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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This Sunday, May 10th is Mother's Day. At First-St. Andrew's we celebrate Family Sunday and all those who nurture. We will also take this opportunity to recognize the contributions to our church, and the greater community, by the women of our UCW (United Church Women). The FSA UCW unit has been a part of nearly 195 years of women's service groups in our church history and after 64 years has made the difficult decision to close. We hope you will join with Rev. Dr. Joshua Lawrence, our Minister of Worship & Congregational Life, for this special service. He will preach a sermon entitled “Unknown Knowns," based on this week's reading of Acts 17: 22-34, which will be given by Linda Badke. Our second reading will be Philippians 3: 7-11.
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We begin our service this week with a second installment of "Singing Solidarity." We hope you will join us for about 15 minutes of music chosen to inspire hope and resilience in our challenging world. Minister of Music, Chris Fischer will lead the choir in Sunday's Musical Offering, Craig Hella Johnson's arrangement of "I Love You / What a Wonderful World." This anthem features solos by Rebecca & Alex Neaves and Roland Beach. Our Musical Reflection, "Think about These Things" by Andrew Donaldson will be presented by mezzo-soprano Melosa Wang. Congregational hymns will be VU #402 "We Are One," VU #299 "Teach Me, God, to Wonder," MV #10 "Come and Seek the Ways of Wisdom" and VU #678 "For the Healing of the Nations."
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 thoughtful discussion by using this 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.) (Not available for the reflection of May 6)
"PostScript," produced weekly, is an intimate five-minute video in which Pastor Joshua reflects on the message of the past Sunday. Give it a try!
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!
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.