Announcement: St Andrew’s Church Choir Concert on Sunday 13 June 2010

Music is a big part of church life at St Andrew’s Church in Brussels. We are affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music and, over the years, many of our Junior and Senior choristers have participated in RSCM activities, including the very popular Voice for Life programme.

Sunday 13 June, this year’s RSCM “Music Sunday”, will see a number of events organised by churches around the UK and in other parts of the world. If you are in Brussels that weekend, we warmly invite you to come along and join us for a relaxing and enjoyable evening.

SPLASH 2009!

This year once again, an enthusiastic team of swimmers from St Andrew’s Church took part in the Lions Heraldic Swimarathon, a popular event raising funds for Lions Club charities.

And as you can see in these photos taken by Evan Lamos, they really did make quite a splash!

Evonn’s picture of St Paul

The illustration chosen for the cover of our church magazine’s March 2009 issue was this picture of St Paul drawn by Evonn, a member of the 11–13s Sunday School group. Well done, Evonn!

“C’est bien, l’église”

Those were the words of David, a few days after his 2nd birthday, waking up and smiling as Daddy carried him up the stairs after returning home from the service at St Andrew’s.

He has repeated it several times since, so it seems to be his considered opinion!

Thoughts on the Sunday School

At the moment in Sunday School, numbers are very healthy with classes of 8 or 9 at most age groups but over the last weeks the smallest class has been the 9–10 age group, comprising of great friends Flora and Karalyn. One week we were having a chat about why it was good being a young person of St Andrew’s, and they were happy for me to share their thoughts with the congregation:

What is your first memory of Sunday School?

Flora: A memory I have from when I was in Karen’s class was when we were learning about Jonah and the whale we made a little Jonah who went in and out of the whale’s mouth.

Karalyn: In Airdrie we had to go upstairs to Sunday School and it was called the All-Stars.

What do you enjoy most about coming to St Andrew’s?

Flora: The choir is great fun and last year we even did a concert at the Chapel of the Resurrection. The Sunday School teachers are really nice and always have great ideas.

Karalyn: The choir. I really enjoy singing, especially “This Little Light of Mine” and “Panis Angelicus”.

Why do you think it is important to come to Sunday School?

Flora: Because we learn about Jesus’ life in a fun way. We get new friends which we do not see at school.

Karalyn: Very important. If I couldn’t come, I’d miss my friends and singing and Sunday School.

What is your favourite Bible story?

Flora: I like the story about David and Goliath because it shows that anybody can do what they want if they just believe.

Karalyn: When Jesus walks on water ’cause you can do anything if you trust in God.

Julie Gardner

The “Nativity Weekend” in pictures

Rehearsing hard and practising the songs

In the background, you can see the beautiful banner made by the Sunday School – part of the special decorations in the sanctuary for the Christmas season.

It’s party time!

Shepherds, sheep ...

... and kings

First Quiz Night at St Andrew’s

The first Quiz Night at St Andrew’s took place on 29 November, and great fun it was too. Four teams of three were locked in (almost) intellectual combat for the St Andrew’s Quiz Shield. Anne Jarvis compiled the questions, acted as quiz master and prepared snacks and drinks.

Questions included geography, sport, current affairs, absolute trivia and some rather clever cryptic questions, where the question contained the answer. The tasteful St Andrew’s shield will, until the next Quiz Night, grace the sideboards of Alyson Jarjour’s team, which was made up of Alyson’s mum and Kimberly Butcher.

To give you an idea of what the questions are like, here’s a sample:

• What were 30 tons of Lithuania’s currency recycled into?
• Which world leader’s portrait is tattooed on Diego Maradona’s shin?
• Which Teletubby speaks Mandarin?
  

Congratulations to Anne and her team for organising the evening. There will be another Quiz Night in the first half of 2009 (date to be announced). Well worth attending!

David Lloyd