Youth

September 13   Youth Kickoff with Kickball!

Socially Distanced Kickball Game – Youth v. Parents/Staff  6:30 pm Sanctuary Parking Lot.

September 20   Mystery Bag Cooking Challenge

6:30 pm on Zoom! Youth will pick up their Mystery Bags on Wednesday or later, record their process and share with the group on Sunday evening

September 27   Nailed It or Nope

6:30 pm on Zoom! Youth will get instructions with a picture of something to create. Record the process and final product to share with the group on Sunday evening.

Youth and parents- please check your email for more details.

Join us in Worship for our annual Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing. We will be singing many standards and old favorites of our faith including: How Firm a Foundation, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, My Hope is Built on Nothing Less and many more.

Help Us With Congregational Singing

Every week our director David Lukens post the hymns we will sing with instructions of how to record and make your voice part of our choir.  It’s really easy and it doesn’t matter if you are a great or mediocre singer – just someone who wants to make a joyful noise. Just sing with your other family to help us worship together during the pandemic.

Choir Website

Wednesday Lunch and Learn 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 Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 and Colossians 2:1-7.

Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee is currently in the process of identifying and nominating a slate of elder and deacon candidates to present to the congregation this fall. Members of the congregation who wish to suggest someone (either self or another member) for these positions should complete the Nominating Committee Suggestion Form found here, or email Rev. Camille or committee chair, Mike Bearden.

We’re spending the week taking action to learn and move in our work of anti-racism. Sunday is designated as a day for that action to be service to others. Please join us for our drive-through food drive for NETWorks on Sunday from 1-3 pm, if you are able.

GIVE:

Our partners at NETWorks Cooperative Ministries has been hard at work adapting and serving our neighbors during this pandemic. They’ve modified their food pantry procedures and still need help stocking the shelves. That’s where you can be of service.

• You can drive through the sanctuary side of the church parking lot on Sunday between 1 & 3 pm to drop off (contact-free) items for NETWorks. Attached is a list of items for the pantry.

• If you would like to help pack up grocery bags or distribute them you can sign up to help on their website. https://www.networkscoop.org/

• If you can’t make it by or don’t want to go out to the store, you can shop for NETWorks with their Amazon wish list.

ADVOCATE:

• If you are interested in learning more about how to take action in changing some of the oppressive systems we’ve learned about this week you can read about suggested policy actions hereand keep up more locally with Presbyterians for a Better Georgia https://www.p4bg.org/

GET COUNTED:

• If you haven’t already filled out your 2020 census you can do it in just a few minutes online. You have until September 30^thto make sure you are counted. https://2020census.gov/

VOTE:

• Register to vote! The deadline to register for the November 3rd general election is October 5th. https://registertovote.sos.ga.gov/

If you are willing and able to be a poll worker to help ensure safe and secure election you can sign up here https://securevotega.com/pollworker-signup/

A Congregational Meeting will be held on August 30, 2020 after worship for the purposes of electing Marsha Ashby to serve as an elder on the class of 2021.

We will use our usual Zoom Narthex meeting time to conduct this business.

Click this link to join us via Zoom on a computer, smart phone, or tablet after worship. We’ll begin at 11:00 a.m., or earlier, if worship ends before 11:00. Enter the meeting ID below. Or, call this number: 301-715-8592, then enter the meeting ID below. Meeting ID: 219 872 595.

For help with Zoom, click here for a helpful video

We hope everyone was able to access yesterday’s e-mail about the Presbyterian Week of Action August 24-30. It is our hope that you will feel led to participate in these daily actions. If not, for whatever reason, we encourage you to use these activities as daily prompts for your personal prayer life, knowing that prayers are invaluable in the world today and always. The daily list of actions are available at this link

Book Discussion Everyone is welcome to join us for our last discussion of Waking Up White by Debbie Irving, next Sunday, August 23 at 6:30 p.m. We will be discussing chapters 34-46 (pages 185-249). 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

As we remodel the rooms at St. Andrews School, we have the opportunity to pick up needed furnishings from Rock Springs Presbyterian. We are looking for 4-5 people on an upcoming Tuesday or Wednesday morning for a few hours to help move some furniture from Rock Springs Presbyterian to St. Andrews School. Masks are required and transportation is by your own vehicle. There are a few heavy things to move, but help is also needed moving things that are not heavy. Please contact Lonnette Bruce to volunteer to help, 770-934-1461.