Our congregation will collect donations of underwear, undershirts and shower shoes (flip-flops) in support of Clifton Sanctuary Ministries. This is a long-time mission project adopted in coordination former members of the Church of the New Covenant. There are 2 ways to give:

1. Purchase new men’s t-shirts, underwear, and shower shoes and drop them off at church, unwrapped through December 24. There will be collection bins in the narthex and in the breezeway by the office.
2. Make a donation to SAPC on-line or by check. Please put Skivvies & Shower Shoes in the memo line of your check. Online, please choose Mission and fill in Skivvies & Shower Shoes.

Contributions needed: white short-sleeve tee shirts and underwear (many prefer briefs; in sizes M, especially L and XL, and XXL); adult briefs/diapers are also appreciated (in sizes M, especially L and XL, and XXL).

The drop-off donations will be delivered with the 4th Sunday meal we provide at Clifton on Dec 26th.

Sunday, November 14th It is the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship in our homes via YouTube and in-person in the sanctuary. Please RSVP, by noon tomorrow, using the link below, if you plan to attend in-person.

We are continuing our series, Ordinary Time: Following Jesus in the Everyday Places of Life. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website. Rev. Camille will be preaching Drinking Tea: Sanctuary and Savoring. Our hymns will be For the Beauty of the Earth, and Great Is Thy Faithfulness. Our scripture passages are Psalm 34:1-8 and James 1:13-18. Click here for a copy of the bulletin

RSVP for Worship in the sanctuary. Click this link to RSVP for worship on November 14. https://rsvp.church/r/Nxt13L4P. Please RSVP by noon tomorrow, 11/12. If you have difficulty with the website, please contact the office.

Fellowship Hour– As we transition to hybrid worship, with some present in the sanctuary and others joining online, we will no longer gather after worship for the virtual narthex on Zoom. Because that time of fellowship and connection has been so important for our community, we will begin offering monthly zoom fellowship from 7-8 p.m. on the 2nd Sunday of each month. We hope this will be a meaningful time to share joys and concerns, as well as announcements. But mostly, we hope it will be an opportunity to strengthen ties within our community. We will plan to have a prompt and/or theme to help us focus our time together and we may utilize Zoom’s breakout rooms for small group sharing and discussion. Our first one will be this Sunday, November 14, and the theme will be gratitude. Click here to join on a computer, tablet or smart phone. To join by telephone, call: +1-312-626-6799, and enter the meeting ID: 219 872 595.

re:loom will meet Monday, November 15th at 11AM.  Please come join us outside the office door in the breezeway. Bring your lunch and we will eat together when we have completed our task. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Weimer

Presbyterian Women – Tuesday, November 16 at 10 a.m. on Zoom. All of the women of St. Andrews are invited to join us on Zoom. Click here to join on a computer, tablet, or smart phone. Meeting ID: 833 6472 9639 Passcode: PWCircle. (To dial in, call 301-715-8592 Passcode: 02433865)

Youth Group will meet on Sunday from 4-6:00 pm to bake treats in Heffner Hall. A light supper will be provided.

Over the years, you and your members have helped our Good Neighbor Christmas Shop provide Christmas gifts for families at a price they can afford. This year, as in 2020, things are different. We have determined that we cannot safely hold our usual shopping type event (as much as for the safety of volunteers as the shopping public). But, we still want to help families provide for themselves at this time of year and hopefully avoid a financial emergency because of Christmas shopping.

We will again do a few things that we would like to ask your help with:

1. For standard visitors to our pantry (not the general public), we would like to provide a $15 grocery gift card (Kroger/Publix/Walmart) for the family’s dinner. We will provide multiples of these cards depending on the size of the family.
2. Also for standard visitors to the pantry (not the general public), we would like to provide a $25 gift card to Walmart or Target for each child in the household (we will set a maximum, probably 4 or 5 children).
3. We would like to include a Christmas card, signed, for each family when we provide the gift cards.
   1. To clarify, we aren’t asking for re-purposed or blank cards. We would like to put the gift cards (above) in a greeting card that has a nice message (from you) to the neighbor receiving the card. The message should be a typical Christmas greeting like you would put in a Christmas card you send to your friends.
4. All of this distribution will take place during our standard pantry hours, W/F/Sat 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

If your church members would like to participate, we would love donations of gift card. We will start distributing these December 1. We can accept donations after that date, but would like gift cards and greeting cards by then.

We would also ask that your members buy or make Christmas cards, add a message, and provide those to us in an unsealed envelope (so we can add the appropriate gift cards).

If folks prefer to donate online and we purchase the gift cards, they can give at https://bit.ly/GNX2021. Any size donation is very much appreciated!

If you have any questions or want more information, please contact me or Stephanie Suggs (Stephanie@networkscoop.org) . Thank you fo your help!

As we transition to hybrid worship, with some people present in the sanctuary and others joining online, we will no longer gather after worship for the virtual narthex on Zoom. Because that time of fellowship and connection has been so important for our community, we will begin offering monthly fellowship hour on zoom. Details to follow in the November Lamplighter

RSVP for Worship in the sanctuary. Click this link to RSVP for worship on October 31. https://rsvp.church/r/Nxt13L4P. Please RSVP by noon Friday, 10/29. If you have difficulty with the website, please contact the office.