Thank you to Ray & Jack for ringing the bell at St. Andrew's at sundown today as part of The Bells of Peace.
The Bells of Peace
Operation Christmas Child
The Athalie Read Group
is going to assist with preparing boxes for shipping by Samaritan’s Purse for Operation Christmas Child on Friday November 30th. Operation Christmas Child is a hands on way for Canadians to bless struggling children in the developing world by filling shoeboxes with toys, hygiene items and school supplies. This is a fun way for parents and grandparents to teach children to care for and about others.
Each member of the Athalie Read Group packs a shoebox and we invite the congregation to do the same. Instructions for packing boxes can be found at samaritanspurse.ca You can choose the gender and age of the child you want to receive your shoebox. A donation of $10 is needed to cover the cost of shipping. Please have your shoebox to the church by Sunday, November 25th. The shoeboxes will be dedicated during our worship service by Rev. Scott McAndless.Your contribution is greatly appreciated.The Athalie Read Group.
Bake Sale!
Please join the Sunday School children and the Christian Education Committee for this Bake Sale.
This will be a chance for you to "do some Christmas baking!" :)
Senior’s Christmas Tea
Everyone is welcome to join us!
163rd Anniversary Celebration at St. Andrew’s
We will have some very special guests that will help us to celebrate as we learn and grow. We are very pleased to welcome:
Mino Ode Kwewak N’gamowak (Good Hearted Women Singers) will sing and dance with Theresa.
After worship at 10 am, the celebration will continue downstairs in the Fellowship Hall.
A Potluck Lunch will follow at 11:30. Please plan to bring a dish to share. All are welcome.
The Blanket Exercise which will follow the lunch at noon. The Blanket Exercise is a moving experience that has helped many people understand how aboriginal people have experienced our common history. It will be led by Sasha Sky and Shannon Pride
An Opportunity to Experience the Blanket Excercise
Please join us on Sunday, October 21, 2018 at noon for
The Blanket Exercise is a workshop that explores the nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Its goal is to build understanding about our shared history by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, resistance and reconciliation. Participants will also be able to smudge before and after (if they wish) and participate in a discussion around what the exercise was like for them.
Our special guests to assist us in this workshop will be Sasha Sky and Shannon Pride of the White Owl Native Ancestry Association.
All are welcome to come and participate in this moving event. Join us at St. Andrew’s Hespeler, 73 Queen St. E., Cambridge, ON in the Lower Fellowship Hall.
Join in a Pot Luck Lunch 11:15 am if you wish.
Children are invited to “Explorations in Music” which will include playing and making instruments during the Blanket Exercise.
Hosted by St. Andrew’s Hespeler (standrewshespeler.ca) with the White Owl Native Ancestry Association (wonaa.ca)
A Very Special Sunday: Thanksgiving, World Communion and More!
In an event happens only every decade or so, this year both World Communion (celebrated the first Sunday of October) and Thanksgiving Sunday (celebrated the day before the second Monday) will fall on the same day this year. All of this will make for a very special service this week.
Also, a couple of final reminders:
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- We will celebrate Thanksgiving with traditional hymns, message and prayers of thanksgiving.
- We will celebrate the common communion table that is shared by all Christians of every time, place and denomination.
- There will be some very special music including:
- Agnus Dei (by George Bizet) Given in praise by Margaret McKenzie-Leighton
- Love is Like a River (By Jeff Silvey and Suzanne Jennings) Given in praise by Joyful Sound! with solos by David and Bob!
- The Minister, Rev. W. Scott McAndless will preach on the practice of Gratitude.
It is also our custom to offer our people an extra opportunity to support our outreach work on Communion Sundays. This Sunday special offering envelopes are being made available to support the community lunches that we offer every second week to those who come to the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank distribution.
- Ballots to elect Elders and Deacon need to be returned to the church for counting by the end of the service this Sunday.
- Questionnaires for the upcoming Presbytery Visitation can be returned this Sunday and need to be returned to the church by the end of worship on October 14.
Sunday, September 30. Lots of reasons to join us!
This coming Sunday, September 30, will be very special in many ways. It will be:
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- Orange Shirt Sunday: Everyone is encouraged to wear an orange shirt or blouse in an act of solidarity with First Nations People and what they suffered and lost through their experience in Residential Schools. More information about Orange Shirt Day can be found at www.orangeshirtday.org.
