Let’s Fight Hunger Together! Order Coffee Now! Fighting hunger is at the heart of the Presbyterian understanding of mission. Jesus fed the hungry and told his disciples to do the same. Hunger today is an extremely complex phenomenon with economic, political and social causes. The denomination’s Hunger Program of which the Coffee Project is a part, does “root cause’ work to address underlying issues of hunger and reduce it. For each pound of fairly traded coffee, chocolate, and tea purchased through the Presbyterian Coffee Project, 15 cents per pound goes to the PCUSA’s Small Farmer Fund which generated $9,475.68 in 2019 to support small farmer projects in coffee growing regions around the world. One example is a project in Nigeria that supported 200 farmer households by providing water pumping machines for irrigation farming, rice and vegetable seedlings. The beneficiaries of the Small Farmer Fund are being supported with training on best farming practices, project monitoring and post distribution to kick-start farmer livelihoods. Your purchases through the Coffee Project will provide funding for the Small Farmer Fund to continue helping world farmers. Please order using this form or send your requests to Mary Evans, tmevans@bellsouth.net, 770-493-9489 by Tuesday, August 18. Anticipate delivery of products Labor Day weekend.

Presbyterian Women of Greater Atlanta Virtual Retreat All of the women in the church are welcome to join in the retreat entitled Sharing Our Faith on Saturdays, August 8, 22 and 29 from 9-10 a.m. on Zoom. Please click here for the flyer on their Facebook page. For registration information, email marymckeemartin@outlook.com; the retreat is free to all.

Come Hell or High Water Movie St. Andrews has purchased a pass for up to 150 people in our congregation to view this new movie from the comfort of their own home. The movie, “follows the painful but inspiring journey of Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi, when the graves of his ancestors are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport. Over the course of a decade, Derrick and his neighbors stand up to powerful corporate interests and politicians, and face ordeals that include Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil disaster in their struggle for self-determination and environmental justice.” Click here to view the movie trailer. There is also a webinar at 8:00 pm on August 5 with the film maker and the activist in the film.

Here’s how to view the film:

• Click this link to sign up to view the film.
• Watch the movie at your leisure at home August 2 – August 4(midnight).
• Register here, if you would like to attend the webinar on August 5.

Submit any questions you would like to ask in advance of the webinar here.

Book Discussion Everyone is welcome to join us for our next discussion of Waking Up White by Debbie Irving, next Sunday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m. We will be discussing chapters 21-33 (pages 113-184). Click here to join us on Zoom on a computer, smart phone or tablet. To join by telephone, call: 301-715-8592, and enter the meeting ID: 891 5661 0762

Click this link to join us on Zoom for Lunch and Learn on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. on a computer, tablet, or smartphone. The password is 014584. If dialing in, call 301-715-8592, enter the Meeting ID: 960 5542 9353 and Password: 014584. We will be studying 2 Timothy 3:14-17 and Deuteronomy 6:1-9.

Join us for Church at Prayer tomorrow morning at 9:00 by video chat or conference call. Click here for the current Church @ Prayer list. Please send changes, updates, or new prayer requests to the office.

Click this link to join us on your computer or smart phone. Enter the meeting ID below. To join by telephone, call: +1-312-626-6799, and enter the meeting ID: 962 2453 8769

This Week in Worship It is the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship and communion in our homes via Facebook Live and YouTube. We will have Sunday School before and fellowship after worship on Zoom conference. The links for Sunday are below. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website.

We are continuing our series God’s Story. Our Story. One Story. This week Rev. Camille is preaching on The Second Helvetic Confession. You are invited to have your own bread and juice with you while you watch (or as close as you can get with what you have at home), so you can share communion around a great big virtual table. Our hymns will be I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art and We All Are One in Mission. Our scripture passages are Colossians 1:15-20 and 1 Corinthians 3:9-17. Sunday’s bulletin is attached here

This Week in Worship It is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship in our homes via Facebook Live and YouTube. We will have Sunday School before and fellowship after worship on Zoom conference. The links for Sunday are below. We will post the recording of our worship service on our webite.

This week John McCrosky is preaching Good Trouble. Our hymns will be To What Can the Kingdom of God Be Compared? and There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy. Our scripture passages will be Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 and Romans 8:26-39. Sunday’s bulletin is attached here.

With DeKalb County’s decision to go back to school online only starting in mid-August, NETWorks has finally  been able to solidify our plans for the Good Neighbor Back to School Shop. With the complications caused by the coronavirus, they’re revamping the Shop completely. This year, NETWorks will be providing free supplies in a drive-thru style distribution. Using new backpacks filled with supplies, they can meet many of the supply needs. They’ll need to augment those supplies with some age-specific items.

Our Mission Ministry is asking your help in making this happen, and in a rather shortened timeline.NETWorks is planning to distribute the items Sunday, July 27.  It’s  easier to donate this year. SAPC members can donate to buy the backpacks and pre-packed supplies or they can send NETWorks  the few items listed below (mainly for K-2^nd grades). A backpack full of supplies is $15

• 8-10 count markers (broad tip)
• Loose leaf paper (wide ruled)
• 3- ring binders, 2”

 All of this information and a donate button is available at www.networkscoop.org/bts. Donations can be made at https://bit.ly/BTS-Covid, set up specifically for the school event.