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September 2018
Inside St. Andrew’sA community loving God by loving our neighbours.
At St. Andrew’s, Brampton, we: learn together to know God’s love through worship and study; put our faith into action by loving and caring for each other; use God’s gifts to go forth to bring others to Christ.
Table of Contents This month ...Calendar Inside front coverRosemary’s Reflections 3News from the Pews 5-7Stewardship Corner 11Birthdays 8Passages 8Moment for Mission 9Food ... for thought 9Vacation Bible School 11Activities & Announcements 12Summer pictures 12
“Be still and know that I am God!” Psalm 46:10a
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church44 Church St. E., Brampton, ON, L6V 1G3
905-451-1723www.standrewsbrampton.ca
Jean Bradshaw, Kim Shepherd and Regan Ross with the students of the Vacation Bible School.
The Bhatti family, left to right: Saffron, Adam, Faiza and Sardar, is welcomed by Rev. Geoff Ross and Pervez Mashi.
St Andrew’s baseball fans take in a Jays’ game. For more summer-time pictures see page 12.
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Rosemary’s Reflections
Open Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 9:30 - 5:00 pm
Service Times and Location Ext. 50
Lead Minister Ext. 22 The Rev. Geoff Ross Cell: 647-524-1870
Church Office905-451-1723
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Minister Emeritus 905-450-2720 The Rev. Rosemary Doran [email protected]
Minister in Association 905-456-1727 The Rev. Wayne Baswick [email protected]
Music Director/Organist Ext. 0 Shelagh Tyreman [email protected] Senior Choir, Leap of Faith Band, Junior Music Makers
Office Administrator Ext. 0 Valerie Barrett
Church Officer Ext. 0 Henry Ettinger
Church MinistriesCongregational Care Ext. 0 [email protected]
Food Bank Ext. 55 Food Bank Committee Chair Gord Warren [email protected]
Sunday School Ext. 0 Superintendent [email protected] Collen Peyer Cell: 905-601-4868
Urdu Ministry [email protected] Minister The Rev. Babar Allahditta Cell: 647-779-8281
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I live on what must be one of the noisiest roads in Brampton, close to the corner of McLaughlin and Steeles. I’m convinced that every fire truck in the city is routed through that area, screaming through the intersection with horns blaring and sirens wailing. Traffic moves fast. Engines – and stereos – throb and thump when drivers stop at the red light. Souped-up cars screech by. We live in a Seniors’ Residence. There is a carillon directly outside our windows. It plays hymns every hour on the hour from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Now, I love hymns – but not when they disturb my after-lunch nap or drown out a phone call! There is a constant background of noise in our area, which you get used to but which can eat away
at your sense of wellbeing. Sometimes, though, the noise stops. If I waken in the night, I can tell roughly what time it is without consulting the clock. The sound of traffic is practically non-existent between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., and I am a happy camper, body relaxed, mind at rest, peace and quiet restored. We live in a very noisy world. It’s difficult to go out for a meal without having your ears bombarded by loud music. You can’t sit in the doctor’s office or on the bus or even walk along the street without being forced to listen to someone on their cell phone. And then there’s the hospital. Having spent too much time in Emerg over recent months, I sometimes wonder how anybody ever gets better in hospital! Machines beep, phones ring, bells chime. People are paged, codes are called day and night, chaos seems to reign. I recently read something about a proposal to build new hospitals, where each patient would have a private room and noise would be kept to an absolute minimum. The thinking is that exposure to unnecessary noise can actually make people sicker rather than better.
Church ContactsClerk of Session Pam Loree 905-459-0390Christian Education Committee Stan Loree 905-459-0390Congregational Care Team Felicity Alexander 905-791-0490Envelope Secretary Bea Embling 905-451-3954 Valerie Warren 905-456-3472Food Bank Committee Gord Warren 905-456-3472 Helping Hands Valerie Martin 905-453-9864 Jo-ann Urquhart 905-453-3245Missions Committee Ray Scanlan 905-454-1937Newsletter Editor Ijeoma Ross 647-299-8877Prayer Circle Sandra Jackson 905-459-4563Prayer Shawl Ministry Florence Martin 905-454-7352Property Committee Richard McMechan 905-455-8468SALSA Women’s Group Pam Loree 905-459-0390Stewardship Committee Doreen Scott-Dunne 905-454-1937Treasurer May Jackson (C) 905-301-0287Usher Co-ordinator Robert Hakim (H) 905-846-9736 (C) 289-889-0999Visiting Committee Felicity Alexander 905-791-0490Web Team [email protected]’s Missionary Society Kim Shepherd 905-457-2127Worship Committee Colin Young 905-456-7224
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Inside St. Andrew’s
PUBLISHED MONTHLY (except August) to inform our church commu-nity about activities within this congregation and the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and to provide inspiration to our readers.
