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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Members of all the churches in the North Derbyshire Resource Area joined in a warm and lively service of welcome to their new minister, Revd Caroline Andrews, on 20th March 2022 at St Andrews. Members of Caroline’s family, her friends and members of her former church at Saltaire were warmly welcomed to the service which […]
“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 […]
The World Day of Prayer is a Women Led, Global, Ecumenical Movement which takes place on the first Sunday in March. The services being held in the Chesterfield Area on Friday 4th March are at Holymoorside URC at 10.30am, Loundsley Green Church at 2.00pm and at Hasland Methodist Church at 10.30am. This year’s service has […]
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 […]
All are welcome to our Christmas services and events. Our preparations start with our Advent Sunday service at 11.00am on 28th November. We will light the first candle in our Advent ring that day and another candle will be lit on each Sunday up to Christmas. On Saturday 4th December we are holding a Coffee […]
