Discipleship
Family Ministry
At St. Andrew’s, we believe that every child who comes through our doors is a uniquely crafted creation, made in His image; worthy of value, dignity and unconditional love. We long for our children to know that they can boldly approach the throne of God confident of His enormous love for them, knowing they are His pride and joy, that His heart breaks with theirs and He cries at their pain.
BEGINNINGS
Infants & Pre-K
ENCOUNTER KIDS
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
DASH STUDENT MINISTRY
6th Grade – High School
Adult Discipleship
Adult discipleship classes are a time our community sets aside in order to plunge deeper into the “what” and “how” of living in God’s Kingdom. Taking time to submit ourselves in study under God’s Word is part of how the Spirit transforms us more in Jesus’ image by seeking the renewal of our minds.
Because we desire to study God’s Word as disciples of Jesus, not as disinterested religious students, our goal is that we would not simply walk away having acquired more information about God, but rather walk away having our hearts pierced by God’s gracious Word (Hebrews 4:12) with a greater vision for following Jesus in his Kingdom.
Gifted teachers bring to life the beauty of God’s word in an environment where relationships are built and people are able to interact in a conversational and relaxed setting. As we engage with God and his word in community with one another, we invite the Holy Spirit to come and renew our minds, reorder our priorities and reshape our habits around the person and work if Jesus Christ.
Congregational Care
One of the marks of the early church, which we see in the pages of the New Testament, is self-giving care for one another. We are not isolated individuals who gather together only to sing the same songs and hear the same preaching. If we are in Christ, we are included together in him as a new people who live together under his lordship. As a reconstituted family, Christ’s love is shared and expressed between us by supporting and caring for one another–especially during illness, pain or distress–like we would care for our “flesh-and-blood” family.
Our desire at St. Andrew’s is to faithfully practice this type of care toward our reconstituted family in Christ. We seek to practice congregational care by cultivating a team of clergy and lay people who can be present to those who are suffering in body, mind or spirit. Our congregational care team provides presence, prayer, anointing with oil, and communion whenever requested.
For more information about congregational care, or if you are in need of care or know someone who is, please contact Jessie Smith.
Small Groups
We believe that gathering for life-on-life community in Christ is a central place where God’s salvation gets real in our lives. Showing up at church once a week for corporate worship is good and necessary, but the Gospel truth we hear proclaimed on Sunday often gets lost in the hustle of ordinary life by Monday morning. By encountering one another in community throughout the week, we acknowledge that we cannot follow Jesus alone, and we cultivate opportunities for the Gospel to transition from our head down to our heart and feet.
Gathering together for community in Christ is all about sharing. When we gather in smaller groups, we share our lives with one another, and as we share together in vulnerability and trust, we also encounter Christ. This looks like walking alongside one another as God’s extended family sharing our time, food, resources, stories and experiences–exhorting, praying with/for and encouraging one another.
Life-on-life community in Christ comes in different sizes and forms at St. Andrew’s. Some groups gather in public spaces while others gather in homes. Some groups focus on specific topics for a predetermined period of time while other groups discuss God’s work in their lives on an ongoing basis.
Please contact Dustin Freeman to get connected or for more information.
Missions
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospel’s will save it. (Mark 8:35)
St. Andrew’s is home to a variety of missions, both local and global. Use these subpages as a brief introduction to prayerfully explore how God may be calling you to put love into action. We each have different gifts, but we are all made for service.
For more information, contact the missions committee chair.
recovery
Growing in Grace (GiG)
Wednesdays | 6-8:30 p.m.
A complimentary dinner is followed by a recovery service and a small-group, recovery meeting. GiG Kids ministers to the children of those parents who attend GiG and is available for the entire evening.