St. Andrew’s strives for racial reconciliation and justice in our personal lives, our local community and diocese, and our society. We come together for personal education and reflection, prayer for healing, group discussions, advocacy work, and collaborative ministries for racial justice across our diocese. Some of the ways we do this include:
Racial Justice Healing Service and Discussion - Our parish group meets on Zoom on Mondays at 7pm to pray for healing and reconciliation, as well as to discuss and organize. In 2022, this service expanded to include six other churches that are also engaged in this work, and provides a time for shared reflection and action.
Loving Presence - Our diocesan initiative to respond to the systems of racism both within and outside of the diocese, Loving Presence gathers, educates, and mobilizes the people of the Diocese of Pennsylvania. St. Andrew’s is a lead congregation in this initiative.
Community Organizing and Partnerships - We partner with other faith communities and organizations across our region to collaboratively identify and work for specific objectives, such as fair funding for education in Pennsylvania, that will advance racial justice. In addition to shared organizing, we also seek to develop relationships, friendships, and social opportunities that cross the lines of racial estrangement and build beloved community.
St. Andrew’s leading the choir at the 2019 founding convention for POWER Bucks County, and interfaith community organizing group