Come to the Water 🌊

“O let all who thirst, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord: without money, without price. Why should you pay the price, except for the Lord?”

- John Foley, 1978.

The Season of Lent:

This Lenten season at St. Andrew’s, we invite you to Come to the Water. Throughout the Gospel of John, water is a place of encounter — where Jesus meets people in their vulnerability, restores dignity, and renews community. At wells, pools, and wedding feasts, water becomes a sign of healing that is never only individual, but shared. As we journey toward the cross and the promise of resurrection, we will gather at these waters again and again, trusting that God meets us there — drawing us into deeper belonging, restored relationships, and new life together.

Lenten Sunday Services

Week 1 – The Samaritan Woman at the Well

Jesus meets a woman at the well and transforms a place of isolation into a site of shared testimony. Through living water, fractured relationships are restored and a new community is formed across boundaries of gender, ethnicity, and belief.

Week 2 – The Wedding at Cana

At a wedding on the brink of public shame, Jesus transforms water into wine, preserving joy and strengthening communal bonds. Healing unfolds quietly, restoring dignity and abundance to a community gathered in celebration.

Week 3 – The Pool of Bethesda

Jesus enters a space where people wait alone and healing feels scarce. Rather than reinforcing competition or isolation, Jesus invites healing through relationship and challenges patterns that leave people disconnected from one another.

Week 4 - The Man Born Blind

Healing leads to courageous truth-telling that disrupts old assumptions and reshapes belonging. As sight is restored, the community is invited to see differently and to grow in faithfulness through honesty and inclusion.

Week 5 - Jesus Walks on the Water

In the midst of uncertainty and fear, Jesus meets the disciples together on turbulent waters. Healing unfolds as shared trust is restored and the community learns to move forward together in faith.