- Potato Harvest: Many St. Andrew's folks planted potatoes in the Spring. This is the day when we bring those results of our planting back to the church. All potatoes brought back will be donated to the Thursday Night Supper and Social this fall. You are also encouraged to bring any other gifts to support this community dinner. We will have a “Grand Gardener” contest (for our Sunday School students) to find out who grew the heaviest potato.
- Our Adult Choir has prepared a beautiful anthem called, "Soil of God, You and I" that will feature Solos by Margaret, Erin and Lynn.
- Our minister, the Rev. Scott McAndless will lead us to rethink the second of the Ten Commandments and ask what it might mean to not create idols today.
Dream Auction
Please mark your calendars!
As part of our Anniversary Celebrations we are once again hosting a Dream Auction on Saturday, October 20, 2018. Everyone is welcome to join us, please invite your friends and neighbours, too! Come out to have some fun, enjoy some great desserts and bid on some fantastic prizes and gifts, all the while supporting the general and mission work of St. Andrew's.
Explorations in Music
We will have different presenters and instruments each week, so you will never get quite the same thing twice, but generally speaking the kids will have opportunities to play around with different instruments, will get to learn about the cool things they can do, and will make music in a group.
We will share our activities with the congregation by inviting them to join as participants and presenters. The focus will be on play, exploring music together, and building relationships. We're hoping to provide opportunities for the children to get to know congregation members better as well as connect with other faith traditions, especially Indigenous ones, in response to the Truth & Reconciliation commission.
The program will run most Sundays after church and it promises to be a fun time, so I hope you will check it out, no matter your age. We are grateful for the support and contributions of Queen Street Music.
Schedule:
(snack available in Rm 206 at 11:15)
Assistant Professor in Community Music at Wilfrid Laurier University. Gerard is trained in a number of singing and instrumental cultural traditions including Zen shakuhachi, Native American flute, overtone singing, didgeridoo, and Ghanaian drumming. In addition, he holds graduate degrees in choral/orchestral conducting. As a community music practitioner and scholar he helps people encounter unfamiliar musics and builds their confidence through creative improvisation.
Sept 30th, 11:30 – 12:00 – Queen Street Music: Ukuleles
(snack available in Rm 206 at 11:15)
Queen Street Music is a community driven, creative school with a focus on performance and quality education Programs for ages 3 to Adult Private and Group lessons year-round Performance and enrichment. This time they will help us learn the basics of ukulele.
Oct 7th, 11:30 – 12:00 – Theresa McGregor (snack available in Rm 206 at 11:15)
Indigenous rooted person, Theresa McGregor is a Drum & Song carrier, Moon Bundle, Earth & Water Protector, Traditional Women's Dancer. Proud member of the Indigenous & Non Indigenous women's hand drum group Mino Ode Kwewak N’gamowak (Good Hearted Women Singers).
Oct 14th, 11:30 – 12:00 – Drums!
(snack available in Rm 206 at 11:15)
We're going to set up a couple of drum kits. Come see how everything works, make lots of noise, and discover the cool sounds an electric kit can make.
Oct 21st, 12:00 – 3:00 – Lucas Tensen, Kazoo Making, and more! (potluck lunch available in Fellowship Hall at 11:15)
Celebrating community and nature through sound, song and soulful imagery is what continues to motivate Lucas Tensen as a multi-disciplinary artist and facilitator. In 2008, he travelled to St. Louis, Senegal to learn the 21 string Kora, (a West African Harp). A few years later, Lucas began making them. He also collects and plays other instruments like the Japanese shakuhachi flute and a collection of old aluminum pots and lids that were transformed into magical singing bowls. Lucas earned a BA in Cello Performance and MA in Community Music from Wilfrid Laurier University. We will also be making kazoos and have a variety of music activities.
Oct 28th, 11:30 – 12:00 – Unique Sounds (snack available in Rm 206 at 11:15)Have you heard of a theremin? An otamatone? A harmonium? Come check out these unique instruments and discover the cool sounds they make.
Nov 4th, 11:30 – 12:00 – Theresa McGregor (snack available in Rm 206 at 11:15)
(please note that Explorations will not be offered Nov 11th & Nov 18th)Nov 25th, 11:30 – 12:00 – Gerard Yun
(snack available in Rm 206 at 11:15)
Dec 2nd, 11:15 – 12:00 – Christmas Carol sing!
Join Explorations for juice, coffee, tea, Christmas goodies and your favourite Christmas carols in the Fellowship hall (note the alternate location!). This edition of Explorationsis open to parents, guests, and congregation members, so please join us.