Scenes from Blessing of the Animals.
We are currently collecting:
Non-perishable food items for local pantries,
Clothing for Veterans,
Newspapers for the Poppy Foundation (cat rescue),
Pop (or soda) tabs for Ronald MacDonald House,
Eyeglasses for Lions Club International.
We continue our work making sleeping mats for the houseless,
and we are collecting plastic grocery bags for this project.
Angel Tree 2023
Gifts for 30 children served by Lutheran Social Services of Nevada.
This year, we highlighted the work of ELCA World Hunger and our own local food pantries. In addition to filling our food pantries each week, we raised over $3,200 for ELCA World Hunger.
Soup & Socks (2023) was a great success! There were 10 crockpots of soup, 144 socks to be stuffed, and 54 people in attendance. The socks were boxed and given to Lutheran Social Services of Nevada.
Lutheran Social Services of Nevada (LSSN)
St. Andrew Lutheran Church is blessed to be able to help those in need in our local communities through the auspices of LSSN food pantries. We receive food donations in our narthex.
St. Andrew Lutheran Church is blessed to be able to help those in need in our local communities through the auspices of LSSN food pantries. We receive food donations in our narthex.
Global Mission
As our first foray into Global Mission, St. Andrew entered into a relationship with the ELCA affiliated Lutheran Church in Guatemala, Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (ILAG). As part of this ministry, we have traveled twice to Guatemala to meet the ILAG staff, church members and the teachers and students of the school they operate in Guatemala City. We are in partnership with one of the ILAG churches in the City, El Divino Salvador del Mundo (The Divine Savior of the World). A second partnership has been developed with the ILAG church of San Marcos in Maya Itza in northern Guatemala. These partnerships are a covenant between St Andrew and the ILAG churches that we will pray for and spiritually support each other, learn about each other’s culture, and communicate in writing. Included is the commitment that we will visit them at least every other year and that we will provide some financial support.
Primarily through private donations we have provided funds to renovate a much needed room that will relieve the overcrowding in the current school building and will be used by El Divino Salvador del Mundo for children programs. We also funded the printing of new hymnals for ILAG and its churches. Learn more about ILAG at www.iglesialuteranaagustina.org/.
Below are downloadable files where you can view a presentation about the most recent visit to Guatemala by St. Andrew:
As our first foray into Global Mission, St. Andrew entered into a relationship with the ELCA affiliated Lutheran Church in Guatemala, Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala (ILAG). As part of this ministry, we have traveled twice to Guatemala to meet the ILAG staff, church members and the teachers and students of the school they operate in Guatemala City. We are in partnership with one of the ILAG churches in the City, El Divino Salvador del Mundo (The Divine Savior of the World). A second partnership has been developed with the ILAG church of San Marcos in Maya Itza in northern Guatemala. These partnerships are a covenant between St Andrew and the ILAG churches that we will pray for and spiritually support each other, learn about each other’s culture, and communicate in writing. Included is the commitment that we will visit them at least every other year and that we will provide some financial support.
Primarily through private donations we have provided funds to renovate a much needed room that will relieve the overcrowding in the current school building and will be used by El Divino Salvador del Mundo for children programs. We also funded the printing of new hymnals for ILAG and its churches. Learn more about ILAG at www.iglesialuteranaagustina.org/.
Below are downloadable files where you can view a presentation about the most recent visit to Guatemala by St. Andrew:
| guatemala_2015.pdf |
| guatemala_2015.pptx |
"In-Reach" Ministries
Prayer Ministry
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to God's will, God hears us.
(1 John 5:14)
The St. Andrew Prayer Circle is dedicated to praying for anyone with a special need, whether it is an illness, surgery, a death, or any situation where God’s love and comfort are needed. The Prayer Circle prays for congregational members, their families, their friends, their neighbors—anyone who is need of lifting up to the Lord.
