Good Tidings St Andrew's United Methodist Church Pastor Appreciation Month October is Pastor Appreciation Month and we ate honoring Pastor John. He is tetiting in June, and so it is fitting to look back on his many yeats in ministry When were you ordained? | was otdained asa Deacon in 1985 in the West Ohio Annei- al Conference at Lakeside Conference Center. What churches have you pastored? I served Oakley United Methodist Church, in Cincinnati Ohio while attending United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, 1981-1985. Upon gtaduation and being ordained as a Deacon, | setved Celina-ME, Zion and Mercer United Methodist churches in Ce~ lina, Ohio, 1985-1987. then left the West Ohio Annual Conference and moved back to Pennsylvania and the Eastern PA Conference where 1 served Clark's Grove UMC in Paxinos for 9 years, 1988-1997. While serving as pastor of Clark's Grove | had the opportunity to be Director of the Shamokin Area Ministerium which con- sisted of ten UM chutches in the Shamokin and Elysbutg area. | was also the Chaplain for the Elysbutg Fite Company. Then | was appointed to Langhorne UMC whete | served for 20 yeats. | was Chaplain for the Langhorne Fite Company fora couple of years, 1997-2017. Here | am at St. Andrew's, my last appointment, 2017- 2021 What was your mast memorable blessing fom exch church? The blessings in all of the appointments has been my fami- Continued on page 2 October 2020 Harvest Home Harvest Home will be Sunday, Novernber 22nd, Please bring in non-perishable food items to donate. Thete ate many straggling right now. We will have bins cout November fst un- til the 22nd. Looking forward . . . October Fri30th 7 pm Charge Conference November Sun fst All Saints Sunday Sun tet Youth Group Fri 6th — Blood Drive Sun 8th Veterans Sunday. Sun 22nd Hatvest Home Sat 28th Decorating for Christmas Sun 29th First Sunday of Advent December Thurs 24th Christmas Eve services, 4,7 & 9 pmWITH A BOUNTIFUL HARV ES EVEN THE HARD PATHWAYS OW WITH ABUNDANCE Preschool The St. Andrew's Preschool has openings for 3-year- olds and 4-year-olds, Please email Karen Shannon, direc tor, for more information, Shannon. Karen@gmail com The Food Cupboard The food cuphoard at Lehman United Methodist Church is very appreciative of the donations received from St. Andrew's. Non-perishable items may he dropped of in the whitecbinet to your tightas you enter Zion Hall Thankyou! Pastor Appreciation Month Continued from page 1 ly telationship with the people. Because we lived so far aay from our families and were a young growing family ourselves, we wete blessed with surrogate family members. People supported me with patience, friendship and love as a young pastor/preacher/seminary student/bushand and fa- ther, There were many times | was encouraged when times wete stressful What has heen your special gift to each congregation! I would hope | passed along aspects of the love | learned from my family and fliends and of coutse my own journey in the Love of God in Jesus and the Holy Spirit, ‘Thank you Pastor John for all you do! Bible Study: The Book of Acts Please join us as we are studying the Book of Acts with Pastor John on Tuesdays. The class is offered at 9 am and 7 pm on Zoom. You can join any time. Everyone is welcome. If you need the Zoom link, please email Colleen in the office at office@standrewsworship.org. Flowers We ate now back in-person in the sanctuaty on Sunday mornings, and soon will he hack in-petson inside for the contemporary sevice. If you would like to dedicate flowers for a Sunday morning, please contact Carolyn Alvaro. You can call her at 215-672-9674 ot emall carolynca@verizon.net. Please spacify who the dedication Is for, your colors) preference, and which service: traditional or contemporary. St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Pastor John Lutz 999 York Road, Warminster PA 18974 215-675-3748 wwavstandtenmvorship.org Email: office®standtewsworship.org Toadd something fo the newsletter please email bemutph@gmail.comThe Mission Committee has put a Christmas tree in the Narthex for the Shoebox program. Please retum filled boxes by Sun., Nov Learn to Lead More Like Christ Emotional Intelligence and Diversity training October 31 & November 7, 2020 Attend just two, 3-hour, aftemoon sessions on Zoom Want to improve your communication, teamwork and confict management skils? Want to create a more welcoming, inclusive environment in your church and community? Then, understanding and using Emotional Intelligence (EQ) can help. Emotional inteligence is innate to everyone, and itis important for every church. In fact, t's a must-earn for church leaders who want to lead more lke Christ and abide in Crist This training provides insights into biblical precepts and Je- sus’ approach to managing conflict and creating believers. It helps us understand bias, ambiguity and empathy, and to withstand the sins of prejudice and injustice, as well as fear, anger and Violence ‘Our expert EQ & Diversity trainers are the Revs. David Piltz and ‘Anita Powel of the Eastem PA Conference Commission on Rel gion & Race (CORR). 