Submissions can be made by email to [email protected], left in the office or given to a newsletter committee member.
Newsletter Committee:Felicity Alexander, Ken Jackson, Wayne Tedder, June Young
Additional Contributors This Month:Gord Warren, Ray Scanlan, Doreen Scott-Dunne, Kim Shepherd
Deadline for submissions for the October issue isMonday, September 17, 2018
Silence is important in our day-to-day lives and also in our spiritual lives. If we’re not careful, the voice of God can be drowned out by the noise of our world, for God often speaks in the silence. Remember the Old Testament story of Elijah the prophet? He was on the run from Queen Jezebel who wanted to kill him. In the midst of a storm Elijah, frightened and exhausted, took refuge in a cave. There God spoke to him, not in the wind, not in the earthquake, not in the fire that accompanied the storm but “in a still, small voice.” If we are to cope with the demands of our living, we need to make time intentionally to hear God’s “still, small voice” in our minds and in our hearts, quietly guiding, reassuring, strengthening us. As we start into another church year, let’s plan to take time out with God on a regular basis and listen. It’s the best way to live.
Rosemary’s Reflections (cont.)
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News from the
Pews
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Please share your news with our church family. You can e-mail your information to [email protected] or contact any member of the newsletter team whose names are listed on pg 4.
Congratulations to Bruce Cornish who was recently honoured by the Georgetown Lions Club and presented with the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award. This is the highest honour an individual Lion can achieve.
Bruce says that he is truly blessed and truly thankful for such an honour. To quote Bruce – “I am a Lion because I do what I like to do, and receiving this award was just over and above.”
Herbert and Anna Eitner along with their daughter, Sheila, and granddaughter, Alannah, recently enjoyed time visiting family in both Germany and Scotland. They did lots of sightseeing and had fun showing Alannah where her grandparents grew up. In Germany they attended Herbert’s brother’s 50th wedding anniversary celebrations. In Scotland it was a trip down memory lane for Anna – staying in the village where she used to live – buying groceries in a building that was originally the school she attended.
In early July, I was fortunate to lead an intrepid band of choir members and friends to Wales, where we were invited to perform. We first sang a concert with the Cardiff Arms Park Male Chorus in Cardiff. They are the choir associated with the national rugby team in Cardiff, so we were lucky to be invited to their clubhouse at the rugby park for social time, the night before our concert. As our musical group consists of members from our church choir and band here at St. Andrew’s, as well as members of the Headwaters’ Concert Choir, Brampton Festival Singers, many other church choirs, and musical theatre friends, we always tour as Great Lakes’ Touring Chorus, and always make a point to represent not only our beautiful area of Ontario, but Canada as a whole! The Welsh people loved our Canadian music - especially our renditions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and “The Royal Hudson” - a song about a famous Canadian train, where I make (“ask”? - lol) the choir to do choreography at a certain point, and turn into a train! They also loved the new Canadian work “A Toast,” composed by James Brown for this tour, to the texts of Canadian poet E. Pauline Johnson. The texts celebrate peace, love and brotherhood, and moved many in the audience to tears. Following the concert, the men’s choir invited us all out to the pub, where general hilarity ensued! It was an epic night! We are invited to sing and visit with them ANY TIME!
had the privilege and thrill of singing in the Latvian Song and Dance Festival held every five years in Riga, Latvia. This year marked the 100th anniversary of Latvia’s independence as a country. This is the largest folk festival of its kind in the world and it showcases the best in Latvian song, dance, drama, crafts, history, and food. They sang in a choir of 20,000 singers to a sold out audience of 100,000 people in each of two performances. As well, they sang in another choir of about 1000 comprised of diaspora participants from all over the world. They attended many concerts throughout the time as well. The symphonic concert had a choir of 1000 and was accompanied by four combined symphony orchestras. Although Latvia has only two million people, music is a very important part of their history and culture. Everybody sings and dances...in parks, on the trams, in restaurants and beer halls!After the song festival was over, Andy and Bonnie spent a couple of weeks touring more of Latvia and then on to Germany and Basel, Switzerland to see the military tattoo. The trip was an uplifting, exhausting, and unforgettable experience! The next song festival will take place in Toronto in July 2019.