To join the Prayer Circle or make a prayer request, please contact the church office at churchoffice@standrewlv.org or 702-255-1990.
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to God's will, God hears us.
(1 John 5:14)
The St. Andrew Prayer Circle is dedicated to praying for anyone with a special need, whether it is an illness, surgery, a death, or any situation where God’s love and comfort are needed. The Prayer Circle prays for congregational members, their families, their friends, their neighbors—anyone who is need of lifting up to the Lord.
To join the Prayer Circle or make a prayer request, please contact the church office at churchoffice@standrewlv.org or 702-255-1990.
Barnabas Ministry
The St. Andrew Barnabas Ministry is made up of church members who regularly visit our homebound members for conversation, prayer, and Communion. These visits are very important for those who cannot attend worship, both for the fellowship and for the opportunity to receive Communion.
To become involved in this fulfilling ministry, please contact the church office at 702-255-1990.
The St. Andrew Barnabas Ministry is made up of church members who regularly visit our homebound members for conversation, prayer, and Communion. These visits are very important for those who cannot attend worship, both for the fellowship and for the opportunity to receive Communion.
To become involved in this fulfilling ministry, please contact the church office at 702-255-1990.
Prayer Shawl & Quilt Ministry
Our Prayer Shawl & Quilt Ministry continues to grow as God shows us others who need his love and care through the shawls – caregivers, friends, neighbors, those who are ill, depressed, post-surgery, or unable to get out of the house.
Our prayer shawls are crocheted or knitted, the quilts lovingly sticthed, gifts made in prayer, as prayer, and for prayer.
Our prayer is that the shawls
... be a mantle and sign of God’s presence
... offer warmth to the weary
... surround the suffering with ease
... encircle those in pain with caring
... comfort those who feel alone
... remind us all of God’s abiding love.
Prayer Shawl & Quilt Ministry members meet monthly to share patterns, fellowship, and the joy of the ministry. Anyone interested in learning how to crochet and/or knit is more than welcome, too. Cash donations for the purchase of yarn are always appreciated. For more information about this ministry, contact the church office at 702-255-1990.
Our Prayer Shawl & Quilt Ministry continues to grow as God shows us others who need his love and care through the shawls – caregivers, friends, neighbors, those who are ill, depressed, post-surgery, or unable to get out of the house.
Our prayer shawls are crocheted or knitted, the quilts lovingly sticthed, gifts made in prayer, as prayer, and for prayer.
Our prayer is that the shawls
... be a mantle and sign of God’s presence
... offer warmth to the weary
... surround the suffering with ease
... encircle those in pain with caring
... comfort those who feel alone
... remind us all of God’s abiding love.
Prayer Shawl & Quilt Ministry members meet monthly to share patterns, fellowship, and the joy of the ministry. Anyone interested in learning how to crochet and/or knit is more than welcome, too. Cash donations for the purchase of yarn are always appreciated. For more information about this ministry, contact the church office at 702-255-1990.
AA Meetings
St. Andrew is a host site for seven weekly AA meetings: Sundays at 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm; a Women's Meeting on Mondays at 7:00 PM; a Women's Meeting on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM; a Men's Meeting on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM; Thursdays at Noon and 7:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. We also host a recovery bible Study on Wednesdays at 10:30AM and an Al-Anon group on Wednesdays at Noon.
Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of those who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. (The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.)
For more information about Alcoholics Anonymous, visit: http://www.aa.org.
St. Andrew is a host site for seven weekly AA meetings: Sundays at 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm; a Women's Meeting on Mondays at 7:00 PM; a Women's Meeting on Tuesdays at 9:30 AM; a Men's Meeting on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM; Thursdays at Noon and 7:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. We also host a recovery bible Study on Wednesdays at 10:30AM and an Al-Anon group on Wednesdays at Noon.
Alcoholics Anonymous® is a fellowship of those who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. (The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.)
For more information about Alcoholics Anonymous, visit: http://www.aa.org.
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