Journey Men Night Shelter is one of our missions at St. Andrews. We serve the men dinner on the first Friday of each month. (Tonight we are having a Fourth of July picnic with them), and it’s always a fun night.

The following is an opportunity to serve Journey in other capacities or to find something for a young person to do this summer:

On Thursday, July 14, Journey will be hosting a volunteer meeting for Journey Men’s Shelter and you’re invited.

Honduras Mission Team– Please continue to pray for our team that will be returning from Honduras on Saturday evening, July 2,  from a week in mission.  Twenty-one youth and adults from St. Andrews led Vacation Bible School in the two room school house, and built latrines and eco fire wood stoves for cooking in the village of Casa Quemada.

It’s almost here, Friday, July 8, 7 p.m., in Fellowship Hall, we will channel our inner Maria and Captain Von Trapp and all their kids.  It will be a fun, family night in the cool of Fellowship Hall.

Mark your calendars today!

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Yesterday during worship we commissioned our summer mission team that leaves this coming Saturday for Honduras. Twenty-one of our adults and youth will head to Rancho el Paraiso/Olancho, Honduras (HOI’s primary site in the Agalta Valley)  – located in northern Honduras; dormitories situated on a fully operational 1,400 acre Ranch; HOI has spent over 25 years working in this area; work projects vary/primarily focused on a range of community development and economic development projects including, but not limited to: building latrines, mudding homes, mixing and pouring concrete floors, building eco-stoves and eco-ovens.
Our team returns the following Saturday after a week of hard work and helping with Vacation Bible School.
Please keep all of these disciples in your prayers during the week:
Ashby, Victoria

Good Neighbor Back to School Shop Donations: NETWorks Cooperative Ministry, here in Tucker, will offer a Back To School Shop to sell new school supplies at discounted prices, offering neighbors in need a respectful way to prepare for the new school year. This is an opportunity for parents with financial challenges in Northalke-Embry Hills-Tucker to provide for their families in an affordable manner. More information and the list of supplies needed is available at http://www.networkscoop.org/bts/ . We’ll be collecting donation in the Narthex through July 10.

Tsiry, Faratiana, and Tinahy welcomed their baby girl, Mihatia Hasina on June 8. We are, as their church family, so excited to welcome this new baby into our congregation.
Recently if you’ve been part of an email chain (mainly the women of the church), you’re aware that Mihatia developed jaundice and was hospitalized last night. She has to stay one more night, but our prayer is that she comes home tomorrow healthy and flourishing.
This email chain of women has started coordinating meals for the family, and they’ve found a rocker for Fara to help soothe her baby. They are also trying to find a way to help Fara’s mother get her visa so she can visit from Madagascar and help Fara and the baby. Her mother’s visa has been rejected twice placing a burden on this grandmother and her daughter who needs her mom’s emotional support now.
If you can think of ways to help, contact our office, office@standrewspresbyterian.org and ask to be put in touch with the remarkable women of St. Andrews.

 On Friday, July 1, the Mission Ministry will provide the evening meal for the residents at the Journey Men’s Shelter.  As this is the 4th of July weekend, we will provide a picnic style menu with hamburgers/hotdogs/brats (cooked on charcoal grills there) and sides and dessert.  We did this last year and it was a great time of fellowship and service for both the volunteers from SAPC and the residents.  Dinner is done family-style and is a great opportunity to meet and fellowship with the residents (many of whom have interesting life stories) and to learn more about this successful program from the staff and residents.  If you are interested in participating as one of the servers with the team, assisting with grilling at the shelter, providing sides/desserts/money donations or have questions please contact Mike Bearden ( michaelrbearden@bellsouth.net ).  Food donations need to be dropped off at Heffner Hall between 5 and 6 pm on Friday, July 1.  If you would like to assist at Journey and need a ride or want to follow someone there you need to be at Heffner Hall by 6 pm on Friday.  Dinner will be served at 7 pm at Journey.

On Sunday, June 12, following the worship service, the Mission Ministry will have an opportunity for members of the congregation to sign up to provide support to the Thornwell Building Families Program that we are hosting.  A number of books and games and some miscellaneous supplies have been identified that are needed for the in-home training and skills work with the families that participate in the program.  Sign up sheets to provide the various items will be available in the Narthex after worship on June 12 – please see Mary O’Brien or Mike Bearden (for questions – michaelrbearden@bellsouth.net  ).  Copies of the list of needed items are available in the Narthex for the next couple of weeks and by clicking on this link.

Wish List – Thornwell Building Families Program – from Say Spencer (1)

If you want to help and prefer to do a monetary donation that will be fine, too – please see Mary O’Brien or Mike Bearden.

Vicki Worrell joined us at the session meeting on April 17th by transfer of letter from Embry Hills United Methodist. Vicki was a member at St. Andrews years ago and is glad to be back and looking forward to getting active and meeting new friends.