Community

On September 30th in Morgan Hall, the Rev. Al Gephart will lead a workshop/discussion titled “God in You, Me, Hummingbirds, and Marigolds: Rethinking Christianity Today.” It’s a long title! The first part sounds sweet and innocuous. Who doesn’t love hummingbirds and marigolds? But the second portion of the title gets a little dicey. Rethinking Christianity?…

Greetings, friends! The Membership Committee at St. Andrews has had a busy summer with two successful events under our belts, and plans for some great autumn festivities. We hope you enjoyed the joyous Fourth of July pancake breakfast and were able to show some love at the Pacific Pride festival. We are looking forward to…

I am writing this after spending the evening with the choir. It was a wonderful night. We ate together and then everyone shared a little about their background with music and church choirs in particular. Erin McKibben gave us some insight into the Santa Barbara music community, which she called truly unique in its ability…

This morning there was another op-ed piece in a major newspaper about the decline of the church. The author is a person who does not attend church himself and he seemed pretty convinced that the church was headed for the end. The people who chimed in to the comments section also believed the church was…

On the surface things have been relatively quiet around the church. The office has had very little traffic, the calendar of events has been sparse, and most committees have taken a month off. But underneath the calm surface, significant work is being done. Here is a snapshot of just some of the events being planned…