June 7, 2020 PRAYER LIST

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayers.

Mary Alice Golden, Bill Golden’s mother, has COVID19. She lives in CO.Alan Josephson’s daughter, Alena, her fiancé and newborn son, Hayden. Kay Reinhold Meghan Petrofksy’s father, George GerminderJeannie and Frank WeaverLorina Scheffler, Sharon Roger’s sister Wendy Cloutier, Dave and Mary Wharton’s daughter Bonnie MacGregor, Otto Szorenyl, friends of Bob and Lori Winter Bonnie and Gene Haskins Ed and Cookie Jackfert, Janice and Jody JackfertLinda McDonnell Eliza Meyer Joe, Laurie Palmer's friend The Smith family Bobby O'Neal, Diane Wheeler's father Ken and Kay Spence, neighbors of Tim and Kay Reinhold Tom Stoffel, Hank and Deb Belusa's brother-in-law, healing after a heart transplant Greg Scott and Marcello Tulipano Joan Wilson, Nancy Scott's aunt

Presbytery of Tampa Bay: Patrice Hatley, Presbyter (Coach and Coordinator); Bill Wildhack, Stated Clerk; Libby Shannon, Associate for Emerging Ministries

Let’s pray for each other using our membership/visitor roll:Sunday: Frank and Jeannie WeaverMonday: Dave and Mary WhartonTuesday: Ethan Schmitz, Dave and Mary’s grandson Wednesday: Larry and Diane WheelerThursday: Bob and Lori WinterFriday: Doug Winter and Danielle McGill

Sunday, June 7, 2020Jesus Christ is the Light of the whole cosmos, seen and unseen; darkness will never comprehend the light. Pray for those who live in darkness: with hatred, injustice, cruelty, and -ism. God have mercy on us in these days.

ANNOUNCEMENTSPresbyterian Church (USA) resources on racism:

Text of the Belhar Confession which will be presented in worship. https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/theologyandworship/pdfs/belhar.pdf

Statement from the Stated Clerk PCUSA, J. Herbert Nelson: https://www.pcusa.org/news/2020/5/29/stated-clerk-remembers-recent-victims-racial-viole/

Resources:https://www.presbyterianmission.org/wp-content/uploads/worship-resources.pdf

Book suggestions: Waking Up White by Debby Irving; Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates; White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

Letter by the pastors of First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta to the congregation https://firstpresatl.org/pastoral-letter-pentecost-2020/

Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jailhttps://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

Gene Haskins, and Ed and Cookie Jackfert, Discovery Village:17470 Brookside Trace Ct, Tampa, 33647

Church CalendarTuesday, June 9, Prayer Ministry, 7:00 PM. All are welcome. Wednesday, June 10, Bible discussion, 11:00 AM. All are welcome. Wednesday, June 10, 1:00 PM, Session sub-committee working on guidelines for opening the church when the time comes

Prayer ListIf you need someone added to the Prayer List, or removed from it, please let Laurie know at laurie_palmer@ymail.com.

General AssemblyAs you know, I am a commissioner to the General Assembly meeting this month. We were to gather in Baltimore but now we’ll meet remotely. Just a couple of things:

1. Pray for those who are working to make this meeting work effectively as we gather from across the nation on-line rather than in person. My heart goes out to them.

2. Between now and June 27, I will be in several on-line trainings and meetings. We were to meet the week of June 20-27, and to that end while I’ll be here, I won’t be here. I’ll be in front of a screen a whole lot! Thanks for your forbearance. Laurie Palmer

Children’s Art AuctionTo benefit the Food Pantry at Beth-El Farmworkers Ministry: Sunday, June 28, right as we end worship. Stay for some fun that day, and let’s do some good!

You are always invited to join us as your church home. We are glad you are here with us. St. Andrew is a congregation of people who care, who worship, who pray, who sing, who serve, who learn. Join us on our spiritual journey! Ask any Ruling Elder or Laurie Palmer how to join.

We Worship GodCall to Worship by the Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator, 218th General Assembly (2008) and Pastor, FPC, Palo Alto, CA. Bruce has been a helper in the age of Zoom and live-streaming since our church buildings closed. The Church never closed.

We never closed.We have shifted; We have adapted; We have changedWe have struggled; We have had technical difficultiesWe have extended graceWe never closed.We have laughed; We have wept; We have wonderedWe have celebrated; We have grieved; We have yearnedWe never closed.We have lost connections to someWe have found new relationships with othersWe have lived the fullness of the Table of GodWe never closed.We have worshipped in new ways togetherPraying together, Confessing together, Hearing togetherSinging out of sync “together”Being sent into the world to serve togetherWe never closed.Someday we will gather again; Someday we will hug againSomeday we will fully rejoice in this expanding Body of Christ that God is revealing before usBut that day has not yet come.So, for now, we will continue being the gathered churchCalled together, Praying together, Exploring the Word togetherSeeking justice together, Serving togetherWe are the church. We are the Body of Christ. We never closed.

Music, Julia Tretyakova “Holy, Holy, Holy”

Sharing Faith with Young Disciples

The Belhar ConfessionThe Presbyterian Church USA adopted it as a Confession in 2016, and this video was produced then. The text is available under the racism resources in the announcements.

Lord, in Your mercy, make us servants of Your reconciliation. Amen.

Music John Michael Talbot, Jesus, Healer of My SoulHealer of my soulHeal me at even/Heal me at morning/Heal me at noon/Healer of my soul

Call to Offering Rev. Dr. Heather HartsellWe give of our tithes and offerings and the gifts of our service in response to God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Thank you for your faithful gifts and service in a season of such magnitude and importance in the life of the church and nation. Let us pray.

We never closed.We have shifted; We have adapted; We have changedWe have struggled; We have had technical difficultiesWe have extended graceWe never closed.We have laughed; We have wept; We have wonderedWe have celebrated; We have grieved; We have yearnedWe never closed.We have lost connections to someWe have found new relationships with othersWe have lived the fullness of the Table of GodWe never closed.We have worshipped in new ways togetherPraying together, Confessing together, Hearing togetherSinging out of sync “together”Being sent into the world to serve togetherWe never closed.Someday we will gather again; Someday we will hug againSomeday we will fully rejoice in this expanding Body of Christ that God is revealing before usBut that day has not yet come.So, for now, we will continue being the gathered churchCalled together, Praying together, Exploring the Word togetherSeeking justice together, Serving togetherWe are the church. We are the Body of Christ. We never closed.

Music, Julia Tretyakova “Holy, Holy, Holy”

Sharing Faith with Young Disciples

The Belhar ConfessionThe Presbyterian Church USA adopted it as a Confession in 2016, and this video was produced then. The text is available under the racism resources in the announcements.

Lord, in Your mercy, make us servants of Your reconciliation. Amen.

Music John Michael Talbot, Jesus, Healer of My SoulHealer of my soulHeal me at even/Heal me at morning/Heal me at noon/Healer of my soul

Call to Offering Rev. Dr. Heather HartsellWe give of our tithes and offerings and the gifts of our service in response to God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Thank you for your faithful gifts and service in a season of such magnitude and importance in the life of the church and nation. Let us pray.