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.

Let’s Fight Hunger Together! Order Coffee Now! Fighting hunger is at the heart of the Presbyterian understanding of mission. Jesus fed the hungry and told his disciples to do the same. Hunger today is an extremely complex phenomenon with economic, political and social causes. The denomination’s Hunger Program of which the Coffee Project is a part, does “root cause’ work to address underlying issues of hunger and reduce it. For each pound of fairly traded coffee, chocolate, and tea purchased through the Presbyterian Coffee Project, 15 cents per pound goes to the PCUSA’s Small Farmer Fund which generated $9,475.68 in 2019 to support small farmer projects in coffee growing regions around the world. One example is a project in Nigeria that supported 200 farmer households by providing water pumping machines for irrigation farming, rice and vegetable seedlings. The beneficiaries of the Small Farmer Fund are being supported with training on best farming practices, project monitoring and post distribution to kick-start farmer livelihoods. Your purchases through the Coffee Project will provide funding for the Small Farmer Fund to continue helping world farmers. Please order using this form or send your requests to Mary Evans, tmevans@bellsouth.net, 770-493-9489 by Tuesday, August 18. Anticipate delivery of products Labor Day weekend.

Presbyterian Women of Greater Atlanta Virtual Retreat All of the women in the church are welcome to join in the retreat entitled Sharing Our Faith on Saturdays, August 8, 22 and 29 from 9-10 a.m. on Zoom. Please click here for the flyer on their Facebook page. For registration information, email marymckeemartin@outlook.com; the retreat is free to all.

Come Hell or High Water Movie St. Andrews has purchased a pass for up to 150 people in our congregation to view this new movie from the comfort of their own home. The movie, “follows the painful but inspiring journey of Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi, when the graves of his ancestors are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport. Over the course of a decade, Derrick and his neighbors stand up to powerful corporate interests and politicians, and face ordeals that include Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil disaster in their struggle for self-determination and environmental justice.” Click here to view the movie trailer. There is also a webinar at 8:00 pm on August 5 with the film maker and the activist in the film.

Here’s how to view the film:

• Click this link to sign up to view the film.
• Watch the movie at your leisure at home August 2 – August 4(midnight).
• Register here, if you would like to attend the webinar on August 5.

Submit any questions you would like to ask in advance of the webinar here.