Here you can find weekly announcements that are mentioned during Sunday Worship, as well as in our weekly email newsletters.
St. Andrew Announcements
Worship This Week
Reign of Christ Sunday
Sunday, November 24th
10:00 a.m.
St. Andrew welcomes everyone to worship this week! Worship is also streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
Annual Meeting of the Congregation
Sunday, December 8th, after Worship
Each year, St. Andrew holds an annual meeting of the congregation to discuss and approve a budget for mission and ministry in the upcoming year and to elect leaders to serve on the congregation council. This year’s meeting will be held on Sunday, December 8th, after worship. Zoom access will be via the regular worship link. According to the constitution, no proxy or absentee votes can be accepted, so please plan to be here for the meeting! Look for additional information for the meeting, including the proposed budget, soon.
Call for Parishioners to
Serve in Worship Roles
St. Andrew’s weekly worship service is made possible by many people who serve in various roles – some people prepare the altar and setup Communion, some run the sound/streaming system, while others teacher Little Church – Big Faith for the children, serve as ushers, wash communion cups, count the offering, set up coffee hour and more. It is not just roles like Cantor and Lector that involve being up in front of the congregation! If you are interested in getting more involved in worship, talk to Pastor Ross or Joseph Paetz. Most positions serve once a month or less!
We have created a form for those wishing to express interest in service for any of the roles – access it here: https://forms.gle/qfeJvbFR6V8DtTsz7
and someone will be in touch soon!
Community Announcements
Southwestern Pennsylvania Announces Campaign to Support Bethel AME!
Our congregation has accompanied the people of Bethel AME in the Hill District as they have sought restorative justice following their displacement in the 1950s. The Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod staff have been part of that process, and this fall the synod has announced an appeal to all congregations and members of the synod to support Bethel AME’s pre-development process through the Bethel-Trinity Community Development Corporation. Bethel-Trinity CDC is an organization formed by Bethel AME that will be confronting the systemic racial inequities in the Hill District neighborhood and beyond by developing, managing, and operating real estate projects for the betterment of the community: low- and moderate-income housing, intergenerational housing, revitalization of the Hill District neighborhoods, preschool and primary education, social and human services to individuals and families, economic development programs, individual employment, and youth services. This appeal is exciting news, and we at St. Andrew will continue to support Bethel through our reparations offerings on the first Sunday of every month November 3rd) as well as any other monetary gifts designated to Bethel.
You can also give to Bethel through the synod campaign here: Bethel-Trinity CDC Appeal (neoncrm.com)
Compline Prayer Service with the Pittsburgh Compline Choir – Sundays at 8:00 p.m. at Heinz Chapel
Compline was traditionally a monastic prayer service, and the Pittsburgh Compline Choir, a ministry of Lutheran Campus Ministry in Greater Pittsburgh, sings a choral version of compline rooted in this thousand-year-old tradition of scripture, song, and silence each Sunday at Heinz Chapel at 8:00 p.m. This service also streams on Facebook (Pittsburgh Compline Choir) and YouTube (The Pittsburgh Compline Choir). Heinz Chapel is located off of S. Bellefield Ave. in Oakland.