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Advent Study
Join us for a four week Advent Study based on Kate Bowler's guide, “The Weary World Rejoices.” There is no reading to do ahead of the sessions - just show up as you are for one or all of the sessions as we ready our hearts for Christmas.
Christmas Eve Service 5pm
Join us this Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of Jesus! We will have a 5:00pm service that is family-friendly and will end with candlelight, and an 8:00pm service that is full of carols and more candlelight. Invite your friends and neighbors!
Christmas Eve Service 8pm
Join us this Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of Jesus! We will have a 5:00pm service that is family-friendly and will end with candlelight, and an 8:00pm service that is full of carols and more candlelight. Invite your friends and neighbors!
Mexico Mission Trip 2025
Are you ready for an adventure that changes lives?
On February 13th, 2025, we're heading to Ensenada, Mexico, for our fourth Mexico Mission Trip, and we want YOU to be part of our team!
Together, we’ll build homes for families in need, delivering not just shelter but also the hope and love of God. This experience is transformative—impacting both the families we serve and each of us on the team.
To finalize our plans, we need to know who’s interested in joining us. Even if you’re just considering it, please take a moment to fill out our quick interest form. Your response will help us gauge how many homes we can build and ensure a meaningful experience for everyone involved.
At St. Andrew's, we strive to connect, grow, and serve, and this mission trip is a fantastic opportunity to do just that. We can’t wait to embark on this journey together!
Advent Study
Join us for a four week Advent Study based on Kate Bowler's guide, “The Weary World Rejoices.” There is no reading to do ahead of the sessions - just show up as you are for one or all of the sessions as we ready our hearts for Christmas.
Christmas Sweater Sunday
It’s “wear your Christmas sweater to church” Sunday! Mark your calendars and dust off your Christmas Sweater (of the ugly or beautiful variety) and join in this fun Sunday as we get into the holiday spirit!
Advent Study
Join us for a four week Advent Study based on Kate Bowler's guide, “The Weary World Rejoices.” There is no reading to do ahead of the sessions - just show up as you are for one or all of the sessions as we ready our hearts for Christmas.
Wreath Making Workshop
Join the Gray Matter Museum for a wreath-making workshop led by a local artist! Suggested donation $45. RSVP by November 27 to 949-870-5910.
All Church Potluck
Join us for our next all-church connection event - a Thanksgiving potluck! We'll bring the turkey - you bring the sides and desserts. Sign up to attend and bring something below.
Memorial Garden Open House
“For all the saints, who from their labors rest…”
These opening words of the great All Saints hymn remind us of those who shaped and influenced our lives and now rest in the Lord. We all have those saints, and we carry them in our hearts and souls as we go forth to live each day. But it is also fitting to pause and remember, reflect, and appreciate, the gifts they left us with in these days.
All are invited to our annual celebration on Sunday November 3rd, to gather in the Memorial Garden after the close of worship to remember those who have been added in the last year and all who passed in earlier years. We will have cookies and refreshments and share a brief service of remembrance. You are welcome to browse the memorial walls and remember the people who shaped your life and give prayerful thanks.
Members of the Foundation Board will be present should you have any questions about you own after life care.
Trunk Or Treat
Join us for a Trunk-or-Treat celebration immediately following church! We are looking for people to donate candy and to decorate their trunks. Email emily.sabts@gmail.com if interested.
Happening just after our Trunk-or-Treat will be a pumpkin painting and succulent centerpiece contest hosted by the Gray Matter Museum of Art (from 12-1pm). Come ready for a spooktacular time! To participate in the contest hosted by the Museum, sign up below.
"What Is The Bible?" Class
This fall, we invite you to GROW in your faith by learning more about the Bible. Join us for our “What is the Bible?” class, based on the book by Rev. Anne Robertson. The books needed for this class will be available for purchase September 1 or you can purchase your own at your favorite book store like Amazon. It will either be Tuesdays at 10:30 am or 6:30 pm. Dates are 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22. Sign up below.
