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About Anne McAnelly

The Rev. Anne McAnelly has a passion for ministry and welcoming those into the community of faith. Worship is the heart of the ministry of St. Andrew, but we continually seek out new ways to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community. Worship is like the coming together of a family, a family that invites you to be a part of it. So don’t be surprised if Anne hugs you following worship, welcoming you into our family of faith. Anne began serving as Pastor of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in July of 2011. She is a life-long Presbyterian and began serving the church as a young person ordained as an elder at the age of 17. She felt the call to ministry after graduating from UC Davis with a degree in Psychology and Economics. God’s call led her to Princeton Theological Seminary earning her Master of Divinity. With a passion for counseling she also pursued her Master of Social Work from Rutgers University. Following graduation she and her husband lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for a year. She began her ministry as Associate Pastor of Counseling and Pastoral Care of First Presbyterian Church in Kingsport, TN. Valuing family, Anne placed her children first, assisting in the church in Michigan while dedicating her time to her two young sons. Later she served for 3 years as Parrish Associate for Christian Education of the First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson, NY. Most recently, she served for five years as Pastor of two churches on Long Island: Remsenburg Community Church and First Presbyterian Church of East Moriches, NY. Anne is a proud parent of two teenage sons, Cooper and Parker.

2015

The Palm of His Hand

By |2015-04-02T10:07:15-07:00April 2nd, 2015|

Luke 23:46

 

As a child, my mother would often sing to me before bed; sometimes silly songs, sometimes songs from her generation, sometimes songs from camp: Songs like, Down in the Meadow, in an itty bitty Pool, and KKKKatie.  When all the singing was through we would read a story and then […]

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2015

It Is Finished

By |2015-03-24T13:16:37-07:00March 24th, 2015|

John 19: 30

 

Seven powerful words, seven revealing words, seven intimate words: Christ’s final words from the cross.  So here we are at the penultimate word, and I want to recap what we have heard so far with one word synopsis.  The first word on forgiveness is really a demonstration of the […]

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My God, My God…

By |2015-03-17T13:40:42-07:00March 17th, 2015|

Mark 15: 33-34

 

If I say “I can’t get no,” you would respond with “Satisfaction.” This first line from a Rolling Stone classic is one that most everyone in the room knows and has identified with at some time.  We are transported back to 1965 when that song […]

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Here is your Mother

By |2015-03-17T11:07:42-07:00March 10th, 2015|

John 19:25-27

Third Word

 

This is the darkest hour – Jesus is hanging from the cross, having been unjustly condemned, stripped and beaten.  The heavens have even responded with the absence of light, a three hour window of darkness that declares the suffering and pain of our Lord.  There is nowhere to […]

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