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Dear friend –
You will find some good folks at St. Andrew Lutheran Church. You will also find the good gifts of God. We've started seeing them everywhere - the amazing gifts of Jesus that we gather around in worship - the gifts God sends with us to share in our homes, workplaces, and community - and sometimes we can even see each other as gifts from God!
There’s one more thing I hope you will find at St. Andrew – a place for you. In our work in Jesus’ name, in our growing and sharing, and at God’s table, there is always room for one more!
One of the greatest joys of being the pastor of St. Andrew is the children we have here. Faithfully and lovingly raised by their parents, and indeed by the whole congregation, we have children and youth with living, imaginative, and surprisingly mature faith. The gifts God has given them are astounding. As much as I love teaching the lively, curious, and honest adults of St. Andrew, the youth go one step further with their liveliness, curiosity, and honesty! The little ones brighten our gatherings simply by their presence. It has been a joy seeing the older youth finding the gifts they have to share in worship.
There are many ways you are already supporting these wonderful disciples-in-the-making. There will be more opportunities to support them – I’m sure we will need confirmation mentors, teachers, trip sponsors, retreat planners, etc. And thank you to all who have given generously to the youth fundraisers this spring.
Pastor Paul Miller
Thanks, everyone, for your generous support and contributions towards getting our Backpack Ministries started. We have made two much needed deliveries to First Baptist Church. Our plan is to continue to make the third Sunday of the month the “fill the backpacks” Sunday, even through the summertime.
We will keep our summer contributions, then at the end of August we’ll have a work party to put together as many of the snack sacks as we can with what we’ve collected. That way we’ll be “good to go” when school starts up again. Let me know if you’d like to be involved!
Claire Roberts, 830-796-5568, claireandrandy@yahoo.com
8918 Quilts Sent Around the World!
The totals are in for the Lutheran World Relief Ingathering, held at Texas Lu-theran University in April: 8,918 quilts came in from across South Texas, along with thousands of school kits and other supplies. Adult volunteers and TLU stu-dents filled two semi trailers, as these “labors of love” began their journey to places of need all around the world.
To view the most recent St. Andrew monthly newsletter, click here.
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