News from St. Andrew's

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St. Andrew's will be joining with NetsforLife® this Advent by collecting money to send mosquito nets to Malawi to help prevent the spread of Malaria.

Fighting Malaria in Africa

In partnership with corporations, foundations, NGOs and faith-based organizations, NetsforLife® implements integrated malaria-prevention programs in 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

A Unique Partnership

NetsforLife® accesses remote communities-those typically unreached by national health programs-by utilizing a vibrant network of local churches, faith-based groups and NGOs. They have mobilized thousands of community volunteers to distribute nets and teach their neighbors how to prevent and treat malaria.

More than 18 million people have benefited from NetsforLife® to date.

For more information contact Debbie Allensworth

Family Promise "Houses for Change" Collects Money to Help Homeless Families

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This Advent we will be participating in Family Promise's "Houses for Change" program. each family will be given a cardboard "house" to decorate at home and a calendar which explains a little about homelessness and gives the family prompts about how much money (change) to put in their box each day for the 4 weeks of Advent. The calendar also helps raise awareness about what homeless families don't have and what we do.

You can pick up your family house box starting Sunday, November 28th. You will receive a cardboard house, a calendar and an ornament to put on the Family Promise tree in the Foyer of the Worship Building. We will be collecting the boxes in early January. Have fun decorating your box - we will have a fun competition with prizes for the best decorations.

For more information contact Debbie Allensworth

Get the Picture!

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Several parishioners are in the process of assisting us with making a new pictorial directory. Please smile brightly when you are approached for your family's picture on a Sunday morning before, between and after the services.

We will take pictures through November. Thank you.

Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com

Photographers

Brittany Porter Terry Brown Christina Sampson

Jason and Nikki Adams Debbie Mayfield Wade and Chelsea Egmon

Benjamin Nye Judy Bettencourt Luis and Julianna Cedeno

Christmas Cookies
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We want to have cookies, eggnog and cider after the 7 pm Christmas Eve service and before the 10 pm service again this year.

Will you help?

      I Will Bake/buy cookies ____ dozen
      I Will Bring milk
      I Will Bring cider
      I Will Bring a partridge in a pear tree
      I Will Bring a crock-pot
    I Will help serve   ____ after 7 pm _____ before 10 pm

Email me and let me know

Jim+

Volunteer Needs

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Do any of these opportunities fit your gifts and interests?

10:30 am God Rocks! PreK-2nd leader for the worship during the 10:30 service - training and other team members provided
Bulletin Board Assistance
Greeter for Sunday School Welcome Coordinator - weekly with time off
Facility Promoter-help us rent out the facilities
Offering Counters
1st Aid Kit Assistance

Vestry News

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Resolutions/Approvals

> Rebecca Maxwell was appointed to fill immediately the vacant vestry position for the

remainder of this year.

> The vestry approved support of Jesse Bowman in his quest to become a vocational

Deacon.

> Elizabeth Williamson was approved to serve as Eucharistic Visitor.

> The vestry approved the transfer of $696.01 from Operating to the Capital

Maintenance Designated Fund and increasing the Capital draw from 2% to 4% of

Pledge and Plate starting November 1^st through December 31, 2010.

The Advent Event

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Together, we (all ages) will meet in the Parish Hall between the services to make Butterflies for the Holocaust Museum and package Christmas boxes for Seafarers who will be out at sea for Christmas. Special information about St. Nicholas (patron of children) will be available.

Sunday, November 28th
9:15 am - 10:15 am
Parish Hall
You may eat breakfast while doing activities

No Cost, but we need a reservation from you in order to purchase materials.
Reservation click here

Youth Confirmation

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If you have a youth 11 years and older and are interested in she or he going through Confirmation preparation, please email me.

Thanks.
Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com

New Adult Class - Life's Questions

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What do you think when you think of God?

Do you think life is as it ought to be?

