We exist to proclaim by word and deed the Good News of Jesus Christ. St. Bart’s passion is to help those in need through our Outreach Ministries. We partner with several local organizations. One special connection we are proud of is our weekly offering for The Help Center; we gather food and other necessities; we bless them and deliver them to this organization we helped found. One Sunday, we gathered over 30 points of food!

The Rev. Jake Andrews was called to St. Bartholomew’s in August 2023. Jake is a graduate of the University of Alabama (B.A.), Beeson Divinity School (M.Div.), the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (M.Th. and Ph.D.), and the University of Iowa (M.F.A.). In 2019, Jake was ordained to the priesthood while serving as a professor at Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. He spent the first years of his ordained life as an assisting priest at St. John’s Cathedral, Spokane, WA, and, most recently, as the vicar of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Spokane Valley. Gradually, he felt God’s persistent call to full-time ministry and is so happy to have been called to St. Bart’s and the Shoals, where he is also the Associate Rector of Trinity. Jake is married to Christina, and they have a son, Jonah.