Author: standrew
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April 13th 2025 -“Eyes that see”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. THERE WILL BE PALM BRANCHES available to everyone upon entering the sanctuary. Please be sure to receive yours from one of the ushers. Everyone is invited to process around the sanctuary, waving their palms, at the time of The Procession, right…
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April 6th 2025 -“Rushing Water”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY, our Interim Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries will be leading us in worship. PIANO CONCERT;Dances For 4 Hands features pianists Tatiana Dvorianskaya and Alejandra Cifuentes Diaz. Right here at St. Andrew’s next Saturday, April 12, 7:30 – 9:00 pm. These two pianists will take you on a journey to…
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March 30th 2025 – “Where is the far country for you?”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. WE ALWAYS NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK at that which we think we know so well. The parable of the Prodigal Son, as it is called, is one of those texts. We’ve heard the story and often, there are…
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March 23rd 2025 – “Its not always going to be like this”
Dear friends, We are blessed in our lessons for this Sunday. Isaiah reminds us in huge terms of the goodness and greatness of God and his invitation to come… we bring only ourselves. He spreads before us his goodness but he equally reminds us that his ways are not our ways… his thoughts are not…
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March 16th 2025 -“A mother hen”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY Edythe Arnott will be leading us in worship. IN THIS SUNDAY’S GOSPEL READING, Jesus longs to care for his people as a hen cares for her chicks. Join us as we worship and reflect on Jesus’ mission and words as he journeys to Jerusalem. Order of Service PreludeWelcomeCall to Worship (Lenten Liturgy)Hymn 194:…
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March 9th 2025 -“This is an opportune time”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME: Be sure to turn your clocks forward one hour before heading to bed tonight otherwise you are liable to miss the service. Daylight savings time begins at 2 AM on Sunday. HOW FIRM IS YOUR FAITH? On…
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March 2nd 2025 -“Prayer changes us”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. SUNDAY MARKS THE END OF THE SEASON OF EPIPHANY and the Feast of the Transfiguration. In her commentary on this passage Meg Jenista writes: “It’s instructive that the season of Epiphany, which begins with a bright star in the East,…
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February 16th 2025 – “It’s all about the heart”
Dear friends, HOW FITTING that on the weekend when we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day our readings turn to the state of the heart. Jeremiah with prophetic thundering states: 9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Who can know it? Good question! … then answered by our Lord…
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February 9th 2025 -“Most to be pitied”
Dear friends, THIS WEEK the Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries our Interim Moderator will be with us to lead worship and preach. He will also lead us in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. The sermon this week will be based on the lectionary text of 1 Corinthians 15, and is a reflection on the…
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February 2nd 2025 “Looking forward Moving Forward”
Dear friends, THIS SUNDAY the Rev. Linda Faith Chalk will be leading us in worship. OUR SCRIPTURE READING is taken from Luke 4: 21-30, “Jesus Rejected at Nazareth”. Jesus speaks in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth, declaring that he fulfills Isaiah’s prophecy about the Messiah. At first, the crowd is amazed, but when he…