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“Where do you get that living water?”
During the final three weeks of September, St. Andrew will participate in the Season of Creation, an ecumenical world-wide celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home.
The theme for this year is “Living Water.” Each Sunday of this season, our worship will focus on gratitude to God, Creator of all things, especially water, lamenting our failures to steward this precious gift, and exploring ways in which we can protect our environment and work toward a more just and life-giving world for the entire human family as well as the non-human creation.
As part of this celebration, there will be a Blessing of the Waters. You are invited to bring a small sample of water from any source that is meaningful to you. It can be from a vacation trip, from your favorite fishing hole or swimming pool, from rainfall, even from the water you drink or give to your thirsty plants. Small watertight bottles are available in the narthex.
Collect your sample (safely, please!), label it with your name and the source location, then bring it any time to place along the windows in the sanctuary. Feel free to check out where all the different samples have come from. During a worship service in September, all of the waters collected will be poured into the baptismal font (along with a sanitizing solution) as a symbol of our unity with each other and all creation.
Young Adult Summer Bash
Sunday, August 23, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Spirit of Grace, 7400 SW Scholls Ferry Road
Young adults are invited to bring a white piece of clothing to tie-dye at the Summer Bash on Sunday, August 23, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. This event, being held at Spirit of Grace (7400 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Beaverton), will also include snacks, games, and ice cream! Pick up a flyer in the narthex, and invite a friend to join you for this event. The Summer Bash is also sponsored by Cedar Hills United Church of Christ, Christ United Methodist Church Cedar Mill, and St. Andrew Lutheran Church.
Trees and Wetlands: Part I
Adapted from the Treekeepers of Washington County’s newsletter.
Native people thrived for generations as they stewarded the wetlands and other ecosystems of our region. Things changed significantly with European colonization; many wetlands were drained or filled for agricultural purposes.
In the second half of the 19th century, the widespread upland forest around the church property was nearly completely cut down for lumber and farming. There is a small remnant of the original forest encompassing five douglas firs and one Oregon oak (all estimated to be about 230 years old) along the forest margin with our wetland. All other trees in our Sanctuary of the Firs range in age from 100 to 140 years, post cutting. Read more…
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Adult Education
“If adult education does not become a priority for a congregation, at some point that congregation will cease to exist because its members will simply not know or understand the purpose of the congregation and their role in fulfilling that purpose.” —Neal Boese, Blueprint for Change, page 83.
Children & Youth
Children are not the “future” of the church; they ARE the church. At St. Andrew, we strive to connect children, youth, and adult mentors during this time when connection is more important than ever.
Doubt and Darkness
Fear is rampant today. It drives our society into a frenzy of traps we hope will bring us longed-for security and iron-clad safety. For many, our facile attempts to find answers or solutions in religion no longer work. There seems to be no permanently safe place to settle. But might it be that in the midst of our angst, in the places where we all hang on for dear life, new birth can take place?
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