Tracey’s retirement
After 31 years of faithful service, Tracey Bindl is turning over her computer keyboard to someone new. Have you attended a marriage retreat? Those binders were put together by you-know-who. Have you taught your child confirmation classes? Yup, those materials were assembled by our stellar administrative assistant. Picked up a worship folder in the past 31 years? More handiwork of Tracey. Wish her well in retirement in any of these ways:

1.  Drop a card or note into the decorated/labeled box in the atrium
between July 29 and August 8.
2.  Post a message on her personalized Padlet found at this
link:  https://padlet.com/nlninman/yx8b2yxtw1gg0mga
3.  Send her a card or note at home:
Tracey Bindl
7299 Vista Ct
Middleton WI  53562

Blessings on your retirement, Tracey! Enjoy a long-awaited vacation!

• August 15—Following 10:30 AM worship we will be moving ALL of the furniture back into the sanctuary and tearing down the gym worship setup (lunch will be provided). If you don’t have vacation plans already, please consider lending a hand. Sign-up link is in the article below.
• August 19 & 22—First worship services back in the sanctuary
• August 26 & 29—Building dedication during worship with a picnic following 10:30 AM worship

Moving day help
On Sunday, August 15, we will be tearing down the gym worship setup and moving all of the furniture back to the sanctuary. Westside Christian School will also be putting together furniture and moving some of the classrooms. There will be many ways to serve that day! If you are planning to help on August 15, please sign up using this link so we know how many people will be attending.

New(er) worship songs in August
During the month of August, we will be using a few new(er) songs in worship. Use the links below to listen to them now so you can become familiar with them and better participate in worship when they are introduced.
“House of the Lord” by Phil Wickham
“Yet Not I but through Christ in Me” by CityAlight
“I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130)” by Jordan Kauflin, Matt Merker, Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
“Great Things” by Phil Wickham
“I Will Sing” by Sandra McCracken

Worship Check-in
Please let us know that you were with us for worship. You can do so on our website or by going here.

Weekend worship songs
Preview some of the songs we will use for worship this weekend here. Obviously, ours won’t sound exactly like this, but listening to the links provided will certainly help you be more comfortable participating in the service.
“House of the Lord” by Phil Wickham
“Be Thou My Vision” by Don Chapman
“Amazing Grace” by Tim Bode
“Christ Be in My Waking” by Stuart Townend

FUEL
There’s enough summer left for more fun with FUEL. FUEL is heading to Gibraltar Rock near Lodi on Wednesday, August 11, at 3 PM. After our hiking trip, we’ll hop on the Merrimac Ferry to get some ice cream. Here’s more details and the sign-up link. FUEL is open to all St. Andrew high school students.

Impact
What must I give up to follow Jesus? A better question is, “What do I gain?” Listen to Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Professor Steve Geiger talk about the challenging words of Jesus about being his disciple. Listen to Impact here, on Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you find podcasts. Search “Kjenstad Impact.”

Science Carnival
“It was fabulous!” That’s what one parent said about the St. Andrew Science Carnival. We were able to serve approximately 85 children and their families on Saturday, and there were smiles everywhere. Attendees learned fascinating science lessons, played carnival games, filled up on treats, and heard the gospel in word and song . . . and puppets! A team of 40+ volunteers were either on site during the carnival or helped get things ready. To God be the glory!

Fall serving teams
During the months of COVID, many serving teams had to take a break or saw a sharp decline of those able to serve. As we begin to prep the fall serving teams, now is the perfect time to get involved! There are LOTS of opportunities to serve each weekend, and each role is important to making ministry happen. If you would like to serve in one of the following roles, please contact Worship Admin Assistant Rachel Kamin who will connect you to the appropriate team leader.

• Slide tech—advance the slides for worship
• Audio tech—adjust the microphones during worship
• Video tech—run the livestream at 10:30 AM worship
• Greeter—say hello and greet everyone as they arrive and leave services
• Usher—attend to the needs of the congregation (help them find a seat, provide materials, collect offering, etc.)
• Communion Care—set up and clean up the Communion elements
• Worship folders—collate worship folders, pens, cards, and offering envelopes
• Hospitality—make coffee for Sunday morning worship
• Sunday Children’s Ministry—assist in facilitating our Plugged into Jesus or Musikgarten children’s ministries
• Music—participate in choir, small groups, or monthly music teams

Waunakee Food Pantry
Here’s a great opportunity for those of you in and near Waunakee especially. Thrivent is partnering with the Waunakee Food Pantry for a food drive on Monday, August 2. If food items are dropped off from 5:00 – 7:30 PM, Thrivent will match the number of food items with a monetary donation. The Waunakee Food Pantry is at 803 S. Division Street. Items most asked for include syrup, chicken broth, canned dinners, sugar, applesauce, crackers, toilet paper, and deodorant.

Mission Trip
This year’s Mission Trip theme was “Created” with a focus on Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” These trips are designed for opportunities to serve and also for time with the Lord in individual, small group, and large group Bible studies. The Holy Spirit was certainly at work in many hearts. Thank you to all who participated this year!

Sam Dettman and Isac Veers returned from their work at Illume Church in Seattle. From the looks of it, much of their work involved sledgehammers and sawzalls. We are grateful for their efforts (during the hottest days on record for Seattle) and for their safe return. Sam and Isac provided an excellent report on work being done there at worship services last weekend. Coming up we plan to hear from our Mission Madison team.

Congregational conversations on August 5 & 8
We have a hole in the leadership of our ministry, specifically the area of our ministry we call Service & Outreach. In the past we have been blessed by the leadership of a Pastor for Service and Outreach, but how will we help God’s people serve and reach out to others in the future? That is the question we’re asking each other and the Lord of the Church. If you’d like to be part of the process, join us for a listening session after our worship service on Thursday, August 5, or after either worship service on Sunday, August 8. Anticipate the session will last about a half-hour.

Fall re-engagement and reconnecting
We are grateful to God for our many volunteers (we can always use more) who have kept our Service and Outreach Ministry going forward during this transition period. Our plan, Lord willing, is to ramp up connections and re-engage people post COVID-19 in a fall restart, and maybe, just maybe, see the return of coffee between worship services. We give thanks to Stephanie Grow and our volunteers who made coffee time possible. We are looking for someone to lead this ministry going forward as Stephanie is assisting a transition from her work in this area to a new person. Thank you, Stephanie!