April 3 Induction Service
10:30am In-Person Worship Service
We are open for in-person worship in our sanctuary. A video of our service will be posted Sunday afternoons. Visit us on YouTube to see the latest videos from our worship services, or watch the service on our website below.
YouTube Channel address:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7QbnWLrMO6zMU54Dkj1zyQ
Sunday June 4
Online
Service
St. Andrew's Port Credit Worship Service for Sunday, October 13, 2024.
St. Andrew's Port Credit Worship Service for Sunday, October 6, 2024.
St. Andrew's Port Credit Worship Service for Sunday, September 29, 2024.
St. Andrew's Port Credit Worship Service for Sunday, September 22, 2024.
Presbyterian Connection Newsletter -
Issue Fall 2024
2024 PCC Wall Calendar
Our Daily Bread
What's Happening at
St. Andrew's
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Offering is an act of worship.
Thank you so much for being willing to give toward what God is doing here at St. Andrew's Memorial Presbyterian Church! We are committed to using your offerings in a way that honours the Lord.
We Thank You For Your Generosity
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FALL
SPOTLIGHT ON INTERNATIONAL MISSION
Presbyterian World Service & Development
Current Responses
Stories of PWS&D’s Life-Changing Impact
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and Presbyterian Sharing by contributing a portion of weekly givings received.
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We thank you for your generosity.
November 26, 2023, was a day of great joy and celebration for the Pinuyumayan Church District, one of the Indigenous groups of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. They gave thanks for 65 years of mission history and the publication of their very first New Testament translated into the language of their heart. It was the fruit of labour for the Pinuyumayan Bible translation team and the Rev. Dr. Paul McLean who worked on the project for eight years. Supported by Presbyterians Sharing, Paul works with 12 Bible translation teams preserving endangered Indigenous languages, promoting literacy, and when the Bible is read, proclaiming the Gospel.
SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL MISSION
The Compass Food Bank
The Compass is a food bank and outreach centre located and serving Mississauga South. It was established by partnering Christian churches in the Clarkson-Lorne Park-Port Credit area. As a member church, St. Andrew’s donates financially, collects food for donation, and participates in other ways to support the work of the Compass.
The Compass provides a safe and welcoming place for people to come to for help. The Compass offers immediate assistance with food, then works with clients offering practical and spiritual support to the challenges that often come along with a low income.
The Compass has now moved to its new location at 427 Lakeshore Road E., Mississauga.
FOOD DONATION:
MOST NEEDED ITEMS
Evangel Hall Mission
Evangel Hall Mission is a community service agency that was founded in 1913 by the Presbyterian Church in Canada. For over a century, it has supported individuals experiencing poverty, homelessness, and social isolation in Toronto. Evangel Hall is a safe haven where people living with mental and physical health challenges, fighting addictions, and fleeing abuse can take a rest from their burdens and access supports. The Mission’s services address the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional aspects of well-being and are available to anyone in need of support.
St. Andrew’s supports the work of the Mission with monthly donations of sandwiches, baked goods, fruit, personal and feminine hygiene products, socks and new or gently used clothing.
DONATIONS:
MOST NEEDED ITEMS
Evangel Hall Sandwich Delivery
Next Drop-off Date:
Thursday, November 14 at St. Andrew's Stavebank door
8:30am - 9:30am.
In addition to sandwiches, we deliver donations of fresh fruit, baked goods, toiletries, and new or gently used clothing.
On the second Thursday of every month, we deliver loaves of sandwiches to Evangel Hall Mission in Toronto. Participation is easy! All you have to do is:
1. Get a loaf of bread or two from the grocery store, make it into sandwiches, and wrap each sandwich in plastic wrap or put it into an individual sandwich baggie.
(Don’t cut the sandwiches,
and no peanut butter, please!)
2. Put the wrapped sandwiches
into the bag the bread came in.
3. Reattach the bag clip, and label
the bag with the type of sandwiches
you’ve put inside.
4. Drop your loaves of sandwiches off
at our Stavebank door between 8:30am - 9:30am on the Thursday of our delivery.
That’s it! Your sandwiches will provide much needed nourishment to some of Toronto’s most vulnerable people.
A Prayer for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
God of truth, mercy and peace,
God of life and of reconciliation,
we mourn the suffering and murder of your people
and we pray a just peace
and reconciliation for the people of Palestine and Israel
who have endured the burden of violence and conflict for so long.
Console those who grieve,
heal the injured,
comfort those who are alone and afraid,
protect those who held hostage, and
restrain those who would cause more violence
or act cynically for political gain and power.
Let wisdom settle on your churches
and on the governments and leaders of this world
so that justice is sought,
reconciliation found,
peace established and
security provided for all.
In the name of Jesus we pray.
Amen.
PWS&D provides humanitarian response to assist with shelter, food, livelihoods, emergency health, psychosocial and mental health support, as well as cash assistance to allow people to purchase the goods they require.
Donations made to PWS&D are eligible to be matched by the Government of Canada through the Humanitarian Coalition's Gaza Emergency appeal. Donations made between October 7 and November 12 will be matched, up to a total of $10 million.
Through our membership in Canadian Foodgrains Bank, PWS&D is part of the Humanitarian Coalition's Gaza Humanitarian Emergency appeal.
Prayers and Support for Ukraine
ACT Alliance Statement on Ukraine
Loving God,
We pray for the people of Ukraine,
for all those suffering or afraid,
that you will be close to them and protect them.
We pray for world leaders,
for compassion, strength and wisdom to guide their choices.
We pray for the world
that in this moment of crisis,
we may reach out in solidarity
to our brothers and sisters in need.
May we walk in your ways
so that peace and justice
become a reality for the people of Ukraine
and for all the world.
Amen.
Daily Prayers
Friday, October 11 (International Day of the Girl Child)
We give thanks and pray for PWS&D programs in India that help reduce the incidence of child marriages and advocate for girls’ education.
Saturday, October 12
We pray for good health for ministers and directors of the eight Indigenous ministries of the PCC, and for their families and friends who support them.
Sunday, October 13 (Harvest Sunday)
We give thanks to God for the earth and all its beauty and diversity and pray for a more just care of the earth and its resources.
Monday, October 14 (Thanksgiving Day)
We pray for all the dedicated members of the Women’s Missionary Society whose commitment was renewed at the 110th Anniversary celebrations of the Society in May 2024.
Tuesday, October 15
We give thanks for the ministry of 2SLGBTQIA+ leaders in the church.
Wednesday, October 16 (World Food Day)
We give thanks for bountiful harvests that nourish and sustain life. We pray for those who lack access to sufficient nutritious food and for PWS&D’s partners who strive to end hunger.
Thursday, October 17 (International Day for the Eradication of Poverty)
We pray for people who do not have enough healthy food, safe, adequate homes, or communities of support. We pray for people who are working toward long-term solutions to end poverty and inequality.
Friday, October 18
We pray for the people, ministries and mission of the Presbytery of Eastern Han-Ca.
Saturday, October 19
We pray for congregations who have made the difficult but courageous decision to close, that along with their grief they may also celebrate their years of faithful witness to Christ and their legacy of lives shaped by the presence of the living God in Jesus Christ.
DAILY DEVOTIONALS and ARTICLES
Links to Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada