Dear Friends, Easter Greetings to you all! Last year, one of our neighbours was clearing ivy from their shed roof and fence and needed access to our garden to finish the job. When they came, they noticed a tree on our side pressing against the fence. After further inspection and advice, tree surgeons came last […]
Tea, cake & chat
Join us for tea, coffee and cakes – and a chance to chat first Thursday of each month St Andrew’s Church Centre – Johnston Memorial Hall first meeting Thursday 4th April 2024 2:30 – 3:30 pm All welcome! No admission charge
God’s framework for living
Sermon given Sunday 3rd March 2024 by Thames North Synod Moderator, Revd George Watt at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing Reading Psalm 19:7-14; Exodus 20:1-17 In one of my previous churches which was by and large very plain apart from the war memorials, a church member offered to have the Ten Commandments carved on to the […]
Easter services
Easter services include a reflective service for the evening of Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday worship 31st March. (There is no Ealing Walk of Witness this year). 28 March Maundy Thursday 7pm led by Revd Sue McCoan Time to reflect, pray and share communion together 31 March Easter Sunday Morning worship led by Revd Sue […]
Work Party 6th April
Work Party – Saturday, 6th April The first of the 2024 work parties will be held the first weekend in April. With the weather hopefully improving and the weeds beginning to take root this will be an opportunity to tidy up after the winter months. We will also be able to see what the plans […]
Dear Friends – a new year
Dear Friends It seems a little late to wish you a Happy New Year, but I hope you had a good Christmas. Thank you for all the cards and kind messages to me and Jamie. It was good to catch up with my sister and her family on Boxing Day, especially my niece who is […]
A Pacific Journey
My father, Clifford Welch, was a London Missionary Society missionary in Nauru, from 1936 to 1941. When the Japanese invaded Nauru, he was evacuated to Auckland, where he worked as a Congregational minister until around 1947 when he returned to the UK, and met my mother. They married and my brother, Lawrence and I were […]
Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter
We were pleased to welcome back the Ealing Churches Winter Night Shelter for 3 Saturdays in December, after a long gap in this area of our service. The church was host to a group between 8 and 14 guests, who were welcomed and supported by a large team gathered from churches and among friends across […]
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 […]
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 […]