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History
| St. Andrew's Episcopal Church was first organized as a mission in 1906, the same year that Champion Paper and Fibre Company was built on the banks of the Pigeon River in Canton. The cornerstone for the current church building was laid in 1922. St. Andrew's was granted parish status in 1960, and in that same year, an annex was added to house Sunday school rooms and offices. |
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| St. Andrew's Church in its early construction. |
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The former rectory now houses our Youth and Christian Education Program. In 2003, a new commons area and narthex, complete with an elevator, was constructed. Also at that time, the Christian Education Building was completely renovated. These new facilities were dedicated January 7, 2004.
Today, St. Andrew's is a growing, dynamic parish family. Our members come from all parts of Haywood County, western Buncombe County and Jackson County. There is a healthy diversity among parishioners with regard to race, age, occupation, background, and theological positions. We have a large number of children and youth in our parish family, and we offer many educational opportunities for all ages throughout the year (EFM, Adult Bible Study, Pilgrims in Christ, Confirmation Instruction, Sunday School, and Christian Formation).
Our worship of God is centered in the Holy Eucharist. Lay persons serve as acolytes, lectors, lay readers, ushers, lay Eucharistic visitors, and altar guild members. All baptized Christians, including children, are invited to share with us in receiving Holy Communion.
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Designed by the Reverend Clarence Stuart McClellan Jr., B.D., Rector of St. Andrew's Spring of 1923. Made by the Jacoby Art Glass Company, St. Louis, Missouri. Summer of 1923. Installed by Mr. William Frank Bell, Builder of St. Andrew's Autumn of 1923. When the subject of the theme of the design for the large window fronting the street was considered along with the designs for the other windows of St. Andrew's Church, the Rector suggested that there should be some "local color", and that a window, which would at once combine the unique and beautiful, be installed in the church. The Rector, thereupon, submitted both to the congregation and to the Jacoby Art Glass Company of St. Louis, a design for such a window and took as his subject for his design, "Pisgah and the Rat" within sight of Asheville and prominent in the views along the highway from Asheville to Canton. The recollections of many waterfalls, log cabins, pine forests, foot hills seen by him during his many trips over the mountains of Western North Carolina suggested the details of the picture, which is characteristically Western North Carolina. The Jacoby Art Studios of St. Louis, Missouri, approved and accepted the design, which the Rector made, and under the supervision of an artist, who had spent several years near Asheville, built the window and colored it. |
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The thought of this window is: From the Glories of Earth with its flowers and woods, its
waterfalls and mountains, to the Glories of God: the heavens of sunset light that declare the majesty,
power, and love of God, the Heavenly Father". The Journey of Man through this world begins at his
home, the Log Cabin, where dwell peace, contentment, and love. In youth, he travels by the waters
that anticipated the Waterfall, which he must pass of God. The Waterfall symbolizes the din and
disappointments and trails: "o'er crag and torrent." Beyond the waterfall stretch Valleys and Foothills
symbolizing the depressions and aspirations of life; even the Valley of the Shadow of Death-only a
"Shadow" -of whence Moses viewed the " Promised Land." From its top the Sunset Glory, which
comes before the Dawn and the "Angels faces smile, which never fail to " Lift up his eyes unto the
Hills." There is his Help. Only as he looks up beyond his home shadows and the hills of aspiration
can he keep in close communion with the Glories of God. The characteristic mountain laurel, the typical log cabin, the familar trees of our mountain country will be seen in this picture. In the design over the picture itself will be noted the National Colors and also the North Carolina Colors. |
