On Sunday 20th May, we were delighted to welcome three people into Church Membership: Jessica, Susan and Margaret . All three have been coming to the church for a while, and it is a great joy that they have now made this deeper commitment. It was particularly appropriate that we should do this on Pentecost […]
In April, more than 340 URC ministers gathered in Staffordshire to spend 4 days being inspired and challenged. The event replaced the annual Spring Schools run by individual synods, allowing ministers from across the entire country to meet and share. The theme for the week was Discipleship. With 2 keynote speakers – Rowan Williams, former […]
Jesus is risen – now what?. Sermon given 15th April 2018 at S. Andrew’s Ealing, Revd Susan McCoan Acts 3:12-19 Luke 24: 36b-48 A few years ago, I conducted a funeral in church for a gentleman who had been at one time a regular churchgoer but who, as his health declined, had been unable to […]
Easter reflection – Part 1 Today is Easter Day. It’s also, as you will know, April Fool’s Day. Anybody been April fooled? It’s become a custom for newspapers to print an April Fool story; it’s getting harder and harder for them to think of something that’s more absurd than the real news. It raises the […]
The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) has launched Faith in Politics, a new podcast series featuring special guests discussing current affairs that link with faith. The podcast was created by Helen Byrne and Rachel Allison who are working for the Church as parliamentary interns. Each monthly episode will be presented by Helen and Rachel – both avid podcast listeners […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon at Reformation 500th anniversary service Tuesday 31st October 2017 Read Archbishop Justin Welby’s sermon preached at Westminster Abbey today, during a service marking 500 years since the start of the Reformation. Romans 1:16-17; 3:21-28 John 17:20-26 ‘O God, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that […]
Dear Friends, As the days shorten, and the leaves fall, November leads us into winter with a season of remembering. From All Saints, through Bonfire Night, to Remembrance Day itself, we look back on people and events that have inspired us and shaped us. This year our remembering started at the end of October, with […]
Reformation Sunday 29th Oct 2017 Sermon given at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing by Revd Susan McCoan Bible Reading: Romans 3:19-28 Uncovering truth For our first reflection, I’d like us to think back the Middle Ages, to what life was like in Western Europe. The vast majority of people at the time were Christian, and for […]
St. Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ealing, has held a special service to mark Reformation Sunday, five hundred years after Martin Luther first nailed his 95 Theses to a church door and set off the Protestant Reformation. The church is remembering with sadness the bloodshed and the divisions that followed, even as it celebrates the origins […]
Sermon 17th Sept – Harvest and Constance Coltman anniversary, Revd. Sue Mccoan Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Matthew 18:21-35 Today is a double celebration: our harvest festival, and also the 100th anniversary of the ordination of Constance Coltman, the first woman to be ordained in a mainstream denomination in Britain. She was ordained into the Congregational Church, which […]
