Below is a picture taken during Pascha 2000 of St Andrew's Memorial Garden. Photo courtesy of Nancy Maynard.
Some photos of members. Some are in a meeting of the Newcomer Ministry, others are in an adult Christian Ed Forum, yet others taking care of the kitchen or discussing plans for our progress.
Below Altar Guild members Martha Bennett and Jeanette Hoskins get everything shining!
Getting the fair linen ironed is a fair task. Here the Rector observes how it's done.
Below is our Rector as he talks prior to a service with a communicant and acolyte, Zandy Knox.
Below, Fr. Pinner is at the rear of the nave, preparing to greet the parish after a Sunday celebration.
And below, Joseph+ meets two communicants, Nancy and Dick Maynard.
Next is a photo of the beautiful weeping cherry in St Andrew's Memorial Garden. This was taken the week of Easter, and is a beautiful reminder of the meaning of Paschaltide.
Below here's an afternoon picture of St. Andrew's from the northwest. Down the hill and toward the left is St. Andrew's Memorial Garden. This is a beautiful autumn afternoon in east Tennessee.
Above is a view of St. Andrew's from the downhill side to the southwest. It's the same sunny, clear afternoon in the first week of fall.
An oil painting (below) of the original St.Andrew's building that was in downtown Harriman, and burned in the early sixties, hangs in the narthex of the church. The painting was rendered by a long-time Harriman resident, Alice Neergard. The picture was painted while the old church still stood. Mrs. Neergard painted a similar picture of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The Neergard family were friends with the Killeffers mentioned in the page about the history of St. Andrew's. The Rev. Alexander C. Killeffer had been priest at both the Harriman and the Fayetteville churches in the early parts of the century.
The icon shown above is the icon of our parish's patron, the Holy Apostle Andrew. Andrew was first-called of the Lord's disciples, and was the one who brought his brother Peter (often considered leader of the apostles) to follow Jesus. This icon was blessed on the Feast of St. Nicholas (December 6), 1986, at the Cathedral Church of Sts. Peter and Paul (National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C. by His Grace Bishop Basil (Rodzianko) of the Orthodox Church in America. It has been in our church ever since, and is seen immediately at the entrance to the nave of the church.
Within the walls (pictured below) to the northeast of the church is a beautiful garden, St. Andrew's Memorial Garden. It is a cinerarium (place for the burial of ashes from cremation) created for the use of the families of St. Andrew's. An ecologically and financially attractive alternative to traditional burials, it is a wonderful place for drawing away and meditating as well.
The center of the life of St. Andrew's Church is the altar, at which we offer ourselves and our lives in response to God's love for us, and where we receive, according to His own declaration, the Body and Blood of Christ, for our renewal, strength, and pardon. Below is our altar, and our new Rector, Fr. Joseph Pinner, as vested for the Feast of Pentecost. The beautiful Coronation tapestry Jacobean-style frontal is used during festal seasons and days at St. Andrew's.
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