For Our Children
People of all ages are welcome in our worship services!
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Children’s Church. During the 10am service during the school year, children ages 4-12 are invited to join our Children’s Church program. Children’s Church meets during the first 20 minutes of the 10am service, and children return to their families for Communion. Our Children’s Church program incorporates lessons from Godly Play curriculum as well as our “Faith in Action” series that has students engage with service and outreach ministries of St. Andrew’s.
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Open play spaces. For children who do not attend Children’s Church, we have a play space available on the side of the sanctuary. Additionally, caregivers are welcome to take their smaller children upstairs to our nursery and entertain them with the toys available there. Over the summer, we have pew bags for kids to follow along at their own level with activities connected to the themes for the day.
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Children’s Liturgy. During the first Sunday of every month, children will remain with their families and participate in the Children’s Liturgy during the 10am service.
Our church school operates September to June during the 10am Service. Contact the Church Office for more information.
Upcoming Church School Events
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Church school is on hiatus until the fall
Prayer and Study
Adult Formation is a priority at St. Andrew's. During the past two decades, this has taken the form of adult Bible study, theological and devotional reading groups, and occasional invitations to guest presenters. During the pandemic, one of our lay leaders initiated a small group, Growth in the Spirit, to meet online to read and discuss a reading that facilitate! devotion, prayer, and personal sharing; it is still going strong every Thursday morning. For questions about Prayer & Study, contact Rev Sara.
Centering Prayer Group: Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday evenings (7-8:15pm), this group engages in a 20-minute Centering Prayer and shared Lectio Divinia using the Gospel for the upcoming Sunday.
Growth in the Spirit: Meeting via Zoom on Thursday mornings (9-10am), this group meets to read & discuss a reading that facilitates devotion, prayer, and personal sharing. The current book is Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy-Jill Levine, wrapping up at the end of June.
Sunday Morning Study: Meeting in person in the Rectory (enter at the porch, rather than the church doors) Conference Room at 9am. On summer break, back in September!
St Andrew's Vacation Read
The votes are in, and our summer read has been selected! The winner is Carter Heyward's The Seven Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism: A Call to Action (read more on the author's website at Rev Dr Carter Heyward). Carter Heyward was one of the first women ordained in the Episcopal Church as part of the "Philadelphia 11" in 1974 and has spent her career as a theologian on the forefront of the Spirit's urgent call toward justice and liberation for all people. Readers will be invited to a summer potluck at the end of August to discuss the book, date TBA. Let Rev. Sara know if you will be reading along (sara @standrewspgh.org)!