New Member Class
If you’re interested in learning more about the United Methodist Church - and more specifically - St. Andrew’s, or are looking to get more connected here, consider attending our upcoming New Member Class.
We’ll also discuss what it means to be a member at St. Andrew’s. A light lunch is provided!
"What Is The Bible?" Class
This fall, we invite you to GROW in your faith by learning more about the Bible. Join us for our “What is the Bible?” class, based on the book by Rev. Anne Robertson. The books needed for this class will be available for purchase September 1 or you can purchase your own at your favorite book store like Amazon. Dates are 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22. Sign up below.
FAM Hunger Walk - Join Our Team!
Join our walking team in FAM's 37th Annual Hunger Walk! This event is a crucial part of FAM’s mission to combat and prevent hunger in our community, and we need your support to make it a success. Every step you take and every dollar you donate will bring us closer to a community where no one goes hungry. You can sign up to join the walking team or donate to the cause below.
"What Is The Bible?" Class
This fall, we invite you to GROW in your faith by learning more about the Bible. Join us for our “What is the Bible?” class, based on the book by Rev. Anne Robertson. The books needed for this class will be available for purchase September 1 or you can purchase your own at your favorite book store like Amazon. Dates are 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22. Sign up below.
"What Is The Bible?" Class
This fall, we invite you to GROW in your faith by learning more about the Bible. Join us for our “What is the Bible?” class, based on the book by Rev. Anne Robertson. The books needed for this class will be available for purchase September 1 or you can purchase your own at your favorite book store like Amazon. Dates are 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22. Sign up below.
The Screwtape Letters
Join us for a performance of The Screwtape Letters at the Barclay Theatre!
About the play...
A battle is being waged for your soul from an office in hell! Witness a fast-paced, tour-de-force performance in this acclaimed adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ satiric masterpiece. This international hit offers a faithful stage adaptation of Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, following Screwtape, a senior tempter in Hell, as he schemes to capture the soul of an unsuspecting human on earth and reveals spiritual warfare in vivid, humorous and powerful ways.
The Screwtape Letters is recommended for ages 13 and older, and children under age 4 are not admitted. We will meet at church around 5pm for a light dinner before heading to the theater. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the interest form.
"What Is The Bible?" Class
This fall, we invite you to GROW in your faith by learning more about the Bible. Join us for our “What is the Bible?” class, based on the book by Rev. Anne Robertson. The books needed for this class will be available for purchase September 1 or you can purchase your own at your favorite book store like Amazon. Dates are 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22. Sign up below.
Canned Food Collection
This month, we are collecting canned food for Family Assistance Ministries. If you’d like to participate, please bring peanut butter, jelly/jam, canned tuna and canned chicken to church on September 1st & 8th.
Back to Church Sunday
Join us for our fall launch! All 2nd and 6th graders will receive a Bible during the service and we'll also be honoring those who are teaching in our youth and children's programs. After church, join us for lunch on the patio.
Canned Food Collection
This month, we are collecting canned food for Family Assistance Ministries. If you’d like to participate, please bring peanut butter, jelly/jam, canned tuna and canned chicken to church on September 1st & 8th.
60th Anniversary Celebration!
Join us as we celebrate 60 years of St. Andrew’s!
We'll have a celebration in the Fellowship Hall after church with appetizers, beverages and desserts. We'll also have a display of 60 years of photos. Come and join us through this journey of our history and celebration of where God is continuing to lead us as a church.
VBS Mission: Backpack Collection
During the week of VBS, we’ll start collecting backpacks filled with supplies, and we want your help! Fill a backpack with anything a kid in K-12 might need (pens, pencils, markers, folders, graph paper, scissors...) and bring them to church June 30th - July 7th.
2024 Vacation Bible School: Dive into Friendship with God
Dive into friendship with God this summer at Vacation BIble School at St. Andrew’s! Throughout this week long adventure, kids will learn about God’s love for us and how God is a forever friend.
