The Sgt. Eugene Ashley Memorial Center

Each November St. Andrew’s, our church joins with the Pre-School to collect non-perishable foods for the Ashley Memorial Center. Ministry teams claim a stained glass window and fill it from top to bottom with food items in this annual tradition.

The Sgt. Eugene Ashley Memorial Center provides short-term, transitional Bridge Housing for up to 16 homeless Veterans. In addition, eight units of Permanent Supportive Housing are available for qualified applicants. The Ashley Center was established to provide homeless Veterans with a safe place to live, grow, and become empowered as they make the transition to permanent housing. Since its inception in 2001, the Ashley Center program has succeeded in returning 92% of participating Veterans to permanent housing. Over 55 men graduated from the program.

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Our name says a lot about us: St. Andrew’s On-the-Sound. While not overlooking Wrightsville Sound, we are close enough to the beach that our basic attitude is pretty laid back. We can’t help but feel that we track a little sand into the church whenever we enter. Our worship is traditional, but relaxed; our focus is on living our faith as God’s family in this place. Young families with kids, retirees, and folks in between find a comfortable home here.

Bring your faith and your doubts, your experience and your questions, and, above all, your hopes. There is comfort and joy in our community as we share in worship, fellowship, learning, and service.

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Our namesake, St. Andrew was the first evangelist and came to Jesus trusting him as his teacher. Andrew wanted to learn, to know God, and to understand Jesus as Messiah.

We gather together in worship as we rejoice, pray, and contemplate the wonder of God. Our worship is best described as traditional and relaxed. Please do not worry about what to wear and when to stand up; after all Jesus wore sandals and we do too.

At St. Andrew’s On-the-Sound we do not tell you what to believe. You are invited into the journey at whatever place you are in your life. We are all sharing this journey together.

What We Believe

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion at Mt. Lebanon Chapel, 10:15 a.m. Holy Communion at St. Andrew's, 5:30 p.m. Celtic Evening Service in the Parish Hall

We are located on the way to Wrightsville Beach at the corner of Airlie Road and Military Cutoff Road/Oleander Drive, next to Airlie Gardens.

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“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). We could as easily translate this as “where your money is…” and not miss the mark. When we give to support St. Andrew’s On-the-Sound we are helping to secure a place where our hearts feel at home. Everything we are as a loving community, our worship, our study, our service, and our play is founded on what we give together.

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