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that God would stir in our church an authentic hunger for spiritual transformation
and lasting kingdom fruit. Ask God to guide our members into a deep, lifelong
commitment to spiritual growth.
Your prayers are needed to bless St. Andrew with Sunday School Teachers. Please pray that many hearts will be touched to teach the children about God and all that He is and does for us.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: AMAZING DESERT JOURNEYSave the date for Amazing Desert Journey - Where Jesus Leads Us Home. Help children learn the saving message of God's grace through faith in Jesus!
SAYNTS FUNDRAISING FOR 2012 MISSION
TRIP TO ALASKAView our group's official fundraising thermometer from School-Fundraisers.com to see how close we've come to our fundraising goal.
Shop Little Caesar's Pizza Kit Online Store and indicate your support of the SAYNTs during checkout. The SAYNTs will earn $5 for each Kit sold online. Tell all your friends.
1st ANNUAL HEALING HEARTS BENEFIT"We're Wild about Krause!" Lutheran Social Services is hosting the 1st Annual Healing Hearts Benefit on Saturday, March 3, at the Houston Zoo. The safari celebration will include dinner, live and silent auctions, and lots of fun! All proceeds benefit the abused and neglected children who call Krause Children's Center home. Online registration is available at www.LSSS.org/HealingHearts or by phone at 800-938-5777.
Donations to the Funeral Reception Fund are needed. Donors may indicate their donation amount on the regular offering envelope. Be sure to designate it as Funeral Reception Fund.
Although targeting the after-fifty group, everyone is welcome. An exercise class is available on Mondays at 10:30 AM in the WonWay Center. Certified personal trainer, Jennifer Fleischhauer, leads a 30 minute low impact class to enhance cardiovascular capacity, strength, muscle control, and ease of daily living. Please bring a set of dumbbells between 3-15 pounds that target your strength ability and a fitness mat to perform some exercises on. Most of the workout will be done on chairs but some exercises will need to be done on the floor. Bring a friend for extra fun and motivation!
MAM NEEDS
HELP!Consider volunteering after hours in the MAM Resale Store which generates revenue for MAM Programs and provides a venue for people to find good quality items at affordable prices. Volunteers are needed to sort donations, price items, stock shelves and merchandise items. The store will not be open. We are looking for regular volunteers who could commit to two or three Thursdays a month. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, contact Sara Rice at 713-574-7540 or srice@maministries.org. (www.maministries.org)
Donate a vehicle through Donation Line to support MAM! Donation Line has towing agents in all areas of the US ready to pick up your car donation ASAP. Non-running, junk and salvage cars are also accepted. When you donate your vehicle, MAM receives a sizeable monetary donation. Check out this link to get started: http://www.donationline.com/memorialassistance.htm
The 2012 Flower Chart is available in the usher area for you to sign up for your 2012 flower arrangements to help beautify the chancel area. Please PRINT your information on the chart, including your COMPLETE NAME and other pertinent information. Flower arrangements are $25.00 each. Envelopes are available next to the chart for your use or you may use your offering envelopes for payment.
Despite our best efforts, sometimes our homebound members might not receive care and contact as regularly as we would like. To help remedy this, we are initiating a Buddy System. At church near the mailboxes, you will see a list of those members whose abilities to join us in worship have diminished, and who would benefit from a "buddy." If you want to be a buddy with someone on the list, we simply ask that you commit to having weekly contact with your homebound friend. Should you identify certain needs that require further attention, those can be passed on to an Elder or Pastor.
