Women’s Ministry
Welcome to the Women’s Ministry page! We are so glad you stopped by to look around. Below you will find information on our offerings in the areas of Grow, Connect, and Serve.
If you have any questions about any individual event or class or group, or if you would just like to chat and get to know us and the ministry better, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
The Women’s Ministry of St. Andrews exists to serve the body by resourcing and equipping women of all ages to connect, grow, and serve the body here and beyond our walls. While we are integrated into all areas of ministry, we also offer events, classes, and discipleship by women for women. We are excited to see you become a part of the St. Andrews family! There is always room for more!
There are many growth opportunities in the life of the church; if you are looking for a specific by-women, for-women group or class, there are several options:
Bible Studies
Our Bible studies run at various times of the week or month. Some meet monthly, others weekly. We offer a women’s Growth Classes on Sunday mornings, as well as mid-week studies in the fall and spring semesters.
Discipleship
We have fellowship groups where more or less age-contemporaries meet monthly to study a book and encourage each other in their Christian walk. These range in age from young moms to retirees, and everything in between.
Please reach out to us at women@sapc.net if you would like to talk to someone about these opportunities. We look forward to hearing from you!
As women, we connect at St. Andrews in many ways, from regular connect groups to standalone events.
Mom Connection meets once a month and is a way for ‘moms of littles’ to be encouraged and supported by ‘moms who have been there, done that.’
Our widow’s fellowship, the Naomi-Ruth Group, meets for a fall luncheon and a spring English tea.
Our quarterly events include things like meeting downtown West Columbia to go antiquing, walking the Riverwalk, and then gathering for a meal. An annual Christmas Dinner in the winter, Galentine’s Day in February, and other fun events.
Be sure to join our Facebook Group, Women of SAPC. This is a closed group and meant for mutual encouragement, prayer, getting together outside the walls of the church, and generally experiencing community when we cannot be together in person.
Women serve in all aspects of church life!
If you have a desire to serve, there will be a place for you to plug in! There are many churchwide serving opportunities. We serve within the Fellowship Team to host churchwide Wednesday night dinners, as well as special events. We serve in various capacities in all aspects of Missions and Outreach – across the street, across the country, and across the world. And there are plenty of opportunities that exist within our Children’s and Youth ministries as well.
If you are crafty in any way, we have opportunities to serve through sewing, quilting, crocheting, knitting, and much more. If you enjoy cooking, consider joining the Take them a Meal group, which delivers meals to individuals and families in times of need: following a birth, death, illness, or other family situation.
We also come alongside our deacons in mercy ministries by serving in ways of benevolence, visitation, and bringing meals. If you have a desire to serve in a care capacity, please get in touch with us at women@sapc.net. We coordinate all our care efforts directly through the deacons and our pastoral care staff.
There are so many ways we can fulfill God’s call on our lives to live in community with each other well. Let us strive to do so in the unity we have in Christ!
