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 share in worship, fellowship, learning, and service.

Plan Your Visit

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

7:30am Holy Communion at Mt. Lebanon Chapel, 10:15am Holy Communion at St. Andrew’s, 5:30pm 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.

“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.

Come and see what God is doing in 2024

We are grateful for those who support this church by their presence Sunday to Sunday, and we invite others to join us again.
As we move forward into 2024, we can only do so with your continued support…Click to find out more.

Learn about planned giving and how it can create a lasting impact on the mission of our church. Through contributions to the endowment fund, you can ensure that future generations continue to benefit from our ministries. Your thoughtful gift today will provide support for years to come.

Other ways to give

Sunday Holy Eucharist services: 8:00am and 10:15am and Saturday Celtic Evening Service: 5:30pm · Details

101 Airlie Road, Wilmington, NC • 910-256-3034 Prayer Request

Our Organ

The organ at St. Andrew’s On-the-Sound was built by the Cornell Zimmer organ company of Denver (Charlotte), NC in 1995 as Opus 15. The organ was designed to incorporate pipes (as found at the back of the Nave) and high tech digital voices provided by the Walker Technical Company of Center Valley, PA. The digital voices are heard from the back of the Nave and from the front of the church in the choir loft. The console, located behind the pulpit, was built by Zimmer as well and has two manuals and pedal. These three divisions make up our organ, with the pipework mainly being located in the Great and Pedal divisions and the digital stops in the Swell division with a few other digital voices sprinkled throughout.

Specifications of the organ:

Cornel Zimmer, Opus 15, 1995

Great, Manual I, unenclosed

Bourdon	16′
Principal	8′
Gedackt	8′
Gemshorn	8′
Octave	4′
Rohrflute	4′
Waldflute	2′
Larigot	1 1/3′
Mixture III	1 1/3′
Festival Trumpet	8′
Cromorne	8′
Chimes
Tremolo
Melodic Bass
Swell to Great	16′
Swell to Great	8′
Swell to Great	4′

Swell, Manual II, expressive

Rohrflute	8′
Viola	8′
Viola Celeste	8′
Prestant	4′
Koppelflute	4′
Nazard	2 2/3′
Principal	2′
Tierce	1 3/5′
Scharff III
Trumpet	8′
Clarion	4′
Tremolo
Swell to Swell	16′
Swell Unison Off
Swell to Swell	4′

Pedal, unenclosed

Contra Bourdon	32′
Subbass	16′
Bourdon	16′
Octave	8′
Rohrflute	8′
Choralbass	4′
Posaune	16′
Clarion	4′
Rohrschalmei	4′
Swell to Pedal	8′
Great to Pedal	8′

C. Justin Smith

Organist & Choirmaster