Rev. William Veinot

The author Anne Lamott, in her insightful and humorous book, Traveling Mercies, shares a true story that her minister told in a sermon. When the minister was seven years old, her best friend got lost one day. “The little girl ran up and down the streets of the big town where they lived, but she couldn’t find a single landmark. She was frightened. Finally a policeman stopped to help her. He put her in the passenger seat of his car, and they drove around until she finally saw her church. She pointed it out to the policeman and then she told him firmly, ‘You could let me out now. This is my church, and I can always find my way home from there.’”

Anne Lamott then adds the following: “And that is why I have stayed so close to mine – because no matter how bad I am feeling, how lost or lonely or frightened, when I see the faces of the people at my church, and hear their voices, I can always find my way home.”

As its parish priest, St. Andrew’s has been my church home for almost twenty years. It has been the only home my three children have ever known. There has been so much love present, so much joy, that it has been impossible to leave. There is something unique and special about this sweet, little church. For those who are looking for a place to call home that is safe, encouraging and genuinely happy, your search is over. The gentle spirit of the living God is right here and welcomes you to come among us and become family.