During our January 16th meeting with them on Zoom, they affirmed the call to Rev. Laurie McKay to come to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Calgary to be our Lead Minister.
This concludes the Presbyterian call process!!  We can officially say Rev. Laurie has accepted the call and will be coming to be our Minister (we anticipate this will happen mid-February).  Thanks be to God!!

Some of us are known more by our nicknames than our real names.  Joseph of Cyprus was a leader of the early church, who was nicknamed and known as “Son of Encouragement.”   We’ll take a closer look at how Joseph's nickname revealed his faith, character, and example for encouraging others.

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In March of 2022 Rev. Peter Coutts ‘hit the ground running’ as our Interim Minister for the first year, and as our Interim Moderator the second year.  As his work with us started, Peter focused on Session Development, Congregational Development, and Congregational Direction.  Daunting?  Just a tad!  But Peter’s approach was ‘one chunk at a time’.  He helped us build on our mission and vision statements in creating a strategic direction for us at this time in our faith journey.  He listened to us, he comforted us, he challenged us.

And perhaps the most important thing that Peter has done for us in the last two years is to care for and about us.  He has worked hard to help us try and meet each other’s needs ~ as a session, as a congregation, as a church family.  Peter has a heart for St. Andrew’s, and we are grateful beyond words for his care and concern, his wisdom and dedication, and his leadership these past 2 years.

We are also grateful, thankful and blessed to know that although Peter will be stepping down from his current ministerial roles, he fully intends to remain a faithful member of St. Andrew’s and contribute to our life together – just in different ways.

The office will be collecting a ‘Monetary Gift’ to present to Peter on his last ‘sermon Sunday’ – February 11, 2024.  If you would like to contribute, please contact the church office or speak with Dolly or Debby.  ~  Debby Dorcas

Worship, Church School and Special Studies/Events: Jan 21 - 28, 2024
PLUS LINKS to our Team/Group Meetings and Monthly Calendar!

On January 14 the Sudanese congregation held their annual Christmas dinner.  Sudanese hospitality is well known and many of their meals are communal.  They extended the invitation to all of St. Andrew’s to join them.   13 hardy souls braved the arctic temperatures to join the feast.  And it was a feast!  The women spent all day Saturday cooking their many delectable dishes.
They left the building around 2 AM!
My deep thanks to the Sudanese congregation who provided for the whole meal and especially to the women who spent so many hours preparing the dishes.  It was a labour of love, and I feel blessed by their faith.  ~ Dolly Forcade

St. Andrew’s has always been a congregation that supports our youth attending LIFT (in the past called CY).  We are hoping to carry on that tradition as some of our youth consider (and prepare) to attend LIFT this summer at Brock University in St. Catharine’s, Ontario in early July.  To this end, we are going to ask for your help in fundraising for this significant event in the lives of our youth.
You can help in two ways:

1.  If you are able to bake cookies that the youth will sell (and they will be participating in bringing cookies as well) for Feb 4, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5 or June 2, please send an email to the office at office@standrewscalgary.ca and let us know how many dozen you will be bringing, and which date you can help with.
2. If you aren’t a baker, be a ‘buyer’.  And we KNOW Presbyterians have a sweet tooth, so the cookies will fly off the tables!!  We’ll remind you closer to the date when you should plan on filling that sweet craving.

Thanks for your assistance - in whatever form it takes!!!
 ~ Debby, on behalf of the Faith Formation Team

All Team/Group leads are asked to submit their 2023 Annual Report by the end of the day, Wednesday, January 24.
Please email them to:  ddorcas@standrewscalgary.ca  with the subject line:   2023 Annual Report – (Name of team/group).
You can contact Debby Dorcas if you have any questions.

Come and hear about The Cross Country Canada Bicycle Tour by Derek Wilkinson.   This is for all people of St Andrew’s.  Adults will be charged $5, but children under the age of 12 will be free.  Please sign up to attend in the Karl English Lounge after Sunday Service.
You can contact Loran McVittie if you have any questions.

Jan 21:  10:00 am
Greeter: Peter Gatdet
Ushers:     Brian Hawko & Opportunity available for one usher
Coffee Host:   Opportunity available - call 403-255-0001
Shepherd:          Loran McVittie   

Jan 28:  10:00 am
Greeters:           Donna Turnbull & Val Hall
Ushers:              Opportunity available - call 403-255-0001
Coffee Host:      Opportunity available - call 403-255-0001
Shepherd:          Darwin Harnack

The EDGE After School Youth Drop In Program  - CLICK HERE
GriefShare - CLICK HERE
Growing Generous Life Brochure - CLICK HERE
St. Andrew's Library Changes- CLICK HERE
St. Andrew's Nursery Information - CLICK HERE
Sunday Morning Bible Study - CLICK HERE
WINS helps us support Ukrainian Neighbours - CLICK HERE
Youth Group Fall Schedule - CLICK HERE

 Click on the links below to see if you might be interested in any of these events:

CLICK HERE to link to Hospice’s ‘Dying to Know’ Series

CLICK HERE for events offered at the FCJ Centre