Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church

The year was 1958: A time when gas cost $.24 a gallon, postage stamps were introduced for the first time Jan. 1st at $.03 per letter for the first six months and then rose to $.04 for the remainder of 1958. Dr. James Van Allen discovered the Van Allen radiation belt. A new car averaged $2200 and the hot new toy ($20 million sold in just 6 months) was the hula hoop for $1.98.

It was also the year that St. Andrew was organized and on May 11 and 18, 1958, public reception of members was held Continue Reading »

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Wednesday, May 7

In response to Gordon’s comment I must say that I am not aware of any requirement that 80% of needed funds be in hand before construction can begin. In regard to the City of University Heights, the project being proposed for our property has not been approved by the city council at this time. In response to Beth Anne, we have conducted two capital campaigns in the 21+ years that I have been here and neither reached its goal. They were designed and carried out with internal church leadership that invested a lot of time and energy for which I am very grateful. The Session believes Continue Reading »

A great weekend is in store for those planning to go to Camp Wyoming on May 9 and 10. If you would like to know more about this fun time for family and friends, just click the link below to view the pdf information form and registration.

Camp Wyoming 2008

Remember to check back regularly to listen to our most recent sermons. The latest we have is Pastor Mark’s message from April 13, titled “Resurrection Power Shapes Our Community”. Many more sermons from the last few months are available on our Sermon Archives page (see link on the sidebar). Please note that you can listen to the sermon directly from the web site, but you may also download the sermons of your choice for later listening on your computer or your mp3 player. If you want to download for your mp3 player, we recommend ‘right-clicking’ on the download button and choosing “save target as” or “save file as” and placing in a file you have identified for saved downloaded files. We hope you find the messages encouraging!

 

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Saturday, Day 8!

We left New Orleans at 3:30 p.m. yesterday and immediately hit rush hour traffic. It was definitely better leaving on a Saturday last year. After getting out of New Orleans we ran into heavy thunderstorms and after having difficulty finding a place to eat we were a pretty tired group when we got to our hotel at midnight. So again I did not have a lot of time to blog. We are heading out early this morning so we should arrive in Iowa City about 5 p.m. this afternoon. I thought I would send up a few last day photos. We had a great week with the Garden Fellowship Church group. They were very gracious about working around us! A couple of photos has our build leader, Jordan, in them. He was a good guy with a lot of patience. I’ll try to add explanations later but for now will just get the photos uploaded.

Friday, Day 7!

Well, you can tell that we have been working hard because I have not had the energy to put up some extra blogs for the last couple of days. Continue Reading »

Make sure you click on the Christian Education link on the left sidebar to get information about our Vacation Bible School. VBS will run from June 16 through June 20 (from 8:30 a.m. to noon).

Saint Andrew Youth! Get ready to “discover your serve” this summer by taking part in F.A.I.T.H.S. (Friends Acting In The Holy Spirit). Each year our F.A.I.T.H.S. young people share the love of Christ throughout the Iowa City community. Discover the adventure of being bearer of the Spirit. You can download the link below to learn more about this experience which runs from June 23 through June 27.

F.A.I.T.H.S Information and Registration Form

Click on the link below to view the presentation from our Phase 3 gathering on Sunday, July 1. The link will allow you to view a pdf file that recreates the Power Point Presentation from that meeting. You may also download the pdf file to your computer. The second link is the survey used at that meeting and you can download and fill it out as well. We are hoping to have all the surveys in my July 8. Decisions 2007 was the Power Point presentation used in our Phase 2 congregational gatherings. We have included it here as a file that you can view from the web site. You may also download it to your computer, if you have Adobe Reader. The supporting files that follow contain the packet of materials that were prepared by our staff to discuss current ministries and a packet describing sound in the sanctuary.
Phase 3 Gathering Presentation
Congregational Survey 07012007
Decisions 2007
Pastor’s Perspective and Staff Reports
Sanctuary Sound Report

The following are the links for the information that was presented at the Congregational Meeting on February 11.

2006 Annual Report

2006 Mission Giving Report

2007 Budget

Facility Expansion Proposal for Session

If you have a high speed connection (either cable internet or DSL) you can download the following Adobe file to your computer. You need to have Adobe Reader to view it and the password. The password will be sent to you in an e-mail. We hope you enjoy it!

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The children of Saint Andrew, led by Heather Woodin, Laura Kastens, and our Sunday School teachers led us all into… Continue Reading »