St. Andrew's Lutheran Church

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP - 2026
2026-02-18 19:45 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Youth & Sports Center, 110 East Ave, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Gather together! Wednesday nights, September through May, High School students hang out with friends, hear about upcoming events, eat snacks, and spend time in community. No registration is needed—drop in anytime.

ST. ANDREW'S ADULT CHOIR REHEARSAL
2026-02-18 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
St. Andrew’s Choir for adults rehearses every Wednesday evening from 7:30-9pm. New members are always welcome! Contact Andy Haase at 651.762.9123 if you’re interested in joining the St. Andrew’s Choir.And be sure to stop by the Fellowship Hall (in the Sanctuary building) between 4:45-6:15pm to grab dinner before practice. Suggested donation of $6-8/person.

ANXIOUS GENERATION BOOK CLUB
2026-02-18 19:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Sanctuary Pastors Room, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, Minnesota, 55115
For parents with kids of all ages!Wednesdays, February 18–March 2530-Minute Chat Following Lenten ServicesWe aren’t meant to navigate parenting alone. Join Tracy and staff in a 6-session book club following Wednesday night Lenten worship. Unpack The Anxious Generation by Jonathon Haidt to understand teen mental health impacted by the shift from play-based to phone-based experiences. To sign up email Tracy Lysne.

CONFIRMATION 2025-2026 (WEDNESDAY TRACK)
2026-02-18 18:30 - 19:45 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
During the three years of Confirmation, Middle School students begin their own faith journey—learning what it means to be a Christian, distinctions of the Lutheran faith, and what it means to live out their faith every day. During Lent, students will select a mentor, then attend Wednesday Lenten worship together, and follow up with a guided discussion.

No Wednesday Confirmation on 11/26, 12/24, 12/31, 1/21, and 4/8.

No Sunday Confirmation on 11/30, 12/28, and 1/25.Confirmation Registrations:

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

CONFIRMATION 2025-2026 (SUNDAY TRACK)
2026-02-18 18:30 - 19:45 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
During the three years of Confirmation, Middle School students begin their own faith journey—learning what it means to be a Christian, distinctions of the Lutheran faith, and what it means to live out their faith every day. During Lent, students will select a mentor, then attend Wednesday Lenten worship together, and follow up with a guided discussion.

No Wednesday Confirmation on 11/26, 12/24, 12/31, 1/21, and 4/8.

No Sunday Confirmation on 11/30, 12/7, 12/28, and 1/25.Confirmation Registrations:

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

HANDBELLS REHEARSAL
2026-02-18 18:15 - 19:15 UTC | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Handbells rehearse weekly from 6:15-7:15pm. If interested in joining the Handbell Choir, contact Andy Haase at ahaase@saintandrews.org or 651.762.9123. Drop in for dinner before rehearsal! Meals served in Fellowship Hall every Wednesday from 4:45-6:15pm—suggested donation $6-8/person.

YOUTH CHOIRS 2025-26
2026-02-18 17:30 - 18:15 UTC | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
St. Andrew’s Youth Choirs (Choristers, Celebration Singers, and the Youth Choir) rehearse weekly from 5:30-6:15pm beginning Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

Drop in at the Fellowship Hall (in the Sanctuary Building) before practice on Wednesdays between 4:45-6:15pm and enjoy dinner! Suggested donation of $6-8/person.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNER
2026-02-18 16:45 - 18:15 UTC | Sanctuary Fellowship Hall, 900 Stillwater Rd, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Wednesday Night Dinner runs September 10, 2025 – May 6, 2026

Wednesday night is church night! We serve a delicious meal (made in house!) for children, adults, and families participating in Wednesday programs (including kids and adult choirs, Confirmation, and LIFEU) and anyone looking for a break from cooking. Dinner is available 4:45-6:15pm in the Sanctuary Fellowship Hall. All are welcome!

Suggested donation is $4-6 for children (ages 3 and up) and $6-8 for adults. Cash, check, debit/credit cards, and Apple Pay are accepted. “Pay-as-you’re able!” VOLUNTEER! We can use your help! Join our volunteer teams that prepare the meals on Tuesdays and set up, serve, and clean up on Wednesdays. It’s a fun way to be part of our church family while giving back. Details at saintandrews.org/volunteer.

MIDDLE SCHOOL VIBE & THRIVE 2025-2026
2026-02-18 14:45 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | Youth & Sports Center, 110 East Ave, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
This program, for youth in Grades 6–8, provides a weekly opportunity to connect with one another, volunteers, and St. Andrew’s staff while navigating and embracing the highs and lows that naturally accompany the Middle School years. You’ll enjoy various free-time activities, a no-cost healthy snack, spaces for relaxing and doing homework, open gym time, and creative and recreational activities that vary by week.

ASH WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 18, 2026
2026-02-18 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
ASH WEDNESDAYWednesday, February 18, 202612pm worship • Lunch served at 12:45pm6:30pm worship & streamed online • Dinner served from 4:45-6:15pmWorship in Sanctuary, meals in Fellowship HallLENT SERVICESWednesdays, February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, 202612pm worship • Lunch served at 12:45pm6:30pm worship & streamed online • Dinner served from 4:45-6:15pmWorship in Sanctuary, meals in Fellowship HallLooking for a serving opportunity? Volunteers are needed to serve lunch following the Wednesday 12pm worship services. Sign up for setup, preparation, or both! Click here to sign up. Please contact Ray Keple Plaskett with questions (651.762.9135).

