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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
