| PRAISE AND ACCOLADES |
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Thanks to Katie Cordes and her crew for a fantastic K-2nd Grade Lock-in.
Thanks to the St. Andrew's Fantasy Football League guys for donating the GIGANTIC bounce house for the kids.
Special thanks to Bendel Rushing and Hita Dickson who really stepped up the past Meals on Wheels week to help out when we were down drivers.
Congratulations to Jacob Barger for being the only individual from Dawson High School to place in the 4A Regionals on Feb. 9th. Jacob placed 3rd in the 100yd. butterfly with a time of 1:01:57. Way to go Jacob!
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| KIDS' WORSHIP |
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God Rocks! is age appropriate worship for kids ages 3 years old to 2nd grade. Please have older kids remain in church rather than going to God Rocks! The narrower age spread makes the ministry work better for our kids. Kids 3rd grade and up may apply to Alicia Cox at aliciamcox@sbcglobal.net to be helpers. However, the teams currently are full. There is a waiting list.
We do need adult team members as all teams are not at their full capacity. Contact Alicia to help. We ask all parents who use God Rocks! to consider helping once a month. Training is supplied and a background check is required. Is God calling you to help?
Parents who wish to help start worship for kids older than 2nd grade should contact Fr. Jim+ at frjimbo@msn.com. We want a group like this for our kids. Once we have the people to do it, we will. |
| DEBBIE ALLENSWORTH SCHOLARSHIP |
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Thank you all who came and honored Debbie on the occasion of her 10th anniversary on program staff of St. Andrew's. We had a great time. One of the things done that day was to establish the Debbie Allensworth Scholarship Fund for Children and Youth. I planted a seed with $1,000. One parish family immediately contributed $200 to the Fund. If you would like to contribute, make checks payable to St. Andrew's with Debbie's Scholarship in the "memo" section. The donation is tax deductible. Applications for the scholarship will be out in late April after a Review Board is appointed and guidelines are set.
See you Sunday.
Jim+ |
| MEN OF ST. ANDREW'S |
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The men of St. Andrew's will meet on the 2nd Thursdays in room 102 for food, fun, and fellowship. Join us. Let me know if you will come so I can have enough food. I have plenty of fun and fellowship. Next meeting at 6:00 am. Done by 7:15 am on Thursday, March 13th. Mark your calendar.
Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com |
| ST. ANDREW'S ACADEMY |
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St. Andrew's Academy needs teachers (part-time positions). This is a pre-school program. Must be HS grad or GED. Experience helpful but not necessary. BY APPT ONLY.
Call Anne at 281-485-3843 on Tuesdays or Thursdays |
| TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS |
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6 Weeks beginning February 24th
9:15 am, room 102
$10
Work. For most people, it's a necessity. For some, it's a passion. And for others, it's a four-letter word to be avoided as much as possible. In this DVD and accompanying study guide from North Point Resources, readers will come to grasp the one perspective on work that really matters: God's. He ordained it and He laid out specific guidelines enabling workers to achieve maximum success and fulfillment. In each session, Andy Stanley offers insights on common, specific problem areas people have, from dealing with coworkers and superiors, to boldly living the Christian faith, to balancing work and family.
RSVP to Jim Liberatore frjimbo@msn.com |
| THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS |
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4 Weeks beginning March 3rd
Every Human being gets hurt in ways both big and small, and in turn, we sometimes inflict hurt on others. There comes a time when we face the difficult choice to forgive others and to forgive ourselves. But forgiveness can seem impossible, even undesirable. This study open our minds and our hearts to a new understanding of forgiveness so we can embrace forgiveness as a key to a wholesome and free life.
Leader: Rob Rumph Cost: $6 |
| PUT YOUR GIFTS INTO ACTION |
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The Next 301 Class (Your SHAPE for Ministry) will be offered by Christine Liberatore starting 2/24 @ 9:15 am. This class is centered on discovering each person's own personal S.H.A.P.E. for ministry (Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, & Experiences). This class is an excellent opportunity to learn more about yourself and to find affirmation that you do have a place in the ministry of the church. ChristineLiberatore@msn.com |
| HANDY PERSON NEEDED |
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We need someone to place a TV up on a wall mount in one of our classrooms in the Family Life Center. The bracket is already in place and the TV is here and just waiting for some loving person or persons (2 people could probably do this easier than one) to come and secure it to the bracket.
