Special Events
Rally Day
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Christian Education team had a very spirited meeting on July 27, and is anxiously awaiting and preparing for our new Sunday School year, which begins on September 12, 2010!
We are staying with our current curriculum “Seasons of the Spirit” as this curriculum follows the lectionary and allows for our children to have their Sunday School lesson followed up on during the Worship Service. Many of our youth have made a connection with their Sunday School class lesson and the content of the worship service along with Pastor Scott’s sermon.
Don’t forget that Sunday School is for adults, too! It is important that we take this time together to learn and grow in our faith.
Wellness Fair
Saturday, September 25, 2010
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Did you know that Jesus maintained a low fat diet with plenty of exercise? He ate a lot of fish and walked everywhere he went! Thus, another inspiring aspect of Jesus’ life.
In recent years healthy eating and lifestyles became the focus for Rev. Donald Boutte, the pastor of St. John’s Baptist Church, in New Orleans. We helped Rev. Boutte in his mission for wellness last summer by constructing a community garden on St. John’s church grounds.
June of 2011, the Youth of St. Andrew’s,C.R.E.W., will travel to New Orleans, on a mission of “Wellness in Mind, Body, and Spirit” to help further the efforts of Rev. Boutte. It dawned on us that his would be a great concept for the members of St. Andrew’s.
We are planning our own Wellness Fair at St. Andrew’s on September 25, 2010, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. There will be a blood pressure monitoring station, massages, yoga, karate demonstrations, a healthy lunch, and many local businesses, along with Bucks County Dairy Promotions and the Red Cross to help guide us on healthy living.
The Wellness Fair will be used as a fundraiser for the youth mission trip. Your support is greatly appreciated and vital to their success. Also, if you, or someone you know would like to participate as a vendor at the fair, please contact Chuck Hill or Judy Koenig.
Did you ever ask yourself, “WWJD”?
On September 25, he probably would go to the Wellness Fair at St. Andrew’s!
Senior Youth Teens Acting for Peace (TAP)
Sunday, September 26, 2010
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
We are looking for teens to join us. Come out and train to be a member of our peace group!
Teens Acting for Peace is a program that teaches teens the skills and values of peace making and conflict resolution. Our group of teens and St. Andrew’s UCC spreads the word of peace as educators of younger children.
So, if you want to take part in this fun and fulfilling experience come out for a day to train to be one of our leaders. We look forward to YOU becoming part of our team.
For teens grades 7 – 12
Loving our Neighbors through Hospitality
St. Andrew’s will be budding with St. Stephen’s again this year in August to help families in crisis in our community in Upper Bucks through Inter-Faith Hospitality Network (a program of Keystone Opportunity).
We need volunteers to provide dinners and eat with the families, transportation, linen laundering and overnight for approximately 7-10 days in August. See the insert to sign up to volunteer – you can email back to the church at standrewsucc@netcarrier.com, put in the office or offering plate by June 30th.
Also needed are volunteers to be on the team to coordinate for St. Andrew’s – Phone calls, coordinating sign ups, etc. Please see Judy Koenig if you can help with this mission.
Shoes 2 Share – Operation T.H.E.R.E.
Shoes 2 Share launched the O.T. relief effort within hours of learning of the devastating 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. Through communications with friends and associates in the country of Haiti, they received heart-wrenching, eyewitness accounts of great personal loss and devastation brought about by this most recent disaster. Please pray on how you can help S2S in aiding those in Haiti.
St. Andrew’s can assist by contributing in the following ways:
Donations of the following items are being accepted, but the most needed items now are TENTS, TARPS, SHOES, CLOTHING and SOCKS. While a tent is not completely adequate, it will be of great help to those that have nothing. Please consider donating your tent that is sitting in storage or by purchasing a new one.
SHOES – New and used shoes, all types and sizes in any condition.
CLOTHING – Short sleeve tops, shorts, pants, dresses, raincoats…remember the climate of Haiti.
FOOD – Rice, beans, canned vegetables & soups, tuna & other canned meats, crackers, peanut butter.
OTHER – Generators, flashlights, batteries, tarps, tents, KJV/NIV Bibles, work gloves.
PLEASE PUT DONATIONS IN THE BARREL IN THE UPSTAIRS FOYER.
For more information please see Chuck Hill.