YOGADEVOTION 2026
2026-02-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-02-16 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Great Hall Narthex, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, Minnesota, 55115
Yogadevotion classes are offered as part of the healing ministries of St. Andrew’s Congregational Care Team. We invite all to move mind, body, and spirit in awareness of God’s presence through gentle, breath-guided practice. No experience is necessary!Two classes are offered each week at St. Andrew’s (Monday morning and Tuesday evening). Both are hybrid classes—you can attend in person in the Great Hall Narthex or via Zoom in the comfort of your home.For more information, to view costs, and to register for Yogadevotion sessions, visit www.yogadevotion.com and find the St. Andrew’s sessions.

Monday 9am Yogadevotion with Penny2026 DATES:

1/5 – 2/23 (7 weeks) (skip 1/19)

3/2 – 4/27 (8 weeks) (skip 3/30; 4/6 is virtual only)

4/28 – 6/23 (8 weeks) (5/25 and 6/22, both dates virtual only)

6/29 – 8/19 (8 weeks)

Tuesday 6:30pm Hatha Yogadevotion with Sandy2026 DATES:

1/6 – 2/24 (8 weeks)

3/3 – 4/28 (8 weeks) (skip 03/31)

5/5 – 6/23 (8 weeks)

6/30 – 8/18 (8 weeks)

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP 2025-2026
2026-02-17 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | St. Andrew’s Great Hall, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Benefit from the community of caregivers in this support group. This is a warm, welcoming space to share the joys and pains of caregiving. Come to have your cup filled with love, prayer, and the Holy Spirit, and enjoy a fresh framework for the experience of giving care. Share resources and develop new friendships in this supportive, healing space. This support group meets on the third Tuesday of the month all year round from 1-2pm in the Great Hall Dot Room. Come to any or all of the sessions. Registration not required. Please contact group facilitator Jill Dumas for more information about the group.

SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER - CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL TOUR
2026-02-17 10:30 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Cathedral of St. Paul, 239 Selby Ave, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55102
Enjoy a day out while discovering the beauty and history of the Cathedral of Saint Paul. We’ll travel in comfort on a coach bus. To begin, we’ll enjoy lunch at the Downtowner Woodfire Grill in St. Paul, and then continue on to the Cathedral. The registration fee of $35 covers all transportation and the cost of the tour, but you’ll need to pay for your lunch. Wheelchair and walker transportation are available—just indicate if you need either items when registering.Use button below to register!

TUESDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
2026-02-17 07:00 - 08:00 UTC | Minnesota
Hybrid: Zoom and In Person with Pastor Emeritus John Straiton

Join Pastor Emeritus John Straiton for Tuesday Morning Bible Study live, on Zoom, and in person in the Fellowship Hall on Tuesday mornings at 7am. Pastors Brian Norsman and John Swanson host in person each week to gather around tables in fellowship and to listen to Pastor Straiton’s teaching.

Contact Dianne Nash at dnash@saintandrews.org for the Zoom meeting link. Miss a week? Check the library of the past few Bible studies.

YOUNG ADULT ZOOM BIBLE STUDY
2026-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Minnesota
Zoom in with other young adults for a weekly Bible Study led by Kendra Fleming.

THE CHOSEN
2026-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
The Chosen has quickly become one of the most popular historical dramas about the life and teachings of Jesus. Each week we will discuss an episode from Season 2. Pastor Amy will summarize the episode you watched at home that week, and then lead a discussion about what you’ve seen and the Bible stories it portrayed. How close is the show to scripture? How can art expand our Biblical Imagination? Who is Jesus to you? We’ll explore all these questions and more in this intergenerational Bible Study open to High Schoolers through Adults!

Meeting in Room 201 of the Sanctuary Building:

Feb 2: Season 2, Episode 1

Feb 9: SKIP

Feb 16: Season 2, Episode 2

Feb 23: SKIP

Mar 2: Season 2, Episode 3

Mar 9: SKIP

Mar 16: Season 2, Episode 4

Mar 23: SKIP

Mar 30: Season 2, Episode 5

April 6: SKIP

April 13: Season 2, Episode 6

April 20: SKIP

April 27: Season 2, Episode 7

May 4: SKIP

May 11: Season 2, Episode 8

ROOTED IN SCRIPTURE
2026-02-16 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Sanctuary Fellowship Hall, 900 Stillwater Rd, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Deepen Your Faith with Pastor Mike Carlson

Rooted in Scripture, this engaging 5-session Bible study invites you to grow in faith and deepen your understanding of the Bible. Led by Mike Carlson, lead pastor of St. Andrew’s, each session explores upcoming preaching texts, fosters open and thoughtful conversation, and creates space to wrestle with life’s big questions—together.

Join us Mondays at 2 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall and expand your biblical insight in a welcoming, discussion-based setting.

