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Spring 2025 Noon Hour Concert Series
Noon hour concerts will be starting up again soon! We have an excellent lineup of musicians this Spring which you can view above. The Spring 2025 Series will take place on Wednesdays at 12:15pm beginning on April 30th and ending on June 18th.
As always, admission to the building is free, and a sandwich lunch is available for purchase prior to each recital from 11:30 am - 12:15 pm. You can also watch the performance via livestream on our YouTube channel. We can’t wait to share another great musical season with you!
Schneider Male Chorus Thank-you!
The concert on Monday March 31st was a great success! The music selections had a message of living in harmony, and were uplifting choices. Everyone left the concert with a smile on their faces and a good feeling in their hearts. Thank you to the Schneider Male Chorus, their director Nancy Kidd and piano accompanist Lys!
Special thanks to everyone who attended the concert and all the others that have also contributed to our House of Friendship Adopt a Room Project. $3693.00 has now been raised. We will receive 10% of the amount raised from the Easter Appeal and we have been approved for matching Trust Funds for the Adopt a Room project. We will reach our goal of $9,700 from these additional funding sources and no longer need to ask for individual donations. Your generosity is humbling and gratefully received. Thank you from Team Outreach!
Gift Cards
Are you a shopper for groceries, gas or the occasional coffee? Then gift cards are for YOU and not only to gift to others. Gift cards are easy to use at the checkout and you receive the full value of the card. The Women's Association makes on average 4% rebate from the retailer. The W.A. is currently raising money to help fund office renovations for Ann-Marie McDairmid, our Music Director, and also to provide valuable storage for the church archives.
Women's Association Cookbook
What's Cooking? We’re putting together a community cookbook and would love to feature favorite recipes from local home cooks! How can you help?
share your favourite recipes!
provide your name, unless you don't want it included in the book.
email your submission to standrewskwwa@gmail.com with the subject line Recipe - category (eg. Recipe – Desert) .... or drop off a copy at the church office .... or stop by the Gas & Grocery table on Sunday to leave your submission or have us take a copy of it for you.
potential categories include soup, salad, appetizer, breads & rolls, main dishes, vegetarian/vegan, deserts, misc.
ensure you triple check the recipe details for errors or omissions before submitting since recipes won’t be verified before publication.
submissions are due by April 30th.
Looking forward to reading your favourite recipes! Thanks for considering being a part of this community project!
Reminder Regarding Valuables During Sunday Services
Winter is here, which means many of us will be hanging our winter coats on the coat racks outside the sanctuary during Sunday services. Please be reminded that during Sunday services, do not leave keys, wallets or other valuables in coat pockets if you are planning to hang your coat on one of the racks.
Choir and Handbell Ringers Welcoming New Members
A new year has begun, and if you'd like to try something new in 2025, the St. Andrew's Sanctuary Choir is always welcoming new choristers! If you're looking for something fun to do, singing in a choir is a healthy, social, and rewarding hobby to take up. Choir rehearsals take place Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00 pm in the sanctuary, and the choir meets at 9:00 am Sunday mornings to prepare before services. Contact the office to sign up. We hope to have you come sing with us!
The St. Andrew's Handbell Ringers are also looking for new members. If you've never tried playing the handbells, now is your chance! Rehearsals for the Handbell Ringers are Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:00pm in the choir room. Contact the church office to sign up. We'd love to have you!
Opportunities to Give & Serve
Easter Card Delivery – Volunteers Needed!
Want to help spread Easter joy to members of our congregation? We need volunteers to hand-deliver Easter cards to shut-in members in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and Guelph! The cards can be picked up in the Elizabeth Room during Coffee Time on Sunday, March 30, and Sunday, April 6. Please deliver them by Sunday, April 13. Your visit will make a difference— thank you for sharing the spirit of Easter!
Upholstery Cleaning Machine Needed!
Do you have an upholstery cleaning machine the WA could borrow? The men's coffee group along with men from Nexus will be cleaning the purple fabric chairs on Friday, May 2. We are looking to borrow an upholstery cleaning machine (or carpet cleaner with upholstery hose/attachment). Please contact Wanda Winterhalt if you have one we can borrow for that day. Thanks!
Adopt-a-Room
St. Andrew’s has committed to raising $9,700 for ‘Adopt-a-Room’ this year, which will help the House of Friendship ShelterCare participants receive the critical services and supports they need to start again! ShelterCare provides 24/7 shelter, along with onsite health care and addiction support. Here, 100 men in the program are experiencing the wraparound supports that address the root causes of homelessness, getting healthier and housed – for good! Our financial support will pay for 1 room and supports for a year. Donate to our House of Friendship Adopt a Room project by cash, cheque or online, through St. Andrew’s church. Please indicate your donation is for the House of Friendship Adopt a Room project. Donations will be matched by Trust Funds.
Camp K Subsidy Program
Every year Camp K has a subsidy program which allows children who wouldn’t otherwise be able to, attend camp for one week. It takes $350 to send 1 child to camp for a week under the program. Currently 10 children are signed up through the subsidy meeting our maximum allowance for the funds. If you’d like to help send more children to camp please click here and use the drop down to find Camp K Subsidy.
Volunteers Needed for St. Andrew’s Tech Crew
We are looking for passionate and committed volunteers to join the Audio-Visual Team. Whether you are tech-savy or just eager to learn, there's a place for you. If you are interested, or want to learn more, contact the office or make your way up to the balcony after any Sunday service.
Food4Kids Volunteer Opportunities
Coming up this winter and spring, we have the opportunity once again to help Food4Kids prepare their weekend packages. If you have time on an occasional Wednesday afternoon and would like to see for yourself how the program works and help package the food items, please leave your name at the church office or email chisholmmorton@rogers.com
Thrift Shop
The St. Andrew’s Thrift Shop is always accepting new volunteers to work in the Thrift Shop between Tuesdays - Thursdays. Please note that we are open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1pm - 4pm. Find out more here.
Team Outreach (formerly Missions)
Food Not Bombs
Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer movement that creates hot vegan soups and vegetarian meals that are distributed on Saturdays to hungry people at Kitchener City Hall. St. Andrew’s and St. Peter’s supports FNB by collecting 750 ml plastic yogurt containers which are filled with the meals. These containers are needed on a continual basis! You can help by bringing your clean yogurt containers to the church office. For more information and to sign up to volunteer with them see the following link: https://linktr.ee/foodnotbombskw
Mighty Mite Cans
There was a Mighty response to our Mite Cans in 2024! Coins and cash were collected in jars, yogurt containers and cans. Cheques and e-transfers were made directly to the account. In total, an amazing amount of $6,000 was given to support our local partners. $3,000 will be given to the Working Centre to add and preserve affordable housing options in our community. $3,000 will be given to Camino Wellbeing and Mental Health for Walk-In and Single Service Counselling to anyone in need. Your kind-hearted gifts are appreciated by our partners. Thank you! Get started on your 2025 Mite Can now. One mite at a time will make a difference!
"Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Matthew 25:40
PWS&D Looking to learn about the ongoing work Presbyterian World Service and Development and their partners are doing around the world? Do you want to see the impact of the work your PWS&D donations support on people’s lives? The PWS&D website is a great source of information. Check out this link: https://www.standrewskw.com/international-missions
Meetings Notes & Ministry News
For a list of all weekly, monthly or special meetings, please visit the Church Central Calendar here: https://standrewskw.churchcenter.com/calendar?view=month