Dear Friends, Since Pastor Peter’s departure at Christmas, it has been my great joy and privilege to regularly preach and lead worship at St. Andrew’s. Now it is my turn to move on. I have been accepted on to the International Master of Divinity programme at a seminary in Thailand and so with some sadness [...]
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St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: May 23, 2012
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St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: May 16, 2012
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Dear Friends, . Our Anafora Retreat is finally here and we look forward to a time of relaxation and fellowship this weekend. We will depart immediately after our Friday morning service. Pastor Mark Nygard will be preaching this week on the theme of the Ascension, and I will preach the following week on Pentecost! Our [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: May 09, 2012
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Dear Friends, This week’s bible readings are about love: the love of God for us and his command for us to love one another. They also talk of the need for us to bear fruit and to reach out. The Jewish believers in Acts 10 were astonished that God welcomed in the Gentiles, too! God [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: May 02, 2012
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Jacob, Iain and Marilyn at last October’s barbecue Dear Friends, After a great lunch of Filipino food last Friday, we have another chance for fellowship this Friday evening as we meet at my house to share in a barbecue together. Please bring a little meat to share along with another dish. You can see me [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: April 25, 2012
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Anafora Coptic Retreat Center Dear Friends, We are happy to announce that the Anafora Retreat has been rearranged for Friday 18th – Saturday 19th of May. There are a limited number of places. Please sign up if you would like to go. The exact cost will depend on whether we have to hire a bus [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: April 18, 2012
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The late Pope Shenouda III celebrating Sham El Nessim Dear Friends, Most of us are back to work after the break for Easter and Sham El Nessim. I hope you had a good Easter wherever in the world you celebrated. Videos of our Good Friday and Easter Sunday services are now available on the [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: April 11, 2012
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Sharing the Peace on Easter Sunday Gloria presented with a St. Andrew’s Cross by Erin and Jean Dear Friends, We had two great Easter services – Mark preached on Good Friday and I preached, and Mark celebrated communion, on Easter Sunday. Over forty attended the Easter Sunday Service which was followed by our Easter Sunday [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: April 4, 2012
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Dear Friends, Is it too early to say “Happy Easter”? As Christians we know the end of the Holy Week story and so can be ready to rejoice, even as we commemorate the events of Good Friday. The picture above shows the beginning of our Palm ‘Sunday’ service last Friday, as we paraded into church [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: March 28, 2012
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Dear Friends, On Friday we will be celebrating Palm Sunday in the topsy-turvy way of church in Egypt! We remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem with the crowds crying “hosanna!” How easy it is to cheer a popular leader when they are ahead – and how quickly the popular mood can change. Many times over [...]
St. Andrew’s Community Announcements: March 21, 2012
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Dear Friends, Christians in Egypt are mourning the death of Pope Shenouda who died last Saturday, and we join in our prayers for the Coptic Church at this sad and unsettling time. Pope Shenouda was the leader of the Coptic Church for nearly 40 years and had a huge role in shaping the church over [...]
