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All are Welcome!
Our Mission is to “Share Christ.”
More specifically, it is to help people come to know Christ, to grow in their relationship with Christ and His Church and to be equipped to serve and witness in Christ’s name.
We would love to have you join us in this mission.
All are welcome to join us for worship!The Sunday Morning Worship Schedule for the summer is:Traditional Service – 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Service — 10:30 a.m. Fellowship – 9:30 a.m. |
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Women’s Fellowship – “Changing Attitudes – Saving Lives” A Presentation by Local Author Katherine Rose Kreher Join us on Thursday, September 9, at 7:00 p.m. to hear Katherine’s personal perspective on coping with the depression, and ultimate suicide, of a loved one. The title of her book is, “A House Divided: A Story of Survival.” Come meet Katherine at our first Women’s Fellowship program for the 2010-2011 year. Her book can be purchased prior to the presentation from Barb Binversie for $13 (special price for our program) or during the September 9th event. No purchase is required – participants will be able to join in the discussion without having read the book. Invite family members, neighbors and friends. Men and women are welcome to join us. Refreshments will be served in Nelson Hall for the presentation. This will be a reflective, thoughtful evening – filled with conversation about family, relationship and spiritual issues. Hope to see you! |
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PADS ministry In October, we begin our 2nd year of our PADS Ministry, helping Lake County’s homeless. St. Andrew will be expanding our role in this ministry to include set-up to clean-up services once a month. Training for site volunteers will be held Saturday, August 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church in Grayslake. Please see the poster on the table in the narthex for more info. Anyone wishing to attend can contact Tom Girmscheid or RSVP the number shown. This is a great opportunity to learn more about PADS and meet other volunteers in the ministry. Also, please look for future announcements about an upcoming organizational meeting at St. Andrew. |
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The Pastor's Pen
Pastor’s Pen – August 2010
Written by Pastor Mark - August 2, 2010The Pastor’s Pen
By the time you read this, the St. Andrew work camp team will have returned from their week of service in Rochester, New York. Along with almost four hundred campers from across the country, the twenty-four youth and adults from our congregation spent the week of July 25-31 painting, repairing and refurbishing the homes of elderly, disabled and low-income residents of Rochester. They also spent time singing, playing, praying, worshiping and studying the Bible. They grew in relationship with one another. And they made friends with other campers and with the residents on whose houses they were working. In short, they had a great week as they lived out, in a very intentional way, what it means to be the body of Christ in the world.
Even though not all of us have the opportunity to participate in a work camp trip, in our life together as a congregation we can all still share in the same kinds of experiences as our work campers do. Worship, study, fellowship, service and witness – those are the elements that make for a great week of work camp, and those are also the elements that define our life together here at St. Andrew.
As we prepare, in a few short weeks, for Rally Day and the beginning of our fall schedule, I encourage you to make a commitment to be more involved than ever in the life of our church. Worship regularly. Participate in a Bible study or a class. Spend time, informally or in a more structured way, with fellow church members. Look for opportunities to serve. And let your faith show itself through your words and your actions. As you do, you, like our work campers, will grow in your faith. And you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you’re helping to make St. Andrew a stronger, more vibrant congregation.
I’m grateful to those who gave up a week of their summer to be a part of this year’s work camp trip. And I’m grateful, too, to all the members of St. Andrew who give of their time and abilities to actively participate in the life of our church. May God’s blessing be on each of us as we live together as the body of Christ.
See you in worship!
Pastor Selbo
