Sermon For Sunday March 10th, 2024

This is Part 4 of our series for the season of Lent, “Travelling With the King.” We are journeying with Jesus on the road to Jerusalem in chapters 9 and 10 of the Gospel of Mark. This week’s message picks up in Mark 10:17-31 where Jesus lovingly challenges a wealthy person to give away all their possessions to the poor before following him. We consider what this story has to teach us about letting go and trusting God ourselves.

Sermon For Sunday March 3rd, 2024

This is Part 3 of our series for the season of Lent, “Travelling With the King.” We are journeying with Jesus on the road to Jerusalem in chapters 9 and 10 of the Gospel of Mark. This week’s message picks up in Mark 10:1-16 where Jesus speaks about how his followers should approach marriage and respond to children. Jesus presents us with an ideal and goal to pursue, even as he reminds us that God shows compassion for human limitations and weakness.

St. Andrew’s Spring Textile Drive

Spring Textile Drive – Saturday, April 20th, 2024, from 9 am to 12 Noon. 

The Mission team will be holding the Spring Textile Drive, on April 20th here at St. Andrew’s.  Acceptable donations include clothes, towels, curtains, linens, bedding (NO PILLOWS) socks, underwear, shoes, purses, belts.
All donations are picked 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.

Sermon For Sunday February 25th, 2024

This is Part 2 of our new Lent series, “Travelling With the King.” We’ll be journeying with Jesus on the road to Jerusalem in chapters 9 and 10 of the Gospel of Mark. This week’s message picks up in Mark9:30-50 where we find Jesus offer some very practical teaching on how to follow his example of humility and service.

Sermon For Sunday February 18th, 2024

With the start of the season of Lent we begin a new worship series called “Travelling With the King.” We’ll be journeying with Jesus on the road to Jerusalem in chapters 9 and 10 of the Gospel of Mark. This week’s message picks up right after the story of the Transfiguration. We follow Jesus down the mountain and into the challenges waiting for him (and us) in Mark 9:9-29.

Sermon For Sunday February 11th, 2024

We come to the final message in our series “Taking the Plunge.” This week we conclude with a short reflection on the story of the Transfiguration in Mark 8:27-9:8. This reflection leads into the congregational discernment exercise that was a part of our service on February 11. For more information on how you can contribute to this discernment exercise please refer to the weekly email Newsletter from St. Andrew’s or email the church office: standrewsancaster@gmail.com

Sermon For Sunday February 4th, 2024

We come to part 5 in our ongoing series called “Taking the Plunge.” We are exploring the first part of the Gospel of Mark in the lead up to Lent. This week we are working through Mark 8:1-26. We’ll be exploring what it means to trust that God can and will work in lives and provide what we need.

Sermon For Sunday January 28th, 2024

We continue our ongoing series called “Taking the Plunge.” We are exploring the first part of the Gospel of Mark in the lead up to Lent. This week we are working through the series of stories that run from Mark 5:21-6:6. We’ll be exploring the nature of faith in the Gospels and the role it plays in opening the door to God’s work in the world.

Sermon For Sunday January 21st 2024

We continue our ongoing series called “Taking the Plunge.” Between now and the start of Lent we’ll be exploring the first part of the Gospel of Mark. This week we look at the series of connected stories in Mark 2 and reflect on the effect Jesus’ ministry has in the places where he stays.

Sermon For Sunday January 14th, 2024

We continue our new series called “Taking the Plunge.” Between now and the start of Lent (February 14) we’ll be exploring the first part of the Gospel of Mark. This week we look at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Mark 1:16-28 and reflect on the relationship between waiting, preparation and action.