As winter wanes and the grey skies begin to lighten, add some more colour to your life with our art guild. Art for the Heart is offering a six-week series, Mosaic Montage. The spring series includes colour theory and explores how to make the most of alcohol-based inks, such as Sharpie markers. The classes take […]
Like all well-known stories, the one in which Jesus calls Simon, Andrew, James and John as His first disciples is easy to take for granted as we look at the time and place as being so far removed from us. They were fishermen – an unpretentious but respectable job – in Galilee and they’d had […]
This week’s theme seems to be how God uses each of us to do great things. For example, the Betty White Challenge helped an array of animal rescue agencies, in Barrie and beyond. Many people gave a little and together, their funds will do a lot. One such agency is Furry Friends Animal Shelter in […]
It seems too many people who’ve had an impact in our world have left it: Betty White, Sidney Poitier, Desmond Tutu – to name just three. Let’s use Betty White as an example. Tomorrow, Jan. 17, would have been her 100th birthday. There’s a movement on social media — the Betty White Challenge — which […]
Doesn’t it seem that $20 doesn’t go very far in the grocery store these days? All too often, a trip to the grocery store is $35 or $50. Whether it’s supply chain issues, poor harvests, the cost of transport – the cause of the rising cost really isn’t the issue. The issue is food is […]
God with us. That’s the miracle of Christmas – but now that the gifts have been opened, what do we do? We walk and work alongside God. That we are not alone is incredibly encouraging. We begin our work by acknowledging we are working with God and relying on God’s grace and sustaining power. As […]
A little thing – a granola bar, a little box of cereal, a box of macaroni and cheese – those small everyday items can make a big difference. St. Andrew’s is helping stock a Little Pantry – a place where people can access food close to home, when they need it. With the help of […]
What can you do with paper and glue? That’s what our art guild, Art for the Heart, explored this fall. The group of creative explorers met via Zoom. Their brainstorming and their exploration of what they could create, say and give each other created a virtuous circle that inspired participants to not just try […]
This third Sunday in Advent was special for us at St. Andrew’s: It was our annual Mitten Tree Sunday. It’s a time to think of others and have fun sharing – and throwing the mittens, scarves and hats at our tree as O Christmas Tree (among other pieces) is played on the piano reminds us […]
Sunday – this Sunday, Dec. 12 – is Mitten Tree Sunday. At St. Andrew’s, that’s cause for excitement. We have fun throwing mittens, hats, scarves and socks onto our bare Christmas tree in the sanctuary. It’s over-the-top fun and a fabulous way to warm up someone’s life. What we collect is shared among agencies that […]