The St Andrews Church congregation and friends were saddened recently to hear of the death of Irene Leet. Irene and her husband, Ronnie, were great friends of St Andrews over many years. With her pronounced Northern Irish accent and her powerful singing voice you always knew when Irene was in Church on a Sunday. Irene […]
Met at The Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire June 30 to July 3, 2023. Read a report on the work of Assembly here Bible studies given by Dr Nicola Brady, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland can be found on Zaccheus in Luke 19 and on peace-building through Mark 4:35-41
On Sunday 18th June 2023 St. Andrew’s morning congregation joined with the afternoon Ga Dangme speaking fellowship for their annual service of celebration and fellowship. Readings were given in English, Ga and Twi. The sermon was preached by the Revd Sue McCoan on the theme ‘The harvest is plentiful’. You can read it here. Prayers […]
The church working party on Saturday 29th April went well and made good progress on tidying up the grounds around the church including weeding, sweeping, cutting back bushes, etc. Fortunately, the weather was very good. Afterwards there was a well-earned lunch in the Johnson lounge. Many thanks to all who came along. However, there is […]
I hope you are enjoying the slightly warmer weather. This time of year takes me back to the days of revising for school exams: trying to convince my parents that I could revise just as easily lying in the sun as sitting at a desk, and then giving the game away after a few minutes […]
A defibrillator has been installed in the reception area, on the wall next to the lift. The kit is designed to be used in an emergency by the untrained, who are talked through the procedure by voice instruction from the machine. Training is here – a 9 minute video Remember that 999 is the first […]
On 15th April the church celebrated 50 years since it came into being with the union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales. An open day at URC Church House was followed by a walk across London, visiting sites of special interest to the Reformed tradition and a […]
Dear Friends, Spring is here! We are past the equinox, and the days are now longer than the nights. Next weekend the clocks will go forward and it will be light into the early evening. There is warmth in the sun, when it’s out, and though there is still a risk of frost at night […]
Christian Aid Week. 14-20 May Doesn’t time fly? It’s that time of year again, with Christian Aid Week just around the corner. Because of the pandemic we were unable to host our usual pancake parties and cake sales but last year we still managed to raise £324.68 in contributions. This went a long way to […]
Join us for worship at Easter! 2nd April 1030am Palm Sunday with Holy Communion Revd Sue McCoan 6th April 7pm Maundy Thursday Revd Sue McCoan 7th April 0915am Good Friday Walk of Witness 9th April 1030am Easter Sunday led by Mrs Anne Byfield
