Jan. 4 - Worship Comm Mtg., 7pm
Jan. 7 - Blue Star Moms, 10am
Jan. 7 - Council Retreat
Jan. 8 - 8:00am Healing and prayer service
Jan. 9 - Stewardship Mtg, 7pm
Jan 10 - Youth/Ed mtg., 7pm
Jan. 14 - Men's Breakfast, 8am, Fellowship Hall
Jan 16 - Mutual Ministry, 7pm
Jan. 17 - Evangelism Mtg,6:30pm
Jan. 18- WELCA Bus. Mtg, 9am, Bible Study, 10am

Ongoing:

• Every Tuesday - Christian Crafters 9 am
• Every Tuesday - Hand Bell Rehearsal 7:30 pm
• Every Wednesday Piecemakers 9 am
  
• Every Wednesday 6 pm Choir Rehearsal
• Every Wednesday 8 pm AA meeting, Activity Bldg
  
• Every Friday 8 pm AA meeting, Activity Bldg

Fill the Food Pantry, January 8
Bring your items to church that day.
The CRRC needs canned goods—dried beans, rice, noodles, canned meats, canned ravioli/spaghetti, canned vegetables/fruit or other non-perishable items. Any toiletry items such as shampoo, soap, deodorant, as well as paper towels, toilet tissue and laundry detergent. They always run low on toilet paper and hearty canned soups with meat.

Ramp Project Update
Thanks to our men and women who helped build ramps this year.
2011 Numbers for the 4 counties
Comal County - 21 ramps with 754.5 feet of ramp
Guadalupe County – 14 ramps with 325 feet of ramp
Hays and Caldwell - 19 ramps with 732 feet of ramp
TOTAL: 54 ramps with 1811.5 feet

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!

Here at St. Andrew, we have partner missions that are about three and a half hours’ drive away. We can physically bring them supplies and gifts and do work projects. We can visit them without even having to stay overnight, and we can worship with them. The missionaries who serve them have been to our church (for St. Andrew’s fortieth anniversary), and we see them regularly at Synodical events.

We will lift up missionaries and translators in prayer during this season. We will give thanks for the whole Body of Christ, bringing together all the peoples of the world, all nations, tribes and languages. And we can think more about the op-portunities we have to engage with our partner missions, with gifts to share and receive. Click here to see more photographs from our visit to El Cenizo.

Pastor Paul Miller

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