Schedule:Session #1: Sept. 29, Oct. 6, Oct. 13, Oct. 20 (4-week)Session #2: Nov. 10, Nov. 17, Nov. 24, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Dec. 15 (6-week)Session #3: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, Feb. 9, Feb. 16, (4-week)Session #4: Mar. 2, Mar. 9, Mar. 16, Mar. 23, Mar. 30 (5-week)Session #5: Apr. 13, Apr. 20, Apr. 27, May 4, May 11, May 18 (6-week)

SENIOR COMMUNITY CENTER
2026-02-16 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Great Hall Narthex, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, Minnesota, 55115
The Senior Community Center is open to all senior adults, every Monday–Thursday, 10am–2pm. Drop-ins welcome. But, RSVP is required for lunch. Enjoy fellowship, games, lunch (donations accepted) and periodic services such as tech help, Medicare tutelage, foot care, and more. Register for lunch HERE or by calling 651.426.3261. FREE bus rides available, sign up HERE.

Volunteers welcome! Help at the registration table, greet, serve lunch, play games, or just be a friendly face. Sign up to serve HERE.

MONDAY PLAYTIME 2026
2026-02-16 09:30 - 10:30 UTC | Youth & Sports Center, 110 East Ave, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Meet other families with little ones and allow kids to socialize and burn off energy during parent/guardian supervised open gym time. We’ll end our time with a short story time and prayer.

September—May • Mondays 9:30–10:30amJune–August • First Monday of the month

Youth & Sports Center Gym (Enter through Door 3 off the East Avenue parking lot)

If you drop off a student at St. Andrew’s Preschools at 9am, you may bring your other littles to the gym to play at that time, but note that staff may not be present until 9:30am.

AA - HAPPY, JOYOUS, & FREE
2026-02-15 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Great Hall – CRC Entrance/Door #6, 900 Stillwater Rd, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Sundays, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Great Hall Room 2

Directions: Enter the church campus from the HiltonTrail/Stillwater Rd. intersection and take an immediate left toward the Great Hall. Enter the Great Hall building using door #6 (Community Resource Centerentrance). Room 2 is to the right just inside door #6.

Group meets weekly, except on federal holidays, due to inclement weather, or other church building closure.

AA - GRATITUDE IN ACTION
2026-02-15 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | Great Hall – CRC Entrance/Door #6, 900 Stillwater Rd, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
AA – Gratitude inAction

Sundays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Great Hall Room 2

Directions: Enter the church campus from the HiltonTrail/Stillwater Rd. intersection and take an immediate left toward the Great Hall. Enter the Great Hall building using door #6 (Community Resource Centerentrance). Room 2 is to the right just inside door #6.

Group meets weekly, except on federal holidays, due to inclement weather, or other church building closure.

MSO CONCERT
2026-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra invites you to join us for a powerful concert experience at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi. This performance brings people together through the shared energy of live symphonic music—performed by our incredible volunteer musicians.

The program highlights the full range of what a symphony orchestra can do, offering a rich and uplifting cultural experience in a beautiful setting. We’d love to see you there!

TRADITIONAL WORSHIP EXPERIENCE
2026-02-15 10:30 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Traditional worship services typically include Holy Communion, a sermon, hymns, liturgy, and choral and instrumental music.

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE - ONLINE
2026-02-15 10:15 - 11:15 UTC | Minnesota
Enjoy online worship services every Sunday at 10:15am.

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE
2026-02-15 09:30 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Great Hall, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Sunday morning Contemporary worship services are at 9:30am in the Great Hall.

SUNDAY SCHOOL 2025-2026
2026-02-15 09:00 - 11:30 UTC | St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115
On Sunday mornings, children Age 3-Grade 5 enjoy fun, age-appropriate lessons encouraging them to Live In Faith Every day (LIFE). Registration is requested prior to attending, but not required. Plan to fill out a short form upon arrival if you’ve not yet registered kids. Families may attend any Sunday School time, regardless of registered time.

Sanctuary (Traditional worship) at 9 or 10:30am

Great Hall (Contemporary worship) at 9:30am

TRADITIONAL WORSHIP EXPERIENCE - IN PERSON & ONLINE
2026-02-15 09:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Sanctuary Building, 120 East Avenue - Door #1, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE - IN PERSON & ONLINE
2026-02-14 17:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Andrew’s Great Hall, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115, United States
Saturday evening worship services are at 5pm in the Great Hall and also live streamed via ChurchOnline.

ANIMAL ANGELS IN-SERVICE MEETING
2026-02-14 08:30 - 10:00 UTC | Great Hall Narthex, 900 Stillwater Road, Mahtomedi, Minnesota, 55115
This monthly in-service training is for Animal Angels members (that have already gone through the Animal Angels training with their pets) to explore options for your dog as a therapy animal. Animal Angels is a group of trained adults and therapy dogs who visit care facilities, hospitals, schools, libraries, shelters, and hospice partners in the metro area, primarily Washington County. Usually meets in the Great Hall Narthex (enter through Door 6 of the Great Hall). Contact Kathryn Monroe to register.
