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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
High on a hill in Nepal at the Leprosy Mission Anandaban Research Centre, pioneering work is taking place to reach the greatest height of all – ending leprosy. But the lab is at risk of closing due to its age, limited facilities and the effects of the major earthquake in April 2015. When he led […]
“I am so looking forward to beginning my new ministry in Derbyshire” declares Revd Caroline Andrews as she prepares for her induction as minister of the North Derbyshire Resource Area. After an unexpected last minute change the service was held by Zoom on 26th February and you can watch it on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQH30m0QiI0 A service of […]
Revd Jenny Mills will be leading worship at Holymoorside United Reformed Church on Sunday 6th February 2022. Holymoorside has extended an invitation to members of all the churches in the North Derbyshire Area to join them for this special service. The service is at 10.30am and is followed by a buffet lunch. Jenny is the […]
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of our dear friend John Robertshaw who passed away In his sleep on the 22 December 2021 aged 89. John and his wife Marion had been members of St Andrew’s for over 40 years. He served as an Elder and on the Finance and Property […]
St Andrew’s Church Meeting on 19th September 2021 agreed to sign the Plastic Free Communities Pledge and become a Plastic Free Ally in Chesterfield. The Pledge asks us to: Work to remove at least three single-use plastic items from our day to day activities Commit to include our stance on single-use plastics in communications Raise […]
