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MEDITATION - From Shel White
Are you pregnant? Advent brings us anticipation of something new to be born in and through us. In this season, do you sense exciting anticipation like gathering with family? Or is your anticipation filled with dread like gathering with family? The same experience brings joyful expectancy for some and for others, trepidation. In this season, can you welcome the Holy Spirit who can overshadow you and grow new life within you?
God wants to come within you. Anticipate it, welcome it and enjoy your pregnancy.
They sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" Luke 7:19
Peace and Grace,

November 28, 2010 - First Sunday in Advent - 9:00am and 10:30am - Preacher: Rev. Bill Nebo on Matthew 1:18-25 - Message: "Packing Right for Advent"
December 5, 2010 - Second Sunday in Advent - 9:00am and 10:30am - Preacher: Rev. Shel White Matthew on 3:1-12 - Message: "Prepare for What?" - Special Music: Cantabile bell quartet and violin

Christmas Wreaths St. Andrew's own Boy Scout Troop 239 will be selling fresh and beautiful Christmas wreaths in the St. Andrew's courtyard. The wreaths are 22" in diameter and are made of fresh pine and Nobel fir. The wreaths also feature decorative pinecones and a vibrant red bow. At $20 each, the wreaths are priced cheaper than retail outlets and are better and fresher quality. As the troop has done in previous years, $3 from the sale of each wreath will be donated to St. Andrew's Christmas fund. If you're planning on buying a Christmas wreath this year, please buy it from Troop 239 or contact Ethan & Oliver Armand or Alex Pinder for more information.
Advent Family Celebration - Sunday, November 28 at 5pm - Please join us in making Advent wreaths at our Advent Family Celebration in the Activity Center. This is a fun event for the entire family to learn about Advent and the tradition and meaning of the Advent wreath. Learn how to get ready for the mystery of Christmas and create an Advent wreath to decorate your home during the Advent season. Please RSVP to Jennifer at jennifer.standrews@gmail.com so that we can have enough supplies for everyone. Suggested donation is $10 per family/wreath.
Fourth Friday Flick Flack Friday, December 3 at 6:30pm - Please join us for our holiday potluck and discussion of the film, 'Temple Grandin,' in the Creekside Room. RSVP to Marge by Wednesday, October 20 at (925) 687-9773. Please bring a salad to share (no need for place settings this month). RSVP to the Noffsingers at 925-370-3715 or email to henrynoffsinger@sbcglobal.net by Wednesday, December 1.
Christmas Caroling - Saturday, December 11 at 2:30pm - We will be Christmas caroling to our homebound members and singing at the Chateau. We'll meet in the Activity Center at 2:30pm and break into teams to reach as many folks as we can. Following the caroling, there will be a pizza and soda dinner at the church. Let's all turn out for this opportunity to enjoy each other and to have the community enjoy us as well. Contact Terry Neidlinger with questions.
Can You Hear Them? - Sunday, December 12 - The angels on the St. Andrew?s Angel Tree are calling us to share our fortunes with some who are far less fortunate at this time. This year we are once again supporting families and children from Bay Area Crisis Nursery, St. Vincent de Paul and other deserving recipients. The maximum limit is for a gift of $25. There are children and opportunities to give money, which will be used to buy food for a Christmas meal. Gifts and or donations can be brought to the office or attached to the Angel Tree up until the deadline of immediately following the 10:30 service on Sunday, December 5th, when they will be boxed up for delivery. Help us make this a wonderful opportunity for sharing God's love with others. For more information, email Karen Zimmerman at H2Owoman327@sbcglobal.net or Jennifer Shaw at Jennifer@seekascribe.com.
Children's Christmas Pageant - Sunday, December 12 at 6pm - We invite ALL members and friends of St. Andrew's to join us for our annual Christmas pageant. This year's story is 'The Time Travelers' - watch as two brothers take a blast to the past and witness the first Christmas.
Sunday School Christmas Party - Sunday, December 19 from 10:30 to 11:30am - All Pre-K through 8th grade kids are invited to our second annual Sunday School Christmas Party! This is a simple celebration of Christmas cookies, hot cocoa and making ornaments. We hope you'll join in the fun!
Boar's Head Madrigal Dinner - Sunday, December 19 at 5:30pm - Cornerstone and Cantemos invite you to attend The Boar's Head Madrigal Dinner on December 19, 2010. Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. at St. Andrew's. A donation of $5.00 per person or $20.00 for a family of four or more is requested. Come spend a delightful evening with the singers and actors of St. Andrew's as we celebrate the birth of our Savior through music, mummery, fellowship and food. Set in the Middle Ages and Renaissance The Boar's Head Madrigal Dinner incorporates traditional tunes such as The Wassail Song and The Boar's Head Carol along with traditional Christmas carols such as Joy to the World and Away In A Manger. The meal is divided into courses, each of which is heralded with a traditional song. A play is performed between the courses and a concert of choral music concludes the festivities. Mark your calendars now for December 19th at 5:30 p.m. to celebrate the season with The Boar's Head Madrigal Dinner in the new activity center at St. Andrew's. Wassail!
Westminster Woods Women's Retreat - February 4-6, 2011 - Join other women of St. Andrew's at a weekend filled with spiritual nourishment, great food, time in nature, and space away from the pressures of your daily life. Westminster Woods Camp and Conference Center sponsors the retreat and although they offer two weekends, St. Andrew's has a Congregational Meeting that conflicts with the first weekend. Therefore, plan on Weekend #2, February 4-6, as your retreat time. Registration is online at www.westminsterwoods.org or we are working on getting paper registrations at the church. The cost of the weekend is $160. Additional options such as a massage, or deluxe accommodations (with an indoor bathroom) cost a little bit more. If finances are tight for you, please contact me directly for campership funds. I hope you can join in this retreat where we grow closer to God and closer to our sisters at St. Andrew's. If you have any other questions, please ask Rev. Wendy.
CARE Packages We again are soliciting donations for CARE packages to our St. Andrew's family and friends who are in college or the military. Donations of stationery, pens, school supplies, gum, healthy snacks and coffee gift cards will be greatly appreciated. If you have a loved one who you would like to receive a CARE package, please let the church office know.
Adult Education on Wednesdays at 7pm. Jump into:

Join the Choir - Our Contemporary and Chancel Choirs, along with new music director Bret Peppo, invite you to join them in praising God through music each week. The Chancel Choir will be singing selections from Handel's "Messiah" during Christmas and we invite others to join us in this great music! Please come to rehearsals on Thursdays: Praise Band at 6:30pm, Celebration Choir at 7pm, Chancel Choir at 7:30pm.
Go Green! If you would like to receive St. Andrew's monthly newsletter by email in order to save both natural resources and church resources, please let the church office know, and thank you for being a good steward of God's green creation!