What is our church's position on... ? A new resource is available, produced by the Office of the President of Synod, called "This We Believe." This 88-page book provides information on 50 topics, from "Abortion" to "Woman Suffrage" and much in between. Each topic is treated with a brief summary that succinctly states the Synod's position on the topic, refers the reader to other resources, and offers additional comments to help clarify that issue. The St. Andrew church office will have a limited number of these books for sale at a special price of $8 on a first-come-first-serve basis. Or you may order directly from the publisher (for $9 plus s/h) by calling Concordia Publishing House at 1-800-325-3040 or online at www.cph.org
Help our Lutheran servicemen and women stay spiritually strong while they serve by enrolling them in the Ministry-by-Mail program. The LCMS is the only denomination to support its members serving in the Armed Forces in such a direct way. Servicemen and women receive materials in an initial packet when their name is put into the program, then they regularly receive copies of Portals of Prayer. To add a member or update an address, call 1-800-433-3954 ext. 1337 or e-mail information to lcmschaps@lcms.org.
We now have 14 group homes and there is always an on-going need to help residents in these homes. Right now they need bath towels and wash cloths. These can be new or "gently-used" in any color. If you wish to help with this project, bring them to church at any time and Vivian Steinsiek will deliver them.
If you would like make a contribution toward our landscaping expenses, including the new service to spray for weeds, please indicate "Curb Appeal" on your checks. Thank you!
CD copies of the 8:30 Worship are now available. Call the church office to order.
The household mailboxes are located by the choir loft stairway. These are a great place to leave your name tags and correspondence to other members. Be sure to check your mailbox every week. (The flower chart has been relocated farther down the hall.)
Mite boxes are collected on the first Sunday of each month in the Narthex.
Simply Giving® is a reliable, safe way to move your stewardship plan into action. It allows you to share your gifts through planned giving and activates your generosity into ongoing stewardship. Because your gift is given consistently, you won't need to play "catch-up" at year-end or worry about forgotten checkbooks or missed Sunday offerings.
But you are not the only one who benefits. Your congregation benefits from steady, more predictable revenues throughout the year, more efficient bookkeeping, and greater confidence in meeting its financial commitments.
There are no fees charged to individuals, churches, Lutheran institutions, or participating Lutheran schools. The minimum contribution amount is $5.00. Funds may be withdrawn once a week, every other week, or monthly. Contributions can be directed to specific funds in the church or to a unified budget. Participants can suspend, change, or stop withdrawals by contacting the institution benefiting from their giving.
Simply Giving forms to begin your planned electronic giving or to change your offering amount can be found in the Narthex.
The ministries of St. Andrew Lutheran Church need YOUR PRAYERS!
ECC Ministry: Please pray for our ECC - especially the staff and the children. Also pray that God would bless this wonderful ministry and show us people that are in need of a loving, Christian Early Childhood Center.
The next time you are at Randalls, pick up a Remarkable Card application at the courtesy booth to fill out and link your card to our Early Childhood Center account (#3600). Randalls will pay us a percentage of our account total, so be sure to use your card every time you shop.
By using your card, you will also be eligible for exclusive discounts, giveaways, enter-to-wins, direct mail rewards and Airmiles.
Print the card below and take it with you to the store as your reminder of our organization's Good Neighbor Program account number to fill in on your Remarkable card application.
Saving
Campbell's Labels for Education is a fun way to help the Early Childhood Center
get free educational merchandise, including computers, sports/fitness equipment
and musical instruments.
Leave both Campbell's labels and General Mills box tops in Shatha Razook's mailbox or take to the ECC.
Save
a variety of stamps (trim to 1/4 inch around each stamp or leave them on the
envelope) and place them in Vi Howe's mailbox. The LWML Daytimers collect
them and the proceeds defray costs of mailing packages for Lutheran World
Relief. Questions should be directed to Vi Howe.
Recycle newspapers, magazines, catalogs and mail 24/7 at our ECC. This is an easy way for you to recycle household paper and help us raise funds for projects like play equipment, landscaping, books, and supplies for the Early Childhood Center. Start saving today! Collect from your neighbors, too!
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Send your information to the church office or call the church office at 713-468-9565.
Be sure to give your
e-mail address to the church office if you haven't done so already.
Then you can see "The Net" in color and also "Save a Tree".
"I urge,
then, first of all, that requests, prayer and thanksgiving be made for everyone
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(1 Timothy 2:1)
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