Community service

Last Sunday, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church sent its parishioners out into the community as part of its annual, “Don’t Go To Church, Be The Church” program. This year, 237 volunteers fanned out to 21 different sites around the Valley including all the public schools, Pets Lifeline, Valley Cemetery and other venues. At the Sonoma Charter School, youngsters helped paint some of the buildings. Here, Mark Shipston, a senior at Sonoma Valley High, gets the last few drops out of a paint bucket while Aidan Blackwood, 9, Carina Given, 9, and Maren McKesson, 9, wait to paint. The three are also Charter School students.

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