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 […]
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 […]
Welcome Service – report
Rev Sue McCoan led her first service at St. Andrew’s Ealing on Sunday 31st July. She was welcomed to Ealing by local MPs Rupa Huq and Stephen Pound. Marion McNeill received a gift of flowers for her work leading the Vacancy Committee. Members and friends shared British and Ghanaian food in a `bring and share` lunch […]
Rev. Sue McCoan inducted as our new minister
The joint pastorate of St. Andrew’s, Ealing and Wembley Park United Reformed Churches was delighted to induct the Rev. Sue McCoan as its new minister at a packed service today! The service, held at Wembley Park, was presided over by the Revd. Dr Andrew Prasad, Moderator of Thames North Synod. Many representatives of local churches, […]
Quiz Night success
Kaye Knowles would like to say ‘thank you’ to everyone who took part in the Quiz Night Friday 17 June. Pictures in our photo gallery! the event raised £600 and Kaye has raised more than £2,500 in total for Cleft operations in Kampala, after successfully completing the Uganda International Marathon. To donate to CLEFT please […]
Introducing Revd. Sue McCoan
Induction Service Saturday 23rd July 2.30 pm at Wembley Park URC, HA9 7NN Welcome Service Sunday 31st July 10.30 am at St. Andrew’s Ealing Born in Sheffield, I studied Architecture at Cambridge but decided I was not cut out for professional practice. I took a number of short-term but interesting jobs including designing diagrams to […]
The Uganda Marathon – accepting the challenge!
I am currently digesting the news that I’ve been chosen to represent CLEFT in the forthcoming Uganda Marathon on Sunday 5th June. I guess that the combination of being a cleft lip and palate patient and a keen runner made me a strong contender, especially since I completed the London Marathon last year. However the […]
Tony and Dilys Thomas: farewell
Au Revoir to Tony and Dilys Tony and Dilys Thomas first came to St Andrews almost forty years ago. Since then they and their children, Jonathan and Rachel, have been involved in almost every aspect of the life of St Andrew’s so it is with enormous gratitude, and some sadness, that we bid them farewell […]