Worship Services
Located in the downtown of Guelph, the picturesque stone building has been home to the St. Andrew's congregation since 1858.
• We welcome you to our Weekly Sunday Worship at 10:30 a.m.
• Church School classes for the children and youth are held separately during the second part of the worship service.
• Supervised Nursery is available for infants and toddlers.
• We invite you to join us in the Church Hall following the service where coffee and juice will be served by volunteers, each week a different group of church members.

View our .pdf files for:
• Order of Service for July 27, 2008
• Summer Wednesday Worship Summer 2008
Listen to:
• Meditation/Sermon for July 13
• Service for July 13 (Beginning until end of sermon)
• Meditation/Sermon for July 20
• Entire Service for July 20
Audio files are in Vog Orbus format.
Some of you may have to download Winamp, a free media player for Windows.
Choose "Bundle" button, and "Classic Skin" option when prompted.
http://www.winamp.com/player/free.php
Xiph QuickTime Components (XiphQT) is, essentially, for Mac users who want to use Xiph formats in any QuickTime-based application, e.g. playing Ogg Vorbis in iTunes or producing Ogg Theora with iMovie. Download by going to:
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/20014/xiph-quicktime-components

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Teams of volunteers assist in various activities "around" the Worship Service.
Are you interested in contributing to St. Andrew's by offering an hour or two of your time on a Sunday morning? Your assistance is most welcome. Contact the church office and you'll be guided to the appropriate staff or committee.
Note that volunteers' personal phone numbers (or other personal contact information) are not listed for confidentiality reasons.
• Schedule Coffee Hour
• Schedule Greeters
• Greeters' Duties (html)
• Greeters' Duties (pdf)
• Ushers' Duties (html)
• Ushers' Duties (pdf)

Greeters' Duties
Download, view or print a pdf file:
Greeters' Information Package

North Transept

• Arrive at 10:00 am and find your nametag located in your family folder at the Welcome Center.
• Ensure that there are working hearing devices in the North Transept. 
• If there are problems with these devices, locate the sound person up in the balcony to assist you. You will also need approximately 20-30 bulletins.
• Stand in the North Transept area and greet the incoming congregation. Give each person/couple a bulletin as they arrive.
• Assist members with location of coat rack (remind individuals re security of items and not to leave behind.), location of restrooms, assist with hearing devices, large print Hymnbooks, etc.
• Stay in this area until after the first hymn is sung and enter the transept and sit in the North Transept area in case latecomers arrive.
• If latecomers arrive, assist them with locating a pew in the area and ensure that they have a bulletin, informing them the time in the service.
• After the sermon, exit the Sanctuary quietly and tour the nursery and restroom areas in the basement area; proceed to the upper level and tour all classrooms and restrooms on this level. Sign your name on the list outside the classroom # 9 on the second level. If there are any concerns, contact the person on the South Transept door immediately to assist you in this matter.
• Return to the Sanctuary after the tour of the building. After the service, assist members of the congregation with returning hearing devices, large print Hymnbooks, exiting Sanctuary, assisting members to the coffee hour etc.
• Return your nametag to your family folder at the Welcome Center.

***Familiarize yourself with the fire escape plan  
and assist all people to safety in the event of a fire. ***

South Transept

• Arrive at 10:00 am and find your nametag located in your family folder at the Welcome Center.
• Ensure that there are working hearing devices in the South Transept. 
• If there are problems with these devices, locate the sound person up in the balcony to assist you. You will also need approximately 30-50 bulletins.
• Stand in the South Transept area and greet the incoming congregation. Give each person/couple a bulletin as people arrive.
• Assist members with location of coat rack (remind individuals re security of items and not to leave behind.), location of restrooms, assist with hearing devices, large print Hymnbooks, etc.
• After the first hymn, close the Sanctuary door and stay outside the South Transept area in the main hallway. (If there is an extra hearing device, you can listen to the service while outside the Sanctuary.  If it is hot, leave the door open to improve airflow. Lock the exterior door that leads in from the parking lot. Answer phone to allow people in from this entrance
• If latecomers arrive, assist them with locating a pew in the area and ensure that they have a bulletin, informing them the time in the service.
• After the children’s time, ensure that the door to the Sanctuary is closed and that the children are in their classrooms.
• Remain outside the South Transept area until after the service, opening the door at the end of the service. 
• Stand near the Welcome Center and assist people with locating sign up sheets, a copy of the ‘Inspire’ and various information posted etc.
• Receive the microphone from the minister and give the microphone to the sound person up in the balcony.
• Remain at the Welcome Center until most of the members / visitors have left.
• Return your nametag to your family folder at the Welcome Center.

