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The Session of St. Andrew’s met Thursday January 6th in the Greening Room at the Church with the Interim Moderator Rev. Dr Teresa Charlton .Our discussions included the following :

Looking beyond our walls ; We are not here to serve ourselves but to serve Christ . While we do need to look after the finances of the building and congregational obligations we can also practice generosity. What are you passionate about ? Local, National or International Mission.? Locally we have been supporting many organizations through our “Loony Jar Offering” once a month. February donations will go to the “Coldest Night” campaign. The Women’s Shelter , Search and Rescue Unit are two which we support. Perhaps there is some other organization or need in our community which we could have outreach to. Perhaps the congregational vision is farther abroad. Let us know your thoughts and passions

We need to expand our visibility – promote events and mission though the newspaper would be one way.

UPCOMING EVENTS

* February 12th VALENTINE’S GAMES NIGHT ; 7PM Lets have an evening of Fun and Laughter with Board or other Games. Bring some snack type nibbles and invite friends and neighbours to join us and dispel some of those February Blues

* Hopefully the Guideon’s Society will be taking part in one of our Services within the next month but the date is yet to be determined

ANNUAL MEETING

In consultation with our Interim Moderator, Sunday February 28th is a good time to hold our Annual Congregational Meeting following the regular Worship Service – with Soup and Sandwich lunch of course.

Any reports which need to be included must be handed to Marlene Martens by February 7th for preparation. These reports will be distributed to the congregation on Sunday Feb 14th

Respectfully

Rev. Shirley Cochrane

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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.

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.

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.

This is a very well written article that speaks to what mainline Churches are about. Don’t be put off by the tittle “Donald Trump and a Tale of Two Gospels” (Click here to read it)

Session Report for January 2016 (click here)