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We then traveled to northern Wales, to the land of choral festivals, where we performed a concert alongside several regional Welsh choirs, all at the invitation of the BBC, where we were again warmly-received.Music has given me the opportunity to plug in culturally with other nations and like-minded musicians, which has been truly an inspiring experience. It is always a labour of love to organize the music and the touring aspects of these trips, but the personal and professional rewards of singing and conducting friends, and making new friends all over the world, always exceed my wildest imaginings! The next tour will be in the summer of 2020 - you’re welcome to join us! Stay tuned!
When the choir tour ended, eight St. Andrew’s members (Sandra Jackson, Felicity Alexander, Susan and Ian Jess, May and Kennedy Jackson and Pam and Sarah Loree) took the ferry from Holyhead in Wales to Dublin, Ireland. Sandra, Felicity, Susan and Ian spent four days in Dublin before their bus tour of Ireland began, while May and Ken and Pam and Sarah went on to visit relatives and do their own sightseeing.During their time in Dublin, Sandra, Felicity, Ian and Susan took a one-day train trip with stops in Waterford and Kilkenny. On July 14 they met their travelling companions for the “Celtic Royal” 7-day bus tour. Highlights included visits to Belfast, the Giant’s Causeway and Cliff of Moher. The unusually dry weather enabled them to do their sightseeing without ever opening an umbrella.Following their week-long choir trip in Wales, four days in Dublin and week-long bus tour of Ireland, Ian and Susan Jess had an opportunity to visit with Ian’s cousin Ina and her husband John in Moira, just outside of Belfast. They enjoyed visiting Ian’s great-aunt Doreen, Ina and John’s daughter Claire and her family and a relative of Ina’s. In between times, they visited a rose festival, Hillsborough Castle, and enjoyed a boat ride on Lough Neagh (along the coast of which Ian’s grandmother was born and raised.) It is the largest lake in the British Isles. Finally they were taken to an area near Drumlough, where they met more Jesses. Ian will be checking his family tree with theirs to see if there is a connection.
For two weeks in July, Andy and Bonnie Bunkis
Rev. Geoff Ross and crewmate Simpson Ross, seen here with the Chandos Lake Sailing Commodor, had a very successful seaon this summer, bringing home some serious hardware. They won the overall season trophy, the President’s Cup and the annual Regatta Trophy.
(Jessie’s story continues on page 7)
In late June, Jessie Bannerman, along with her two sisters and six other family members, were in Halifax for a trip “down memory lane.” Jessie and her sisters were celebrating their arrival in Canada 70 years ago from England. At that time, they arrived through Pier 21 with their mother, as their father had already come to Canada.
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It was an emotional visit bringing back memories of that arrival in a then ‘shed.’ Pier 21 is now a beautiful museum and reflects the excitement and wonder of those who chose Canada as their new home.It was a learning experience for the six other family members, all of whom are Canadian-born. The visit also included seeing a performance of the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo; they were delighted to have Dorothy Fendley (former member of St. Andrew’s) join them for the show. After the Tattoo, they were welcomed into the home of Cyndi and Talbot Sweeney (Dot’s daughter) where they had a social evening with Dot, her daughters, Cyndi and Melissa and their families.
Following the choir tour of Wales Pam and Sarah Loree met up with Stan in Dublin for a five-day holiday in Ireland. The trio visited Trinity College, St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Museum of Archaeological History while in Dublin, then drove across to the western coast and back, visiting the ancient ruins of Newgrange (at Brunne na Boine), Con MacNoise, and the Rock of Cashel, a boat tour of the Cliffs of Moher, a visit to the cities of Galway and Bunratty, enjoying a Medieval dinner at Bunratty Castle. It was a truly memorable trip!
