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The Spirit On Sunday the sermon’s theme was primarily on God’s choosing of servants; in this case we are God’s choice. You and I are called by God to do the work of God in this world. The Great Commission of Christ, found at the end of Matthew’s gospel, is that we go into the world and make disciples of all nations, teaching them to obey everything that Christ commanded. It is this commission that has inspired missionaries for thousands of years to go into places and talk of Christ, and do his work. This work has been done well, and has been done poorly. This work has inspired souls, and defeated souls. Some think that this work is done by the church through programs that inspire people to come and learn about scripture, and Christ, and whatever else. Some think that making disciples necessitates dogmatic training, but Jesus knew that a disciple was one who obeyed what he commanded. What did he command? What does it mean when Christ calls a person? What does Christ command you? Quite possibly the easiest answer is love; what does that mean, and how are we living that out? In the early church people of wildly different backgrounds sat together, not always in harmony of course, but certainly with the intention to live in harmony. In Luke’s gospel Jesus was tested by a lawyer once, of course it was a lawyer, lawyers like to test people, make sure they are who they say they are. The lawyer asked, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus responded with a question, because that is what Jesus does, “What is written in the law? What did you read there?” The lawyer, knowing the law, said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” It is interesting to me that in Luke’s gospel it is a lawyer that says this, a person who studies and knows the spirit of the law. He didn’t quote the whole Torah, he went right to the heart of the matter. Jesus said, “That’s right, you do that and you will live.” The lawyer, being a lawyer, wanted some clarification. “But who is my neighbor?” In reply Jesus told the parable of the “Good Samaritan.” You know it. A man is robbed and beaten and left for dead on the side of a road. A priest walks by the man and goes to the other side of the road. Priests were the people ordained to bring people to God and that priest couldn’t do it. A Levite walks by the man, doesn’t even try to help. They were like the elders and deacons of the Jewish world then. People used to tell jokes about how a priest, a Levite, and an Israelite walked into a bar. As Jesus told that story people would have expected an Israelite to come next. Instead he says a Samaritan came by next. People hated Samaritans. They hated them all the way. They were good for nothing, ignorant, certainly of questionable character, and then Jesus says a Samaritan stopped and helped the man. This guy spent his own money to make him well. Jesus finished by asking the lawyer who was the neighbor to the robbed fellow. “The one who showed him mercy,” the lawyer said. “Be like that,” Jesus said. We are called by God to make disciples to teach them to obey what Jesus commanded. He commanded mercy, love, forgiveness, generosity, and goodness. I only know one way of teaching people how to live that way. Living that way. God calls all of us to live a different way, in this world, but not of the ways of this world. Are you ready to follow? Am I? We have to. Riding the wave of the Holy Spirit, Garrett

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SUNDAY SERVICE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES – TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT

We have just completed a successful Capital Campaign designed to give staff and volunteers the capacity to enhance and improve worship services at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. In addition to improving parking lots to make access to our church easier, a major portion of the campaign focused on audio-visual improvements to the Sanctuary and adjoining rooms.

We also plan to broadcast Sunday services to the community, members not able to attend a service and others seeking God’s word. It is within our grasp to grow our church with God’s help and your commitment to sharing the work. We are all asked to be disciples of Christ, and we can do so by joining together to share our knowledge and time.

We are inviting interested members of our church to join together and form a Sunday Service Technology Committee to plan, train, coordinate weekly volunteers, and otherwise assist in improving and enhancing the operation of our new technology acquisitions. Running the equipment on a weekly basis and moving forward to broadcasting Sunday services are challenges that are more than one or two people can do alone.

If you are interested in helping with technology as it applies to audio, visual, broadcast, or a combination of these, please contact Susie Cauchi, Church Administrator, 530.673.7353, or scauchi@standrewpcusa.org . Your contributions as a member of this new committee could be an investment in the health of our church as we impact the lives of church members and the surrounding community. We thank you for your continued support in making our upgraded audio-visual dream a reality as well as your patience while we strive to provide optimal audio-visual services for St. Andrew.