If you think this might be you, please contact Debbie Allensworth at debbie@standrewspearland.org or 281-485-3843. Thank you! |
| UNDIE SUNDAY TOTALS |
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Thank you to all who donated underwear this past Sunday. Here are the totals:
Girls: 228
Women: 192 (plus 6 pairs socks)
Men: 181 (plus 13 t-shirts and 6 pairs socks)
Boys: 131 |
| DID YOU KNOW? |
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Did you know that our own Letitia "Tish" Farnie is going to run for re-election to the Pearland School Board? A long time St. Andrew's member, Tish is completing her 6th year on the School Board. |
| MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES |
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Help Your Fellow Brazoria County Citizens - In case of a public health emergency the County Health Dept. may need to distribute preventive medications to all the residents of Brazoria County within a 48 hour period. At this time the population of our county is almost 300,000 people and growing. The Brazoria County Health Dept., with its staff of 12 employees, cannot accomplish this enormous task by itself. The county has a plan to accomplish this important mission, but it will require 2500 volunteers. At this time we have almost 1000 volunteers identified and almost 800 of these have been trained, but we still need more. The volunteer orientation is only 3 hours, and no medical training is required. There is no cost to the volunteer to participate.
Help Local Youth and Adults - They need Community Service hours. We get free campus care assistance from those who need to do Community service for Honor society or minor infractions. Help someone who may be in the same place as a family member one day. Help St. Andrew's as well.
Musical Offering - Play an instrument? Sing? We would love to have you perform something during worship as a special offering.
Office Help - Can you give even an hour a week to help out in the office? We'd love to have you here.
Substitute - Our church has great Sunday School Teachers. We want them to have time off once in a while. You can help. Will you be available once in a while to sub? Curriculum and support teachers provided.
Kid's Worship - We have openings for adults who care about the worship lives of our kids. Once a month.
Usher - Would you like to help those who attend worship? Service once a month.
Audiovisual - God is calling one person to coordinate a team of audiovisual people for 10:30 am worship. Most of the team is already in place.
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We are looking to hire a Director for our Camp Invention. If you like to organize, advertise, and recruit, this might be the position for you. If intersted, contact Debbie Allensworth at
281-485-3843 or
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| WORSHIP TIMES |
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| Every Sunday
8:00 am: Rite I with organ
9:15 am: Christian Education
10:30 am: Rite II with band |
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Contacts:
Fax: 281.485.4936
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| OUR MISSION |
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This past Sunday was a great day in the life of St.
Andrew's. We added 34 people to our number through
confirmation. Every one of these people needed God
and St. Andrew's and we need their life and gifts as
well.
While numbers are good, we often miss the true
importance of them. Each number is a person. A person
for whom Christ died and for whom Christ yearns to
give all life has to offer. Sometimes, in the midst of our
busyness, we forget that our church esixts as a
community here to serve Christ in renewing people.
Our absolute dedication is to the Great Commandment
and Great Commission of Jesus. The Commandment,
"love God with all you have and love your neighbor as
you would yourself," bids us to worship God, which is
our weekly practice, and to serve in the church in a
capacity that brings out the best in us. All worship.
All serve. No exceptions.
The Great Commission, "seek out people rather than
wait for them, build them up into followers of Christ,
and incorporate them in a loving and healing church,"
encourages us to develop a discipline and strategy to
grow ourselves and others in the context of a
community (the church) who values and remembers
everyone.
Are you adding to the life of the world by being an
agent of Jesus? Are you impacting the people around
you in a life-giving way? You are if you build your life
around worship, prayer, study of scripture, serving in
church, being accountable to other church members in
growing relationships, and seeking out those who do
not know Christ or who need him.
We exist to assist Jesus in healing the world, starting
right here: you and me. St. Andrew's is God's favorite
place of operation for a mjor part of this work. If we
do not do this, someone will miss out on life. Our
mission is too important not to do.
