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September 12 Announcements

Sunday, September 12 is BIG HATS, LOUD SHIRTS Sunday.  Please join us after worship for a BBQ picnic.

 

 

The beautiful flowers in the sanctuary have been placed by Lee Rawson, Bill Shaw & Family, in memory of Mary Allison Shaw.

St. Andrew’s Mission Team has been faithfully providing lunch at the Inn of the Good Shepherd on the first Tuesday of every other month throughout the pandemic. This past week, they served lunch to 79 people. If you would like to help out next time by making meals or serving them, please contact Cathy at the church office

St. Andrew’s Cookbooks are still available to buy.  The cost is $15.

September 30th is the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, a new federal statutory holiday. We will be acknowledging this important day during our worship service on September 26.  The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is intended to honour indigenous residential school survivors, their families, and their communities as a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Offering Envelopes 2022 – We will soon be placing our order for 2022 envelopes.  If you currently do not have envelopes but would like to start using them, please contact the office (519-332-2662) or Victor Tarr by September 17th.

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE 
The Worship and Music team is holding its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive! Starting this Monday, items for donation can be brought to the church on Sundays, as well as Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings during the week.
The last day to drop off groceries is Friday, October 1.

Lent Worship Series

If we need to borrow money, rent an apartment or buy a car, we are asked to sign on the dotted line. Contracts are built on distrust, protecting us from liability if the person doesn’t hold up her end of the bargain. Yet healthy, lasting relationships are built on trust, not distrust. The deepest and most eternal trust that undergirds our lives comes from a relationship with God, who has given all to be with us and keeps not only God’s own promises but ours as well, in an unbreakable love known as covenant. Our worship during the season of Lent will reflect on the covenant promises that bind God and us together.

Wednesday Evening Devotional Worship

What is holiness? What does it mean to live a holy life? Does it even matter these days?
To be holy means to be set apart for God, and God wants that for us: to be God’s, and to be holy. In fact, God calls us to holy living in every area of our lives for our own spiritual growth and as part of God’s redeeming and liberating work in the world. During the midweek devotional worship services, we’ll focus on a different aspect of holy living as described in Leviticus, one of the most under-appreciated books in the Bible. These online devotional worship services will be available as podcasts on Wednesday evenings, and they’ll include prayer, Scripture, a reflection and a little music.

Mitton Tree and White Gift Sundays


The Mitton Tree and White Gift Sunday starts on Sunday November 29 and will continue each Sunday until December 13.

The Mission Committee is asking for donations of mittens, scarves, socks and Christmas Gifts (please mark age and gender on the gift).  Half of the items will be given to the Inn of the Good Shepherd and the other half will go to The Salvation Army.

November 22 Announcements

If you have any pastoral concerns or to inform the office of anyone who is sick or in hospital, please call the office at 519-332-2662 or email Rev Emily at [email protected]

The online Advent Bible Study, “A Distant Light: Isiah’s Prophecies of Hope” will begin on November 30 with Zoom discussion to follow on December 1 at 7:30 pm.
The Advent Daily Devotional will begin on November 29. If you would like a printed copy instead of the daily email, they will be available after the service next Sunday.