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I have been a Presbyterian for my entire life and a member of St. Andrew’s for about 58 years. I learned to participate at an early age and, at age 13, was playing cello with the one tenor in the adult choir of my small church. As an adult, I continued to find ways to become more…

“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.“ 1 Peter 4:10 The Finance Committee and the Session have been thoughtfully considering the church’s budget for a few weeks now. Budgets help to assess two very important factors of life: 1) they help us…

“Church is a place where you learn how to love. Church is about bringing people back to love and helping people see how easily love is screwed up. But it’s also about helping people to see that when love goes right, everything is changed.” “Where is this church?” “Oh, it exists…in a few places.” This…

Checking in with Covid-19 Fall is in the air! The sun is setting earlier, the early morning is overcast and cool; it’s almost time to break out the sweaters (or maybe just the long sleeves). There are holidays to look forward to and decorations to put up, and pumpkin spice seems to be breaking out…

I was asked to write an article about this year’s Stewardship campaign at St. Andrew’s, but I think this will be part article, part confessional. My first confession is that when I volunteered to be the chairperson of the Stewardship campaign, I had never read a single letter from any of my predecessors. The only…