0.6CEUs granted upon request This dual-session, 6-hour video-conferencing workshop on Zoom is scheduled for two Saturday aftemoons: October 31 and November 7, each from 12:30 to 3:20 PM (lust 3 hours each day) Learn more from What Does Emotional Inteligence Have to do With Diversity? [hites vw eid I 6 Sponsored by the Commission on Religion & Race (CORR), Eastern PA Conference, The United Mathadkst Church 22nd to the Christmas tree area. St. Andrew's will be offering 3 services on Christmas Eve this year oo 4 4 pm Traditional 7 pm Contemporary 9 pm Traditional Seating is limited, and you will need to sign up on Sign Up Genias. tf these thiee setvices fll up, another service will be added eatlier in the afternoon so everyone has the opportunity to join together in worship Christmas is coming soon with advent only a month anay. We will be offering poinsettias to purchase for decorating the sanctuary and Zion hall. Thete will be information coming in the bulletins, or you can contact Carolyn Alvaro, call 215-672-9674 or email carolynca@verizon.netReport from the Finance Committee Congratulations are due to the St. Andiew's Congtega~ tion! In spite of the difficulties created by the Covid Virus, Andrew’s Envelope Giving was almost 100% of the budget ed target at the end of September. Ifthis continues to the end of the year we could end up in with a small hudget sur- plus at the end of the year. A lot of ctedit goes to out Ga members that made sure that their ee Grate contributions got to the chutch eC hayeyas cach week even though they per Feo Or orally could not. Another ir portant source of income this yeat was utility compensation from the = Preschool and other outside groups using church Relities. As expected our overall in- come was well below budget because we were not able to hold our annual Country Fair and other fund raisers. For- tunately, we were also able to keep our expenses well under budget as well. A little extia giving during Advent would be very helpful More Good News We wete very fortunate this year to have received a PPP Loan fiom Quaint Oak Bank in Southampton for about $47,000. This was part of the government CARES program providing salary telief during an eight-week petiod in May and June. Within a few weeks we expect that this loan will he converted toa giant with no intetest ot repayment te- quited, This should be very helpful nest year should the virus continue to impact church events well into 2021. Report of Annual Conference We met as an Annual Conference by Zoom. All resolutions pased: money bills and budget, faking care of our retited and disabled clergy, and praying for new and continued appointments. P) will continue for one more year. We saw videos of what is happening around the con- ference. Diversity is us. We ate doing good. We did not have the usual offerings, but you can give to St. Andrew's, who will pass it on: SCH--EPA Scholatships; YYA--Youth and Young Adult Ministries; CAMP--Camp and Retreat Ministries. Yes, we gave permission for the possibility of some acteage to he sold from Camp Innahah. Three churches were allowed to die; one to leave, if they finally Polly Riddle, Lay Delegate decideto do so. Youth Group Reaching out to all St. Andrew's Youth 7*"-12"* grades. Let's pores together on Sunday, November 1° at S'oclock for Pizza, some fun and conversation. Bring your lawn chairs and we'll meet outside by the basketball pole (unless nature changes our minds). p.s. RSVP to of fice@standrewsworship.org 30 wé can wisely order the pizzal PI Virtual Services Recordings of Sunday's Worship services are emailed as well as posted to the St. Andrew's website page standrewsworship.org (top lef under “This Sunday” on the site) Sign Up Genius Sign Up Genius invitations to services are being emailed each week for the following Sunday. IF you are not receiving the emails and would like to, please contact the office: oftice@standrewsworship.org