St. Andrews Episcopal Church - McKinney, TX

 On January 17 we will begin discussing The Seven Deadly Sins in our Sunday morning Discipleship Hour class.  This will actually be our Lenten study, but since we have more sin than weeks of Lent we’re getting a running start by beginning in January!  We will open with a discussion of sin in general and then move through the sins from least deadly to most, as determined by Gregory the Great in the 6th century.  Come for all the sins or pick your favorites!

Discipleship Hour classes for people of all ages continue each Sunday morning at 9 a.m.  You do not have to be at each class to keep up with the curriculum.  Come as you are able!
Classes run from 9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., with coffee time between Discipleship Hour and the beginning of the worship service at 10:15 a.m.   
Come Join Us!

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Ready to grow in faith, prayer and an understanding of God’s word?  I have begun a new initiative for St. Andrew's and my own teaching ministry, The Daily Office Daily.  The Daily Office Daily started on November 29th, I send out a daily devotional guide to the Episcopal Daily Office Lectionary.  These e-mails put the readers on a daily rhythm of reading from the Old and New Testaments, the Psalms and the Gospels.  What's more, I provide a format by which you'll be able to share your prayer requests with the larger "Daily Office Daily" community.
Some of you will be more familiar with the Daily Office than others.  The Daily Office is comprised of morning and evening prayer services to help you through the day.  The "Daily Office Daily" e-mails will provide you links to online versions of Morning and Evening Prayer services, where you can click links that direct you to the appropriate readings and prayers.  I also provide links for the assigned Scripture readings for the day, along with a brief commentary on one of the readings.  As a bonus, there is a section where you can pray for other's concerns that have been submitted, along to a link for a "song of the day".
Many people I meet want to pray and read the Bible more.  The Daily Office Daily is something that will help you do both!  The Lord has asked me to offer this service not just to St. Andrew's, but to the larger church.  Feel free, then, to forward your friends this e-mail and get them signed up.  This is, of course, free.
St. Andrew's members will look forward to having small groups started around the readings, where you'll have an "accountability group" that will keep you encouraged in your reading through the year, and go more in depth on a passage each week.
 Why November 29th?  It is the beginning of the church year, the first Sunday of Advent.  We'll go through all of the seasons of the church year together, and when we are done, we'll have read a great portion of the entire Bible.   I will, of course, keep writing my weekly knee-mails, and will send these Daily Office Daily e-mails only to those who sign up.  This will work together with my twice-daily Twitter feed, where I send out a thought, prayer or quote to help you through the day. 

To sign up for the Daily Office Daily, E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call the St. Andrew’s office at 972-548-7990.

I hope you’ll join us!

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