In light of recent events, faith leaders in the Tucker and Embry Hills area came together (virtually) to speak for racial justice. You can read the statement here.

It is the Third Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship in our homes via Facebook Live and YouTube. We will have Sunday School before and fellowship after worship on Zoom conference. The links for Sunday are below. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website.

Our hymns will be The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound and Come! Live in the Light!. John McCrosky is preaching. Our scripture passages will be Genesis 21:8-21 and Matthew 10:24-29. Sunday’s bulletin is attached here.

You already know John McCrosky. He has been serving as our part-time Director of Children and Youth Ministry since July 2018. As part of his seminary coursework and preparation for ordained ministry, he will be adding seminary intern to his portfolio this summer. This will be a unique opportunity for him to learn and practice alongside a congregation that he already knows In addition to his regular job, John will be focusing on creating liturgy, worship leadership, re-imagining church life experiences in God’s changing world, and developing competency in congregational leadership and community development. We’re going to have to be creative about how he works toward these goals, so stay tuned for opportunities to participate We will be commissioning John for this internship in worship this Sunday.

Save the Date for a discussion of the film “Just Mercy,” Sunday, June 28 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom Watch the movie on your own ahead of time. It is available for free on all streaming services and YouTube through June. Find out how to watch it at https://www.justmercyfilm.com.

This Week in Worship It is the Second Sunday after Pentecost and we will celebrate worship in our homes via Facebook Live and YouTube. We will have Sunday School before and fellowship after worship on Zoom conference. The links for Sunday are below. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website.

Our hymns will be O Word of God Incarnate and Guide My Feet. Rev. Camille is preaching The Next Right Thing. Our scripture passages will be Romans 5:1-8 and Jeremiah 29:11-14. Sunday’s bulletin is attached here.

Sunday Worship

This Week in Worship It is Trinity Sunday and we will celebrate communion and worship in our homes via Facebook Live and YouTube. We will have Sunday School before and fellowship after worship on Zoom conference. The links for Sunday are below. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website.

Our hymns will be Come Thou Almighty King and Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Rev. Camille is preaching. You are invited to have your own bread and juice with you while you watch (or as close as you can get with what you have at home), so you can share communion around a great big virtual table. Our scripture passages will be Matthew 28:16-20 and 2 Corinthians 13:11-13. Sunday’s bulletin is attached here.

Sunday Worship

Please keep collecting your Change for Children. You are welcome to hold on to it until we are able to be together again, or you are also welcome to drop off your change on Jeff Jackson’s front porch. Contact Jeff if you have any questions

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) scheduled for June 2020 will include one of our own! The Presbytery of Greater Atlanta elected SAPC Ruling Elder Corinna Papotto to serve as a YAAD, Young Adult Advisory Delegate, representing the Presbytery at the Assembly. Corinna was expecting an all expenses paid trip to Baltimore to serve and experience the Assembly with young adults from around the nation. But, due to the Coronavirus, she will serve from home. While it may not be as much fun as traveling and sharing this experience with other young adults, it will be memorable. St. Andrews congratulates Corinna on being selected for this honor and thanks her for continuing to serve Christ’s church in Tucker and in the wider world of the denomination and beyond. Please keep Corinna in your prayers as she serves June 19 -27.

During the past months, as the Session has worked to guide our Church in dealing with the ever-shifting Covid-19 situation, it has become clear that we needed a resource group to assist us in coordinating and analyzing information being provided by government agencies, health care officials, and our own Presbytery. For that reason, we have put together a task force to help us move forward.

The task force will be led by Penny Bellinger, and includes Charlton Allen, Mike Bearden, Heather Morse, and Bob Weaver, with John McCrosky, Lonnette Bruce, and Jim Holler serving as consultants when needed. These individuals bring with them knowledge in the areas of medicine, insurance, law, microbiology, and administration, as well as the ministry of this congregation and the ins and outs of our physical campus.

Working together, the task force will establish a “big picture” of what re-opening the church’s facilities will entail, including developing the criteria needed for each step. They will advise the Session on actions and materials needed for safety, work with us to develop plans for communication, implementation and oversight of activities, and assist in identifying any new issues that develop. The Session, using their reports, will be responsible for making decisions at every step of our journey.

We are grateful to those who have agreed to serve in this way, and are confident that this is an important step in helping us all to navigate through the coming months. We ask for your on-going prayers as we continue to be church together in this new way.

During this time of worshiping at home, we would love to have more of the congregation involved in the worship process. We invite you to add your voice to worship to help create the sound of the congregation online. Just visit sapcmusic.weebly.com to access the files for the following Sunday and record yourself reading or singing different parts of worship by the close of business on Thursday each week. There is a helpful video how-to video on the website above. When you send your recording in, everyone’s voice will be blended together to make a glorious sound (so don’t worry about how you sound individually). We invite you to sing the hymns and read the congregational readings and prayers. The more entries, the better the product. If you have any questions, please email David Lukens dlukens@sapctucker.org See (and hear) you on Sunday!