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

Weekly Plan for Staying in Touch

Our staff is working hard to keep everyone connected until we can be together again in person. Please check your email regularly for links and information about our online events.

• Sunday Worship 10 am
• Sunday School 9 am The Present Word and Light of Grace Class
• Occasional Monday Music & Meditation and Tuesday Tickles
• Wednesday Lunch and Learn Bible Study 12:30 pm
• Thursday Weekly email communication

Friday Church @ Prayer 9 am

Is your supply of coffee or tea running low? If so, order now through the SAPC May Presbyterian Coffee Project. Find information by contacting Mary Evans about product availability. In colder months we also order chocolate bars. From the February order Very Dark Chocolate, Dark Mint Chocolate and Dark Eclipse Chocolate bars are still available ($2.50 each). Please place orders by Wednesday, May 6 by contacting Mary Evans,  or 770-493-9489.

Click this link to join us on Zoom for Lunch and Learn on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. on a computer 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 21:1-5, 15-16 and John 14:1-14.

This Week in Worship
It is the Fourth 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 are on our website. We will post the recording of our worship service on our website.

9:00-9:50 a.m. Sunday School on Zoom

10:00-11:00 a.m. Worship 10-11 on Facebook Live or YouTube

11:00-11:30 a.m. “Narthex Fellowship Time” on Zoom

• Sunday School We will be studying The Present Word at 9:00 a.m. Click this link to join us on Zoom for Sunday School on a computer or smartphone. The password is SAPCTucker. If dialing in, call 301-715-8592, enter the Meeting ID: 981 2926 1965 and Password: 860941 April and May sessions of The Present Word are available here
• Worship: Click here to join us on Facebook Live. Click here to join us on our YouTube Channel.
• Fellowship: Click this linkto join us on a computer or smart phone at 11:00 a.m. on Zoom, then 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.

Wednesday Lunch and Learn

• Click this linkto join us on Zoom for Lunch and Learn on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. on a computer or smartphone. The password is 014584. If dialing in, call 301-715-8592, enter the Meeting ID: 960 5542 9353 and Password: 014584
• The passages will be Psalm 23and John 10:1-10

Great news for Tucker! Starting this week, you can access TFM vendors and their products through an online market called Local Line. At the link below, order for curbside pickup on Thursdays, 4-6pm, at the Tucker Recreation Center (located next door to our regular location) or order for delivery to your front door step in Tucker. Deliveries will be made on Thursdays between 4-7pm.

This week, you’ll have until 12 noon on Wednesday to get your orders in. (In subsequent weeks, we will stop accepting orders at midnight on Tuesday for the following Thursday.)

www.localline.ca/tuckerfarmersmarket

This Week in Worship It is Palm/Passion Sunday and we will celebrate worship in our homes by Zoom conference. Our hymns will be All Glory, Laud, and Honor and Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! The scripture passages are Matthew 21:1-11 and Matthew 27:11-54. Rev. Camille is preaching The Wilderness is a Place Where We are Brave.

See below for a link to enable you to join us live for worship at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. We will post the recording on our website.

Sunday Worship Click this link  to join us on a computer or smart phone at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, then 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.

Sunday’s bulletin is attached here.

Our journey from our waving palms through Holy Week, to the cross and then the empty tomb will be a lot different this year. A forthcoming Holy Week at Home Guide will be sent out.

Palm Sunday (April 5) Our Zoom Worship service- will include an invitation to wave palms (hands, scarves, homemade palms, or leaves/branches from the yard) during the opening hymn.

Maundy Thursday (April 9) We will provide a guide for remembering the time Jesus spent with his disciples in the upper room at home.

Good Friday (April 10) Our usual Tenebrae service of Lessons and Carols of the Cross will be offered on YouTube, with a premiere at 7:30 p.m. The accompanying worship guide will include instructions for viewing the service and lighting and extinguishing candles along at home.

Easter morning (April 12) We will all join together again on Zoom at 10:00 a.m. to celebrate the Resurrection!

Our Easter Egg Hunt has been cancelled and we’ll look forward to a big spring (or summer) celebration with our church community and neighbors at a later date.

We will keep you posted on Facebook and through regular emails about how to participate. Those who have asked to receive communication through the mail will get Holy Week at Home Guide in the mail as well.