Christmas at St Andrew’s

Christmas began on 2nd December with a Coffee Morning! The church family, neighbours and friends shared coffee, tea, cakes and chat. The church Christmas Tree was up and there were two lovely arrangement of red and white poinsettias in memory of Dr Alex Harrow. Huge piles of warm clothes were donated Pathways, the Chesterfield Charity […]

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Children and Youth Friendly Church

The URC Children and Youth Friendly Church plaque awarded to St Andrew’s. The award of the plaque and certificate follows six months of meetings and discussions held by a group of St Andrew’s Junior Church Leaders, elders and a youth representative. They were accompanied by the Synod Children and Youth Development Officer, Richard Knott, who […]

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Dr Alex Harrow 1928-2023

Dr Alex Harrow, a much loved long serving member and elder of St Andrew’s has died at the age of 95. He was a man of deep faith, generosity and wisdom, offering friendship and pastoral care with grace and sensitivity. He led worship regularly, the last occasion just three months before his death, and served […]

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Chesterfield Schools Art Exhibition Sat 21 & Sun 22 October

The talented students of Secondary Schools across Chesterfield once again displayed their artwork in St Andrew’s Church Hall. Despite the unprecedented heavy rainfall and serious flooding in Chesterfield, 5 of the 6 schools managed to get their artwork to the church undamaged. Some are the work of A-level exam students, while others show younger students […]

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Dancing for Health

“Having Parkinson’s can make my body freeze and I feel like I have concrete boots on” says Cathy “but since coming to Dancing for Health Classes I haven’t froze. My GP has said he has noticed a vast difference and improvement and my joints aren’t as stiff.” Cathy attends the Wednesday afternoon class in St […]

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Tools With A Mission

Boxes and bags and buckets of tools were placed around the lectern and communion table on Pentecost Sunday. The congregation had turned out garages, cellars, cupboards, garden sheds, sewing boxes and anywhere else old and unwanted tools were lurking and brought them to church. Why? They were being donated to TWAM, Tools With A Mission […]

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