Tomorrow (Wed)! A Loving Spoonful caters a hot meal for up to 80 folks in our Friendship Room. Doors open at 12:45, lunch is served at 1pm.
$2
All are warmly welcome.
This Sunday, join us for an extra holiday Jazz Vespers with Jazz Connexion!
Sun. Nov. 23, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Led by conductor Christian Morrison, this North Van big band's 17 members have a passion for keeping the sound of big band alive and bringing the gift of music to our community. They will delight with a mix of tunes from spiritual to swing standards, fiery Latin and Christmas favourites.
Admission by donation. All are welcome!
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đź“· Christian Morrison (from a previous concert at St. A's).
Today (Nov 15): monthly Community Dinner! 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Free, and all are welcome. 🙂
Tomorrow (Nov 16): Contemplative Taizé Service! 4:00 - 5:00 pm. Please enter and leave in silence.
On Dec 6 from 2:30 - 5pm, we're hosting a Fair Trade Christmas Craft Fair run by Kat Harris. Find beautiful handmade items from Bethlehem, Hebron and Nablus such as wood carvings, hand blown glass, hand-painted ceramics, and nativity sets/creches. All proceeds go to support the artists in the occupied West Bank. (Look for an article about this in our Nov/Dec newsletter, coming Nov 28).
If you can volunteer that day to help Kat set up, take down, and offer hospitality to fairgoers, please contact Rev. Judith at minister@st-andrews-united.ca.
This Saturday, join us for the monthly Community Dinner co-sponsored by nvancommunitydinner@gmail.com and St. Andrew's United Church. You are invited for tea & coffee, a home cooked main course, dessert, and conversation with others in the community!
Questions? Contact: nvancommunitydinner@gmail.com
Sat, Nov 15
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Free!
Sun. Nov. 16
4:00 - 5:00 pm
This Sunday, join us for our November Taizé Service: a contemplative, candle-lit service with beautiful music, Taizé songs, silences, and prayer.
All are welcome! Please enter and leave the Sanctuary in silence.
Today! Join us for our weekly free Community Lunch. Doors open at 11:30, lunch is served at noon. While here, you can also grab some bread through our Bread Ministry.
#DYK, we're hosting 2 Vespers this month!
Sun, Nov 23: a special Jazz Vespers with North Vancouver big band, Jazz Connexion! Led by conductor Christian Morrison, Jazz Connexion’s 17 members have a passion for keeping the sound of big band alive and bringing the gift of music to our community. They will delight with a mix of tunes from spiritual to swing standards, fiery Latin and Christmas favourites.
Sun, Nov 30: our Vespers guest is Mimosa: a French/English jazz quintet based in Vancouver. They draw on jazz, Brazilian samba, French 60s pop and Cabaret music to create their own unique sound.
Both Vespers run from 4:00 - 5:00pm, and are by donation.
The church is closed today for Remembrance Day.
If a weather emergency is called, the shelter in our Friendship Room will run overnight. You can call the Lookout Society to find out if the shelter will be open: 604.255.0340.
#FYI: Upcoming Congregational Meeting!
Sun, Nov 30 at 11:00 am.
This meeting will do a few things:
1. approve a Search Team from St. Andrew’s congregation to vet applications for a new full-time Associate Minister position and to recommend a formal call.
2. approve the job description and St. Andrew’s Congregational Living Faith Story. These will be in the Nov./Dec. edition of the St. Andrew's newsletter, distributed by email on Fri. Nov. 28 & posted on our website.
United Church people across the country join together to share what we can with people and places in need through a unified fund called Mission & Service. Your gifts to M&S transform and save lives, inspire people to live with meaning and purpose, and help build a better world.
#DYK you can designate a portion of your weekly church offering to M&S? If you do so during Nov and Dec, we can meet or even surpass our 2025 commitment to M&S.
Thanks for your generosity!
This Sunday, Nov 9, we will have a Remembrance Ceremony as part of worship. Join us for reflections on peace and remembrance.
Sundays, 10am, in the Sanctuary or online.
Join us for a $2 hot meal catered by A Loving Spoonful.
Doors open at 12:45pm.
All are welcome!
Capped at 80 guests.
Next Tuesday, the church will be closed for Remembrance Day. The Emergency Weather Shelter will run overnight if required.
If you're planning to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony, check out the Legion's website, or the CBC, for locations.
www.legion.ca/remembrance/remembrance-day/remembrance-day-ceremonies
Tonight: all are welcome to our usual drop-in meditation session with Vancouver Shambhala Centre's Paul Belserene and Greg Sutton.
6 - 7pm
in the Sanctuary (1044 St. Georges Ave, North Vancouver)
Here's to a safe and spooky Halloween.
Happy trick-or-treating!
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đź“· Communications Coordinator Sarah's Where's Waldo pumpkin.
Sweet news:
Within the next couple of weeks, Alvéole will deliver 100 jars of honey made by our own sweet Italian bees. (They make terrific hostess gifts!) We ask for a donation of $10 per jar, which helps to defray the annual costs of raising bees at St. Andrew’s.
Keep an eye out for notice when the honey has arrived and how you can get a jar!
Today (and every Wed) join us for a $2 hot meal catered by A Loving Spoonful.
Doors open at 12:45pm.
All are welcome!
Capped at 80 guests.
The Emergency Weather Response shelter was called into action 3 times last week, so here is a reminder that we are collecting men’s new underwear, size M or L, for the unhoused folks using the shelter.
Look for the New Underwear Bin in the Sanctuary—or you can drop your gift off in the church office Mon. to Fri. between 9 am and 4:30 pm.
Thank you so much for caring!