Lo No activities on Sunday, 1/19; however, the youth are invited to join in the MLK service project on Monday, January 20. Please see the announcement in the weekly for more details. The church bus can be made available, if needed. Please RSVP to Gretchen in the office by Friday if your youth needs a ride to Memorial Drive Ministries, 770-938-2833.

Memorial Drive Ministries invites SAPC to work with other congregations and refugee support organizations on the MLK holiday, Monday, January 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Children under middle school age must be accompanied by a parent. All participants must sign a waiver form. We will be working indoors at the snack/drink stand, washing windows, and removing 2 wooden stages and 2 book cases. Snacks/drinks, cleaning supplies, and tools will be available. Additional supplies and tools are appreciated. Questions: contact Mike Bearden, 404-660-8234.  Please click here to let us know you’re coming.

Congregational Meeting The Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on January 26, 2020 after worship for the purposes of electing Deacons and Elders; approving Pastoral Terms of Call; and receiving the 2019 SAPC Annual Report. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

One of our newest members, Melissa Browning, has had a recurrence of cancer after several years of remission.  She and her husband Wes and their eight-year-old daughter Olivia joined in December.  Olivia has joined our Glory to God Kids and was a reader during the Christmas Eve Service.

We may not know Melissa well yet, but we can show her how much we love her.   St. Andrews is a family and we love each other well.

Click here to support Melissa in any way you can.

The 39ers, an active group of folks, will meet and fellowship Monday, January 6 at the Hunan-Inn, 3662-B Chamblee Tucker Road. Please contact Charles Mills with any questions.

The Potpourri Sunday School Class is starting a new study book next Sunday, Breaking the Code Revised Edition (six sessions) exploring the book of Revelations. The authors, Dr. Bruce M. Metzger (PC USA,) – one of the world’s best-known scholars on the text of the New Testament – taught for many years at Princeton Theological Seminary and was Chairman of the NRSV Translation Committee; Dr. David A. deSilva (United Methodist Church) – attended Princeton Theological Seminary and earned his Ph.D. in Religion at Emory University and currently teaches New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary. The Book of Revelation contains passages of great beauty and comfort, as well as passages that strike the casual reader as bizarre, bewildering, and sometimes frightening. Breaking the Code Revised Edition provides a trustworthy guide to the rich symbolism of this important biblical book and the solid scholarship in a non-academic style. This revised edition has updates based on current biblical research and additional teaching from David deSilva. We meet in room 116 in the Education Building at 9 am. No reading or book purchase required. Listen or participate as you feel led. Study notes available: Sunday School web page or in the class; e-books and paperback books available – Amazon. Questions: Mike Bearden, class leader

Thanks  for the Socks & Skivvies Tree donations for Clifton Sanctuary Ministries residents working to reset their lives with jobs and housing:   white t-shirts – 39; briefs – 85 pairs; white crew socks – 76 pair; black dress socks – 21 pair.

Thank you to our new members who joined us from the Church of the New Covenant and brought this mission project to St. Andrews

Thanks to our congregation and visitors for generous Christmas Eve offerings providing benevolence payments of $619.75 to Memorial Drive Ministries (refugee support in Clarkston and surrounding areas) and the Each Child Counts Foundation (community school building project – w/food, clothing, school supplies and classes – in Liberia, West Africa)

The 39ers are a group of people who like to meet and fellowship together and everyone is welcome to join them for their next meeting Monday, January 6 at Hunan Inn. (3662-B Chamblee Tucker Road Atlanta, GA 30341.) Contact Sarah Slusher 770-939-9546 or Charles Mills 678-575-2637 with any questions.

Youth News

Our Youth Director, John, is going to be in Cuba for most of the month of January for a class at Columbia Seminary.

There will be no youth activities on January 5th. Watch your weekly email for details with upcoming fun activities with awesome substitute leaders later this month.