Registration is open now for preschool and elementary aged children but filling quickly. The cost is $75/child for the week of summer, faith-filled fun. If you have children who are in 6th grade and older who want to be a part of the VBS fun - great news: volunteers are always needed! Director Emily is happy to sign off on volunteer hours. Register via the link below!
Wesley Bell Ringer Concert
St. Andrew's is delighted to host the Wesley Bell Ringers from Christ United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. This youth handbell choir is among the best in the country and they tour different parts of the United States each year.
They will present a free concert at 7pm on June 10 at St. Andrew's so mark your calendars and make sure to come enjoy a wonderful evening of music.
Conversations with Karl
Join us in the Fellowship Hall after service for coffee and a conversation with Pastor Karl surrounding the decisions from the recent UMC General Conference. Although many decisions were made, the three primary decisions from the General Conference were known as "The Three R's." They are Regionalization, Revision, and Removal. Pastor Karl will give a description of each. Let us know you’re coming so we know how many to expect:
New Member Class
Are you interested in learning more about this particular family of faith known as St. Andrew's? Or perhaps you'd like to know more about the United Methodist Church in general? And what does it mean to be a "member" anyhow? Join the next New Member Class on May 5, 2024, at 11:30am and learn more about all of those topics (and more). A light lunch is provided.
Food For Fam
Our May 5th collection will be to help FAM stock up for kids being out of school and receiving the school breakfasts & lunches they normally would. Collections barrels will be in the Narthex, for your donations, on Sunday, May 5th. If you’d like to help out, add one or more of these to your shopping list:
Cereal (hot or cold)
peanut butter
jam/jelly
kid-friendly snacks
Socks for Welcome INN
The Mission Committee is sponsoring a sock drive for Welcome INN in support of the unhoused people in our communities. If you would like to contribute socks, here’s what we need:
- New socks only - Mens or Women’s Socks
- Black or White - full-sized socks
There is a barrel in the Narthex to receive sock donations. Our Welcome INN guests truly appreciate having new pairs of socks. Thank you very much for your support!
Rise Against Hunger Food Packing
St. Andrew's will host a third annual Rise Against Hunger food packing event on April 14 after worship. We'll have a light lunch outside and then move to the Fellowship Hall to package up more than 15,000 meals. Here are the quick details:
Who: YOU! All ages can participate
When: April 14 at about 11:30am
Where: St. Andrew's Fellowship Hall
You can help in two different ways. You can register to help package up all those meals or you can donate to the cost of the food itself. (Or you can do both if you'd like!)
Dinners with Jesus
“The son of man has come eating and drinking...” Luke 7:34a. Eating a meal together means something. When we share a meal together, it is likely with someone we call friend or someone who is on the way towards becoming a friend. In fact, it has been said that, “An enemy is someone you haven’t yet eaten with.”
Jesus knew the connection that happens when people eat together. It’s why in the gospel of Luke, he spends a great deal of time inviting himself and others to dinner. And when Jesus shares a meal, it’s not just about nutrition. Dinner with Jesus models the kingdom of God. Dinner with Jesus connects saint and sinner at the table and reminds us that we all bear the image of God.
In this series we will look at some of the meals Jesus shared with people in the gospel of Luke. And we will discover how we can connect, grow, and serve through the breaking of bread.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Attention all crocheters and knitters! St. Andrew's is starting a new ministry - Prayer Shawls & Baby Blankets. Handmade prayer shawls are thoughtful gifts given to those in need due to illness, hospitalization, or death, while baby blankets would be given out during baptisms. We will be having an introductory meeting in the Fellowship Hall on Sunday, April 7, after service. This group is open to anyone, experienced and non-experienced alike! If you can't make the meeting, don't worry. Email Jenny Friess for more information.
Augustana Choir Concert
St. Andrew's is thrilled to host the Augustana Choir on their California Tour. They will join the Sanctuary Choir next Sunday, March 24, in worship. And then they will offer a concert in the sanctuary at 2pm on the same day. The concert is free and open to the public so invite a friend to join you for an afternoon of wonderful music.