Lessons & Carols Join us this Sunday, December 22 at 6:30 p.m. for a candlelight worship service, for all ages, of Scripture and music preparing for the celebration of our Lord’s birth with carols for choirs, instruments, handbells and the congregation. A Christmas cookie celebration will follow the service in Heffner Hall. Bring your friends and neighbors and share the good news of Christ’s coming. Nursery Provided.

Lessons and Carols Cookie Reception Christmas cookies are needed by the dozens and dozens for the reception following Lessons and Carols on December 22. All of the remaining cookies will be festively wrapped and delivered to various shelters and ministries in the area. Donated cookie tins are also welcome for the repackaging! Contact Heather Morse, 770-395-6531 with any questions. Please click here to sign up to help with the reception or to bring cookies

Candlelight Family Service, 5:00 p.m. Come sing carols and hear the Christmas story told by our children and youth.

Organ Prelude, 10:30 pm Candlelight organ prelude of carols, telling the Christmas Story.

Communion Celebrating Christ’s Coming 11:00 pm. Celebrate with Word, the Lord’s Supper, and Candlelight.

Lessons & Carols Join us Sunday, December 22 at 6:30 p.m. for a candlelight worship service, for all ages, of Scripture and music preparing for the celebration of our Lord’s birth with carols for choirs, instruments, handbells and the congregation. A Christmas cookie celebration will follow the service in Heffner Hall. Bring your friends and neighbors and share the good news of Christ’s coming. Nursery Provided.

Lessons and Carols Cookie Reception Christmas cookies are needed by the dozens and dozens for the reception following Lessons and Carols on December 22. All of the remaining cookies will be festively wrapped and delivered to various shelters and ministries in the area. Donated cookie tins are also welcome for the repackaging! Contact Heather Morse, 770-395-6531 with any questions. Please click here to sign up to help with the reception or to bring cookies.

Big Table for Advent concludes on Wednesday, December 18 at 5:45 p.m. Join us for our inter-generational dinner, fellowship, and learning. All ages are welcome. Dinner is from local restaurants for a cost of $10 for adults, $5 for kids age 5-12, and free for kids under 5. Family max for dinner is $20. Please contact the office, or Merle Westbrook to let us know you’re coming, 770-934-4735

Parking Lot Rental Our west parking lot, by the office building, has been rented to a movie company on December 17, 18 and 20. If you are planning to come to SAPC those days, there will be plenty of spaces available in the east lot, by the sanctuary.

There are also signs up stating that the entrance from Lavista Road into the Tucker Rec. center will be closed next week. The entrance to St. Andrews from Lavista Road will be open.

Join Little Light and all of their friends this Sunday the 15th at 2:30 pm for their presentation of The Christmas Story. The performance will be held at Briarlake Baptist Church in the sanctuary. Admission is free. (3715 Lavista Rd. Decatur)

Presbyterian Women All the women of St. Andrews are invited to attend the next meeting of the Presbyterian Women on Tuesday, December 17 at 10:00 a.m in the Meeting Room. After Bible Study, there will be a covered dish lunch at Deanna McFarlan’s home. Contact Jackie Harper 770-934-3463, with any questions.

Continuing Congregational Mission Opportunity and Fundraiser:    On February 9, 2020, as part of our worship service (inter-generational participation) and with the support of Rise Against Hunger, we will prepare 10,000 meals in Heffner Hall (as in 2014, 2016, and 2018) to help fight world hunger.  We plan to continue this every two years.  The school and other activities we help to support in Zambia with our Change for Children donations and our donation to Alliance for Children Everywhere are some of the organizations that benefit from these healthy food donations.  Watch for information in upcoming weekly emails and worship bulletins for more details on the Feb 9 activity.

We pay for the ingredients for these meals.  We have established a restricted account for this activity to fund our costs for the ingredients now and in the future.  Donation information (cash, check, and electronically through the SAPC web site) is available on the table with the fundraiser progress thermometer.  Questions:  contact Joshua Price and Mike Bearden, Mission Ministry Elders.

A Socks and Skivvies Tree to support Clifton Sanctuary Ministries will be in the Narthex from Dec 15-29. This is a new opportunity for our congregation and was a long-time mission activity of the Church of the New Covenant. Homeless men coming to Clifton Ministries receive new tee shirts, underwear, and socks. Our congregation’s goal is to help maintain Clifton’s clothing supply closet. We encourage your support by donating: socks (white crew and dark dress socks of sizes 10-13); white short-sleeve tee shirts and underwear (many prefer briefs; in sizes M, especially L and XL, and XXL). Please do not wrap them as Christmas presents. These gifts will be delivered to Clifton in early January. Questions: contact Mike Bearden or Joshua Price.

You are invited to attend a family meeting about St. Andrews School on Thursday, December 12th at 6:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary. The purpose of this meeting is: 1) To communicate clear and correct information about St. Andrews School 2) To hear questions and concerns from school families and staff. The pastor, school director, assistant director, and board members will be present.