This morning’s service was recorded and edited Friday morning, before the uprising and unrest in our community and across the nation. We are working on a response that will be available later today. Link here for  Pentecost Service today.

Do you miss participating in worship by singing or responsive readings, prayers, confessions, etc.? Then you too can be a part of worship and make it more meaningful for all. Online worship has been so deep and meaningful, but most of miss the sound of people singing and reading together. Click the link below to add your voice!
http://sapcmusic.weebly.com/

VBS @ Home We are excited to offer this opportunity for a fun, family-oriented faith formation program for kids age 3 through 5th grade. The curriculum and kits are provided by our siblings at Decatur Presbyterian Church and they have graciously offered to create enough kits for our families to participate. Activities for pre-schoolers are designed to be done with an adult or caregiver; elementary aged children can complete the activities on their own, or with family involvement. Click here for more information about this program. Click here to register for VBS at home by June 2nd. Use the Code SAPCFAM to register, and John will arrange the logistics of getting your VBS kit to you. For more information or questions, please contact John McCrosky.

Pentecost Offering This Sunday, St. Andrews will participate in the Pentecost Special Offering, joining with other Presbyterian (PC USA) congregations in a church-wide effort to support young people in Christ and inspire them to share their faith, ideas, and unique gifts with the church and the world. Our congregation retains 40% of the offering to use in support of our Youth Ministry.

There are 3 ways to give:

• org/Pentecost
• Text YOUTH to 56512
• Through your regular offering to St. Andrews by mail or online. Please specify Pentecost Offering in the memo line of on your check, or select “Mission” if giving online.

It is Pentecost and we will celebrate worship and 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, O Spirit, Dwell Among Us and We Are One In the Spirit. Rev. Camille is preaching The Day When God Made Church. Our scripture passages will be John 7:37-39 and Acts 2:1-21. Sunday’s bulletin is attached here.

Senior Recognition Please join us this Sunday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. for a drive-through parade to honor our graduating H.S. Seniors. Drive in the main entrance of the church. Please stay in your car. The graduates and their families will be stationed along the sidewalk in front of the choir room, narthex and school. You are welcome to hold up posters, yell, sing, honk horns, and express other creative ways to share our love and joy for their accomplishments and hopes for their futures, as you slowly roll by in your car. Additionally, please write a message using this Google Form for the gift bibles St. Andrews will give each of the seniors.

Change for Children Please keep saving your change for 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

This Week in Worship It is the Sixth Sunday of Easter and we will celebrate worship and in our homes via Facebook Live and YouTube. We are also planning 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 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. Rev. Camille is preaching and our scripture passages will be Acts 17:22-31 and John 14:15-21. Sunday’s bulletin is attached here.

On May 10, we will join with Presbyterian Churches in Georgia in the Mother’s Day Offering for the Presbyterian Homes of GA Caring Hands Fund that provides exceptional care to more than 400 older residents, mostly widows, who have simply outlived their savings as they live their remaining years in peace and dignity.

Caring Hands Fund Offering Brochure – 2020

Thanks and Farewell to Seminary Intern Kristen Sommerfeld

May 10th with be Kristen’s last Sunday at St. Andrews. Last September Kristen began serving as our school-year intern with the intention of getting more experience with preaching and worship, adult and children’s education, and administration. We have been blessed by her presence among us as she has planned and led worship, taught Sunday school and Big Table, partnered with our Caring for Creation group, and worked behind the scenes on so much, including navigating this time of physical distancing. In the next few weeks Kristen will be finishing up her second year at Columbia Theological Seminary. She will still be in school for two more years so we hope we’ll get to have her with us in an unofficial capacity some in the future. We wish Kristen all the best in the next part of her journey and look forward to seeing where God takes her as she follows the call to ministry