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 […]
This year’s Gift Day will be on Sunday 5th November. Please look out for Gift Day envelopes which will be sent out in advance. There will also be spare envelopes available on the day in the link corridor. If you pay income tax at the basic rate or higher, then by completing the Gift Aid […]
Eco Church, Sustainability and the HeatHack project Earlier this year Peter Skerratt convened a small working group to explore ways in which St Andrews might reduce its energy costs, put the Church and Centre onto a more sustainable footing and set an initial path towards a Net Zero future by 2050. This group is made […]
This is a hugely busy period and a big ‘thank you’ is owed to Church Centre Manager Maureen Vincent for masterminding all the works. The extent of the work now underway reflects both everyday wear and tear in the Centre (over two decades!) and especially the surge in use of the Church Centre in recent […]
Many people will never have heard of GoodGym but they are an interesting and energetic bunch of people. On their website they announce that “They are a community of people who get fit by doing good”. They go on to explain that they run, walk and cycle to help community organisations and isolated older people […]
Synod Green Day – Saturday 8th July The message of Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Scientist and Christian, in her book Saving Us, is that the most important things we can do in the face of the impending climate disaster is to talk about it. That’s exactly what we did at the Synod Green Day in early […]
The St Andrews Church congregation and friends were saddened recently to hear of the death of Irene Leet. Irene and her husband, Ronnie, were great friends of St Andrews over many years. With her pronounced Northern Irish accent and her powerful singing voice you always knew when Irene was in Church on a Sunday. Irene […]
Met at The Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire June 30 to July 3, 2023. Read a report on the work of Assembly here Bible studies given by Dr Nicola Brady, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland can be found on Zaccheus in Luke 19 and on peace-building through Mark 4:35-41
On Sunday 18th June 2023 St. Andrew’s morning congregation joined with the afternoon Ga Dangme speaking fellowship for their annual service of celebration and fellowship. Readings were given in English, Ga and Twi. The sermon was preached by the Revd Sue McCoan on the theme ‘The harvest is plentiful’. You can read it here. Prayers […]
