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 […]
Revd Geoffrey Clarke, East Midlands Synod Moderator, hands a URC Children and Youth Friendly Church plaque to St Andrew’s Synod representative, Mrs Helen Lidgett, a Church Elder. 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 […]
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 […]
£670 was donated at a coffee morning and sale of cakes and preserves on Saturday 16th September to raise money to support the Dancing for Health classes. It was in memory of our church elder and friend Peter Dawson, who suffered from Parkinson’s and died suddenly in May. Peter recommended St Andrew’s church hall to […]
“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 […]
Yakira Redhead and Zak Reynolds were married at St Andrew’s on 6th April 2023. Yakira was supported by her sisters Marrissa and Poppy and she walked down the aisle on the arm of her mother Nicola. The marriage was conducted by our minister, the Revd Caroline Andrews. The sun shone on a very joyous occasion. […]
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 […]
Chesterfield’s annual ecumenical Procession of Witness (‘Whit Walk’) processed through the town on the May Bank Holiday Monday with banners flying and brass band playing after a gap of four years due to the pandemic. St Andrew’s was there in force, with the church banner carried by Mike and Poppy at the head of our […]
Wednesday 17th May 2023 St Andrew’s held a tea party during Christian Aid Week in May. Some 50 people from local churches and organisations came along to enjoy tea, scones and cakes and a chat with friends. £553.30 was donated for Christian Aid.
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 […]
