• Concert June 12th @ 7 p.m.
• Adults $20.
• Children $10 (under 12 years)

September 6th - 12th, 2012  

September 6th - 12th, 2012

Tour includes

• 6 night's accommodations
• • breakfasts
  • welcome reception
  • 3 dinners (lobster option one night)
• guided tours of
• • Boston
  • Plymouth
  • Sandwich and Hyannis
  • tour of Newport's Ten Mile Drive with admission into the
  • • Marble House
    • Breakers Mansion

  Further information  available from

  Karin Cowan

  (705) 746-9612 or

  (705) 774-9314.

Interested...

there's a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board and further questions, please speak with Bob Fisher (705) 342-1751 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please note: Thank you to those who have recently signed up for the PAR program (pre-authorized givings). There are forms at the back of the sanctuary if you wish to change your current giving or sign up.

Please Note: There are still offering envelopes that have not yet been picked up at the back of the sanctuary.

St. Andrew's receives offerings either through regular offering envelopes or PAR (Pre Authorized Remittance). Regardless of your method of giving your tithes and offerings, please be assured we appreciate your continuous support.

We would like to highlight the PAR method of giving. We are very grateful for those of you who are already on this system. With PAR your offering is deducted from your bank account once a month on the 20th (a pre-authorized deduction just like your mortgage, insurance or household bills). PAR helps St. Andrew's cut down on expenses. The cost of 126 boxes of envelopes (our 2012 order) was over $500.00, a sizeable expense. We are required by law to keep offering envelopes for 3 years thus requiring storage space. PAR helps us to cut down on the expense of the envelopes as well as storage.

If you are already on PAR and wish to change the amount you are donating, it's very simple! A change form is filled out, signed and submitted to Karin Cowan in the Church Office.

If you would like to sign-up for PAR, we require a void cheque and a form filled out. We ask that you consider this method if you have not already done so and if you would like to make a change to your givings, please fill out the Changes/ Information Sheet.

The sign-up forms and information sheets are available at the back of the sanctuary and also at the side entrance. Please give this information to Karin Cowan or Bonnie Ramsay or drop the sheets off at the Church Office. Please contact us if you have any questions (705) 746-9612.

St Andrew's Outing

Baseball Game and Shopping

If there is the interest we will order tickets and reserve a bus to go to a Blue Jay Game (June 16th against Philadelphia Phillies) and make a stop at Yorkdale Mall for those wishing to shop. We need to have a good indication of those interested because when tickets are reserved for the game a non-refundable deposit is now required.

The cost will be

• $68.00 for the game
• $50 for shopping
• meals extra.

Please let Karin or Karl know ASAP! Call (705) 746-9612

Only 12 seats left!

Avoid disappointment and book now!

Sunday, March 4th, 2012.

Are you responsible for a report?

All reports must be into the office no later than 10:00 a. m, on Friday, February 10th. Thanks!

Feel free to email them to Karin Cowan

The following are possible reports:

• Missions Committee
• Christian Nurture:
  • Worship/Music
  • Greeters/Ushers
  • Fellowship Events
  • Library
• Discipleship and Outreach Committees:
  • Small Group Ministries
  • Prayer Ministries
  • Electronic Ministries and Communications,
  • Young Families and Youth Ministries
    • Sunday School
    • Nursery
    • CIA
    • Kids Klub
    • TECh.
  • Friendship Suppers
  • Women's Ministries
    • Ladies Fellowship
    • Friendship Tea
    • GNO
  • Men's Ministries (SAM)
• Property
  • Custodial and Maintenance
  • Physical Facilities
  • Kitchens
  • Decorating.

The meeting will commence immediately following a light luncheon in the Fellowship Hall. The congregation are asked to bring sandwiches or squares/cookies for the lunch. The format of the luncheon will be the same as our summer lunches. We do encourage each and everyone of you to stay and participate in this meeting. The Annual Meeting gives us the opportunity to give thanks to God for His blessings in 2011 and to look ahead to what He has planned for us in 2012.

St. Andrew's receives offerings either through regular offering envelopes or PAR (Pre Authorized Remittance). Regardless of your method of giving your tithes and offerings, please be assured we appreciate your continuous support.

We would like to highlight the PAR method of giving. We are very grateful for those of you who are already on this system. With PAR your offering is deducted from your bank account once a month on the 20th (a pre-authorized deduction just like your mortgage, insurance or household bills). PAR helps St. Andrew's cut down on expenses. The cost of 126 boxes of envelopes (our 2012 order) was over $500.00, a sizeable expense. We are required by law to keep offering envelopes for 3 years thus requiring storage space. PAR helps us to cut down on the expense of the envelopes as well as storage.

We ask that you consider this method if you have not already done so.

• If you would like to sign-up for PAR, we require a void cheque and a form filled out.
• If you are already on PAR and wish to change the amount you are donating just complete the change form.

The sign-up forms and information sheets are available

• at the back of the sanctuary
• at the side entrance.

• Please give this information to Karin Cowan or Bonnie Ramsay or drop the sheets off at the Church Office. Please contact us if you have any questions (705) 746-9612.

Save your used stamps! We would be glad to have your used postage stamps, in any quantity from any country. Selling your used stamps helps us with the cost of mailing Bible stories to the children in Africa, India, etc. who ask for them. Just remember to leave 1/4" margin around the stamp. A box is provided at the back of the Sanctuary. Further information, contact Jean Milne @ (705) 746-5578 Thank you!