Mary Louise, James and Alice Stratton had a wonderful vacation in Calgary, Alberta, and Carberry, Manitoba this summer! This was baby Alice’s first time on an airplane and she did well!James’s two brothers and their spouses live in Calgary, along with Luna (James’s brother Jeremy and wife Gina’s Great Dane puppy)! Alice loves dogs now, after getting to know Luna! They had great visits with family, and enjoyed a hike up a mountain in Canmore! In Carberry they stayed with family friends Peggy and Barry Hood, and Mary was able to visit a few girlfriends she keeps in touch with, while Alice also made friends with Peggy’s wee dog, Bella!
May and Kennedy Jackson sent us this report on their recent time in Ireland, which followed their choir trip to Wales.After docking in Dublin, our cousin David picked us up and drove us to Bangor (near Belfast) where we would be staying for our honeymoon week. We met up with a lot of Kennedy’s cousins, most of whom he hadn’t seen in 12 years. David took the five of us for a drive to
Christian Shepherd spent the month of August at Cairn in the Leader-In-Training (LIT) program. He successfully completed the program and also completed three other certifications: Bronze Cross (Lifesaving Society), Bronze Medallion (Lifesaving Society), and Standard First Aid with CPR.
By attending Cairn this year, he also completed his 10th year at camp and was presented with his 10-Year Paddle. (See picture). He received a ‘camp name’ this year – “IT-X” which is etched on his paddle. You will have to ask him what it means!
Richard McMechan and Barb McMechan-Woods spent two weeks in Ireland in August. The Dublin portion of the tour included St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College (Alma Mater of Rosemary Doran) and Jameson’s Whiskey Distillery. The Belfast portion of the tour included Donaghadee – where Richard’s grandfather was the Harbour Master in the 1960s, and the Titanic exhibit. The visiting also included stays in Belfast and Port Rush to spend time with both Richard’s and Barb’s relatives. There was also time for a fun, but rainy round of golf at Ballyreagh Golf Course in Port Rush, situated right on the ocean. Richard tried and succeeded at driving on the “other” side of the road. Barb and Richard thank all family and friends who helped out with Nathan’s care and transport and Maya the dog’s care. They feel that they are truly blessed to have such a great family and friend network in both countries.
his sister’s for lunch, and on the journey we saw many places where Kennedy’s mom and Aunt Phyllis grew up, and the town where Kennedy’s father’s parents used to live. After our week in the north we headed back to Dublin for three nights. We went to Trinity College where both Rosemary Doran and Kennedy’s father studied – many years apart. Our cousin Richard and his wife met us for dinner and at the next table was someone Kennedy went to school with over 40 years ago in Galt, Ontario! We were sad to leave but we will be heading back in a couple of years.
Called to be with the Lord: Jacob (Jake) Steringa
Betty MunroCondolences and prayers are offered
to their families and friends.
Birthdays
In Sympathy: Condolences are extended to:
Robert and Ellen Stevenson on the death of their daughter, Sandra Henderson
Margaret Penrice on the passing of daughter-in-law, Marilou Penrice
Passages
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Colleen & Henry Peyer 30 years
Monique & Steven Mock 35 years
Anne & William Russell 60 years
AnniversaryCongratulations
September1 Isabel Kennedy, Heather Prechner,2 Alyssa Decicco4 Darren Ramoutar5 Yasmeen Abbas, Yarousha Iftikhar, Liam Nicol, Alverna Peacock6 Anne Russell7 Derek Allen8 Kent Armstrong, Steve Bagoly10 Carissa Batasar11 Molly Harvey, Roger Samuel12 Adam Collins, Timothy Crawford, Bryonna Perart-Rollocks, Kevin Wattier14 Anthony Laird, Kaelen Lennie, David Wood15 Suzanne Kirkpatrick17 Cathy Hylands, Joyce Miller18 Muriel Gemmil, Graham Meadows19 Donalda Dale, Zahid Emanuel, Steven Mock20 Meghan Draper, Jasmine Singh, Jason Sooklall21 William White22 Kimberly Good, Wayne Jhingoorie, Romeela Maryam23 David Dean Jr., Bob Geddes, Grace Gowland24 Alison Allen25 Patricia Portuondo26 William Snieder27 Carmen McCreary, Emily Rodine, Liam Rodine, Kristin Vanderberg28 Aman Manual29 Cindy Hill30 Mary Louise Duncan, Michael Wattier
October1 Celine Barasar, Kajah Boodhan, Uzbek John2 Jason Portuondo3 Kathryn Linton, Carlene Rollocks4 Angeline Al Hakim, Sherry-Ann Boodhan, Lyn Malek, Jessica Rhind6 Margaret Bakkeren