***Familiarize yourself with the fire escape plan
and assist all people to safety in the event of a fire. ***

Main Door Greeter

• Arrive at 10:00 am and find your nametag located in your family folder at the Welcome Center.
• Ensure that there are working hearing devices in the Main Door Entrance. If there are problems with these devices, locate the sound person up in the balcony to assist you.
• Stand in the Main Door Entrance area and greet the incoming congregation.
• The ushers in this area will give each person/couple a bulletin and assist these persons to their pews.
• Assist members with location of coat rack (remind individuals re security of items and not to leave behind.), location of restrooms, assist with hearing devices, large print Hymnbooks, etc.
• After the first hymn, close the exterior door and stay in the Main Door Entrance area. If it is hot, leave the door open to improve airflow.
• If latecomers arrive, assist them with locating a pew in the area and ensure that they have a bulletin, informing them the time in the service.
• If Communion is occurring, assist the servers when they enter this area from the Sanctuary.
• The offering from the balcony is usually collected by the sound person or others and should be placed in one of the offering plates that the ushers bring to the back of the Sanctuary.
• Remain in the Main Door area until after the service, opening the door at the end of the service.
• Receive the microphone from the minister and give the microphone to the sound person up in the balcony.
• Return your nametag to your family folder at the Welcome Center.

***Familiarize yourself with the fire escape plan
and assist all people to safety in the event of a fire. ***
Thank you for assisting with our service.

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Ushers' Duties
Download, view or print a pdf file:
Ushers' Information Package

• Arrive at 10:00 am and find your nametag located in your family folder at the Welcome Center.
•  ‘Reserve’ the last pew for the Ushers.  Attempt to ‘Reserve’ the next 2 pews for latecomers. 
• Stand in the gathering area and greet the incoming congregation after the Main Door Greeter has greeted them. Give each person /couple a bulletin and assist them to their pews.
• Assist any person with location of washrooms, coats racks, hearing devices etc.
• After the first hymn, close the folding doors quietly and sit in the back pews.
• If it is hot, the doors should remain open to improve airflow.
• The Main Door Greeter will close the Outside Main Door and stay in the entrance area throughout the service.
• After the sermon and the Hymn that follows have been completed, prepare to collect the offering.
• After the Minister announces that the ‘Offering will now be received’, proceed down the aisles in pairs - 1 pair down each aisle.
• Proceed to collect the offering - 1 pair of ushers to start in the Transepts, on either side proceeding down the outside pews of the main body of the church. If you feel that the Offering Plates are getting full, prior to proceeding down the outside pews, exchange the offering plate with an empty one, placing the offering plate on the Communion table (or on the pedestals if the offering table is full with other items) The other pair of Ushers - proceed down the main central body of the church, allowing the offering plate to be passed down one aisle and to be picked up by the other Usher.
• Proceed and meet in the back of the church.
• The offering from the balcony will be collected by the sound person and can be placed into one of the offering plates that the ushers bring to the back of the Sanctuary.
• Wait until the music has stopped and the music for receiving of the Offering has started.  Proceed down the aisle – one pair in each aisle.  Proceed to the front of the Sanctuary, wait until the music has stopped and prayer has been said.  Place the offering plates on the Communion table. (If the Communion table is in use, place the plates back onto the pedestals.) 
• At the end of the service, as the last music is playing, proceed to the front of the church and collect the offering.  Proceed to the Boardroom and assist with counting of the Offering.
• Return your nametag to your family folder at the Welcome Center.

***Familiarize yourself with the fire escape plan
and assist all people to safety in the event of a fire. ***
Thank you for assisting with our service.

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Special Services
Throughout the year, St. Andrew's has special services, eg. Maundy Thursday.
Also, we encourage you to check our Calendar webpage and the Special Announcements section for new information, as it becomes available.

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Baptism Guidelines
Considering St. Andrew's for Your Own or Family Member's Baptism?
The Music and Worship Committee has established guidelines to assist you in planning the Baptism Service.
Each Baptism in St. Andrews is given the most careful attention by our ministers and all our church staff to ensure that all your hopes and expectations for your Service are realized.
We also bring certain expectations to each Baptism Service in St. Andrew’s and we trust we are able to answer many of your questions.
View our .pdf file for our guidelines: Baptism @ St. Andrew's
Please feel free to contact the Church Office for more details
or to arrange an appointment.

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Weddings Guidelines
Considering St. Andrew's for Your Wedding?
The Music and Worship Committee has established guidelines to assist you in planning your Wedding Service.
Each Wedding in St. Andrews is given the most careful attention by our ministers, our organist, and our church staff to ensure that all your hopes and expectations for your Service are realized.
We also bring certain expectations to each Wedding Service in St. Andrew’s and we trust we are able to answer many of your questions.
View our .pdf file for our guidelines: Weddings @ St. Andrew's
Please feel free to contact the Church Office for more details
or to arrange an appointment.

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