With the season of Advent around the corner, we look to celebrate the birth of Christ with the decoration of our sanctuary. By tradition, poinsettias are the flowers of the season. If you would like to purchase a flower for Christmas Eve and Christmas day celebration, you may designate the flower in honor or memory [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Poinsettias for Christmas; Order Today
Posted in General on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Habitat for Humanity Project in 2010 Announced
Posted in General on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Habitat for Humanity Egypt will be sponsoring a special building project during the weekend of February 19-20 in which members of the St. Andrew’s Church and the American University in Cairo are invited to participate. We will travel to the El Minya area and will be working to help families improve their housing. Past work [...]
Visitors from US Welcomed
Posted in General on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends of St. Andrew’s, Two weeks ago, St. Andrew’s had the opportunity to welcome a group of Lutherans from West Fargo, North Dakota (USA). They were led by an ELCA pastor and spouse on a whirlwind tour of Egypt and Jordan. They almost tripled the size of our normally small Sunday worship attendance. It [...]
Hospitality
Posted in General on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Friends, There is something that I am eager to see Friday and Sunday morning. I wonder who I might meet for the first time at St. Andrew’s that morning. Much more often than not, there are new people who find our congregation that morning. The transient life of our English-speaking community in Cairo is [...]
