St. Andrew 50^th anniversary | RSVP for meal
St. Andrew will celebrate 50 years of ministry on October 23/26. In addition to the weekend worship service, we will host an event and meal at noon on October 26. To help with the meal count, please let us know if you plan to attend.

Opportunities to serve that Sunday include setup, takedown, and staffing planned activities for both children and adults. Contact Pastor Clinton to serve.

If you’d like to make a dessert for the meal, contact Gayle Frye.

If you have pictures of baptisms, confirmations, summer camps, worship spaces, Growth Groups, Sunday school classes, Westside Christian School classes, etc., please submit them. If you have hard copies, identify them as yours and put them in the box in the atrium. Otherwise, you can send digital photos to Sarah Wendorf.

Board of Directors update
View the quarterly update video.

Construction update
The roof decking is almost complete, and steel studs are going in. You can start to see where doors and windows will be in the building! It won’t be long until the walls are completely enclosed.

Parmenter Street is still being finished. The city has asked all St. Andrew and Westside Christian traffic to continue using the alternate routes until October 20:

• From the north, County Road K to Church Road to Schneider Road
• From the south, Airport Road to Capitol View Road to Schneider Road

A Place of Peace giving
Giving can be set up like other offerings. Go to “Give” at the website, and you can set up a one-time or recurring gift. Choose “A Place of Peace” as the “Fund.” If using a check, please put “A Place of Peace” in the memo line. If using St. Andrew offering envelopes, use the designation “Ministry Expansion.”

Even if you didn’t make a formal pledge, you can still give. Every bit helps, as St. Andrew will still carry some debt, and the less debt, the more ministry.

Call received
Minister of Worship Naomi Laabs continues to deliberate the call she received from 922 Ministries in Appleton to serve as their Worship Operations Director. Please keep her in your prayers as she considers how and where God is calling her to serve. She welcomes any comments, thoughts, and prayers from her St. Andrew family as well. Feel free to contact her at naomi.laabs@st-andrew-online.org or (920)277-4633.

Milestones
Levi Allen Craker, son of Seth and Kayla, was born last month and baptized this weekend. Welcome to the family! May God bless him and his parents with faith, peace, and love.

Worship check-in
If you worship on-site, please fill out the Connection Card attached to your worship folder. Online worshipers, please continue to check in here.

Weekend worship songs
Preview some of the songs we will use for worship this weekend. 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.

“Across the Lands” by Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
“Oh that the Lord Would Guide My Ways” by Koine
“Lord, Open Now My Heart to Hear” arranged by Tim Bode
“Give Me Faith” by Elevation Worship

WELS International Youth Rally
Summer 2026 will bring another WELS International Youth Rally. It will be held July 14 – 17 at Bowling Green University. The rally is open to teens from the classes of 2026 – 2030. St. Andrew is having an informational meeting on Sunday, October 19, at 11:45 AM. If that does not work, an online meeting will be on Monday, October 20, at 7:00 PM. If you want the link for that, email Minister for Nurture Mark Kjenstad.

Small Talk podcast
“Let the little children come to me.” Livy talks about these precious words of Jesus on a new episode of Small Talk. Listen to Small Talk here or search for “Kamin Small Talk” wherever you listen to podcasts.

Impact podcast
In Luke 9, Jesus gives his followers or would-be followers lessons to think about. They are lessons also for us to think about. Missionary Matthew Doebler is our guest. You can listen to Impact here or by searching for “Kjenstad Impact” wherever you listen to podcasts.

PowerHour on Friday
PowerHour returns this Friday, October 17, at 10:15 AM. “Let’s Fly” is the theme. Fly in and join us! PowerHour is for parents and their young children, up to age 4. Click here to learn more about PowerHour.

FUEL
FUEL is the Growth Group for all St. Andrew high school students. They meet on Sunday mornings to learn from and discuss Scripture, but that’s not all. They also hang out and have fun. Their next outing is a trip to Schuster’s Farm on October 25 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM. Contact Seth and Delaney for more information and to RSVP by October 17.

LifeBoat this Sunday
LifeBoat returns Sunday October 19. LifeBoat is a middle school ministry with the goals of helping grow their relationship with Jesus and helping strengthen their Christian friendships through games, lessons from Scripture, and worship music. LifeBoat meets on the 1^st and 3^rd Sundays in the gym from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. If you or a high school volunteer would like to help with supervision go here. To help with a snack donation, go here for more details.

Opportunities to serve | St. Andrew 50^th anniversary
If you’d like to help with setup, takedown, or staffing planned activities for both children and adults, contact Pastor Clinton to serve.

If you’d like to make a dessert for the meal, contact Gayle Frye.

If you have pictures of baptisms, confirmations, summer camps, worship spaces, Growth Groups, Sunday school classes, Westside Christian School classes, etc., please put them in the box in the atrium. Otherwise, you can send digital photos to Sarah Wendorf.

Monthly Mission Partner
Our October partner is WayForward Resources, a local organization that provides several social services to the western Dane County area, most notably, a large food pantry. Find more information about WayForward at their website or view a video from their executive director.