Education
We host regular forums and bible studies that cover a wide range of subjects according to the congregation’s interests and current events in the region and the world. Bible studies are normally held during the school year after Friday worship and fellowship.
Fellowship
Fellowship after Friday worship
After every worship service we join together for tea, coffee, and treats in the Guild Hall. We also come together throughout the year for special evenings of music, group dinners, and outings in Cairo. Recently, members of the church gathered with a volunteer guide to tour Islamic Cairo. Also, a group of more than twenty ventured to the eastern desert to visit the ancient monasteries of Coptic Christianity.
Refugee Services
St. Andrew’s United Church of Cairo has worked with refugees from living in Cairo since the late 1970s. The program has grown over the years and has evolved from a small English program that was taught by a number of church volunteers into a comprehensive program of services for refugees. St. Andrew’s Church aims to assist refugees from Sudan, Iraq, and other countries while they are living in Cairo. The asylum seekers have come to Cairo seeking refugee status by the UNHCR, and for a chance to emigrate to a Western country to start a new life. We assist them by providing educational and vocational training programs.
This ministry today serves 600 adults in the adult program, 220 children in the children’s program, and 60 teenagers in the teen program. There are many teachers and volunteers who put in a vast number of teaching and tutoring hours in these programs.
You can volunteer for the children’s school and adult programs in many subject areas. There are many different areas in which St. Andrews Refugee Services can use you with your talents, whatever they may be. If interested, email standrews.volunteer@gmail.com.
Learn more about St. Andrew’s Refugee Services by visiting the website: http://www.standrewsrefugeeservices.org/
Travel Groups
We love having groups join us — large and small — from all over the world! If you are a group traveling to Cairo and would like to worship with us, please contact us on pastor@standrewschurchcairo.com to make sure we can make arrangements to accommodate you. Often, a special talk about the programs and ministry of St. Andrew’s can be arranged by representatives of St. Andrew’s Refugee Services (StARS).
Worship and Service Opportunities
Each week, different members of the community play an important role in facilitating worship and fellowship within our congregation. If you are interested in or have questions about participating, please contact a Church Council member.
Reader: The reader during the worship service is responsible for reading the Old Testament, Psalm (responsively with the congregation) and the New Testament readings, which are provided in advance. Lessons are read from the lectern which has a microphone.
Reader/Communion Assistant: On the first and third weekends of the month, St. Andrew’s serves Holy Communion. The lay reader on Communion weekends can assist the pastor in distributing Holy Communion. Please come forward to the altar when it is time for the distribution. While the pastor serves the bread, the assistant serves the wine.
Flowers: Flowers are ordered each Friday to beautify our sanctuary for worship. If you would like to purchase the flowers for a special Friday, the cost is 25LE. If you wish, you may take the flowers home following the service.
Refreshments: As the community gathers each week after worship, members can sign up to provide refreshments.
