| BLOOD DRIVE AT ST. ANDREW'S |
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Save a Life!
8:00 am - 12:30 pm Parish Hall 8/17/08 Sign up for an appointment or get one that Sunday. More info or an appointment? Click here |
| DINNER AUCTION |
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"Come Scoot Your Boots"  on Saturday, September 6th at St. Andrew's 4th Annual Dinner Auction at Golfcrest Contry Club. Dinner, Music, Dancing and Silent Auction Children's program & babysitting available. |
| FLAT ANDY AND ANDREA |
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Send in those Pictures!
Send you Andy/Andrea pix to us to post. Vacation, day trip, camp, you name it. These can be Andrew the gnome pictures as well.
email pictures click here |
| LADIES LUNCHEON GROUP |
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The Ladies Luncheon Group will meet at the Santa Barbara at 11:30 pm on 2nd Wednesday of August (August 13, 2008). |
| PARENT NEWSLETTER |
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Check out the August issue in an email attachment received on July 16th. Hope your summer is goingwell. Don't forget to send in your Flat Andy and Flat Andrea pictures. See you on Sunday.
Jim+ |
| MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES |
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Lights- You are needed to change light bulbs out once a month. Do any time you wish. About an hour a month.
Church Office - We need volunteers to help out in the office on Thursday mornings and future mornings in the fall. please contact Abby Perry.
Care About Worship? - 2 caring people are needed to assist with altar set up and clean up. Once a month. 2 hours total.
You Can!! - Cans that is. Bring your aluminum cans to church and help fund the Youth Mission Trip this summer.
Vestments - Would you wash some or all of the robes for worship? Even once is a help.
Bulletin Boards - Assist (at your convenience) our current bulletin board caretaker.
Beauty - Weed one flower bed, one time, you're choice of times. No sign up. Just once. It helps. Thanks.
Trees - Trim low hanging branches, one time, you're choice of times. No sign up. Just once. It helps. Thanks.
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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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| RALLY DAY - SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH - 11:45AM |
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This year's Rally Day will include a Tailgate Party. Sign up your cook team and compete for a Trophy!
Join us for:
Tailgate food competition
Workcamp Presentation
Register for fall classes
Food
Cold Treats
Big Slide
Bounce House
On Rally Day we will also exercise our School Spirit so Wear Your School Colors to Church!
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| IT IS "BACK TO SCHOOL" TIME AGAIN.... |
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 Please help Christian Helping Hands be a success again this year. Each year we have grown in the number of students we have been blessed to help with supplies. This year, we are expecting an even greater number of families in need, due to our current economic crisis. Please help us meet or exceed our goal of helping 1,000 of our area's children succeed in school by sending them back with the supplies they need. With God's help, we can make the school year a great success. All types of school supplies are needed (crayons, paper, pencils, glue, pens, etc.). A complete list of supplies can be found in Sunday's Leaflet or by contacting the Church office. Supplies are needed by Sunday, August 10th.
Bring your items to church, thank you! |
| SECOND SUNDAY IS COMING! |
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Mark Your Calendar!
Save the Date!
What is Second Sunday?
An evening alternative for Sunday worship for those
out-of-town (or just sleeping in) on Sunday morning.
6:00 pm
First Worship Service, September 14th
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| A HISTORY OF GOD |
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DVD class
One session
9:15 am Room 107
8/10/08
He is at the center of some of the most critical and controversial questions of all time.
In this illuminating program based on theologian Karen Armstrong's bestselling book, take a fascinating look at the countless ways human beings have experienced the idea of god throughout the ages: from the days before Abraham to today. Explore the evolution from the practice of sacrificial paganism to a more serene and compassionate religious way of life. Interviews with representatives from today's key monotheistic religions reveal how human beings have come to worship one supreme being, while prominent religious scholars contemplate how the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have influenced one another and how their individual histories overlap.
A HISTORY OF GOD plays an investigative role in humankind's timeless and unrelenting struggle for faith, comfort, and understanding.