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Garrett enjoys reading to these precious children in Joyful Noise

Preschool. Open registration begins January 29 for current families, alumni

and church members,

Activity Time Tammy Graham

January 26th All children 3 years old to 5th grade gather in the chapel for Children’s

Church

Upcoming EventsFeb. 15th - Valentine’s Date Night 5-9pm

Feb. 16 - Kid’s JAM 11:30am-1:30pmMarch 4-25 Positive Discipline Class

5:30-7:30

March 13 - Storytelling Night 6 - 7:30pmMarch 15th - Kids JAM 11:30am-1:30pm

April 11 - Easter EggstravaganzaApril 15-May 6 Positive Discipline Class

1:00 - 3:00pm

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Hello January!

Find out the latest happenings with Youth Ministry - Download the Remind app and make an account,

then choose to ‘join Class’At that point you will enter Code @f4c4fb2

YOUTH LIGHT & Salt

1/25 Say Love @ Hope Point Saturday 7:45am Dianne & Travis 2/2 Karaoke Deanna, Vicki & Travis

The Fishbowl gets REPAINTED!

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This is open to the community and for free discussion. Please come and meet us

at The Dancing Tomato on Tuesdays at 10 AM

Any questions please contact Don Kindell 674-9085

COFFEE & CONVERSATION

Adult Sunday School Please join us at 9 am in Room A

or the Chapel

Contemplative Prayer Is now being held weekly On Wednesdays at 9a.m.

In the Chapel at St. Andrew Church

Please Join us for this thoughtful, meditative hour.

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Tout your name! Welcome Team now has name badges for purchase! The tags are very nice magnetic badges that you write your name on.

The name badges will be available for purchase on Sundays at the Welcome table for $2.00. Please have correct change or small bills.

Save the Date Paint Night

March 21st Only $ 20

We need your help!

St. Andrew Presbyterian

Church is looking for 2 cash

counters and a standby alternate for the third

Sunday morning of each month. If you are interested, please contact Susie Cauchi at the church office

673-7353.

WOW! Alternative Gift faire Summary Bridges to Housing $ 615.00Casa de Esperanza $ 1115.00The Depot $ 835.00Habitait for Humanity $ 701.00Hands of Hope $ 1170.00Internat’l Rescue Comm. $ 610.00Mother Hubbard Cupboard $ 1308.50Operation Warm Heart $ 1380.00REST $ 503.00River Bottom Ministry $ 1225.00St. Andrew Ministry - Camperships $ 530.00St. Andrew Home HealthCare Memorial $ 670.00Young Life $ 660.00

Total $ 11,322.50

The mission team and all participating organizations would like to thank the congregation for their generous support of the alternative gift faire.

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Brown Bag Book Study

Brown Bag will meet the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 12 noon at Edna Armstrong’s home, 1187 Stafford Way, Yuba City. All women are invited to come and see what it is all about. Please bring your lunch.

Questions? Please callEdna Armstrong, Leader, 674-5191

Dorcas Circle is for all women in the Yuba Sutter area who are interested

in fellowship, ministry and prayer. Dorcas Circle will meet on February 14th at 12 noon in the Conference Room. Bring your lunch

and coffee is provided. Mark your calendar!

River Bottoms Ministries welcomes your donations of repurposed plastic containers which can be used for soup containers.

A Note from the Administrator, Please remember if you unlock something, it needs to be relocked! We have lost another

padlock, from our dumpster, as well as items from the Ministry Center cabinets.

Please remember to lock it!