Jim+
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| CONFIRMATION |
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Bishop Suffragan, Dena A. Harrison
Visitation with Confirmation
Sunday, February 17, 2008, 10:30am
Received:
Judith Erin Lawson Bettencourt
Jesse Bowen
Cary Ellen McDonald
Larry Milton Eshleman
Ogechi Onunka Eshleman
Karen Elizabeth Williams Sampson
Kaitlyn Elise Sampson Michael L. Sampson
Confirmed:
Kasey Nicole Sampson
Aldo Enriquez Vazquez
Theresa Porcarello Vazquez
Darrel Borden
Cynthia Jewell Elledge Gallegos
Kathleen Marie Wright
James R. Wright
Juliana Cedeno
Cassandra Cedeno
Luis R. Cedeno
Ana Mercedes Cowan
Shannon Marie Cowan
Adrienne Camille Smith Wells
Christopher Jason Wells
Connor Jackson Allensworth
Sarah Kathryn Barger
Corbin Lawrence Casey
Justin Tyler Cole
Matthew Ryan Cowley
Emily Joy Curl
Olivia Garrett Maslonka
Georgia Christyne Neitzey
Katelyn Genae Rowatt
Alixandra Nicole Vinson
Danielle Ray Bergstrom Zachary Bergstrom
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| CAMPAIGN OF KINDNESS |
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Each year, during the Lenten season, we embark on a
Campaign of Kindness to show Jesus' love throughout
our community. This year we will have 5 collection
Sundays for charities in our area, and we will be
handing out our Kindess Cards again and encouraging
everyone to throughfully do Random Acts of Kindness
throughout their weeks.
Sunday, February 24th Pet Food
Collection for Pearland Animal Shelter
Sunday, March 2nd Diaper Day
Collection for CASA
We will be collecting diapers (especially sizes 4-6) and
diaper wipes for CASA. These will be distributed through
their centers throughout Houston for children in foster
care.
Sunday, March 9th Teddy Bear Sunday
Collection for Shriner's Hospital
We will be collecting new stuffed animals to be
distributed to children in Shriner's Children's
Hospital in Houston.
Sunday, March 16th (Palm Sunday) Book Orders
for Head Start
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| DO YOU HAVE FINANCIAL PEACE? |
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Statistics: 55% of Americans sometimes or always
worry about money. 70% of Americans are living
paycheck to paycheck. 90% of divorces are
attributed to financial stress.
Financial Peach University will make you laugh and
cry and change the way you look at money. It will
motivate you and better yet teach you the baby
steps to reain your financial footing.
Financial Peace University will start on Sunday,
March 30 from 6:00 till 7:30 pm. Childcare provided.
In this time we will talk about:
· Getting out of debt
· Living on a Plan (Budget)
· Relating with your Spouse on Money
· Investing
· Retirement
The cost of this 13-week New Edition positive life
change is $105.00 per family. Your new life of peace
will be well worth it. This cost is good for any
Financial Peach class anywhere and covers both
spouses, if applicable. Mark Neitzey, graduate of
Financial Peace, will facilitate the class. Contact
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| MODERN DAY KNIGHTS |
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On February 14th, 8 men finished a course on raising
boys to be men of quality. Congratulations! These are
men who shoose to be a Strategic Dad. Pray for them.
David Allensworth
Luis Cedeno
Mark Nye
Mark Neitzey
Winston Huh
David Rowatt
JT Cole
Richard Magness
Contact me if you want the same experience for you
and other men. You do not need to be a church
member. I need a woman to do the same for girls. Is
that you?
Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com
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| THE ESSENTIAL JESUS |
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Join us on wednesdays beginning March 5th at 6:30
pm. Dinner and childcare available upon request.
Done by 8 pm. If you wish to purchase the book, let
me know, it is $15.
"Jesus never became a political, military or
government leader; her never wanted to. He never
owned a multinational corporation or acquired any
wealth to speak of; he didn't need it. He never
wrote a book never staged a concert tour, never
appeared on television and never had a radio talk
show---or even his own blog...What's so special
about Jesus?"
Most of us know something about Jesus and are
intrigued by him. Perhaps as a childe we attended
Sunday school, or when flipping channels we've
heard TV preachers talk about Jesus. We may have
even thought, "I'd like to find out for myself what
Jesus said and did so I can come to my own
conclusions about him." But we haven't had
the opportunity to take a closer look.
The Essential Jesus will help you discover who Jesus
is and why he is so significant---even
life-transforming. Through bot Old and New
Testament readings you will discover why God sent
Jesus, what Jesus taught, how he treated people,
why he did miracles, the meaning of his death, the
significance of his resurrection, what the Bible says
about his second coming and much more.
Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com 281.485.3843 |
| YOUTH GARAGE SALE |
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Need to make space for new stuff? Save your
junk for us! St. Andrew's Youth are having a garage
sale Saturday, March 8. The kids are raising
money for building supplies and travel to
Monroe, NC to repair homes for the elderly and
disabled there.