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| JOY U IS COMING! |
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What is JOY U? It's Jesus, Others and You University. JOY U is for ALL AGES. This August we will reinstate an old St. Andrew's tradition and offer classes in August that will showcase the skills, talents, and hobbies of our fellow church members. I hope you will participate in a few. All are from 9:15 am until 10:10 am on Sunday (between the services). Here is the tentative lineup. Thanks to those who agreed to share their talents with us.
8/10 -Joe O'Steen, The History of God (video), Rm 107
Jim Lawless, Cooking with Kids and Adults,
Kitchen
Jeff Campbell, Comics & their value, Rm 102B
Kathy Balberg, Scraping for all ages, Rm 102A
Ben Foster, Baseball, Rm 304-305
8/17 -Joe O'Steen, Great Secrets of the Bible (video),
Rm 107
Christine Liberatore, Mix it up! (Food &
Health), Rm 102A
Jim Lawless, Cooking with Kids & Adults, Kitchen
Luis Cedeno, Coins & their value, Rm 102B
Ben Foster, Bass Guitar (tentative), Rm 302 |
| SILVERLAKE SMALL GROUP |
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| Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage
Thursdays nights this fall  Video series based on Mark Gungor's wildly popular seminar on how to better understand your spouse and improve your marriage. The Silverlake Small Group will be hosting this series on Thursday evenings at 7pm (babysitting available). To kick-off the series, we will gather on Saturday, August 30th to meet, greet, eat and get acquainted.
For more information, contact Christine Lusk at
281-997-0188. |
| MEN'S FRATERNITY |
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Thursday Morning DVD Men's Group
Begins 8/28/08 6:00 am in Room 102 (done by 7:15 am) NEW CLASS - NEW MATERIAL Fresh Donuts and Coffee! The Quest for Authentic Manhood is the foundational level or ground floor of manhood. This 24-session study focuses on a man's core identity and gives an overview of basic manhood issues. It will help men deal with various identity issues by looking back at past wounds and other things that may have distorted their idea of biblical masculinity. Throughout the course of the study, men will learn how to clearly define manhood and will finally be able to give a succinct and passionate answer to the questions, "What is a man?" and "What am I living to be?" This captivating journey helps men: Resolve wounds from their past Embrace a biblical definition of manhood Develop their own personal manhood plan $25; Please RSVP so I can order materials. Click here for details. |
| TIRED OF BEING REMINDED OF YOUR WEAKNESSES? |
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Ready to unleash your real talents?
Want to know more about your talents and how to employ them?
StrengthsFinder 2.0 is for you! Join us (Debbie and Jim+) at 9:15 am beginning September 7th. We will take you through our findings, set you up to find your talents and discuss a practical implementation plan. We need to have the material before the class starts so email us to register. Class is for three weeks. $12. StrengthsFinder was developed by the Gallup organization.
To register, click here
To read more about StrengthsFinder, click here |
| NEW SMALL GROUP FORMING |
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Starts Wednesday, 9/3 at 6:30 pm
Let me know if you are coming and if you need childcare
Fr. Jim+ at frjimbo@msn.com First Study: It's Personal
This study is directed to men and women who desire a personal connection with God, but who have questions, doubts, and concerns. A case is made for the fact that adults don't become followers of Christ by getting all their questions answered. In most instances, something happens that shrinks those questions. And that something is always personal. You don't have to understand everything to believe in something.
5 weeks
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| SAVE THE DATE |
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Important Dates Coming Up
Place in your date book
8/23 Stockholders' Dinner
8/24 Rally Day and Tailgate Party
9/6 Dinner Auction
9/14 First Second Sunday Worship Service 6 pm
9/27 Pumpkin Unloading at 9am
10/5 Parish Election and Pet Blessing
10/11 Pumpkin Unloading at 9am 10/17-10/18 Craft Fair
10/25 Pumpkin Unloading at 9am
11/8 - Parish Work Day
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
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. |
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