We hope you’ll be a part of our Church by becoming a member You don’t have to be a member to join us for worship and be involved with the family of believers at St. Andrew’s, but if you are interested in becoming a member of the St. Andrew’s family please contact Jamie Ates, Executive [...]

What does the nominating committee do? The nominating committee includes 2 members of the session, 1 member of the board of deacons, 4 members at large and 2 alternates. The members at large and the alternates are elected at our annual congregational meeting each fall. These nine members then meet during the year to agree [...]

What is the Session? The Session is composed of three classes of four elders elected for a 3 year term, associate pastors, and the pastor as moderator. The session has the authority over all the affairs and activities of St. Andrew’s, except over matters that are specifically accorded to the Pastor, to the congregation, or [...]

What is a Deacon? The Board of Deacons is composed of active church members of three classes of fourteen deacons elected by the congregation for three years. The deacons minister to those in need, to the sick, to the friendless, and to any who are in distress. The Deacon Board meets monthly unless canceled by [...]

An exciting way to serve your church! The Sound Team is responsible for the sound you hear in the Sanctuary each Sunday morning, for weddings and memorials. This includes optimizing the sound from the pulpit microphone for the pastor’s sermon, to the voices of the Chancel Choir, the piano, guitars, drums and individual vocals. If [...]

Worship Videos also help get Christ’s Word out! The Video Team is responsible for operating a computer that’s attached to a camera in the Sanctuary balcony to capture our worship services on tape. These tapes are then saved in our library and can be checked out for viewing. Some like to see them to hear [...]

Another exciting way to serve your church! The Power Point Team is responsible for operating a computer during the worship service. The words to our hymns and praise songs as well as occasional videos are displayed onto the big screen televisions at the front of the sanctuary for our worship attendees to see. After some [...]

Help get the Word out about Scrip and Market Cards! The Scrip and Market Card Team helps get the word out to the congregation about how easy it is to financially support St. Andrew’s at NO additional cost to them! There are two ways for members to support St. Andrew’s at NO additional cost to [...]

Are you skilled in working around the house? Then the facilities team can probably use you to help them prioritize projects to help improve the look and functionality of the entire St. Andrew’s facility. This includes improvements in classrooms, meeting rooms, bathrooms, carpets, flooring, lighting, painting, etc. It also includes new project upgrades to the [...]

Sign up your market cards today and support St. Andrew’s. It’s Easy, just fill out the market card registration form and turn it into the church office. Then, when you purchase anything from Vons, Ralphs or Sav-on you’ll be supporting St. Andrew’s with a percentage of your purchase. Now, isn’t that easy?

How does Scrip Work? Let’s say you buy a cup of coffee before you go to work each day at Starbucks.  Each cup is $2 and you work 20 days in the month … that’s $40 you spend at Starbucks each month.  If you purchase say $50 of Starbucks Scrip at St. Andrew’s you can [...]

What is Per Capita? In general, each Presbyterian church member is asked to pay a per capita fee each year to support the larger Presbyterian Church from our General Assembly to the Synod and to the local Presbytery. (please click here to learn more)   Are you a member of St. Andrew’s? Have you made [...]

It can be as easy as 1-2-3 …   1. Familiarize yourself with our Wedding Fees and Courtesies.   2. Contact the Church office at (310) 540-5252 to get you in contact with our wedding coordinators.   3. The wedding coordinator will review your wedding details with you and will get back to you with available dates, [...]