· Items should be in good working
condition.
· Furniture, toys, tools, household items,
and blue jeans for all ages.
· No other clothes, please.
· Bring items to church beginning Monday,
February 18th.
If you are discarding now and storage is a
problem, please contact us so we can try to
find a place to keep your things until then.
All proceeds go towards Workcamp 2008, a
weeklong service adventure that St. Andrew's
Youth will be participating in. Your support for
our youth is greatly appreciated!
Roxie & Ed Woodward ednroxie@comcast.net
James & Amanda Maslonka maslonka5@yahoo.com |
| BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES |
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Happy Birthday
Ryan Harbuck; Richard Magness; Bette Forsyth;
Cynthia Reynolds; Kristin Smith; Cody Stewart
Missed yours? email the office at
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| NEW MEMBERS |
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New Members
Jason & Deirdre Smith, son Matthew and daughter Chloe
Danielle Graf, sons Joshua & Tyler & Fiance, Joe Miller |
| DEATH |
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Billie Sue Roth (mother of Hita Dickson)
Please keep Hita and her family in your prayers.
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| THOUGHT |
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"If you insist uopn gambling, and try to cheat in
doing so, it is likely you will get shot. If you drink
whisky with the drunken and become quarrelsome
in your cups, it is possible you will get shot.
Hence it is well for men to remember that Texas
is not a place where you can act as you will- cheat,
steal, lie, or commit adultery, and then be held
quite harmless. No indeed. They may not wait for
the law to catch and punish in such cases; but
probably shoot you in advance and investigate
afterwards."
Bishop Alexander Garrett on Texans in the late 1800's |
| SAVE THE DATE |
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Important Dates Coming Up
Place in your date book
2/24 Pet food drive for Animal Shelter
3/2 Diaper Drive for Casa
3/9 Teddy Bear Sunday for Shriner's Hospital
3/16 Palm Sunday
Books for Head Start
3/20 Maundy Thursday Service at 7pm
3/21 Good Friday Service at noon
3/22 Easter Party and BBQ at 5:30pm
Easter Vigil Service at 7pm
3/23 Easter Service at 8 and 10:30
Easter Egg Hunts for all ages at 9:15
4/26 Boy Scout Spaghetti Dinner
4/27 St. Andrew's Block Party at noon
5/11 Mother's Day and Graduate Sunday
5/17 Pamela Rushing Golf Tournament
5/28 Parish Dinner at 6:30pm
6/15 Father's Day
6/23-6/27 Camp Invention
7/14-7/18 Vacation Bible School
7/20 Vacation Bible School Sunday
8/24 Rally Day and Tailgate Party
9/27 Pumpkin Unloading at 9am
10/5 Parish Election and Pet Blessing
10/17-10/18 Craft Fair
10/18 Pumpkin Unloading at 9am
11/21-11/23 Parish Retreat at Camp Allen
11/26 Thanksgiving Eve Service at 7pm
12/24 Christmas Eve Services at 6pm and 10pm |
| RECYCLING |
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Cans - Every time you are ready to throw out
that soda or other beverage can, remind
yourself that you are throwing away money
that could have gone to the Work Campers.
Every aluminum can counts. You may drop off
your collection in the old kitchen. We are
collecting all the way through July. So please
recycle the cans!
Kids Stuff - Cleaning out your children's toy
box and play area in order for the new stuff
from Christmas to fit in? How about donating
the stuff to Shriners Hospital. They take
stuffed animals, toys, working electronics,
videos, books and cds. You may drop off
the donations at the church. Just place the
stuff behind the desk in the church office.
This would be greatly appreciated.
Ink Cartridges - Reduce pollution, and raise
funds. Most of us have inkjet printers at home
or work. When you have an empty cartridge
next time, do not throw it away-just bring it
to St. Andrew's. We have a special recycle
box in the Foyer of the Family Life Center.
St. Andrew's is paid up to $4.00 for each
cartridge.
Cell Phones for Soldiers - The cell phones
are recycled for cash and the proceeds
are used to buy prepaid calling cards for
our soldiers serving in the Middle East.
Bring your cell phone and battery along
with anything else that goes with them
to the drop-off boxes at church. One is
in the Foyer of the Family Life Center and
one is in the hallway of the Worship
Building by the Coke machine. For more
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