by: President Roy Benavides & Sr. VP Jeff Butcher
Future Second Tuesday Development Seminars
AUGUST: Founders Day Planning
SEPTEMBER: Roundtable for Chapter Directors
OCTOBER: Disciplines of Prayer & Study
NOVEMBER: Lead Like Jesus/Recruiting
A High School Graduation Gift That Lasts
Many of us will watch “Senior Sunday” in the coming weeks. Another group of high school seniors will move on to work, college, enlistment in military service, the Peace Corps, and the like. What a touching gift it would be for a Brotherhood member to gift a “Jr. Membership” to those young men in their lives, both in and out of the parish.
As Junior Members, those young adults will receive all our digital communications like this one, have our website resources and opportunities to connect with the body of believers. We encourage you to gift a membership as a means to support them as they take this new road in life. Here’s the link you can use:
and include the Student's name in the "Write a Note" field.
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 (CDT) 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.
BIBLE STUDY ID: 448 502 7479 (no password necessary)
2. By PHONE:
646-876-9923
ENTER ID#: 448 502 7479, THEN PRESS #
New members to receive "welcome call" from
their Province President and/or Diocesan Leaders
New members are starting to receive email notification from the Service Center when their complete and funded applications are processed. Packets are also sent via USPS. Often, our Executive Director Tom Welch, makes a welcome call. Our senior leadership wants to take it a step closer to the ground. Each member of the Brotherhood has a Province President, and many have a Diocesan Coordinator contact. "What province am I in?" A map is below.
Every month province presidents receive a list of the new members in his province. You should have already received a welcome call from him by now or will in the near future. It's all about building connections so we may build community and leadership. One or more of our leaders will be calling new members by phone, so you may see an odd phone number show on your phone. Take a chance and see if it is a new Brotherhood friend on the other end. They would like to get to know you.
Likewise, every month for those new members who have indicated an interest in one or more of our seven ministries, that Ministry VP will also receive your name and plug new members into that ministry silo.
If new members aren't able to answer the call, our leaders will leave a message for a call back opportunity from our new members. What makes a new member join? What does their parish look like? What would they share to others about the Brotherhood? These are the type of questions we want to learn so we may grow in the Lord together.
A special welcome to these new members joining since May 28:
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