The great Schools Art Exhibition is coming up this weekend. Make sure you are there! The Mayor of Chesterfield with the Mayoress, Chesterfield’s MP Toby Perkins, and representatives of Chesterfield Rotary Club and St Andrew’s Church will welcome all the students and hand out certificates at 10.00am on Saturday. There are two prizes, one provided by […]
We have finally broken through the 1 kilogram barrier enabling us to comply with the rules that all shipments must be one kilogram or more, in one parcel. It took three large cardboard boxes, all taped together, to accommodate that amount of plastic wrappers. Very many thanks to Denise who collected the wrappers, packed them and […]
On the first Sunday in August, worship at St Andrew’s focused on the climate emergency and what we can do in response. Actions replaced the sermon as we each wrote a promise on a label and hung it on a ‘promise tree’ at the front of the church. After worship we gathered to plant a rowan […]
Chesterfield’s famous Whit Walk, a procession of witness through the town on May Bank Holiday Monday, set off under cloudy skies and showers. The event began at Chesterfield Town Hall with a short service of hymns and prayers and the mayor welcomed people taking part. The procession set off down Rose Hill into the town, with Holymoorside […]
Thank you to every one who contributed to the Summer Fair by providing goods to sell, serving teas and serving on the various stalls. Thank you too to everyone who came and spent their money. A grand total of £503 was raised for church funds.
During Lent St Andrew’s is asking people to save their small change for Water Aid. Jars and a leaflet about the project will be handed out in church on the Sundays before the start of Lent. More information to follow!
The collection at the Christingle Service raised £71 for the Children’s Society. The collection at the St Andrew’s Carols by Candlelight service raised £236 for Christian Aid. Thank you to everyone who donated to these charitable causes.
