St. Andrew UMC and Carter BloodCare Team for Community Blood Drive

GIVE BLOOD! SAVE LIVES! St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano and Carter BloodCare will be hosting a community blood drive on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 18, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., in the North parking lot of the St. Andrew campus, at 5801 Plano Parkway. Walk-ups are welcome each time St. Andrew hosts a blood drive. Look for the Carter BloodCare bus in the North parking lot. To avoid the possibility of a wait, make an appointment online at www.carterbloodcare.org, beginning Nov. 4. Click on DONATE BLOOD, Community Blood Drives, SAUMC, to make an appointment. # # # St. Andrew United Methodist Church is a vibrant, growing, intergenerational church that believes all people are created and loved by God. Begun in 1986, St. Andrew is located on a 21.214 acre campus at the corner of Plano Parkway and Mira Vista and includes a sanctuary, education, music and nursery wing, completed in 2003. Nearly 2,000 come together every weekend through six different worship services: Saturday Night Alive!-5:30 p.m.; Sunday Early Service-7:50 a.m.; Teaching Service-9:30 a.m.; and Traditional Service-11:00 a; The Well contemporary worship at 9:09 a.m. and 10:39 a.m. St. Andrew is an outward-focused church striving to lift the world around us toward God and provides a number of local and global mission opportunities including the Seven Loaves CommUnity Center, which provides a myriad of services to qualifying residents of all Collin County zip codes directed at improving lives and breaking the poverty cycle. A number of caring ministries are in place to support members in all phases of life from support groups to career care in addition to ministries focused on each age group. Additional ministries include a strong music program with choirs, instrumental groups, as well as the Academy of Music, offering private lessons. St. Andrew provides each individual with opportunities to connect to the community and contribute their unique gifts to the congregation's spirit. St. Andrew United Methodist Church is located at 5801 Plano Parkway, Plano, TX 75093. Additional information can be found at www.standrewumc.org