St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

St. Andrews is turning out to be the place to get married this summer!  We have many weddings on the books already and are still receiving phone calls from prospective wedding parties.  I tell you this for two reasons.

First, if you have an important church event for 2010, please call the church office to get it put on the calendar.  Our committees have had to make difficult decisions when multiple events are planned for the same time.

Secondly, what a joy to work and worship in such a beautiful place.  One couple with whom I spoke said that they had been struggling with the wedding plans.  One wanted a traditional church wedding.  The other, an outside wedding.  St. Andrews, with our magnificent view and open feel was the perfect compromise.

What a blessing this church is to our congregation and our community!  God bless you this week–  Shelaine

Plans are underway to add a 2nd weekly worship service.  There are many issues to consider, of course: time, style, duration, music, leadership.   Those people interested in planning this 2nd service will meet at Noon on Feb 14th in the sanctuary or Edwards hall.  Please consider joining us, as we continue growing God’s ministry at St. Andrews!       —Worship Committee

Your Worship Committee is currently seeking new people to serve as liturgists.  In Sunday worship the liturgist leads the Call to Worship, the Prayer of the Day, the Prayer for Illumination and the first Scripture Reading.    Some people have served as liturgist many times.  For others, this would be a new experience.  If you are interested in serving as a St. Andrews liturgist, or have questions about it, please contact Judy McQuilkin by phone or at rmcquilkin@charter.net.     –St. Andrews Worship Committee

Join us at NOON on Feb 17 for an Ash Wednesday worship service.  We will be reading scripture, hearing music, and receiving the sign of the holy cross.  We will remember that we are mortal.  We come from dust and to dust we shall return.  Childcare will be available downstairs in the nursery. 

                                                                                         Thanks–Worship Committee

After worship today I uploaded the sermon online, for the first time.  This means that anyone local who missed the service as well as all our St. Andrews snowbirds around the country can now read and listen to the sermon!  Click on the “sermons” page to the left, choose which sermon you want, and then click the “triangle” to begin play.  If we find that our congregation and friends enjoy this new feature, we can easily record other parts of the Sunday service.  I’m so glad to have this new tool with which we can better reach out to the entire St. Andrews community.  We love you guys–Shelaine