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Welcome to St Andrews and St Columbas
Introductory piece about St Andrews, how it is linked with and serves St Columbas in Annan and St Andrews Primary School. I little piece about weekday and weekend mass times and a button taking you to Mass times and another for the weekly bulletin. Picture of the churches interior to accompany.
A similar introductory piece about St Columbas and how it is served from St Andrews in Dumfries. A note about Mass times, the polish community and their mass times as well as a note about any other useful information. Links buttons to Mass times and bulletin
Get involved
and be a part of your Church and Parish life
There is a lot going on in our parish and community
all for the good of delivering good liturgy, music and for the upkeep of our surroundings and general fabric of the church, the hall and it’s buildings. We are always on the look out for volunteers to get involved. If you have aspecific talent, interest or knowledge we’d love to hear about it. Use the get in touch link below or speak with one of the pass keepers at Mass who will beable to point you in the right direction.
all for the good of delivering good liturgy, music and for the upkeep of our surroundings and general fabric of the church, the hall and it’s buildings. We are always on the look out for volunteers to get involved. If you have aspecific talent, interest or knowledge we’d love to hear about it. Use the get in touch link below or speak with one of the pass keepers at Mass who will beable to point you in the right direction.
Readers
There is a team of readers for every mass, but we are always very pleased to have more volunteers to share their talents of reading. Each mass has two readers, one for an old testament reading and another for the second reading which usually comes from new testament, and the letters. There are also bidding prayers to be read
If you would like to become a reader it is very simple. Just express your interest to one of the pass keepers or Fr. Gerald or drop us line, you can use the contact us link below. Don't for get to leave us your phone number so we can follow up.
If you would like to become a reader it is very simple. Just express your interest to one of the pass keepers or Fr. Gerald or drop us line, you can use the contact us link below. Don't for get to leave us your phone number so we can follow up.
Euchristic Ministers
There is a team of Eucharist Ministers for every mass, but we are always very pleased to have more volunteers on hand to serve. Each mass now has three ministers to serve the body and blood of Christ. Training is provided after which each member is added to the rota. You can choose to serve at either the Saturday vigil or Sunday mornings. Weekdays masses don't have a formal rota but once you are 'enrolled' as a minister you can volunteer on the day, as the need requires. If you would like to put yourself forward to be a Eucharistic Minister then speak to a Eucharistic Ministers after Mass or speak to Fr. Gerald. You can also express an interest by getting in touch using the link below. Don't for get to leave us your phone number so we can follow up with you.
St Vincent De Paul
The mission of the St Vincent De Paul society is to provide out reaching pastoral care to the parishioners of St Andrews and St Columbas. Historically a society made up on male members is has for some years now encouraged support from all a provides support to parishioners who maybe are less able to attend mass, get in their own shopping of groceries and the like. Support of a financial nature is also available for those struggling with bills or the ability to buy in their groceries
To get involved contact us via the link below or speak with a pass keeper at mass which can direct you to a member of the SVDP.
Church Cleaning Team
The curch cleaning team meet on a Wednesday afternoon. At present there are two teams working on a fortnightly rota. If you would like to help here then speak to one of the pass keepers ar Mass youcan then put you in touch with the cleaning group
Gardening Team
We are very thankfully to Mary Cameron who put is some extremely good work work in tending to the garden, Sadly she passed away recently. There is a new gardening team who have picked up the spade and rake to continue the good work on our beautiful gardens and vegetable patch. I am sure they will welcome help particularly with some of the heavy lifting. To express an interest drop us a line using the contact us form and we'll put you in touch.
Fund Raising
There is a newly formed Fund Raising team charged with coming with ideas and organising events to raise funds for work required on the fabric of the church, church hall, Steeple and St Marys new Abbey. The team will always be open to new and innovative ideas of how to raise funds and encourage more social events and challenges.
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