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Lenten Mentoring Week 4 – Wednesday, March 15
Lenten Mentor Talk Sheet #4 Week 4 of Lent Notes: Wednesday Lent Services are scheduled to take place at noon and 6:30pm in the Sanctuary. The service will also be live streamed and recorded for your convenience. Join us for some incredible music from Sara Renner, Tonia Hughes Kendrick, Billy Steele, and amazing guests at the remainder of the Wednesday night services. The Lenten Mentor Talksheet is linked to the button above and printed copies will be available tomorrow in the Sanctuary. If you haven't registered your mentor pair yet click the button below. Paper copies of the Lenten [...]
Bega Kwa Bega – Kipanga Parish, Tanzania
At St. Andrew's Annual Meeting in November 2022, we announced that St. Andrew's has voted to move forward with our Lutheran partners in Tanzania. We are officially partnering with the people of the Kipanga Parish, our new congregational partner in Iringa, Tanzania. We will walk shoulder to shoulder ("Bega Kwa Bega" in Swahili) together. Bega Kwa Bega is the name of the St. Paul Area Synod's companion synod program with the Iringa Diocese in Tanzania. This partnership commits us to three things: Prayer – SALC and the people of the Kipanga Parish promise to prayer for one another, as [...]
Vision Slovakia
Help Build a Lasting Center for Christian Education Since opening in 1998, the Center for Christian Education (CCE) has grown from a small weekend Bible school into a preschool through high school, including a higher education program and outreach facility. We are gradually transitioning towards self-sufficiency, from being 100% dependent on foreign aid two decades ago, to 15% now. Visit their website: www.cce.sk The people of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church have a warm relationship with the people of Martin, Slovakia. St. Andrew’s first became involved in Martin by helping build a church in nearby Prievidza that was dedicated in 1995. [...]
Caring for Creation Sunday – April 16, 2023
With Guest Preacher Kathryn Tiede, interactive displays for adults and kids in the Gathering Space and Youth & Sports Center.
Lenten Mentoring Week 3 – Wednesday, March 8
Lenten Mentor Talk Sheet #3 Week 3 of Lent Notes: Wednesday Lent Services are scheduled to take place at noon and 6:30pm in the Sanctuary. The service will also be live streamed and recorded for your convenience. Join us for some incredible music from Sara Renner, Tonia Hughes Kendrick, Billy Steele, and amazing guests at the remainder of the Wednesday night services. The Lenten Mentor Talksheet is linked to the button above and printed copies will be available tomorrow in the Sanctuary. If you haven't registered your mentor pair yet click the button below. Paper copies of the Lenten Mentor Covenant [...]
Foundation – Ways to Give
In partnership with The Foundation of St. Andrew’s, give while you’re living and see your gifts at work and/or leave a legacy that will give into perpetuity. Some ways to leave a legacy through The Foundation of St. Andrew’s: Make a one-time or recurring gift to one of The Foundation’s endowed funds or as an undesignated donation Donate stocks, bonds, or other appreciated assets which can provide significant tax value to you while funding your missional interests If you’re age 70 1/2 or older, make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) to The Foundation as part or all of your annual Required Minimum Distribution. [...]
Contact the Foundation of St. Andrew’s
Christa Getchell, Executive Director The Foundation of St. Andrew's 900 Stillwater Road Mahtomedi, MN 55115 cgetchell@saintandrews.org 651.762.9102
Foundation – What We Fund
Foundation Funds and Focus Areas: NEW FUNDS (2022) Jan Gilbertson Music Ministry - In honor of Jan Gilbertson, who retired from St. Andrew's in 2022after more than 30 years as Music Director Mighty Organ Fund - A generous donor with a lifelong passion for playing and teaching the organ established the Mighty Organ Endowed Fund to help maintain it and ensure that we will enjoy it for years to come! Vision Slovakia - In honor of the Center for Christian Education (CCE) in Slovakia, and to celebrate its 25th anniversary, Paul and Mary Ellen Berg established a new endowed [...]
Foundation – Documents, Tools & Resources
Foundation Letter of Intent Mission Jamaica <$10,000 Donor Gift Agreement Mission Jamaica $10,000+ Donor Gift Agreement Estate Planning Workbook Foundation Brochure Celebration of Life event 2021- Health, estate and memorial options Click here for video
Foundation – Board Members
Foundation of St. Andrew's Board Members: Christa Getchell, Executive Director, 651.762.9102, cgetchell@saintandrews.org Keith Beckman Bob Cedergren Tom Dosland Chris Glasoe Bruce Langager Cathy Longtin Warren Luckner Raymond Marshall Mark McCormick Chris Ortega Barbara Pagel Tim Torgerson Ex-officio voting members: Pr. Michael Carlson, Lead Pastor Christa Getchell, Executive Director Sharon Pfeiffer, Church Council Liaison Ex-officio non-voting members: Ronda Sowada