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March 16, 2025 — 10:30 AM Service
Call to Worship“This is My Commandment” Welcome Children’s MessageArlene Flancher SONG“Love Changes Everything” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE SACRAMENT HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG“Goodness of God” Elliana Meier, Tim Graf POST-COMMUNION PRAYER READINGMatthew 5:38-48 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone…
March 16, 2025 — 9:00 AM Service
PRELUDE“Holy Manna” (arr. Sondra K. Tucker)Jodi Edstrom, Tim Graf WELCOME OPENING SONG“This is My Commandment” CHILDREN’S MESSAGEArlene Flancher PRAYER OF THE DAY Gracious God, you have showed us what unconditional love looks like in the person of your Son, Jesus Christ. By your Holy Spirit, give us the courage and the compassion to love all people as you love all people, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. Anthem“Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land”Sonshine Singers, Jill Boyd (Director) READINGMatthew…
March 12, 2025 — Lenten Service
PRELUDE WELCOME OPENING LITURGY“Procession of Light”“Joyous Light of Glory”(Music in printed bulletin) SCRIPTURE READINGGenesis 12: 1-2 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you;I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse;and all peoples on earth will be blessed…
Welcome, Pastor Kristin Skare!
This article was written by Sandy Perkins, who served on the Call Committee. “As a baptized, beloved child of God, I joyfully proclaim in word and deed the good news of Jesus’ transformational love through building relationships and serving my neighbors inside and outside the church walls. I believe all people are created in God’s image, and nothing can separate us from God’s love in Christ Jesus,” Pastor Kristin’s personal ministry statement reads. Kristin’s call to ordained ministry began in…
March 9, 2025 — 10:30 AM Service
WELCOME SONGS“King of Glory”“His Mercy is More” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGMatthew 5:17-22a, 27-28 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others…
March 9, 2025 — 9:00 AM Service
PRELUDE“Romance” (Gerald Finzi)Linnae Stole, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who forgives all our sin,whose mercy endures forever.Amen. Let us return to God, confessing our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. Silence is kept for reflection. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have…
Ash Wednesday — 7:00 PM Service
PRELUDE“Resignation” (Charles Callahan)Barb Carroll, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who creates us,redeems us,and calls us by name.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. Gracious God,have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things…
Ash Wednesday — 5:30 PM Family Service
PRELUDE Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf CALL TO WORSHIP“Awesome God” (Rich Mullins)Starlight Singers & Sonshine SingersHannah Fleming, Jill Boyd, Emma Tewes, (Directors) WELCOME OPENING SONG“Create in Me” READING Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are…
Ash Wednesday — 12:00 PM Service
PRELUDE“Resignation” (Charles Callahan) Barb Carroll, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,who creates us,redeems us,and calls us by name.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. Gracious God,have mercy on us. We confess that we have turned from you and given ourselves into the power of sin. We are truly sorry and humbly repent. In your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things…
Stories of Faith
Over the years, my father and I often shared a familiar conversation at the end of the day. This was during his time as a Senior Pastor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, while I was a young, newly ordained pastor serving my first church in Rochester, New York. To reconnect, he would consistently ask me: “What did you do to further the Kingdom today?” This question wasn’t a judgment or a call to work harder, nor was it meant to make me…
Meet Pastor Jeanne Aamot
Our latest online devotion features our new Visitation Pastor, Jeanne Aamot. Pastor Jeanne introduces herself and then engages in a meaningful conversation about being rooted and grounded in God’s love, emphasizing that it is our duty to share that love with the world. Pastor Jeanne Aamot is the new Visitation Pastor at St. Andrew. Swing by the Fellowship Hall on March 9 after our 9:00 and 10:30 AM services to meet her. She looks forward to meeting you.
March 2, 2025 — 10:30 AM Service
WELCOME APOSTLE’S CREEDWe believe in God, the Father almighty,creator of heaven and earth. We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the virgin Mary,suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died, and was buried;he descended to the dead.On the third day he rose again;he ascended into heaven,he is seated at the right hand of the Father,and he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit,the holy…