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 – 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
