to the Church AGM 19th March 2017 2016 began with a feeling of hope and expectation. On 10 January the service was given by the Revd Sue McCoan who was ‘preaching with a view’. After the service we all had a chance to chat with Sue and her husband, Jamie, and the overwhelming impression of […]
Make the most of Reform magazine! The March edition of Reform – the national magazine published by the United Reformed Church – is out now! Hot off the heels of last month’s ‘good question’ (‘Is it antisemitic to criticise Israel?’) this month, we ask: ‘What does the Reformation mean today?’ As usual, the article gives […]
Address delivered at the service to celebrate the life of Revd Alan Frost, formerly minister at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing, at Gloucester Crematorium Monday, 16th January 2017 Alan was born and grew up in Colchester where his father was in the building trade. He got a scholarship to Colchester Royal Grammar School: he always wanted to […]
Have you thought about becoming a church member? Do you wonder what membership entails? Becoming a church member is an act of commitment: commitment to God, and also to the local congregation. For people who were baptised as infants it can be part of their adult profession of faith. For those who have belonged to […]
As you may be aware the church has run a toddler group in the Johnston Memorial hall for a very long time. Dilys Thomas was leader for many years and as parents arrive with their third or fourth child they often ask after her. Toddler group is a place where carers, who may be parents, […]
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 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. […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
