Lifeline9-8-8 is the new number to call or text for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Trained counselors are available 24/7. Modeled after 911, the new three-digit 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is designed to be a memorable and quick number that connects people who are suicidal, or in any other mental health crisis to a trained mental health professional.If you have questions contact questions@988ga.org.  

Service Information

Funeral services will be Monday, August 1, 2022, 12 o’clock noon in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home, 90 S. Pond Street, in Toccoa, Georgia with The Reverend Dr. Steve Rasor officiating.

The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home, 90 S. Pond Street, Toccoa, Georgia on Monday from 11 a.m. until time for the service. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.acree-davisfh.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 4882 Lavista Road, Tucker, Georgia 30084 in memory of Mrs. Paula Breuer Gleason. Interment will follow in the Stephens Memorial Gardens with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Paula Breuer Gleason. 

Click here for the obituary.

This Week, Looking Ahead Here are two opportunities for you to take action now on events that are happening in August:

• Carnival Volunteer Sign-up – Preparations are underway for the Back-To-School Carnival on August 13. We need your support before and during the big event. Click here to choose a time slot.
• OACM Daytrip to Fernbank Museum – Older adult day trips are back! The next trip will be August 16th. Cost ranges from $20-25. Check your email or the upcoming August Lamplighter for full details. Call or email Pat Baker right away to reserve your spot. (pat@sapctucker.org, 770-938-2833, ext. 111)

This coming Sunday is the last opportunity to enjoy Lemonade in the Shade this summer. Join us after worship on July 31st for a cold glass of lemonade and a sweet treat. Everyone is invited to attend in the courtyard.

Sunday, July 31st It is the eighth Sunday after Pentecost, and we will celebrate worship in the sanctuary and in our homes via YouTube. Sabbatical pastor Rev. Kate Colussy-Estes will be preaching A New Wardrobe. Our hymns will be O Lord, How Shall I Meet You, At the Name of Jesus, and In Christ There Is No East or West. Our scripture passages are Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14 and Colossians 3:1-15. For a copy of Sunday’s bulletin, click here. We will post the recording of Sunday’s worship service on our website.

Sunday, July 24th, 2022

It is the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship in the sanctuary and our homes via YouTube. Our Sabbatical pastor Rev. Kate Colussy-Estes will be preaching Dead Wrong. Our hymns will be A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Now Thank We All Our God and Lift High the Cross. Our scripture passages are Genesis 18:20-32and Colossians 2:6-15. For a copy of Sunday’s bulletin, click here. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website.

Sunday, July 17th, 2022

It is the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship in the sanctuary and our homes via YouTube. Our Sabbatical pastor Rev. Kate Colussy-Estes will be preaching In/visible. Our hymns will be Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise, God Be the Love to Search and Keep Me, and Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation. Our scripture passages are Genesis 18:1-10a and Colossians 1:15-28. For a copy of Sunday’s bulletin, click here. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website.

You are invited to join your church family for a Faith Formation Intergenerational Bible study for Sunday mornings July 10-31. We will gather at 9:00 a.m. in Heffner Hall for a discussion on the topic of the day followed by a time of fellowship.

Matthew 25 Initiative Book Talk with the Author 

Sunday, July 10, 1:00 p.m. at Morningside Presbyterian Church, (1411 N Morningside Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30306) This newly-released book, You Mean It or You Don’t unpacks James Baldwin’s writings and invites us to move from conviction to action as we think about racial justice as people of faith. Join us for a book talk with author Adam Hollowell who joins us from Durham, NC to share reflections and sign copies. Copies of the book will be on sale at the event in partnership with Little Shop of Stories. For questions, contact Rev. Katie Aumann at katie@morningsidepc.orgIf you are interested in carpooling down to the author talk, please contact the Gretchen in St. Andrews’ office before Noon tomorrow, 770-938-2833, or office@sapctucker.org.

Back to school expenses create a financial emergency for some of our neighbors. Will you help them prepare for a successful school year by providing school supplies for NETWorks’ Good Neighbor Shop? We will be collecting new school supplies at St. Andrews for NETWorks Cooperative Ministries through July 24th. There will be a collection bin in the Narthex and one outside the office door in the courtyard for collecting items. Click here for NETWorks’ list of needed items and here for more information about this ministry.