St. Andrew's UMC

Category: Pastor’s Note

  • From the Pastor

    Here is my very big thank you for all those who served in this summer’s Vacation Bible School, Love in a BIG World. No less than sixteen (Yes, that’s right…16!) workers were involved each day in communicating through music, games, crafts, Bible lessons, stories, breakfasts, and snacks about God’s Love. And that does not include…

  • From the Pastor

    Our Tuesday Bible Study class is making its way through the various ‘minor’ Prophets that finish up the Old Testament. We are studying Amos, and how God speaks through the prophet telling the people of a coming famine, but not just any famine. This hunger will be for “…the words of the Lord.” (Amos 8:11)…

  • Pastor Notes

    I was reading the 7th Psalm this morning and came across a very straightforward and disturbing verse. It said, “He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.” Those are some strong words. True, but strong. How sad it is when one person’s taste for creating trouble, or havoc, can drive…

  • Pastor Notes

    I was reading from the book Jesus Is… by Judah Smith the other day about a most-anticipated, yet unfulfilling Easter tradition – the hollow chocolate Easter bunny. Just when you think this will be  THE year for the fully loaded version, you take a bite and there it is again…a hollow ear. It caused me to…

  • From the Pastor

    Thanks to all who participated in our Spiritual Gifts Assessment. I think a good number of you got a little insight – and probably some encouragement – into how God has gifted you. It may have even shed some light on how you see yourself living out your calling as a child of God.  The…

  • Sorting Potatoes

    From an unknown source comes this story…A farmer hired a man to work for him. He told him his first task would be to paint the barn and said it should take him about three days to complete. But the hired man was finished in one day. The farmer set him to cutting wood, telling…

  • January 2018

    No cute animals. No hyperbolic statements. No shocking numbers. No shameless advertising. I simply want to encourage you to do all that’s humanly possible to be here the next two Sundays. Here’s why: The December 31st message entitled, Do You Hear What I Hear, seems relatively safe, but the scripture to which I am attaching…

  • Maybe Someday

    Maybe someday… This phrase, taken from a song in our Children & Youth Christmas presentation, is that all-too-often thought which, somehow, keeps us going and keeps us from going at the same time. How is that? Glad you asked. Consider this: Nobody wants to witness the strong hurting the weak, or the rich cheating the…

  • Listening Tours

    Times for Listening Tour meetings are now available and you should sign-up! You can do that online or by calling the church office. The dates so far are: July 26th at 7 PM July 27th at 6:30 PM (FULL) August 2nd at 6:30 PM August 3rd at 6:30 PM (FULL) August 8th at 6:30 PM…

  • A Change in Leadership

    Deuteronomy 34:1-9 As uncomfortable as change may be, it’s a fact of life. To live is to change. Change is inevitable in all living systems. People and organizations which refuse to change and adjust to a rapidly changing world soon become extinct. Now I not suggesting that all change is good. Some change can be…