Congratulations to Poppy Thorpe whose Bible reading was one of the highlights of last month’s Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving marking the 50th Jubilee of the United Reformed Church. Twelve-year-old Poppy commanded London’s Westminster Central Hall with immense assurance. She did St Andrew’s and East Midlands Synod as well as her own family proud with […]
Local Elections – Photo ID needed to vote
St Andrew’s Church will be used as a polling station on Thursday 4th May from 7.00am – 10.00pm. The church is fully accessible. For the first time you will need to show Photo ID in order to vote. Photo IDs acceptable are: UK passport, UK driving licence, older person’s bus pass, disabled person’s bus pass, […]
Flowers for Mothering Sunday
Children and their mothers and grandmothers gathered joyfully at St Andrew’s on 19th March, Mothering Sunday, to prepare posies of flowers. First they joined everyone else for a short time of worship when the leader, Revd Steve Fisher, encouraged everyone to think about ‘What did mothers ever do for us?’ They then rushed out to […]
£622 raised for Commitment for Life and Christian Aid
Donations at our Commitment for Life service on 2nd October and our Christmas Christian Aid collection totalled an amazing £622.50. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Revd Dr Kevin Snyman led our Commitment for Life Service. Kevin is the United Reformed Church Programme Officer for Commitment for Life and brought first hand news of the […]
Christmas Services
Everyone is welcome to our services. Come and join us! We meet on Sunday morning 18th December at 11.00am for a service led by our children, celebrating the Colours of Christmas for the fourth Sunday of Advent. Our Carols by Candlelight service is at 6.30pm the same day. We will sing favourite carols and our […]
Schools Art Exhibition success!
Chesterfield Secondary Schools brought their students’ art work to St Andrew’s for the annual exhibition sponsored by Chesterfield Rotary Cub. Students, teachers, parents and friends crowded the church for the opening ceremony on Saturday morning, 8th October 2022. The Mayor of Chesterfield, Councillor Tony Rogers, handed certificates to all the students with art on display. […]
Beehive Baby and Toddler Group flies!
The Beehive Baby and Toddler group got off to a flying start with a launch party in St Andrew’s Church Hall on Saturday 30th July. A bouncy castle, wheelie toys, a baby mat and toys and a play table for toddlers filled the hall and an ice cream van parked outside, all to the delight […]
The Schools Art Exhibition is back!
St Andrew’s Church and Chesterfield Rotary Club are working together with the Secondary School art teachers to put on the fabulous Schools Art Exhibition again after a 3 year break because of the pandemic. It will be held at 10.00am – 4.00pm on Saturday 8th October and 1.00pm – 4.00pm on Sunday 9th October. There […]
Poppy stars at General Assembly
Poppy Thorpe helped to present and launch URC Children at the meeting of the United Reformed Church General Assembly at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire on 9th July 2022. Poppy says it was “her best day ever” and hasn’t stopped talking about it. She contributed to the presentation and discussion and in the […]
Planting a tree for the Jubilee
After Pentecost Sunday worship we gathered in the garden to plant a rowan tree in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Every child had a chance to add some soil – here Beatrix prepares to dig! This rowan, also known as mountain ash, has yellow berries and joins the rowan with traditional orange berries, we […]