The St. Andrew YOUTH are going Urban in Summer 2012!

Mission trip sign up for 2012 will be on November 20th at 2PM in the St. Andrew gym. No registrations will be accepted before that. A $100 deposit is required at time of Registration.

7th — 9th Grade (grade completed) Milwaukee, WI.
July 15th–21, 2012

Middle school youth will be heading to Milwaukee, WI to serve God and God's people in this large urban Midwest City. The cost is $465. Questions? Contact Jen at X29 or

The St. Andrew YOUTH are going Urban in Summer 2012!

Mission trip sign up for 2012 will be on November 20th at 2PM in the St. Andrew gym. No registrations will be accepted before that. A $100 deposit is required at time of Registration.

10th — 12th grade(Grade completed) Atlanta, GA.
July 13–July 22, 2012

Space is limited with 54 youth spots. The cost is $675.Questions? Contact Mel at X17 or

Important Links

Service Ministry
Time & Talent Sign-Up – Coming Soon
 

Service Organizations

ABD House – A Brighter Day Help a local home for high school girls from under-privileged neighborhoods by providing meals, host family, financial support or more.
 
Adopt–a–Highway Spend a Saturday morning picking up trash along the highway at St. Andrew or St. Andrew West. Spring and Fall each year.
 
Alterra Clare Bridge Volunteer your time at a local senior center for individuals with memory loss.
 
Backpacks Donate and/or volunteer to fill and distribute backpacks for school-age children.
 
Blood Drives Memorial Blood Center of Minneapolis holds blood drives at St. Andrew 2 to 4 times each year.
 
Bridge Kids Volunteers join friends from Messiah Lutheran in organizing, driving and supervising a fun field trip for low income children.
 
Christmas Drives and/or volunteer for Christmas giving programs through PROP and CAP.
 
Food Drives (PROP/CAP) Donate food or help collect food for the PROP & CAP food-shelves
 
Holiday Store Donate and/or volunteer to either sort gifts or work one on one with the people shopping at the store.
 
H.O.M.E. Help with household projects such as raking, snow shoveling or mowing the lawn for the elderly.
 
Kaleidescope Throw a birthday party for this after school care program and/or help make lunches for their summer program.
 
Loaves & Fishes Prepare/serve food to the homeless at Creekside in Bloomington the third Tuesday or at St. Stephens downtown the second Thursday.
 
Meals on Wheels Pick up and deliver noon meals.
 
Messiah Lutheran Assist with seasonal projects or during the week at their coffee kiosk.
 
Our Savior's Housing Prepare/serve the evening meal to the homeless the first Thursday from 5-8pm. Volunteers also needed to fry chicken at church from 1-3pm.
 
Prayer Shawl Ministry Knit or crochet prayer shawls
 
Sewing the Word Sew quilts that are donated in the community with a team on Wednesdays from 9am-12noon
 


Mission Trips

Camp Serve
 
7th — 9th Grade Mission Trip Milwaukee, WI.     July 15th–21, 2012 Students from seventh thru ninth grade spend one week each summer doing service in a regional city.
Details
High School Mission Trip Atlanta, GA.    July 13–July 22, 2012 Students from tenth thru twelfth grade spend one week each summer doing service somewhere in the nation.
Details
College Mission Trip College students travel each spring to an area city and spend a week in service to the community.
 
Haiti Volunteers from St. Andrew have partnered with the Lutheran Church of Les Cayes in Haiti. A group travels to help with building, school and health projects once a year.

Help start a business
 

Service MinistrySing to the Lord a new song.    Isaiah 42:10

This fall our ministries at St. Andrew will center on the many ways we are "called to serve" – ... to serve one another in our congregation, to serve others in our community and the larger Twin Cities area, and to people around the world.

Wherever you feel called to serve, St. Andrew has an opportunity for you. Following are the current service needs:
 

Hope for the Hungry

Feed My Starving Children
Saturday March 3
Shifts from 9:00am to 4pm

St. Andrew is partnering with Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) by hosting a MobilePack event. Our goal is to pack 100,000 and to raise $8,000 to fund the food packed at this event.

Volunteer: We invite you to sign up for a two hour shift, on your own, with friends, your family, small group, coworkers, etc. You can sign up either at the information desk at St. Andrew or you can sign up here. Questions contact Melissa Williams at X17 or

Monetary Donations are needed to support these goals, with 500 volunteers needed to pack our 100,000 meals we suggest a $25.00 per person donation. This would cover the cost of the meals as well as a donation toward ending hunger. Even if you cannot come to pack on March 3 you can still make a difference by donating: You can make a donation on our FMSC MobilePack webpage or submit a check made payable to “St. Andrew Lutheran Church and note “Hope for the Hungry” in the memo line.

God's Global Barnyard

An animal can make a world of difference for a family in need. Animals provide food to eat, fertilizer to grow crops and offspring to sell. One gift of an animal can make a difference to solve the problem of hunger in the world. Throughout the Lenten season we will be collecting donations to purchase animals for ELCA World Hunger; God’s Global Barnyard. Our goal of $4,500 would give us a full barn. The cost of animals range from $10 -$500, chicks $10, ducks $20, pigs, $30, goats $50, sheep $125, Alpaca $175, fish $250 and cows $500.

We will encourage our church school children to participate in “A Buck a Chick”: For $1.00 children can purchase and decorate a paper chick. As a little as $1.00 can buy chick a who will begin laying eggs at just a few months, offering nutritious meals for family who are hungry. Beginning the Weekend of Feb. 18 & 19 you will be able to pick up your own barn to collect donations to begin filling our barn with animals. Watch the display our narthex to see our barn grow.

 
Kaleidoscope Birthday
Friday March 16

Join us for our spring birthday party with Kaleidoscope at the Center for Changing Lives. We will once again have treats, games and activities for the kids starting at 4pm. You can meet the group here and carpool down or join us at the site. We would love to have you!

 
Bible Initiative Challenge

In need of a Bible? St. Andrew is now participating in the Bible Initiative Challenge through Luther Seminary. If you need a Bible free ones are available in the library as a gift from Luther Seminary and St. Andrew. Contact Pastor Tasha ext. 53 if you have any questions.