Ministries

Rev. Dr. Raymond H. Schroeder
Phone: 813-634-1252

God’s compassion toward humanity is shown in Scripture, in the history of the church, and most specifically in the person and message of Christ Jesus.

Although people seek to live for themselves alone, God continually acts to set people free from selfishness, calling them into a community of faithful discipleship, and directing them toward particular ministries of caring.

Responding to God’s compassion and guided by the Holy Spirit, the church seeks to become an intentional community of caring to represent more fully the living Christ in faith and practice.

Caring Support

A Commitment to Caring

People in personal and family crisis will find compassionate support and aid from our Ministers and Deacons. If you or someone you know is in need of help, please call us for assistance at
813-634-1252
The session of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church is committed to a covenant of caring and will engage in ministries of caring through:
Worship - providing worship that conveys the reality of God’s compassion to our congregation.
Prayer and Bible Study - encouraging members of our congregation to accept God’s compassion in their own lives and, by daily prayer and openness to Scripture, to seek God’s compassion for today’s world.
Education - giving members of the congregation means to help them grow as caring persons in their homes, their church, and their community.
Service - holding before the congregation an urgency to work for compassion in the public arena: to confront apathy, isolation, and the marginalization of children, the poor, the hungry, the stranger, the homeless, the chronically and terminally ill, the prisoner, and others in need of care, knowing that even as we serve them, we serve the Lord Jesus. (Matthew 25:31ff.)
Reconciliation - demonstrating in our individual and corporate lives a love that is genuine, an abhorrence of evil, a zeal for service, a joyful hopefulness, patience in adversity, a constancy in prayer, a generosity toward others, and hospitality for all, so that the many may become one. (Romans 12:9ff.)
Advocacy - standing with and for those who cannot speak for themselves, as advocates of compassion in their lives, to be a prophetic witness for removing economic, social, and structural obstacles to care in society, including care at the end-of-life.
Responsibility - involving the congregation in one or more acts of caring, such as: member-to-member care-giving (e.g., Stephen Ministry); support for in-home health care (e.g., hospice); establishing parish nurse program; organizing a bereavement committee; housing and/or supporting a health clinic; caring for, supporting, nurturing, and empowering professional and volunteer care-givers. The session will lead and support the congregation in this caring response to God’s compassion for us.

"Now abide, faith, hope, love, these three, but the greatest of these is Love" I Corinthians 13:13

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