Sunday, July 17!

Please join us this Sunday at 10:00 am as we "welcome back" Rev. Karen Kovats.

There will be Sunday School, too, for our youngest members and friends.  

Children are invited to come to room 206 after the Children's Message with Karen.

Hespeler Reunion Worship

We had a great community worship service this morning!  We welcomed Rev. Rick & Mary Warne back this morning and Rick preached our message.  The music was amazing; combined choirs from community churches, soloists and groups. And the food was really great afterwards, too! 

Many thanks to EVERYONE who helped out in any way.

It was a great time to renew old acquaintances and make new friends!

This week at St. Andrew's (June 26)

Week after week, we always have important and meaningful things going on at St. Andrews. Even though Summer has now officially begun that is still true for June 26. This Sunday:

• We will welcome three more members into our congregation. Three weeks ago we had seven new members, but there were three who were unable to be present because of important family reasons. We rejoice to welcome them this week!
• Martin Bohl will be filling in at the organ this week and next. Martin is a very talented organist and we will certainly be blessed by his musical leadership
• We will honour the work of Amy and Laura with our youth and thank them for their contribution to the life of Christ's church.
• The minister will begin a new summer series of sermons focusing on ancient commandments and asking what it would look like if we applied them to life today. The first commandment: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."

Save the date!

The Jeff-a-thon

In memory of Rev. Jeff Veenstra

Sunday, October 16th, 2016 at Crieff Hills Conference Centre.  Registration will begin at 1:30 pm, the walk/run to start at 2:00 pm.  Fun & Food afterwards!

To donate online you can go to:

 https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/st-andrews-hespeler-presbyterian-church/

If you like, you can choose a specific person to sponsor. The church who raises the most money (in the Presbytery of Waterloo-Wellington) will win a lunch, so please help us!

The Hespeler Reunion

Please join us on Sunday, July 10, 2016 for a very special service.

Ancient Commandments; Modern Applications

Here is a short video to introduce the summer sermon series at St. Andrew's Hespeler:



Please join us this summer as we explore some important commandments and talk about how we might live them out today. Click HERE and then click "share" for options to share this video with your friends.

June 19 at St. Andrew's Hespeler.

As usual, there are lots of good reasons to be at St. Andrew's Hespeler on a Sunday morning. June 19 will be no exception. Here are some highlights:

• We will, of course, be celebrating Father's Day, praying for and seeking God's blessings on the fathers among us and who have shaped our lives.
• In response to the terrible hate crime perpetrated in Orlando last Sunday, we will pray and resolve to work for a better world and an end to the power of hatred for marginalized groups including LGBT people.
• Special musical guest: Robert Dwyer.
• Please note that, contrary to what was announced last Sunday, we will not be receiving new members this week. An important family matter for two of our candidates has meant that this will have to be postponed until June 26.
• Our sermon, "What Jesus an "atheist" because he taught that God is Abba," will look at the surprising things that Jesus taught about God when he called God "Abba. Turns out that abba doesn't mean what you may think!