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Do Not Grow Weary in Doing Good
Loving our neighbor takes time and effort. Loving requires slowing.
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Feb 3, 20232 min read


True Intentions
Well-intentioned Christians can be real experts at deceiving themselves and others by being so convinced that their intentions ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 14, 20221 min read


God First Loved Us
I write this in the midst of Hurricane Ian, looking out the window of the parsonage as the winds are gusting and shaking ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 30, 20222 min read


Be a Part of Something Big
St. Andrew's is part of an organization called HOPE. HOPE stands for Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality.
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Sep 2, 20222 min read


Prayer Problem
Does this imply that the more people we gather to pray, the greater power we have to get the results we desire?
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Jul 8, 20222 min read


Blessing Another
I have been thinking a lot about inflation lately. Every time I get gas or buy food I am aware that I am quietly worried about what we ...
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Jun 17, 20222 min read


HOPE for Justice
But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what GOD is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Mar 11, 20223 min read


How Important Are Traditions?
Someone recently asked me what Christmas tradition helped me feel like the Christmas season had begun?
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Nov 19, 20212 min read


Carry Each Other's Burdens
In this passage, Paul is writing to a fledging church in Galatia, a church that he had planted and nurtured, yet he was still trying to get

Pastor Gary Rideout
Oct 22, 20213 min read


Who Will You Invite?
Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich ...

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 24, 20213 min read


The Front Door
The challenge for our church is to look beyond the walls of St. Andrew's to the community around us, to help lead them into the front door—

Pastor Gary Rideout
Aug 27, 20213 min read


Community
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
Pastor Jayne Rideout
Jul 9, 20212 min read


A Noble Task
The COVID pandemic has brought on another pandemic in our community; a pandemic of isolation, loneliness, feelings of being overwhelmed and

Pastor Gary Rideout
Feb 5, 20212 min read


Reaching Out in Love
This country has been overwhelmed as well by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet there have been areas also besieged by various disasters, resulting

Pastor Gary Rideout
Sep 4, 20203 min read


Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
The truth is that we all need to be reminded that sometimes things do not work out the way we had hoped.
charissejones0
May 1, 20205 min read


Renewal and Hip Hop
We have been silent witnesses of evil deeds; we have been drenched by many storms; we have learnt the arts of equivocation and pretense;
charissejones0
Aug 16, 20195 min read


Where They Are
How many times have you really looked around as you drive through town? The reality is we are very much creatures of habit.
charissejones0
Aug 9, 20193 min read


Imagine
“He also said to them, “Imagine that one of you has a friend and you go to that friend in the middle of the night. Imagine saying,...
charissejones0
Jan 25, 20193 min read
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