Help support our school and have some great food and fellowship.  Just dine on Main Street in  Tucker and tell your server that you are there to support St. Andrews School.  Make sure you go by Sweet Dee’s to have a yummy dessert.

St. Andrews member, Earl Meeks, is featured in The Initiative for Affordable Housing’s newsletter for making house calls to keep the looms at Weaverhouse in working order.  These looms support re:loom, a non-profit that employs and empowers homeless and low-income individuals through weaving beautifully-designed recycled materials.

Earl, who has designed and made beautiful art works for St. Andrews, uses his skills once a week to regularly check on and fix the many looms used for the re:loom employment program. This retired Georgia Tech physics professor is truly a renaissance man.

Earl is a wonderful woodworker and has carved beautiful handcrafted pieces not only for St. Andrews, but the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, as well as commissioned pieces.

We have a group that supports re:loom with recycled rags.  Look for announcements in the bulletin and the weekly St. Andrews email for how to join the church re:loom group.

For more information, go to re:loom, and to find out more about The Initiative for Affordable Housing here.  St. Andrews has supported and encouraged both these missions since their beginnings.

St. Andrews will celebrate all the volunteers that keep our church going from year to year.  Whether they do a small job or a big job, so many people use their talents for St. Andrews and to keep the church an open, loving, safe community dedicated to the glory of God.

Come this Sunday to hear all the choirs sing…yes there are lots of musical volunteers.  The choirs include the Chancel Choir, the Men’s Chorus, the Youth Choir, the Bell Choir and new liturgical dance group – Glory to God Dancers.  This group of very young kids include several volunteers from St. Andrews School will bring joy and inspiration to everyone.

After a great service, stay for the church BBQ in Heffner Hall.  Join us for this great day.

Did you know that St. Andrews has a Prayer Labyrinth just off its parking lot on the recreation side of the building.  Brendan Phillips completed the labyrinth as an Eagle Scout project, and it’s a shady and peaceful spot in the middle of a busy world.

The Senior High Sunday School class visited last Sunday and used bubbles to create a new way to pray.

It’s open to all and ready for your prayers and meditation.

What’s On Wednesday- WOW is back again. We enjoyed having our all ages of our church family come together for the opening potluck picnic. This Wednesday 24th will be a catered meal. Cost of dinner is $8 for adults, $3 for kids 4-12, kids 3 and under are free, family max is $25. Join us for food, fellowship, and a Bible Study lead by Pastor Mary Jane Cornell. Any questions or if you want to volunteer email Kristy, kray@standrewspresbyterian.org

Let them praise [God’s] name with dancing, making melody to [God] with tambourine and lyre.

– Psalm 149:3

Next practice is Wednesday Sept. 24th at 5 p.m.  Your children still have time to join and be a part of this fun group.

The kids of St. Andrews and the St. Andrews School are learning creative movement, liturgical dance and how to sing to the Lord.  Don’t miss their first worship experience on September 28th when they will lead the introit at the 11 a.m. service.

Are you ready for church cooked barbeque? The Fellowship Ministry is hosting the Fall Barbecue meal on September 28th immediately following the 11 a.m. service. This year’s meal will feature chicken and pork barbecue, beans, bread and slaw. Please a side dish or dessert to help fill out the meal. The Fellowship Ministry needs lots of volunteers to make this a success. They need help with set-up, service and clean up. You can sign up to help in the narthex or contactl Julie Todd t with any questions or to volunteer.

The completed Hygiene Kits and School Bags for Unaccompanied Children Project were dedicated this Sunday with help from our children. The completed items are packed and ready to ship, but this committee is still accepting donations and items for a second shipment. In the meantime, don’t forget to pray for these children and their safety and write your congressperson.

Were you looking for coffee in the Narthex Sunday? It’s gone back to the Education Building, right at the entrance from the rec-side parking lot. There’s always coffee and goodies and smiling faces between our services.  You can get a needed cup of coffee, have a little fellowship and find a great Sunday School class to suit your interest.

If you haven’t signed your child up for the new worship arts program, please show up at 5:00 in the sanctuary.  We will have applications and the programs are free.  Creative movement/dance starts at 5:00 and then we transition to choir with David Lukens at 5:30.  Right after that parents can pick up their kids for a picnic and lawn games for our WOW program.

We already have a good group signed up and ready to start moving and singing for the Glory of God.  We can’t wait for this joyful group to bring their gifts to our Worship service.