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 […]
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
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
