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How long has it been since you have heard a full hour’s worth of live music? If the answer is “too long,” then I hope you are planning on attending the St. Andrew’s Celebrates! free concert this Friday, November 18th at 7:30 pm. It will be a chance to hear our friends Tim Accurso, Natasha Kislenko and Erin…

In some Christian denominations the pastor’s hands are tied in terms of the passages she or he will preach on. For example, the Episcopalian Church and the Roman Catholic Church are required to follow the lectionary, which is a three-year cycle of Bible passages arranged by a large inter-denominational group. Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Methodists also…

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; Psalm 22:14           O Lord, have mercy! My hands have fallen numb My feet drag in the dirt. This sorrow is too heavy to bear. I cannot find words…

This Sunday our focus will be Peacemaking. The word is a verb as opposed to the word peace which is a noun. Peace is what we might experience as a result of the hard work of peacemaking (and it is hard work). In preparation for this Sunday, I have been reading a book by Donald…

Clerk of Session I grew up in the Presbyterian Church. But, like most teenagers, I stopped attending in high school. In 1985, my parents started attending St. Andrew’s and not long after that, I started attending. Soon we were on committees – Dad was on Buildings & Grounds, Mom was moderator of the Deacons, and…