Category Archives: Community

09 Feb
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Art for the Heart full of colour

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 ...

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06 Feb
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Life-changing grace abounds for you and me

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. ...

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20 Jan
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Given a new life. Take comfort in it.

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, ...

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16 Jan
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Lighting up your corner of our world

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 ...

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12 Jan
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Shop to care and share

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 – ...

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30 Dec
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The work of Christmas begins

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 ...

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23 Dec
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Joining in feeding others

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 ...

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16 Dec
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Art for the Heart inspires

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 ...

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12 Dec
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Sharing the warmth, experiencing the joy

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 ...

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08 Dec
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Get ready to share – and have some fun!

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 ...

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