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Life at St. Andrew’s
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Thrift Shop Sale
Just in time for Christmas shopping, the Thrift Shop is having a 50% off sale on all inventory from Dec. 9th to Dec. 18th inclusive. The Thrift Shop will then close until Jan. 2, 2026. Merry Christmas!
Search Team Update
The search team for the next Lead Minister continues its work and met again last week. We are receiving profiles from interested applicants. If you are aware of someone who should prayerfully consider the role of Lead Minister please forward them the information and/or share their name with the search team. We are advertising the role in various places in Canada and beyond. We give thanks for the prayers of the people of St. Andrew’s during this process.
St. Andrew’s Cookbooks
Thank you for your contributions to the St. Andrew's Cookbook. They have arrived and will be available for sale during coffee after church on Sundays. Cost is $20 per book, or 2 for $30 (making them a great Christmas gift!).
Gift Cards
As your thoughts shift to Christmas shopping, please keep in mind that a wide selection of gift cards are available through the W. A. gift card program. The list of cards we carry year round are available in the church office and Sundays at the gift card table. If cards are purchased through the W.A. we receive a sellers commission from the retailer and put the funds to work maintaining St Andrew’s historic building for use by the church and community. Thank you for your support of this fund raiser for the Women’s Association.
Choir and Handbell Ringers Welcoming New Members
St. Andrew's Sanctuary Choir is always welcoming new choristers! If you're looking for something fun to do, singing in a choir is a healthy, social, and rewarding hobby to take up. Choir rehearsals take place Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the sanctuary, and the choir meets at 9:00 am Sunday mornings to prepare before services. Contact the office to sign up. We hope to have you come sing with us! The St. Andrew's Handbell Ringers are also looking for new members. If you've never tried playing the handbells, now is your chance! Rehearsals for the Handbell Ringers are Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:00pm in the choir room. Contact the church office to sign up. We'd love to have you!
Updated Digital, Audio, Photography Policy
St. Andrew’s has recently updated our digital, audio, and photography policy for worship services. This update, approved by Session, includes a reminder that worship services may be live streamed, and as such, individuals attending in person may appear on camera. The updated policy has been posted outside the Sanctuary
Opportunities to Give & Serve
Gifts of Change
As you think about Christmas and Year-End Donations, please consider Gifts of Change. Throughout Advent, there will be a table at Coffee Hour with more information about Presbyterian World Service and Development (PWS&D)’s Gifts of Change. If you are considering Christmas gifts - and many of us don't really need more, even wonderful, stuff - a life changing donation to PWS&D programs works for everyone and anyone! Working with our partners on the ground around the world, we can impact and improve lives, though increased food security, medical care, education, vocational support, improved agricultural methods and community-based sharing of agricultural knowledge, as well as increasing climate resilience in the parts of the world impacted most dramatically and most immediately. Visit the Gifts of Change table for more information, gift tags, etc. Donate locally and love globally! To learn more, visit this link.
Box for socks
Why are we collecting socks? Did you know that socks are one of the most needed, but least donated, articles of clothing? A regular supply of new socks helps prevent foot-related diseases and ensures that someone experiencing homelessness can walk to shelters, to job interviews, and get the help they need. And guess what? We have a box for collecting socks! Please bring new socks to church and put them in the big socks box by the Christmas tree in the sanctuary to help our downtown neighbours stay healthy and mobile. Let’s sock it to them!
Food Hamper Program
We are excited to announce the start of our Food Hamper program through the Foodbank of Waterloo Region which we are calling, ‘Neighbourhood Food Program’. It will begin on Sunday Nov 2nd and run from 12:30pm to 1:30pm in Iona Hall. This is a joint effort with Nexus. We are looking for volunteers to help us receive the food items on Fridays between 10:30am and 11am and to put items away. If you are interested in helping, even just once a month, please reach out to Kaitlyn in the office.
Food4Kids Christmas Campaign
Food4Kids is a local food security program with the goal of “Fighting Hunger and Feeding Hope”. They provide nutritious food packages for 1400 school children on weekends and school breaks when other school nutrition programs are not available. With a recent move to a larger facility, Food4Kids intends to work with staff from local schools to increase their reach to 2250 children by June 2028. For the coming Christmas break we are collecting any brand and size of pancake mix or syrup. Place your donation on the book shelves near the chapel doors or in the grocery cart near the sanctuary entrance. Monetary donations are also welcome and are accepted at the office, on the church website or by e-transfer. Just be sure to note they are for Food4Kids. They will be matched up to $2000 by St. Andrew’s trust funds for outreach projects.
*$30 supports one child for one week
*$120 supports one child for one month
*$1400 supports one child for one year.
All donations are welcome and appreciated. Your impact on a child’s learning through increased physical and emotional wellbeing is priceless - fight hunger and feed hope.
Camp K Subsidy Program
Every year Camp K has a subsidy program which allows children who wouldn’t otherwise be able to, attend camp for one week. It takes $350 to send 1 child to camp for a week under the program, but donations of any amount are greatly appreciated! If you’d like to help send more children to camp please click here and use the drop down to find Camp K Subsidy.
Volunteers Needed for St. Andrew’s Tech Crew
We are looking for passionate and committed volunteers to join the Audio-Visual Team. Whether you are tech-savy or just eager to learn, there's a place for you. If you are interested, or want to learn more, contact the office or make your way up to the balcony after any Sunday service
Team Outreach (formerly Missions)
Food Not Bombs
Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer movement that creates hot vegan soups and vegetarian meals that are distributed on Saturdays to hungry people at Kitchener City Hall. St. Andrew’s and St. Peter’s supports FNB by collecting 750 ml plastic yogurt containers which are filled with the meals. These containers are needed on a continual basis! You can help by bringing your clean yogurt containers to the church office. For more information and to sign up to volunteer with them see the following link: https://linktr.ee/foodnotbombskw
Mighty Mite Cans
It’s that time of year! Please finish filling your mite cans and bring them to St. Andrew’s church office. We want to count all those coins by the end of the year. THANK YOU for raising money to help our local partner organizations. Other ways of donating are also welcome: drop a cheque off at the office, send an E-Transfer, or donate on-line on the church website. Donations will be matched up to $2,550 by St Andrew's trust funds for outreach projects. Please include your name, address and Mite Can on all donations. Our mites can make a MIGHTY difference in our community! Thank you for your continued support!
Matthew 25:40 - Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
PWS&D
Looking to learn about the ongoing work Presbyterian World Service and Development and their partners are doing around the world? Do you want to see the impact of the work your PWS&D donations support on people’s lives? The PWS&D website is a great source of information. Check out this link: https://www.standrewskw.com/international-missions
Meetings Notes & Ministry News
For a list of all weekly, monthly or special meetings, please visit the Church Central Calendar here: https://standrewskw.churchcenter.com/calendar?view=month