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Worship in Sanctuary of the Firs on Sunday, July 26
St. Andrew continues its annual summer series of worship services out in Sanctuary of the Firs on Sunday, July 26, at 9:30 am.
We are not offering live streaming or playback via YouTube for this service. As such, online worshipers are encouraged to attend live via Zoom instead. For those joining us in-person who may find it difficult to navigate through our outdoor space, a concurrent service will be held indoors. Read more…
“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 with you 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 Wildwood Hike
You are invited to join with other young adults from Cedar Hills United Church of Christ, Christ United Methodist Church Cedar Mill, and Spirit of Grace for a hike along the Wildwood trail in Forest Park!
Hikers will meet at Cedar Hills UCC (11695 SW Park Way) on Sunday, July 26 at 5:30 pm, and carpool from there to the trailhead. Food will be offered following the hike. If you’re interested in joining, please RSVP with Pr. Sam Holland at 336-485-5618, indicating whether you’d like to drive one of the carpools or just ride along. Read more…
Baby Birds Begin Their Lives in the Reformation Earth Garden
As noted last week, members of the Earth Care Team recently discovered a spotted towhee nest in the Reformation Earth Garden while weeding.
Five years ago, the Team planned and planted the Reformation Earth Garden, a meadow near the western red cedar behind the church. Planted with native flowers and shrubs, the area creates a native habitat which provides essential food, water, shelter, and nesting space for local wildlife. Enjoy these pictures of spotted towhee hatchlings! And consider joining the Earth Care Team and help it create habitat for birds and pollinators. Contact LuAnn Staul (ljstaul@gmail.com) for more information.
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St. Andrew continues its annual summer series of worship services out in Sanctuary of the Firs on Sunday, July 26, at 9:30 am. We are not offering live streaming or playback via YouTube for this service. As such, online worshipers are encouraged to attend live via Zoom instead.
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Worship
We worship in our beautiful Sanctuary, Chapel, and Sanctuary of the Firs. Worship is vital to our community; we worship together on Sunday mornings at 9:30, in person, on YouTube Livestream, and on Zoom. Click on the “Get Connected” button to receive the links for online worship.
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. Our Director of Next Generational Ministry, Kyler Vogt, is continuing 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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Recent Sunday Worship
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