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Today St. Andrews’ welcomed retired minister and active elder Rev. Shirley Cochrane back to the pulpit. We all appreciate Shirley’s willingness to step into the breech and lead us in worship. It was also a treat to have Andrews’ sister Sophia at the piano today; thank you Sophia and may God bless you as you head to Montreal, for further studies, this fall.

Where has the summer gone? It is hard to believe that this Sunday (Aug. 21) will be Roberto’s last Sunday with us; we have very much appreciated his ministry as a summer student. We feel so blessed by Roberto’s ministry, leadership and encouragement. We will also be saying farewell to our music director, Andrew Stoney, this Sunday. We all extend a big thank you to Andrew for all the work and effort that you have brought to the table, you will be missed by all of us but even more so by the Children’s Choir. We all pray that God will bless both Roberto and Andrew as they go for further studies; Roberto to VST for his last year and Andrew to Trinity Western to further his studies. So please come and help us thank and send off these two fine young men this Sunday.

St. Andrew’s was saddened and will miss our long-time friend and sister in Christ, Joey Whitmore, who was called home into God’s Glory last Wednesday. Joey’s service will be held at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, July 12th at 2 pm.

We at St. Andrews were blessed with an excellent word today (Sunday) given by our Student Minister, Roberto DeSandoli. You can listen to the sermon by clicking on the “Sermon” tab above and choosing the sermon entitled “Life and Death”.

Springtime Melodies a Grand Concert, raised just over $400 for the SAFE Society of Salmon Arm. St. Andrew’s thanks our music director Andrew Stoney and all the skilled musicians and singers who made this event such an enjoyable success. You can hear the Concert by clicking hear.

Part 1 Features in order: Vernon Kalamalka Chorus, Stephen Moore, St. Andrew’s Children’s Choir, Holly McCallum, Emily Wark. (Click here)

Part 2 Features in order: Madelyn Stoney, Grace Neudorf, Natalia Stoney, Cantabile, Andrew Stoney. (Click here).

It was a joy to welcome our Summer Student Roberto DeSandoli, back to the pulpit this morning to lead us all in Worship. You can hear Roberto’s sermon by clicking on the “Sermons” tab above.

Springtime Melodies, a Grand Concert to benefit the SAFE Society of Salmon Arm – the Women’s Shelter. Sunday May 29 2016 at 7:00 pm. Come to St. Andrews and enjoy a special night of music for an excellent cause. Admission is by donation and you are free to give what you will but we would suggest $10 / person; you will not be disappointed.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Fort MacMurray who have been affected by the wild fires. Donations to support immediate relief and long-term rebuilding may be made to Presbyterian World Service and Development for “Alberta Fires”. Funds will be used in consultation with presbyteries and local congregations to support Presbyterian, ecumenical and other relief efforts. Check http://presbyterian.ca/responding-alberta-fires/ for more updates.

Sunday May 1st we will be welcoming our summer student minister, Roberto De Sandoli, to the congregation. Rev. Dr. Teresa Charlton, our interm moderator, will lead the service which will be followed by a pot luck luncheon. Plan to come and welcome Roberto to St. Andrews and Salmon Arm.

Our web server has gone through a most difficult time in the past month; the result has been an unreliable web page for St Andrews. I thank you all for your patience and I hope all the issues have been sorted out and things are back to normal now.