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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday November 23, 2025

Message: King Of Another Kind
Guest Preacher: Rev. Matthew Lingard

We welcome back our guest preacher, Rev. Matthew Lingard. Rev. Lingard lives in Waterdown with his wife Lisa and two daughters. Currently, Matthew is training to become a volunteer firefighter and working towards a ministry in fire chaplaincy. In the meantime, he is an occasional secondary school teacher for the Grand Erie School Board and an itinerant preacher in the Hamilton Presbytery.

Scriptures — Isaiah 9:6-7; 11:3-5 & John 18:36-37

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday November 16, 2025
Message: Welcome Robbers?
Guest Preacher: Dr. Francis Pang

We welcome back our guest preacher, Dr. Francis Pang. Francis is a professor at McMaster Divinity College. He and his wife Irene and their two kids belong to an Anglican church community in Waterdown. You will recognize Francis from past preaching appearances and when he and Irene have been seasonal members of the St. Andrew’s choir.

Scriptures –Jeremiah 7:1-11; Matthew 21:12-17

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St. Andrew’s Worship for Sunday November 2, 2025
Message: Mothers of the Messiah (Part 7 of 7) – One We Can Trust
Preacher: Rev. John Read

We will be concluding our series on the women in Jesus’ family tree with an exploration of the story of Bathsheba. You can find an excellent overview of 1&2 Samuel, along with other resources, at Bible Project: https://bibleproject.com/guides/books…

Scriptures — 2 Samuel 11:1-17, 26-27 and John 18:33-40

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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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