Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan St. Andrew’s 19th January 2024 John 2:1-11 If you were here last week, or in any church that follows the lectionary, you will have heard the reading from Luke’s gospel about the baptism of Jesus. You will have heard John the Baptist announcing Jesus as the one who is […]
Get up and shine
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 5th Jan 2025 Isaiah 60: 1-6 ; Matthew 2:1-12 Here we are, on the first Sunday of the new year. I wonder what 2025 holds in store for you? Maybe you have events to look forward to – holidays, perhaps, or family occasions, or a significant birthday. Maybe those […]
Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter
I am writing to thank you for the wonderful generosity which saw St Andrews host part of the Christmas season for Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter. We are hugely appreciative of this gift of your building, your time and most of all your people, which enabled us to give a better Christmas to some of […]
Repent and Rejoice
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 15th December 2024 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Luke 3:7-18 There is a story of a little girl who ran to her mother one day and said, Mummy, mummy, come and look! There’s a tiger on the lawn! Don’t be silly, dear, we don’t have tigers in Ealing. Yes we do […]
Living in Hope
Sermon given 1st December 2024 by Revd Sue McCoan 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 Advent is a time for giving, we said earlier, and a time of waiting. It is also a time of hope. And we surely need hope in our world today. But what do we mean by hope? And where are we […]
Shaking the foundations
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 17th November 2024 Psalm 16 Mark 13:1-8 The Temple at the time of Jesus was a magnificent sight. It was almost new – the structural rebuilding, by Herod the Great, had only been finished 40 or so years earlier, and they were still working on some of the decoration. […]
Generous love
Sermon given by Revd Maggie Hindley Sunday 10th November 2024 To mend the world. Tikkun Olam is a Jewish concept. God created the world good, but ft became flawed, and it’s the job of the faithful to fix the flaws, to bring the world to the beauty the Creator intends for it. For us Christians, […]
Creation and Continuity
Reflection given Sunday 15th Sept, by Revd Sue McCoan Readings: Psalm 19:1-6, Mark 8:27-38 Gardeners amongst us will be familiar with the dandelion. Possibly more familiar than we might wish. Each dandelion plant produces 3 or 4 flowers at a time; each flower produces between 2 and 3 hundred seeds. So each plant has the […]
Christmas at St. Andrew’s
Please join us! 22 December Carol service led by Mr Peter Knowles Drinks and nibbles after the service Christmas Eve 10.00 pm on Zoom (midnight in Bethlehem!) Christmas Eve Communion led by Revd Sue McCoan Meeting id: 824 9005 1654 Please contact the Minister for the passcode. 25 December Christmas Day 1030am […]
Dear Friends – how do you sleep?
Dear friends, How do you sleep at night? Jamie and I were asked this last week, in reference not to a clear conscience but to choosing a new bed. Stumped by the bewildering choice of mattresses available, we were invited to have our sleep analysed by computer. This involved lying on a special ‘bed’ while sensors mapped our […]