St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

December 19, 1954 - Present

St. Andrew’s was organized as a mission in 1954 sponsored by The Brotherhood of St. Andrew, a layman’s organization at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Rocky Mount. Our first service was held in a rented clubhouse on December 19, 1954.  In May of 1955 land was acquired on Circle Drive and construction began on our initial facility, a combination parish hall/worship space, kitchen, office, and classrooms.  Following a successful $1,250,000 capital campaign in 2000, additional land was acquired. A new worship center, commons, sacristy, choir room, offices, and a memorial garden were added. New facilities were joined to the existing building, and the former worship space became a large parish hall-multipurpose room connected to a renovated kitchen. The new facilities were dedicated on September 12, 2001.  Our two and one-half acre beautifully landscaped property enjoys frontage on three streets. It is clearly visible from Sunset Avenue, a major east-west thoroughfare.  Residential growth in Rocky Mount has been primarily west and north of St. Andrew’s making us conveniently accessible to a large portion of the town’s population.  One Vicar, two priests-in-charge, three Rectors, and two Interim Rectors have served our parish. Our last two rectors, the Rev. James Mathieson and the Rev. Janice Chalaron, served us for eighteen and eight years respectively.   Interim Rector, the Reverend Sonja Hudson, joined us in April 2004.  Following an extensive search, we welcomed The Reverend George H. Greer, Jr. as our Rector in April of 2005.