Bell Choir Practice

5:30pm Thursdays

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Thur., January 23rd9:00am Bible Fellowship2:00pm Narcotics Anon Mtg, Rm C5:30pm Bell Choir Practice6:00pm AA Daily Reprieve mtg.,

Youth Center6:00pm Connections Dinner Church7:00pm Choir Practice

Fri., January 24th12:00pm Al Anon Meeting, Room C6:00pm Deacon/Elder Potluck Retreat 7:00pm Overeaters Anon, Conf. Rm

Sat., January 25th7:30am SAYLove for all youth8:00am Praise Band Practice,

Sanctuary 9:00am Deacon/Elder Retreat 11:00am Jim Leonard Fundraiser,

New Earth Market1:00pm Pinewood Derby4:00pm Jean Hemphill Practice

Sun., January 26th9:00am Sunday School for All Ages10:00am Worship

Mon., January 27th3:00pm Prevention Class, Room A6:30pm Scouts, Female Troop 389G

Youth Center7:00pm Overeaters Anon,Conf. Rm

Tues., January 28th9:00am Staff Meeting10:00am Coffee & Conversation @

Dancing Tomato Caffe’2:00pm Narcotics Anon, Rm C6:00pm Girl Scouts, Troop 1245,

Youth Center7:00pm Gamblers Anon, Rm B7:00pm Narcotics Anon, Rm C

Wed., January 29th9:00am JNNS Priority Registration9:00am Morning Contemplative & Centering10:00am Praying for the Ministry12:00pm Alcoholics Anon,Rm C6:00pm Symphony Rehearsal7:00pm Narcotics Anon, Rm C

Thurs. January 30th9:00am JNNS Open Registration9:00am Bible Fellowship, Naylor Room2:00pm Narcotics Anon, Room C5:30pm Bell Choir Practice6:00pm AA Daily Reprieve Mtg.,Y/C 6:00pm Connections Dinner Church7:00pm Choir practice

Remember … The Deacon/Elder Retreat

is THIS weekend. Friday, January 24th, 6 - 9 pm,

potluck dinner Saturday, January 25th, 9am - 12

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What is Scrip?  

Scrip are gift cards sold through the church office Mon. - Thurs. 9am-12 & 1- 4pm and on Sundays before and after Sunday service.

Scrip is our gift card system. As you plan your weekly shopping think how you could use scrip to buy your groceries and gasoline, go out to dinner, or shop for that new Spring wardrobe.

How will this benefit you? It is easier than carrying cash, no chance for crafty thieves getting your credit card number.  Scrip is easy to use, and easy to purchase.  How does this benefit the church?  A percentage of your Scrip (gift card) is given to the church by the retailer.  That’s right - it doesn’t cost you any extra money and the church is making a percentage of every card we sell.  Where does this money go?  The money made on scrip goes to the general fund of the church. Scrip helps pay for the electric and gas, the office supplies and many other needed items. When you buy SCRIP it is a Win Win situation.  You benefit and so does the church. 

Please stop by the scrip table this Sunday and ask any questions you might have.

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St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Preschool Joyful Noise 2020-21 Registration

(school year beginning 9/8/20)

Applications can be obtained from the classroom, church office or school director Priority registration for current families, alumni and church

members is January 29th, 2020 9- Noon & 1-4 pm.

Open registration begins January 30th, 2020 9 am-Noon & 1-4 pm. Applications are accepted on T,W,TH.

A $50 non-refundable registration fee is due with application. A child must be at least three years of age by September 1st of the school year

enrolled for the AM class (9-11:30 a.m.) and four years of age by September 1st for the PM class (12:30-3 p.m.). School days are T,W,Th.

Please see Mrs. Davis, email or call the school for additional information.  All children must be fully potty trained. In accordance with the State of California, all children must be current/fully immunized. Prior to admittance, all criteria must

be met.

Jennifer L. DavisDirector

(530) 673-7353 ext 16 (School Office)(530) 673-4808 ext 22 ( Classroom)

Joyful Noise Nursery School1390 Franklin Road Yuba City CA 95993

Email: jnnsdirector@comcast.netwww.myclassroomconnection.com

www.standrewpcusa.org

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Fighting Cancer: Brian Buchman requests prayers for his mother-in-law Athena Bosnich, who attended St. Andrew prior to moving to the Bay Area;She is diagnosed with lung cancer. Carrie Schroeder requests prayers for her father, Craig Jasper, who is fighting skin cancer. Prayers are requested for Susie Cauchi as she undergoes treatment for breast cancer. Marcie Simmons requests prayers for all those folks in our church fighting cancer. Fighting Long-Term Illness: Pamela Gaskill would like prayers for both her sister, Dawn Guerra and her niece, Melodie Guerra. Prayers for Jim Leonard for his hep C treatment & strength for his body, healing & enduring all it entails while waiting for next treatments. Annette Goulet requests prayers for Mary Knapp and Bill Watson. Marcie Simmons requests prayers for Barbara Breen and brother Ricky Perry in Slidell, LA.