Sunday Mornings - 12/5/10 and 12/12/10 at 9:20 am

Contact Jim Liberatore

Twitter Bible

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Each year, I take on a new scriptural discipline. In 2011, I hope to Twitter a chapter of the Bible each day (or, at least each week day.) That means that I need to be able to summarize the entire chapter in 140 words. I will start with the Gospel of Matthew. We'll see! I do this for my own spiritual nourishment.

Anyway, If you want to get a daily 140 character Bible chapter on your phone or for your news feed or to view in a web browser, subscribe to my Tweets at @gamma909. Maybe the Twitter will encourage you to look up and read the chapter occasionally.

If you have an account, you probably know what to do. If not...

Go to http://twitter.com/
Sign up for an account
Follow @gamma909
Activate cell phone delivery (varies by carrier)

I get Matthew Paul Turner's, CS Lewis', Rick Warren's, CNN's and a few other Twitters on my phone.

If you do not understand all this, bless you. You most likely are in non-digital bliss. Let me know via email and I will send my summaries to you that way.

Jim+

Adult Class - Old Testament

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Fr. Joe's is leading a class on the Old Testament. The DVD lectures are by Professor Amy Jill Levine, PhD, of Vanderbilt University Divinity School. This course is a scholarly introduction to how the Hebrew Bible was produced over a period of perhaps eight centuries, what it meant to the writers and editors over this long birth, and what meanings it may have to modern Christians and Jews.

The cost for the classes is $15.00, a real bargin considering what a Graduate School course costs. The home work will be reading in the Old Testament.

Fusion (Youth) News

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YES is a weekend retreat for youth 7-9th grade that affirms God's love for us and allows you to feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in a unique way.

Happening is a weekend retreat for youth 10 -12th grade that encourages participation in one's own parish and youth group and helps answer many of today's questions of how Christianity is relevant to youth today.

YES and Happening dates for this school year:

Jan. 21 -23
April 29 - May 1

For more information, go to www.epicenter.org
You can find forms for registration here: Registration Forms

Jenn Neitzey

5 Week Class on Islam

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Are you interested in a 5 week class on Islam? If so, email me at frjimbo@msn.com.

Dive into the rich tradition and cultural fabric of Islam, including what it means to be Muslim in modern America. Hear Muslim women offer their perspective on their traditions and roles, examine the effect of 9/11 on the West's view of Islam, and understand the Islamic holiday of Ramadan. Confront the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as you listen to a Palestinian and a Jew who have risen above personal tragedy to join forces in an effort to end hatred and war.

I will offer the class: Sunday, starting 1/16/11 @ 9:15 am, room 102

RSVP
Thank you.

Jim+

Finances - October 30th

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Don't know if you are current in your giving? Contact me at the email address below and I'll be happy to send you a statement.

                                Actual            Budgeted                         Difference
Disbursed    $ 340,815          $ 348,206                    $ 7,391 under budget

Receipts     $ 339,969           $ 349,080                    $ 9,111 under funded

Long Term Debt       $464,174.05

Operating bank balance 1/1/2010 was $15,604.98

You may combine your giving into one check if it is more convenient for you. Just be sure to mark the breakdown on the memo line so I know how to properly enter it. All undesignated checks go into operating to cover general budgeted disbursements.

Questions?
Beth Bishop bookkeeper@standrewspearland.org

Renew your Kroger Card and Support St.Andrew's

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YOU MUST RENEW YOUR CARD NOW OR IT WILL NOT BE VALID.

Support St. Andrew's through your shopping at Kroger.
Click this link.

We earned over $2,500 by linking our Kroger Cards to St. Andrew's. A percentage of each purchase went to fund our ministries. Each year, we must relink our Kroger Card. We will start earning money on July 1st only if we relink our cards.

Print the attached and take it to your Kroger when you shop next and have the cashier link your card with St. Andrew's. The instructions are on the flyer. You only need to link it once and you are done for the year!

Thank you for supporting St. Andrew's in this way.

Let us Know

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Whenever you or someone in your immediate family participates in something special or achieves something special, let me know. We want to share our good fortune with others.

Jim+ frjimbo@msn.com

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