Barry Hutchinson and Doug Warwick build the shed at the church. John Collins also lent a hand to the shed building
Food ...for thought
By Gord Warren
Moment for Mission
By Ray Scanlan
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The kids have gone back to school, the CNE has come and gone, the gardens are producing an abundance of crops, and the nights have a little chill in the air. These are a few signs that fall is coming. There are many more, but as we look around at the food bank we say good-bye to the students that helped us through the summer, allowing the volunteers to take needed vacations. Without the help of these students and the occasional volunteers that filled in when needed, your food bank would not have been able to remain open throughout the summer. Thanks for a job well done! Last month we realized that we were running out of freezer space. With the decision of the Salvation Army to cut back and close their warehouse, we started picking up food they had supplied, ourselves. This necessitated increasing our frozen storage space, and we started a campaign to replace the freezer that had broken earlier. We asked for a donation of a used freezer, but when that didn’t happen, two members of the congregation, Robyn and Suzzy Kirkpatrick, made a donation that will allow us to purchase a new freezer. This will last for years and improve our ability to accept the donations of frozen food. Thank you very much, Robyn and Suzzy. Hockey season is starting in Brampton, and that means that the Gift of Giving Back is having planning meetings. If any member would like to be involved with the Gift, please contact one of the food bank volunteers and we will explain the type of positions available. This is a fun event with the hockey teams collecting food in the Brampton area and giving it to charities such as your food bank. It takes approximately 21 volunteers to operate the food bank every Wednesday. If you would like to volunteer some time, please either let the Church Office know or contact one of the volunteers. We need volunteers either on a full-time basis or occasionally when we are short due to planned absences. The most important thought is always at the end, and that is thank you, members of the congregation, for your continued support of the food bank. Without it we would not be able to assist the needy in Brampton.
July and August were a time during which several Missions projects at St Andrew’s were on hiatus as we took some time off to focus on family and friends and recharge our batteries. The WMS Refugee Team, however, along with pastor Geoff, continued with the lengthy administrative process of supporting a family seeking a safe haven in Canada and then dealing with the reality that the family was finally ‘en route’. Finally, in August, the family of Sardar and Faiza, along with their children Adam and Saffron, arrived and were welcomed into the St. Andrew’s family during our worship service in mid-August. The family is now settled in at the home of their sponsors who are members of our Urdu community and actively engaged in seeking permanent housing, employment opportunities, addressing medical needs and their own furniture as well as schooling placement and a plethora of little details. Once again, WELCOME TO CANADA TO THE BHATTI FAMILY.
Sardar Anjum Bhatti and family, with Rev. Geoff Ross, Regan and Simpson Ross, Pervez Mashi, Emmanuel Emmanuel and Kim Shepherd in the Great Hall
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Shortfall Pie Chart
Jan 1 - Aug 20/18 Jan 1 - Aug 20/17Contributions
Offerings 168,616.12 166,187.93 Other Revenue 23,746.00 16,823.46
Total Contributions 192,362.12 183,011.39 Expense
Congregational Care 91.98 77.95 Education 1,392.71 1,837.40 Mission 785.59 3,897.13 Property 50,971.03 49,177.57 Session 662.33 52.56 Stewardship 156,008.47 185,301.16 Worship 6,979.00 5,583.07
Total Expense 216,891.11 245,926.84 Net General Surplus (Deficit) (24,528.99) (62,915.45)
17,120.28 19,150.28 PWS&D donations* 4,085.28 4,883.28
30,144.97 34,493.89
Presbyterian Sharing donations*
Food Bank donations*
* NOTE: Presbyterian Sharing, PWS&D and Food Bank are not included in the comparative statement.
Church Finances
Contributions & Expenses ComparativeAugust 20, 2018
We currently do not receive enough contributions to meetthe expenses of the operations of the church. On averagewe need $7,000 per week to meet our expenses and as ofAugust 20th we average $5,100 in contributions.
