May 31, 2006

Dear Saints Of Andrew:
THIS SUNDAY June 4, 2006
8:00, 9:15 & 10:45 PENTECOST SUNDAY
Nancy preaching She encourages us to wear red and yellow!The service will include a report on the “Sharing, Growing, Changing Lives”campaign.

*After church this Sunday, Nancy and I are going to take off for the better partof two weeks. Our itinerary has been shaped by two Annual Conferences of theUnited Methodist Church. (An Annual Conference is the yearly meeting of an area’s pastors and lay delegates.) On Friday evening, June 9, the Missouri Conference, meeting in Springfield, will be holding its memorial service. My father, the Reverend Richard Davis, who passed away in September, will be among those remembered, and it feels right and good that we should be there. We’ll hit Springfield via Missouri stops in Kansas City (Nancy’s sister), St. Louis(the new ball park) and Cape Girardeau (Nancy’s father.) Leaving Springfield,we’ll angle up through Kansas, with stops in Dodge City and Holcomb, reentering Nebraska at McCook. We’ll wander around western Nebraska for a couple of days, then land in Kearney for the Nebraska Annual Conference. The four day meeting ends on Saturday, June 17. I’ll be back in the pulpit on the 18th with “The DaVinci Sermon.” There is irony here. Living in Springfield, I was among those lobbying for the Annual Conference to move from Columbia, in the middle of the state, down to theOzarks--in part so I wouldn’t have to leave home. This is the first year of thenew arrangement. It would be vastly more convenient for my purposes, now, if the meeting was in the middle of the state! Oh well. In our absence, on the 11th, Michael Patzloff will be preaching. Nancy and I have come to appreciate Michael so very much. He is himself an ordained clergymember of the Nebraska Annual Conference. Probably no one at St. Andrew’s was going to be more directly impacted by the appointment of a clergy couple thanMichael. But Michael has made the adjustment with grace and kindness. Michael’s current job description has a heavy focus on ministry to youth, but Michael is in fact involved in a wide of ministries at St. Andrew’s. We were pleased at his enthusiasm for leading the new 5:00 Saturday evening services. I know you’ll be blessed by his message on June 11. Given the time frames we’re working under, “The Da Vinci Sermon” needs to befinished before we leave. I am having a lot of fun with this one and encourageyou to be part of what should be a memorable morning on June 18.

*ATTENTION STOCK CONTRIBUTORS: IF YOU ARE MAKING A STOCK CONTRIBUTION TO ST.ANDREW’S, PLEASE MAKE SURE CAMI P. KNOWS ABOUT IT, SO WE CAN DO THE PROPER ACCOUNTING. Your broker may not necessarily tell us.

*PASTOR CHARLOTTE asks: Prayers for Del S., experiencing health issues. Prayers for Shirley W., recovering from a recent fall; preparing for a test;going through a difficult time.

*>From Staff-Parish Chairperson C. Todd C.: A Charge Conference will be held at the church on Tuesday, June 20, at 6:30pm. There will be one point business:to approve the candidacy for ministry of Steve Smith. All church members arewelcome to attend.

* RHONDA W. writes: COUPLES NIGHT OUT, Friday June 16th- Dinner with a View. Bring your significant other for great food and fun at Harrah's 360 Steakhouse.Enjoy the company of friends while taking in the view of Omaha from the 12th floor. We'll meet in the restaurant's lobby at 6:50pm. Dinner is from 7-9pm. Individual meals start at $20, with a variety of selections. It's optional tostay after dinner to enjoy the pleasant June evening at their rooftop lounge. RSVP to Jamie S. by Wed. 6/14 .

*The summer’s first CHILDREN’S SERMON experience went over very well at 9:15 &10:45. It’s great to have the children in worship with us through the firstpart of the service. I’ve missed seeing little ones in the sanctuary.

*PIZZA WITH THE PASTORS June 4, 5:00-6:30 Designed For Persons Exploring Membership At St. Andrew’s Let Us Know You’re Coming Via Return E-Mail, Or You Can Sign Up As Late AsSunday Morning In The Hospitality Room.

*VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: HABITAT FOR HUMANITYThis Saturday, June 3 Contact Jim M.

*John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Jesus said to his disciples, "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to youfrom the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testifyon my behalf. You also are to testify because you have been with me from thebeginning. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.But, now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, `Where are you going?' But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because they do not believe in me;about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me nolonger; about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned."I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When theSpirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will notspeak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to youthe things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what ismine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason Isaid that he will take what is mine and declare it to you."

*BRD

May 30, 2006

Dear Saints Of Andrew:

THIS SUNDAYJune 4, 2006 8:00, 9:15 & 10:45 PENTECOST SUNDAY Nancy preaching She encourages us to wear red and yellow! The service will include a report on the “Sharing, Growing, Changing Lives”campaign.

*SATURDAY EVENING SERVICES START THIS WEEK June 3, 5:00, led by Rev. Michael. The services will be held in the Family Life Center.

*PIZZA WITH THE PASTORS June 4, 5:00-6:30 Designed For Persons Exploring Membership At St. Andrew’s Let Us Know You’re Coming Via Return E-Mail, Or You Can Sign Up As Late As Sunday Morning In The Hospitality Room.

*VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: HABITAT FOR HUMANITYThis Saturday, June 3 Contact Jim M.

*If you missed “DECORATION DAY,” we invite to check it out on the web site: www.standrewsomaha.net. Click on SERMONS. Many thanks to CARRIE T., who is giving volunteer management to the site these days. Unfortunately, there’sno way, at present, to give you a sense of the music you missed Sunday. The offertory, “Hymn To The Fallen,” touched many hearts, including that of youreditor.

*COMING JUNE 18 “THE DA VINCI SERMON”

*CHILD & YOUTH POLICY PROTECTION TRAINING:We will hold another Policy Protection Training for those who volunteer to workwith children or youth. If you have not been trained in the last three years,and plan on working with children/youth (i.e. VBS, Sunday SchoolTeachers/Helpers, Nursery, Youth Camps or Mission Trip), you will need to attendthis training. It’s Purpose: Our congregation’s purpose for establishing thisChild and Youth Protection Policy and accompanying procedures is to demonstrateour commitment to the physical safety and spiritual growth of all our childrenand youth as well as employers and volunteers. You will also be asked to fillout a background check.Share your lap with our babies! We are in need of volunteers to help in thenursery during out 9:15 and 10:45 services. Please contact Gina, our nursery coordinator, if you can give of your time to help. Please prayerfully consider helping out!

*The members of the SEASONED PERNNIALS Leadership Team would like to publiclythank Diane Moore for her past five years as team leader. She did an awesomejob. We would also like to welcome newcomers to the team – Dave and Ruth W. and Georgia and Steve C. If you are 55 or older, please join us for fun and fellowship.

*Pastor CHARLOTTE asks: Prayers of joy for Donelle and Nate U., in the recent birth of a son, Landon David. Prayers of joy for Kathy P. and family on her recent adoption of 6 month old Karli. Prayers for Zach G., whose counts have dropped low again; pray they will go back up. Prayers for Mary W., suffering with complications from cancer treatments (friend of Barb M.). Prayers for Anna S., preparing for neuro-surgery on June 12th (daughter of Carolyn and Kevin S.). Prayers of sympathy for the family of Dorothy S., in her recent passing (Clark S. aunt; Cami P.’s great-aunt).

*Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues,as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem.And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heardthem speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked,"Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine."But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Menof Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:`In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be
saved.' "

*BRD