St. Andrew’s: 2018 in numbers!
Dear Friends: preparing for Lent
Dear Friends, Thank you so much for all your Christmas cards and good wishes to Jamie and me. We had a lovely Christmas, and I hope you did too. It seems a long time ago now, and already as a church we need to be looking ahead. We start with Lent, our season of preparation […]
Sermon: Wedding Presence
Sermon given at St. Andrew’s URC Ealing 20th Jan 2019 by Revd Sue McCoan Isaiah 62:1-5 John 2:1-11 One of the delights of being a minister is that you sometimes get asked to conduct weddings. I love it. I love being part of the preparations, and I love seeing all the clothes on the day, […]
St Andrew’s Church Away Day, Sat 7th September
What are we thankful for? How is God working among us? Where is God leading us next? A day to celebrate and strengthen our church fellowship, in the lovely surroundings of the Niland Conference Centre in Bushey Heath. The more of us who can be there, the richer the day will be for all, so […]
Epiphany
The Revd John Proctor, General Secretary of the United Reformed Church, reflects on how a train journey during the cold winter months inspired an epiphany. I had an epiphany, on a train of all places. At this time of year, most of my commute takes place before dawn or after dark. The countryside beside the […]
Armistice Day 1918
Special Thanksgiving Services were held in the church in connection with the cessation of hostilities in the Great War. On Sunday, the 10th , Mr Wylie announced that if official notice were made on the following day that the Armistice had been signed there would be a Special Service in the church that evening. Despite […]
‘LEADING WORSHIP’ COURSE
at Wembley Park URC Oct 2018 – Feb 2019 For anyone who leads worship, would like to try, or wants to know more about it; a refresher for those who have done the course before. What does it cover? The course looks at the purpose and content of worship. It goes into detail about the […]
July letter – Team Work
Dear Friends, We live in exciting times. This week, as I write, the headlines seem particularly dramatic: Donald Trump in Europe, Roger Federer knocked out of Wimbledon, England through to the semi-finals of the World Cup, successful cave rescue mission in Thailand, and Cabinet resignations and reshuffles over Brexit. Or, as we might summarise: In, […]
New Members
On Sunday 20th May, we were delighted to welcome three people into Church Membership: Jessica, Susan and Margaret . All three have been coming to the church for a while, and it is a great joy that they have now made this deeper commitment. It was particularly appropriate that we should do this on Pentecost […]
URC Ministers’ Gathering
In April, more than 340 URC ministers gathered in Staffordshire to spend 4 days being inspired and challenged. The event replaced the annual Spring Schools run by individual synods, allowing ministers from across the entire country to meet and share. The theme for the week was Discipleship. With 2 keynote speakers – Rowan Williams, former […]