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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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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Poppy reads at 50th Jubilee Service

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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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