The Chancel Choir of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Oregon Hill, offers a traditional evening Epiphany Service of Seven Lessons & Carols to close out the Christmas season; Sunday, January 10, 2009; 5 p.m.; St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Oregon Hill, Richmond. Reception following the service in Baldwin Hall of St. Andrew’s School. Free and Open to the Public. 804-648-7980; www.standrewsec.org.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church hosts Harvest on the Hill, the annual Community Fair on Oregon Hill; Sunday, September 27, 2009; Noon-3 p.m.: live music, food, kids games, plus “Green” booths and a one-man show of original watercolors by Anthony Creech celebrating Oregon Hill. More info at 804-648-7980, or www.standrewsec.org.

Using a mix of parables, philosophy and provocative post-modern Christian theology, Irish writer/lecturer/philosopher Peter Rollins brings his “Lessons in Evandalism” tour to Richmond on Feb. 21-22. His visit is sponsored by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.

Rollins is currently visiting churches and universities across the U.S. to share his thoughts about an emerging, organic movement within the Christian faith. These “pockets of resistance,” as he calls them, are unafraid to buck tradition and proclaim the death of God, church and religion as we typically know them in preparation for their “resurrection” in a radically different form.

Rollins will hold a public lecture at Baptist Theological Seminary, 3400 Brook Road, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. At 10 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, Rollins will address the Adult Forum class in the chapel of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 240 South Laurel Street in Oregon Hill (at the corner of Idlewood Avenue). He also will deliver the sermon at the church’s 11 a.m. service before resuming his American tour.

Philospher/Theologian Pete Rollins will speak at St. Andrew's Church, Oregon Hill at 11 a.m., SUnday, February 22.

The Virginia Girls Choir, a city-wide choir for girls in grades 4-7, will sing Evensong at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Oregon Hill, Sunday, Jan. 11 at 5 p.m. The 20-member choir formed in September 2008 and is a city-wide music ministry of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Choristers audition for the competitive slots and come from a variety of schools and backgrounds. The service will feature the music of contemporary American composer Vernon Williams and a setting of Charles Wood’s carol Mater Ora Filium. Evensong is one of the Free and open.

Richmond Boys Choir, St. Andrew’s, Oregon Hill Team Up to Help Replenish Central Virginia Food Bank

The Richmond Boys Choir and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church are teaming up to help replenish the Central Virginia Food Bank. The Boys Choir will perform a holiday concert Friday Dec. 19 at the church. The cost of admission: a canned good or other non-perishable food item. “Across the state food banks are running bare at a time when more people than ever are going to need help,” says the Rev. Abbott Bailey, St. Andrew’s rector. “We can’t do enough to keep the shelves full, especially when the folks who need the help are our neighbors.” The Joyful Song concert is part of the church’s Music with Grace series, made possible through a generous grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. For information, call 804-648-7980. www.standrewsec.org