Reflection given at St. Andrew’s Ealing 5th Feb , Revd Sue McCoan Matthew 5. 13-20 You are the gift of salt and light. Do you remember those packets of crisps you use to get, years ago, with the little blue twist of salt in the packet? You had to undo it and sprinkle it on. […]
Revd Alan Frost remembered
Address delivered at the service to celebrate the life of Revd Alan Frost, formerly minister at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing, at Gloucester Crematorium Monday, 16th January 2017 Alan was born and grew up in Colchester where his father was in the building trade. He got a scholarship to Colchester Royal Grammar School: he always wanted to […]
Come and see!
Sermon given by Rev. Sue McCoan St. Andrew’s 15th January 2017 John 1:29-42 Suppose, for a moment, a friend of yours has a bit of a mid-life crisis, and comes round one day and says he has bought a classic car. He goes on to tell you t’s a 1960s Triumph Herald, two-door, four-seater, colour […]
Church membership – for you?
Have you thought about becoming a church member? Do you wonder what membership entails? Becoming a church member is an act of commitment: commitment to God, and also to the local congregation. For people who were baptised as infants it can be part of their adult profession of faith. For those who have belonged to […]
Baby and Toddler Group – A volunteering opportunity
As you may be aware the church has run a toddler group in the Johnston Memorial hall for a very long time. Dilys Thomas was leader for many years and as parents arrive with their third or fourth child they often ask after her. Toddler group is a place where carers, who may be parents, […]
Minister in India
Underneath the concrete flyover, surrounded by a cacophony of car horns, a cow sleeps peacefully. Inches from the traffic and with no protection, a man crouches by the side of the road, painting the white lines by hand. A warren of narrow lanes, bicycles and carts jostling for space past open shops piled high with […]
Finding true hope
Sermon given by Rev. Sue McCoan 4th December 2016, St. Andrew’s Ealing Matt 3:1-12 Well – only 21 praying days left till Christmas, and the big question is, are you ready? Jamie and I sent out most of our Christmas cards in November, but I have to confess that this was not about us being […]
Daily Devotions
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Church will be sent out by email every day from the First Sunday of Advent. A team of writers from different places and perspectives in the URC are reflecting on a reading and offering a short prayer each day for us to use in our own journeys of discipleship. […]
Commitment for Life
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the ‘Birthday Buckets’ on 16 October. We collected £195.21 for Commitment for Life. The daily breakdown is as follows: Sunday £31.46 Monday £16.60 Tuesday £24.00 Wednesday £66.00 Thursday £20.00 Friday £ 4.15 Saturday £33.00
Remembering Pte. Frederick Frost
Remembrance Sunday 2016 takes place on the centenary of the death of one of the many young men of St. Andrew’s and St’ Aidan’s who died in the two world wars. Private Frederick Frost, of the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, died in the final offensive of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, in a […]