Our stewardship season for the coming year begins in early October. During the Sunday morning worship services, five of your fellow members will be sharing how St. Andrew is already living out our call to Living Generously. Those Moments for Mission will be posted on this page early the following week, after they have been heard in worship. The words of these friends will inspire you and help you reflect on the many, sometimes forgotten, ways this congregation is making a difference in all our lives, as well as in the lives of others in our community and beyond our city limits.

The committee has also prepared and mailed a stewardship devotional for your use during this campaign season. A bookmark was included in the October 2^nd bulletin for your use as you read the scripture passages during the month. If for some reason you did not receive the devotional guide, it is available below in PDF.

http://www.saint-andrew.com/pdfs/misc/2012-stewardship-guide.pdf

Note: If you have been thinking about getting more involved in the life and ministry of this congregation, you will be interested in our Ministry Fair.

St. Andrew Ministry Fair
October 16, Fellowship Hall, 10:00am

Stewardship Commitment Sunday will be November 6, 2011. You’ll receive a letter from our pastors and a pledge card later in October. Your Stewardship Campaign committee asks that you prayerfully begin to consider your commitment to St. Andrew in 2012 now.

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt; faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so
much seek
To be consoled, as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love,
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.