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FELLOWSHIP AT ST. ANDREWS |
Mission and Function:
Our mission is to provide fellowship opportunities that strengthen the spiritual connection between members and friends at St. Andrews; therefore, “let’s have fun, play, laugh!”
To do this:
- The Fellowship Committee meets to plan monthly events whereby members of the church can meet for social activities
- Committee members come up with the ideas or use ideas given to them by others; members sometimes “chair” an event or they recruit someone to do so.
- The Committee supports other committees within the church with planning for social events.
- The Committee oversees Sunday morning Fellowship Coffee Hour with volunteers from the entire church body taking turns hosting.
We heartily endorse the following:
“The church that plays together, stays together!”and “If we feed them, they will come.”
Some of our activities over the past several years have included:
LOTS of potluck dinners
Special meals such as
Valentine’s Day Pancake Brunch with the men cooking and serving
Stone Soup
Pig Roasts
Suppers for Six/Eight
Game nights—for families and/or for adults only
Attending a play and going out afterwards for dessert
An annual kayak/canoe trip on the Lower Platte River with picnic
Pontoon Boat parties
Fall color tours with special meals enroute
Attending a Beach Bums game—the Traverse City professional baseball club
Brunch at some of our great restaurants following worship
A Coffee House—sharing poems, readings, and songs with dessert and coffee
A Road Rally
2007 Planned Events (some dates are yet to be determined)
January 7 – Charter Day Potluck
February 11 – Valentine’s Potluck with special presentation from the Meads, just back from Niger
March 18 – Soup Luncheon after worship
April 8 – Easter Morning Breakfast before worship
May – Tea sponsored by Presbyterian Women
June and August – Refreshments and fellowship following special “Concerts on the Hill,”
fundraisers for the Missions Program
August 6 – Annual Kayak/Canoe Outing on the Platte River with picnic
Summer – Beach Bums game
Surprise Suppers Six/Eight
Fall – Game nights
Hayride and square dance
Winter –Christmas Gathering with appetizers and desserts and songs