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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I hope you had a good summer. It seemed to be going on well into September with the late heatwave – it was a bit of a shock this week to be plunged suddenly into autumn. If you managed to get away, even for a day trip, I hope you felt the benefit of a […]
VISION DAY Sunday 3rd September What a great day we had! We began with our Communion Service, setting the whole day in the context of God’s love and grace towards us. For our prayers of Thanksgiving, we were invited to write on sticky notes the things we were thankful for; we did the same for […]
This year’s Gift Day will be on Sunday 5th November. Please look out for Gift Day envelopes which will be sent out in advance. There will also be spare envelopes available on the day in the link corridor. If you pay income tax at the basic rate or higher, then by completing the Gift Aid […]
Eco Church, Sustainability and the HeatHack project Earlier this year Peter Skerratt convened a small working group to explore ways in which St Andrews might reduce its energy costs, put the Church and Centre onto a more sustainable footing and set an initial path towards a Net Zero future by 2050. This group is made […]
This is a hugely busy period and a big ‘thank you’ is owed to Church Centre Manager Maureen Vincent for masterminding all the works. The extent of the work now underway reflects both everyday wear and tear in the Centre (over two decades!) and especially the surge in use of the Church Centre in recent […]
Many people will never have heard of GoodGym but they are an interesting and energetic bunch of people. On their website they announce that “They are a community of people who get fit by doing good”. They go on to explain that they run, walk and cycle to help community organisations and isolated older people […]