• Fri. 11
  • 6:00 pm TECh./CIA
• Sat. 12
  • 8:00 am Men’s Prayer Group (St. Peter’s)
• Sun. 13
  • 10:30 am Worship - Rev. Larry Freeman
• Mon. 14
  • 12:00 pm Noon hour A. A. (Library)
  • 6:00 pm Ladies Fellowship Pot-luck
  • 6:30 pm Parry Sound Singers
• Tues. 15
  • 5:30 pm Friendship Supper
  • 7:30 pm A. A.
• Wed. 16
  • 4:00 pm Georgian Jumpers
• Thurs. 17
  • 4:00 pm Georgian Jumpers
  • 6:30 pm Kids Klub
• Fri. 18
  • 6:00 pm TECh./CIA
• Sat. 19
  • 8:00 am Men's Prayer Group (St. Peter's)
  • 8:00 am Messengers Yard Sale (parking lot)
• Sun. 20
  • 10:30 am Worship - Rev. Larry Freeman

"Living 'By Faith'" series

• May 20th - Rev. Larry Freeman
• May 27th - Rev. Samson Javed (Pakistan Bible Correspondence Institute)
• June 3rd - Call Sunday
• June 10th &and 17th - Rev. Larry Freeman
• June 24th - Rev. Fred Stewart, Renewal Fellowship

On Sunday, October 2nd, at a congregational meeting the following people were appointed to comprise the Search Committee for St. Andrews. You can send individual messages simply by clicking on their name.

To send a message click on the appropriate link below:

• Send a message to the Interim Moderator, Rev. George Anderson
• Send a message to the committee executive
• Send a message to the entire committee
• Christine Anderson - Member at large
• Rob Fisher - Missions
• John Hake - Elder and Co-chair
• Lisa Jennings - Member at Large
• Doug MacDonald - Member at large
• Laura Moon - Young families and Co-chair
• Joan Moore - Elder
• Karl Murch - Youth
• John Peters - Elder
• Bonnie Ramsay - Elder and Secretary
• George Ryder - Seniors (NO e-mail)

• The Chair for this committee is John Hake (705) 389-2748.
• The Co-chair is Laura Moon
• The Secretary is Bonnnie Ramsay
• The next full meeting of the Search Committee will be Saturday, December 3 at 10:30 a.m.

If you missed the congregational meeting last week, we received an outline of the process and timing of a call. There are additional copies of this outline at the back of the sanctuary so please feel free to take one.

We ask that you continually keep this committee in your prayers as they begin the search for our next pastor.

In going over the inventory for our Library, we noticed there are a number of books out (for a long time) with the pink cards still in them! When people take books from the Library and do not leave the pink card behind it makes us very difficult to track things.

For example, we're missing the following titles:

• "The Preacher's Daughter" by Beverly Lewis
• "The Englisher" by Beverly Lewis
• "Glorious Appearing" by Tim LaHaye.

We would greatly appreciate it if you have any of these titles or others from our Church Library that you return them as soon as possible. Thanks for your cooperation.

St. Andrew’s participates in the PAR program (Pre Authorized Remittance). If you are interested in having your your weekly tithes and offerings set up through PAR, please contact Karin Cowan or Bonnie Ramsay or call the Church Office (746-9612). By signing up for this program, your offering would be deducted from your bank account once each month on the 20th.

There are openings for the media projector and sound board operators.

Training will be supplied so no experience is necessary!

Students are especially welcome and the ministry will count towards the 40-hour volunteer requirement. Interested parties should see Cam Murch on the Sound Board before or after the worship service or give him a call at (705) 746-2448.

• Have you changed your email address?
• Do we have your email address?
• Do we have your current residential address?

We strive to keep our mailing list up to date. If you are not on our email list, if you've changed your home address, or are new to St. Andrew's we would welcome your email, address and phone number for our records.

Feel free to fill out the back of the bulletin with any changes and placethe sheet on the offering plate or call Karin Cowan in the office @ 746-9612.

Thanks for helping us stay current!

Our Ushers and Greeters ministry is always looking for men, women and youth of all ages who would love to become part of an exciting team at St. Andrew’s. If you enjoy meeting people and would like the opportunity to help out on Sunday mornings, please contact Karin in the Church Office (746-9612). This is a great way to meet new people and extend a warm welcome to all those who come through our doors.

Keith Hamer will soon move into his apartment at “The Friends” on Forest Street,  He is in need of  some lamps - a floor lamp & or end table lamp.  If you have any lamps that are no longer in use & would like to help out with this request, please speak to Karin Cowan or call the Church Office at (705) 746-9612.   Thanks so much!

FYI - a few dates you may wish to reserve!

• November 27th - Czech Boys Choir @ The Stockey Centre
• December 9th - Scott Woods Christmas Show @ St. Andrew's
• December 11th - Parry Sound Singer's Christmas Concert at St. Andrew's
• Community Walking Program Are you looking for a place to walk inside during the bad weather months? Come out and walk with us, have fun, bring a friend and meet new people....
  Beginning on November 7th, 2011, each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.- inside the YMCA Gym, Bring good walking shoes and a bottle of water.
  Free Admission! Further information contact: Cheryl Palmer 746-8501 (see poster on bulletin board).
• A family of 4, parents and two children ages 17 and 20 are in need of a two - three bedroom apartment to rent. They also have two dogs. Should you know of anything that is available, please contact (705) 346-0232

Please note: As in other schedules, if you are not available on your assigned Sunday, please make alternate arrangements  and if possible let Karin know. Thanks!