Your contributions to the Weekly Offerings line on yourenvelope fund the various ministries of the church such asthe monthly newsletter, music, building maintenance,utilities, minister stipends and staff salaries.
Thank you for your consideration and all that youcontribute.
Purpose of this chart is to show in a graphic form the shortfall of contributions to expenses as of August 20, 2018
When we think of stewardship we start with the point that everything - even the air that we breathe - is not ours, it's given to us
192,362
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Contributions
Deficit
StewardshipCorner
By Doreen Scott-Dunne
Stewardship Is More Than Giving Money
Adapted from an excerpt from an article by JoHannah Reardon.
Stewardship is another way of talking about ministry, and it would completely change the way we think about ministry if people could think of it in terms of stewardship—that we are accountable to God for what we do and with what he has trusted to us. The word stewardship comes from the Greek word oikenomous, which means somebody who manages a household. A person doesn’t own the household but manages it. And stewards in the ancient world, of course, were trusted with everything from seeing that the floors were clean, to the finances, to the public face of that household. People sometimes define ministry by what they see the minister doing, which is proclaiming the Word of God and caring for people’s souls. And that’s a narrow view of ministry, because ministry is much more than that. The word ministry in both Greek and Hebrew is the same word as servant. And servants are people who are at the disposal of another. And so once we replace the word ministry with the word service, we begin to see that stewardship is ministry in the sense that all of us, not just ministers, are responsible to do what God wants and are accountable to Him, and we are accountable through our acts of service. And so as we return from our time of rest and relaxation this summer, let’s remember that part of our vision for St. Andrew’s is “to put our faith into action by loving and caring for one another” and to be Andrews by striving “to use God’s gifts to go forth and bring others to Christ.”
On Monday, August 20th, the Great Hall was full of 16 enthusiastic and vocal participants along with 3 adult leaders and 3 junior leaders for this year’s VBS – Space Quest.We all had an amazing week learning, doing crafts and experiments, hearing bible stories (which were also acted out by the participants along with the leader of the day), and of course playing games.Our participants this year were little sponges and took in every story we told about Jesus. It was awesome to see them asking for their Prayer Logs both first thing in the morning and at the end of the day. It is my prayer that they keep using their prayer journals. I also shared with them my own Journaling Bible. A big thank you to Rev. Geoff Ross for joining us on Friday for our birthday celebration and for joining in the annual Leader vs. Camper water fight. Well, Rev. Geoff did end up switching teams and started throwing the sponges at the leaders.Speaking of leaders, a huge thank you to fellow leaders Jean Bradshaw and Regan Ross who helped Kim Shepherd with this year’s VBS. We hope and pray that Miss Muriel is feeling better and we hope to see her back with us next year.Kaitlin Shepherd and Simpson Ross were our Jr. Leaders. Your energy was appreciated along with taking on different tasks and, most important, engaging with the participants and making all feel included. Kevin Jarjour joined our Jr. Leader team and made it to the camp despite just returning from Lebanon. Kevin, we look forward to seeing you as a Jr. Leader next year.Lastly, to the members of St. Andrew’s, your continued support of this children’s ministry is so appreciated by the VBS Leaders. The VBS Team looks forward to planning VBS 2019.
Kim Shepherd
Vacation Bible School
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UPCOMING EVENTS AT ST. ANDREW’S
Annual golf tournament
Sept. 15 at Derrydale Golf Course.
Deadline to enter is Sept. 9.
Contact Peter Shepherd for further information.
Welcome Back BBQ
after worship - Sept 23
Also check committee
displays
2018 Ride for Refuge • Cycling or walking fundraiser that supports
hundreds of charities - refugees, orphans, widows, at-risk youth, homeless
• St. Andrew’s is supporting Presbyterian World Service & Development.
• Sept. 29 - registration 8 am, riders start 9am, walkers 9:30 am
• Starts and ends at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church at 2623 Mayfield Rd.
• There is a registration fee of $25, or a minimum fundraising goal of $150.
• Contact Pam Loree for more information.
Save the Date
St. Andrew’s
Christmas Sale
Nov. 10, 10 am - 1 pm
More details to come
Regan Ross and the VBS students after the water fight; the DestineWorship Ministry saying thanks for the Communion trays St. Andrew’s sent; Rev. Geoff Ross in the midst of the water fight and the view from the St. An-drew’s seats at the baseball game.