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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday November 2, 2025
Message: Mothers of the Messiah (Part 6 of 7) – Better Than Expected
Preacher: Rev. John Read

We continue our series on the women in Jesus’ family tree with one final week in the Book of Ruth. The conclusion of the story of Ruth, Naomi and Boaz brings an outcome better than anyone could have expected from the tragedy that began the story. This causes us to reflect on how God is more gracious and generous than we expect and how God brings blessing when people respond to his extravagant grace by also going above and beyond what’s expected.

To learn more about the Book of Ruth go to the Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com/videos/ruth/

Scriptures — Ruth 4:1-17 and Matthew 5:17-20

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday October 26, 2025
Message: Mothers of the Messiah (Part 5 of 7) – Choosing Redemption
Preacher: Rev. John Read

Today we move into chapter 3 of the Book of Ruth as we continue our series on the women in Jesus’ family tree. This brings us to the critical issue in the story – how can Ruth and Naomi secure their future of as family and restore the ownership of their land? To get there we’ll be exploring what the Bible means when it talks about ‘Redemption’ and what it means for someone to be a ‘Redeemer.’

To learn more about the Book of Ruth go to the Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com/videos/ruth/

Scriptures — Ruth 3:1-18 and Mark 10:42-45

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday October 19, 2025
Message: Mothers of the Messiah (Part 4 of 7) – Visible Good
Preacher: Rev. John Read

This week we continue our new series on the women in Jesus’ family tree who are highlighted in Matthew 1:1-6 — Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Naomi and Bathsheba. We are looking at how people who seem powerless can get through dangerous times and become an essential part of God’s good purpose.

Today we continue the story of the Book of Ruth…

To learn more about the Book of Ruth go to the Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com/videos/ruth/

Scriptures — Ruth 2:1-23 and Luke 6:32-36

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Thanksgiving Sunday October 12, 2025

Message: Mothers of the Messiah (Part 3 of 7) – Loyal Love
Preacher: Rev. John Read

This week we continue our new series on the women in Jesus’ family tree who are highlighted in Matthew 1:1-6 — Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Naomi and Bathsheba. We are looking at how people who seem powerless can get through dangerous times and become an essential part of God’s good purpose.

Today we turn to the story of the Book of Ruth – which includes both Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi. We’ll spend a week on each of the 4 chapters of this beautiful little book. Ruth Chapter 1 sets up the tragedy and hardship experienced by Naomi and her family, and the way that God’s loyal love to this Israelite woman is embodied by Ruth — a foreigner from a country that has a difficult history with the Israelites.

To learn more about the Book of Ruth go to the Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com/videos/ruth/

Scriptures — Ruth 1:1-22; Mark 12:28-31

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday October 5, 2025

Message: Mothers of the Messiah (Part 2 of 7) – Radical Trust
Preacher: Rev. John Read

This week we continue our new series on the women in Jesus’ family tree who are highlighted in Matthew 1:1-6 — Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Naomi and Bathsheba. We’ll be looking at how people who seem powerless can get through dangerous times and become an essential part of God’s good purpose.

Today we turn to the story of Rahab in the book of Joshua (Chapters 2 and 6). This is a story that involves radical trust — both on Rahab’s part and on the part of the Israelite spies she rescues. We’ll be reflecting on the way that trust and being trustworthy opens the door to new life and new possibilities.

Scriptures — Joshua 2:1-24; Matthew 21:28-32

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday September 28, 2025

Message: Mothers of the Messiah (Part 1) – Recognizing What’s Right
Preacher: Rev. John Read

This week we start a brand new series on the women in Jesus’ family tree who are highlighted by the Gospel of Matthew. For the next seven weeks we’ll be spending time with Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Naomi and Bathsheba. We’ll be looking at how people who seem powerless can get through dangerous times and become an essential part of God’s good purpose.

Today we start with a really messy story in Genesis Chapter 38, one that has a lot to say about what’s right, who’s in the right, and the importance of acknowledging when we’ve been in the wrong.

Scriptures — Matthew 1:1-6, 17 & Genesis 38:1-30

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday September 14, 2025

Message: Table Talk (Part 2 of 2)
Preacher: Rev. John Read

This is the second of a two-part series on chapter 14 of Luke’s Gospel, where we join Jesus at a dinner party. This week we hear two connected parables: one about things that get in the way of accepting God’s invitation; and the second about the cost of being Jesus’ disciple. The scripture for today is Luke 14:15-35.

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday September 7, 2025

Message: Table Talk (Part 1 of 2)
Preacher: Rev. John Read

This is the first of a two-part series on chapter 14 of Luke’s Gospel, where we join Jesus at a dinner party. This week we look at what Jesus teaches about being humble and intentionally welcoming and spending time with people who are humble. The scripture for today is Luke 14:1-14.

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The Mission Team will be holding the Fall Textile Drive on Sat. October 18th, 2025, 9am-12noon, here at St. Andrew’s.  Acceptable donations include clothes, towels, curtains, linens, bedding (NO PILLOWS) socks, underwear, shoes, purses, belts. Please Note: All donations must be placed in garbage bags. Please no cardboard boxes or bins. All donations are picked up by Canadian Recycling Ltd. The clothing that is usable is sent to Clothing for Charity who distributes it to women’s shelters and burn units.  What is not usable is made into rags. Thank you for your continued support of this worthwhile and environmental initiative.

Summer Psalms – Merciful And Gracious

Rev. John Read is back from bereavement leave and we are concluding our summer series on the Psalms. This week we’ll be looking at how the Psalms invite us to meditate on God’s character.

Our scripture today is Psalm 103. We got the livestream up and working today after some initial technical difficulties with the sound (which is why the recording starts about 5-10 minutes in). That means we should be ready for weekly scheduled livestreaming starting next Sunday, September 7!

Preacher: Rev. John Read

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