Do join us for a weekly Advent Bible Study. God With Us a four-week course by John Birch based on the readings for Year A of the Revised common Lectionary November 24th, December 1st, December 8th and December 22nd In the Banbury Chapel 1.30-3.00pm This study looks at the story through the eyes of Matthew […]

Each year St. Andrew’s has a Gift Day which is an opportunity for us all to express our thanks to God. This year our Gift Day falls on November 16th and I invite you to make a one-off financial gift to show our gratitude for the work of this church and to demonstrate our love […]

St. Andrew’s was scene to a celebratory service for our beloved Minister, Revd Sue McCoan, who will retire at the end of the month after nine years’ of service at St. Andrew’s and Wembley Park URC. A congregation of 70, plus worshippers online, heard Sue’s sermon on hospitality and witnessed the receipt of gifts from […]

Second Sacred Concert – June 2025 Jazz Vespers The Second Sacred Concert took place in June at the American International Church in Tottenham Court Road. I was told about the event a few weeks earlier as the organisers wanted singers to join the choir and ideally wanted singers from URC congregations. Duke Ellington composed three […]

https://urc.org.uk/our-news-stories/latest-news/ for a much fuller account! General Assembly welcomed international and ecumenical guests, including Revd Géza Kacsó who serves as pastor of a Reformed community in Transcarpathia, in the west of Ukraine. He said the region has been relatively safe from bombing and missiles but that his community has lost many people who have moved […]

General Secretary’s Address to the 2025 General Assembly The Revd. Dr. John P Bradbury, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church, addressed the General Assembly. The Nicene Creed will be read. Firstly, I wish to thank the Moderator for this chance to address you. It is not that usual for General Secretaries to deliver an […]

Dear friends, Here’s a question: When did you last play? And how did you know you were playing? We were asked this on our Ministers’ Spring School, 12th -15th May. People with young children or grandchildren answered easily, but the rest of us had to think. Sport didn’t count – too competitive; the same might […]