St. Andrew's Redondo Beach

On Sunday, September 19th from 5 to 6pm

The Lord has nurtured many through the prayer ministry here at St. Andrew’s. We have felt the leading of the Lord to offer a service built around interactive prayer for those suffering with spiritual, relational, physical, or emotional issues. Our Wholeness service will be held on the third Wednesday of each month from 5-6pm in the Sanctuary Narthex with the first service to be held on September 19th. The first half of the service will include a time of worship, scriptural guidance, and the Lord’s Supper followed by an opportunity for interactive prayer for the second half of the service time. All are invited to share prayer needs with a prayer servant who will then lift these concerns on their behalf. Please let others that would benefit know about this service.

Ambassadors for Christ Through Song

Let’s sing praises to Christ

Do you like to sing?  Come and sing praises to our Lord.  For 8th grade, high school and college students, we practice each Sunday at 8:30am in the Youth Center at St. Andrew’s usually starting in January.  We have a few performances in Church on Sunday mornings and complete our experience as we go on a road show. 

Please contact Jenny Nazarian at jnazarian@sntandrews.org if you are interested in being part of ACTS next year.

A great opportunity to serve

This ministry is a great way to get involved in helping families in need, taking the focus off our wants and really helping those in need of basic shelter.  During the week, the crew will lay a foundation, construct the walls, plaster and roof the family’s new home.  Each day, you’ll get great meals and have wonderful fellowship as you share in this labor and spread God’s love through your service.  

Check out the AMOR Ministries website – 30 years building homes for the needy in Mexico: http://www.amor.org  

The AMOR trip to build houses in Mexico is open to adults and students 8th grade and up. 

Check out some of our photos below:

Our one(1) United Summer Service starts on July 4, 2010 at 9:30am 

Beginning Sunday, July 4, 2010 we will hold one united service at 9:30am that will feature our ACTS choir as they return from their summer tour.  Our one united service at 9:30am will then continue during the summer through Sunday, September 12, 2010.   Then on Sunday, September 19th and following we will resume our two worship services at 8:30 and 10:00am. 

Please plan to join us for our summer worship!

Brenna Ghent asks for the following prayers for the students at Penn State University.  Brenna is with DiscipleMakers Christian Fellowship and one of the missionaries St. Andrew’s supports.

Dear Friends,
Thank you for praying! In my last newsletter, I asked you to pray for our week-long summer conference called Focus. The Lord was certainly at work in the lives of many students during Focus! Not only did over 90 students give up a week of their summer (when they could have been working or vacationing) to spend time studying the Bible, but some of them heard the gospel for the first time! 
Would you praise the Lord and pray with me for how God is at work in these two students in particular:
1) “Andrea” – Andrea attended our annual Women’s Conference and was a part of a small group discussion group that I led. Andrea came from a difficult background and has been  in challenging relationships with people who claim to be Christians but who have treated her in ways contrary to the Scriptures. As you might imagine, this has made her very wary of Christians and of Jesus. Andrea attended our Women’s Conference because of the genuine care and friendship of the other women in the DiscipleMakers fellowship at her school, yet she didn’t seem to understand the Gospel yet. Praise the Lord that Andrea came to Focus, where she could hear about Jesus again! It was evident to the staff that interacted with her that Andrea’s heart is softening to the Lord and she might even be a Christian now! Would you continue to pray for Andrea? Praise the Lord that He is at work in her heart, and pray that she will continue to seek a personal relationship with Jesus, even while she is at home for the summer. Pray for the Christian women who have been reaching out to Andrea, that they will continue to be faithful in showing her the love of Jesus.
2) “Max” – Max, an international exchange student, has had some contact with the Christians on his campus, but he was not very involved in the DiscipleMakers fellowship. At the last minute, Max decided to attend Focus. Halfway through the week he asked one of our staff if he could have a Bible because he wanted to continue to read about Jesus on his own this summer! Would you praise the Lord for Max’s excitement to read the Bible, and pray that he would know Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior? Please also pray that as Max returns to his home country, he would share Jesus with his family, friends, classmates, etc.
It’s so exciting to see these examples of how the Lord is at work changing students’ hearts and building his Kingdom. It’s really true that as college students in Pennsylvania are changed by the Gospel, the whole world can be reached for Christ. Thanks again for your prayers and support in this ministry!
Love in Christ, Brenna  

Everyone is Invited!

Games for every age:  Charages, Scabble, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, Concentration, Apples-to-Apples, Twister and more!

Bring a snack to share with others.  Punch and Coffee provided.

See you there!

 Singles Progressive Restaurant Run 

June 19,  Saturday

6:00-9:00pm

Let’s get out and try some new tastes at different places around the South Bay.   A little bit here, a little bit there.   Then we take a vote and submit a review of each for others to enjoy.   Contact Pastor Martin for details, msmith@sntandrews.org.

On Sunday, July 18th following the 9:30am Service

Put the date on your calendar and join us for fellowship and lunch as we Picnic on the Patio after the 9:30am service on Sunday July 18th.  We’ll plan to barbecue hot dogs and have some other goodies for everyone to enjoy.  You’ll get a good meal before you leave to enjoy the rest of the Lord’s day.

Praise God for fun and friends!

June 25, 2010 – 9:15am to 4:30pm

Come join us on a bus trip up the Malibu Wine Trail!  Sign up with Dick Nielsen on the church patio on Sundays.  For more information contact Dick Nielsen (dick.niel@gmail.com) or go to the Malibu Wine Trail website.  It’s sure to be another great trip so please join us.

Saturday, July 10th, 6:30-8:30pm in Fellowship Hall

Create your own story to share with others or re-tell a good one you’ve heard before!  We’ll let the littlest ones go first, then end with people that have developed their story-telling for decades! 

Bring a dessert to share with others.  Punch and coffee will be provided.

See you there!