FACES OF FAITH

Community Profiles at St. Andrew's Church

Ralph Currie

1) What is your favourite hymn?

“All People Who On Earth Do Dwell”.  Second :   "Holy, Holy, Holy"

2) Do you have a favourite passage from the Bible?

While these two psalms are associated with funerals, there is great hope in both the 121 Psalm and the 90^th Psalm.

3) What is the best book (biblical or non-biblical) that you have read in the last six months?

The best book is “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin.  It is the story of an American who is building schools in Pakistan in the rural areas. 

4) What is your favourite style of music, and what is likely on your stereo / ipod / car radio right now?

My favourite style of music is either Easy Listening or Jazz.

5) What is your earliest memory of church?

My earliest memory of church is singing the processional each Sunday morning (Holy, Holy, Holy) at St Cuthbert Presbyterian Church in Hamilton.

6) What attracted you to become a part of the St. Andrew's community, and what keeps you here?

I was attracted to St Andrew’s by the preaching of both Dr. George Vais and Rev. Will Ingram.  While both men have a different style, the messages are very thought provoking and relate to day to day experiences that we all face.

7) What is your greatest hope for St. Andrew's?

My greatest hope for St. Andrew’s is that we can find a way to connect with all the new residents to the downtown core, those in the office towers that surround the church and we find out reach ministry’s that serve the community both here in Toronto and across the world.  If we don’t, we face the problem of many main line churches of dwindling membership and one day closing the doors.