SPECIAL EVENTS Service for Wholeness Wednesday, May 7, 6:00 p.m., Sanctuary LENT Lent comprises the 40 days before Easter, excluding Sundays, and begins each year on Ash Wednesday. Lent was observed in the life of the early church as a time of preparation for baptism and we still emphasize our baptismal identity, of knowing and living the faith, during Lent today. Serving as a time of reflection, prayer, worship, and Scripture study, the season of Lent provides us with ample opportunity to examine and re-evaluate our lives. It becomes a time of metanoia (turning around, repentance), of changing the direction of our lives from the self-serving toward the self-giving found in the cross. It is the power of the resurrection ahead that draws us into repentance and the new way of being and living, as we respond to God’s grace to us in the gift of Jesus Christ. HOLY WEEK FALL FESTIVAL OF FAITH Each year since 1990, St. Andrew has celebrated a Fall Festival of Faith, featuring a nationally known preacher, teacher, and scholar. Since 1998, the Fall Festival has been funded by the Ruth I. Anderson Bequest Fund. In addition to hearing our guest preach on Sunday morning, in-depth study sessions center around a specific theme on Sunday and Monday of the Festival. Following is a list of those who have been our guests for this event: 1990 Robert M. Shelton 1991 C. Ellis Nelson 1992 John F. Anderson, Jr. 1993 Elizabeth Achtemeier 1994 William H. Willimon 1995 George W. Stroup 1996 Thomas G. Long 1997 Nancy J. Duff 1998 James and Melva Costen 1999 Elizabeth Achtemeier 2000 Flynn V. Long, Jr. 2001 Thomas W. Gillespie 2003 Ted Wardlaw 2004 Virgil Howard 2006 Cynthia L. Rigby 2007 Duane Bidwell THE ESTELLE LATTNER BROWN ANNUAL RECITAL SERIES Thanks to a generous endowment from the late Estelle Lattner Brown, St. Andrew enjoys an annual recital series named for Mrs. Brown. Once a year, an organist of renown is invited to play a recital on the Lattner Memorial Organ, a 39-rank instument by Casavant Fréres, of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.     ABOUT US | WORSHIP | EDUCATION | OUTREACH | CONTACT US | HOME © 2007 St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. All rights reserved.