You are very welcome to join us this Christmas! 17 December 1030am Carol service led by Revd Sue McCoan 24 December 1030am Morning worship led by Mrs Anne Byfield Christmas Eve 10.00 pm on Zoom: Christmas Eve Communion led by Revd Sue McCoan on Zoom (not in church) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82490051654?pwd=VEl5OXdFeFdTZG1JSjdxeE8yaGdwdz09 Meeting id: 824 9005 1654 […]
Dear Friends – December
What can you get for the man (or woman) who has everything? It’s a question raised by many a magazine article at this time of year, usually accompanied by a list of novelty gifts at far from trivial prices. There is a reason Jamie isn’t getting a £75 pair of penguin-shaped cufflinks and it’s not […]
St. Andrew’s Church Centre Annual Meeting 29 Nov
CHURCH CENTRE ANNUAL MEETING Weds. 29 November 6.30pm Come and here all the news from the Church Centre team over food and drink. Guest presentation from the HeatHack project. Peter Knowles Chair of Trustees
St Andrew’s Art Christmas Exhibition 18 December
The St Andrew’s Art Group will be holding their Christmas Exhibition in the St. Aidan’s Hall on Monday 18th December from 11am to 1pm. Refreshments and a light buffet will be provided. The exhibition is a chance to see the work produced by the three art classes held at St Andrew’s on Tuesday, Wednesday and […]
Faithful service
The recent weeks have brought news of the deaths of Betty Collins, Rena Stewart and the Reverend John Johansen-Berg who all faithfully served St Andrew’s. Betty was a member for over 50 years, doing much for St Andrew’s. She was a member of the legendary “Young Wives”, supported the Junior Church, and was an enthusiastic […]
Eco audits at St. Andrew’s
Eco audits at St Andrew’s – outside views This time last year I applied for two different ‘eco audits’ of St Andrew’s, and by the time I heard that they were going ahead I’d kicked off a third one! It wasn’t really my intention to have so many audits going on, especially as they all […]
Christian Aid fundraising 2023
Christian Aid Week 2023 Thank you for your support, prayers and generosity. Here at St Andrew’s, we raised £426.87. Our generous gift will help women like Jen Bishop in Malawi to plant better seeds and secure fair prices. Thank you also to our door- to- door volunteers. Our continuous giving and prayer will give hope […]
Work Party – Saturday, 14 October
Work Party – Saturday, 14 October Talk about enjoying a ‘weather window’. The balmy Indian Summer that we had all enjoyed in early October had disappeared; the weather had turned both colder and wetter but the sun shone again for our latest St Andrews work party in mid-October. This is a seasoned task force now […]
Empire and Kingdom
Sermon given by Revd Maggie Hindley 22 Nov 2023 The story of the Bible is a story of standing up against Empire. In our first reading from right near the beginning of salvation history in Exodus, the prophet and man of action Moses is complaining to God about the very difficult task he’s been charged […]
Sharing good news
Sermon given by Revd Sue McCoan 1 October 2023 Exodus 17:1-7 Matt 21:23-32 There seems to be so much bad news around at the moment. We are called to share the good news – but how do you bring this good news to people who might not be particularly interested? Let’s look at our bible […]