Looking for a few precious moments of peace and perspective in your busy week? We hold worship services each Sunday at 10:30am.
Our worship ministry has many components that are updated each week. We encourage you to "mix and match" the pieces to find out what works best for you.
WORSHIP UPDATE
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As November 1st is the first Sunday in November, we will celebrate All Saints Sunday with Communion this week. We hope you can join us for this special worship service which will open with a photo slideshow of our First-St. Andrew's Saints. Rev. Dr. Joshua Lawrence, our Minister of Worship & Congregational Life, will lead the service. His sermon, entitled “Hope and the Tangle of Time,” will be based on this week's reading of Revelation 7: 9-1. Thank you to Barbara Dalrymple for this scripture reading. Our Gospel lesson will be 1 John 3: 1-3.
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Minister of Music, Chris Fischer returns this week and will begin our service with Sharon Jones on violin during the photo slideshow. Later, they will be joined by our adult Choir for the Musical Reflection, an arrangement of David Francey's "The Breath Between" by Mark Sirett. This Sunday's Communion Hymn, "Eat This Bread" from Voices United #466, features solo verses by Eberhard Vocal Scholars Joanna Li, soprano & Roland Beach, tenor. The congregation will be invited to sing the refrain. Other hymns this week will be VU #710 "Shall We Gather at the River," VU #315 "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty," VU #716 "My Life Flows On" and VU #706 “Give Thanks for Life." We will use the sung version of the Prayer of Jesus, "Our Creator in Heaven" from TLUS #70 and VU #951 "Holy, Holy, Holy," sung in English with additional words by Chris Fischer, as the Sung Acclamation during Communion. Our service will close with Léon Boëllmann's “Toccatina” from the organ.
Want to know the names of those who greeted you or read scripture on a given Sunday? Find out here.
Our Online Ministry
(To see the Sunday Slide Show which plays in the Sanctuary prior to Worship, go to our Billboard Page)
We invite you to join us online for our Sunday morning services. Just link from the video portal below. Don't forget to download an Order of Service so that you can follow along with the proceedings.
To select and watch any of our past video recorded services, link to our YouTube Channel from the icon.
GROW YOUR FAITH! Listen to recent sermons on your portable device. You can take us with you to your workout, on your daily commute, or whenever and wherever you have some personal time.
"Deep Dive" provides an audio commentary on the most recent Sunday message. Listen to a thought-provoking AI generated discussion by using the Deep Dive Link and once there, go to the STUDIO section and open the commentary link there. (Hint: If you're using a handheld device, be patient. After you hit the "play" icon it takes a couple of minutes for the audio to load before it starts playing.)
"PostScript" is a brief video in which Pastor Joshua reflects on the message of his sermon delivered on the Sunday just past.
Ready for a break from all your screen time? Why not join either the Fall or Winter/Spring session of Bible Study on Thursdays at 11am? It's much more than Bible Study, though. We discuss the message of the Bible through the lens of a book or commentary. Contact the church office for details. We'd love to see you in person!
From September through to December, 2026 our theme will be "Technology and the Spirit." Our first session is Thursday, September 24. Get a listing of the texts and themes for the fall here.
Have you been benefitting from our online ministry? Perhaps now is the time to give back so that we can continue to offer this outreach. Just link from the red "DONATE" button below.