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NOTES FROM THE CHURCH OFFICE:
SUNDAY SCHOOL:
Sunday is our last time to meet for this school year! We will meet in classrooms around 9:50 after the celebration in the gym to recognize all our Sunday School teachers immediately after the 8:30 service. All are welcome to come!

At 10:30, Sunday School will gather in the kindergarten classroom for one final lesson together, so you may pick your children up at 10:45 there.

Last Sunday, the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students shopped for the food pantry. They comparison shopped and using Sunday school funds, they were able to buy $500 worth of groceries for $350. Way to go!!

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
The Adams (Jim & Lindsay), The Bakula Family, The Catino Family, Terry Hendrickson, The Magnus Family, and Karen Volker

GIFT PLANNING:
A good gift plan within an estate includes inheritance for family and gifts to ministry. Some might consider this a difficult task. How does an LCMS Foundation Gift Planning Counselor help? You may wish to include a very deliberate spiritual focus on your plan. Your LCMS Foundation Associate Gift Planning Counselor is a fell member of the LCMS. They can discuss with you, pray with you, all with an eye toward uncovering God’s plan for significant use of His gifts. Contact Ray Pagels at [email protected] or his cell 847.226.2262.

FOOD PANTRY UPDATE: 184 households visited the St Paul of the Cross food pantry in March. Most needed items are paper towels, cooking oil (vegetable, canola or olive), ketchup and mac and cheese. Thank you for your continuing support!

MISSION OF THE MONTH: Military chaplains train and serve with the military units to which they are assigned, both in peacetime and during times of military conflict. Men and women in the military are often under a great deal of stress, as shown by a significant number of suicides among military personnel. Likewise, the families they leave behind experience a large amount of stress when deployments take place. Our May Mission of the Month, the LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces, is an important outreach to the men and women in the military, ministering to them with the Gospel as chaplains serve side-by-side with them.

PLEASE KEEP THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Frank Brant Avila, Janet Reich, Carol Claybaker, Gigi Breitzman, Livia Grace Gallo, Daniel Avila, Sr., Richard Claybaker, Eleanor Claybaker, Richard Avila, Carol Mraz, Laura Peter, Jeanette Peter


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LAST WEEK'S ATTENDANCE AND FINANCIALS

Weekly Giving Report - April 26, 2026
Internal Gifts/Receipts - General Fund External Gifts/Receipts
White Envelope Giving/Plate Offering
2,874.00
Electronic Giving
8,222.21
TOTAL
11,945.56
Designated Funds:
Chancel Paraments 500.00
Choir 50.00
Comfort Dog 325.00
Elm Street Basement 7392.20
Endowment 16.00
Missions 48.00
Sunday School 6.00

In memory of DON BRANDFELLNER gifts have been given to St. Andrews by Jim & Jane Fizzell, Cheryl Sellke, Jim Selzer, Wayne & Carla Staniec, Bob Ungar, and Edna Wilson

Worship Attendance: Saturday 05/09
73 Sunday 05/10 98+73=171 TOTAL 244

A Message from Pastor

Hi St. Andrews Family!
This is just a reminder that next week, Memorial Day Weekend, we start our SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE! Saturday will remain the same with the contemporary service at 5pm. Sunday changes to one unified service at 9:30am with Communion every week! We are so excited to get started with summer and worshipping together!
In Christ,
Pastor Matt Hoffmann

LATEST NEWS

Kickoff Friday Family Fellowship - Tonight!

Kickoff Friday Family Fellowship - Tonight!
Join us for Friday Family Fellowship on September 11th at 6:00 PM in the gym! Enjoy dinner and Bible study for all ages.

Item Collection for The Harbour

Item Collection for The Harbour
The Board of Service Ministry is collecting items for The Harbour. Read more for additional information and donation lists.

Comfort Dog Ministry Shoe Drive

Comfort Dog Ministry Shoe Drive
Drop off shoes in collection bins in the narthex or by the school office September 8 thru November 7 to support the Comfort Dog Ministry!

CROP Hunger Walk

CROP Hunger Walk
St. Andrews is participating in the 2026 CROP Hunger Walk to support Church World Service (CWS) and help families who are struggling with hunger. Please join us - with your steps and your donations.

Back to Two Services - September 13

Back to Two Services - September 13
Our two worship services are starting back up on Sunday, September 13. Join us for worship at 8:30 AM or 11:00 AM.

LATEST PODCAST

How The Sausage is Made (Sermon Study) - September 9, 2026

SPECIAL GUEST, Rev. Sam Reinhard! How do you preach Matthew 18 without missing the point? Pastor Sam Reinhard breaks down the parable of the unmerciful servant, and the conversation quickly turns into a gripping look at debt, forgiveness, and why the Gospel never stops being astonishing. Pastor Matt and Pastor Sam Reinhard unpack the text behind the sermon, but this …

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Let go of the Ego

Pastor Matt takes us through the start of Matthew 18, which is the start of a longer discourse from Jesus.  Jesus answers the disciples argument about who is the greatest among them with a challenge to have a child-like faith.  In fact, Jesus says you cannot be part of the Kingdom of Heaven without such a faith.  What does this …

True Greatness

In Matthew 18, the disciples argue about who the greatest will be.  But they don't understand what true greatness is in the eyes of God.  In this sermon Pastor Matt takes us through the words of Jesus and how they land in our real lives.  True greatness in the Kingdom of God looks very different than greatness in the world.
CHURCH OFFICE 847-823-6656
Nichole Wandel, Office Administrator
Matthew J. Hoffmann, Pastor
Ethan Luft, Associate Pastor
Jordan Holliday, Director of Music
Christa Neve, Director of Comm. and Media
Greg Lendy, Contemporary Worship
Laura Boggs, Principal
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