Join us for Christmas Services at St. Andrew’s

You are very welcome to join us this Christmas! 17 December  1030am  Carol service led by Revd Sue McCoan   24 December  1030am   Morning worship led by Mrs Anne Byfield   Christmas Eve 10.00 pm on Zoom:  Christmas Eve Communion led by Revd Sue McCoan on Zoom (not in church) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82490051654?pwd=VEl5OXdFeFdTZG1JSjdxeE8yaGdwdz09 Meeting id: 824 9005 1654 […]

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Dear Friends – December

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 […]

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Faithful service

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 […]

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Eco audits at St. Andrew’s

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 […]

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Christian Aid fundraising 2023

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 […]

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Work Party – Saturday, 14 October

Work Party – Saturday, 14 October Talk about enjoying a ‘weather window’.  The balmy Indian Summer that we had all enjoyed in early October had disappeared; the weather had turned both colder and wetter but the sun shone again for our latest St Andrews work party in mid-October. This is a seasoned task force now […]

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Dear Friends – September

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 […]

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