Grieving the Loss of a loved one: Mrs. Carolyn Skibble lost her husband. Concerns: Prayers for Marlene Lytle and Mirianne Logan who are both in the hospital. Continued prayers are requested for Dorothy Naylor who is home from the hospital and recuperating. Pastor Garrett Andrew asks us for prayers for our Brothers-In-Christ, Preston Bradley and Jim Loe. Marcie Simmons requests prayers for the homeless, caretakers, unemployed people and those with drug and family problems.

In the Military: Heather Cowell - Navy

If you would like your name added to or removed from the prayer list, please notify the church office at 530-673-7353 or email Bonnie at: bburrows@standrewpcusa.org

Did you know St. Andrew has an Amazing Prayer Chain?

The Deacons at St. Andrew facilitate a Prayer Chain where concerns, of all sorts, for our church family and friends are contemplated and prayed upon by a group of caring St. Andrew family members. With approval of those for whom you’d like prayers, please feel invited to send your concerns or requests to Carl Hultquist at carl.hultquist@outlook.com or Susan Hamilton at 530/742-7548. Additionally, if you would like to join the St. Andrew Prayer Chain, offering prayers for specific people in need - depending on your communication preference, please provide your email to Carl Hultquist or your phone number to Susan Hamilton at the email address or phone number above. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20

PRAYER

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January 1th Bob Lansdon

January 4th Tyler McMillen

January 5th Don Buford

January 7th Justin Brice

January 9th Ken Hite

William Honsinger Stan Nowinski

January 10th Aherne Del Pero

Sue Trafford

January 12th Paula Manning

January 13th Keith Dahlen

January 15th John Balkowitsch

Marie Dillard

January 17th Richard Empey Donna Virgin

January 18th Helen Crusco

January 19th John Dragovich

January 20th Jan Marino

January 21st Norma Hayes Mary Preslar

Susan Smethers

January 22nd Jeanenne Gingrich

James Patton

January 23rd Werner Keim Tamra Spoto Chloe Wilson

January 25th LeRoy Peace

January 27th Ruby Reebie

Francois Roets

January 30th Oscar Cantu

Ashley Howard Cheryl Landrus

January 31st Tamara Gresham

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Session Members during Year 2020 Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Class of 2022 Courtney Groo Jim Barringer Dave Black Don Kindell Larry Geweke Dave Davini Ish Marino Corey Kersting Vicki Henderson Warren Miller Kirk Parrott Laurie Jenkins Kurt Pfannkuch Franco Roets Anna Mitchell Carrie Schroeder Beverly Root Debbie Naylor Erin Villagomez Laura Schrettner Kay Steele

Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Class of 2022 Timothy Burri Jackie Bumpus Tammy Graham Wendy Burri Nancy Davis Carol Keesling Peter Klempau Suzanne Hamilton Bill Paden Linda Klempau Carl Hultquist Norma Paden Keith Churchill LuAnn Leonard Donna Smith Deanna Wiseman Spencer Springer Helen Strunk

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church A Church that is Seeking and Growing

While Loving and Serving

530-673-7353

1390 Franklin Road, Yuba City, CA 95993 www.standrewpcusa.org

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Garrett Andrew, Pastor gandrew@standrewpcusa.org Susie Cauchi, Church Administrator scauchi@standrewpcusa.org Bonnie Burrows, Church Secretary bburrows@standrewpcusa.org Carole Gresham, Children’s Ministry cgresham@standrewpcusa.org Jennifer Davis, Joyful Noise Preschool Director jnnsdirector@comcast.net Travis Leonard, Youth & Young Adult Ministry tleonard@standrewpcusa.org

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