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 […]
Yakira and Zak’s marriage
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. […]
Tools With A Mission
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 […]
Flowers for Mothering Sunday
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 […]
£622 raised for Commitment for Life and Christian Aid
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 […]
Christmas Services
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 […]
The Schools Art Exhibition is back!
St Andrew’s Church and Chesterfield Rotary Club are working together with the Secondary School art teachers to put on the fabulous Schools Art Exhibition again after a 3 year break because of the pandemic. It will be held at 10.00am – 4.00pm on Saturday 8th October and 1.00pm – 4.00pm on Sunday 9th October. There […]
Leprosy Mission Sunday
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 […]