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 […]

Come and join us for coffee, cake and Christmas stalls – and bring your gifts for the Foodbank! There will be coffee and tea and home made cakes and scones. There will also be a couple of stalls. One will be selling cakes, jam, preserves, mince pies, and other Christmassy food and drinks. Another will […]

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 […]

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 […]

As Autumn approaches, the rowan tree we planted has a bright cluster of berries. Food for the birds and a pleasure for people to see. A young hedgehog has been spotted – rather dangerously crossing the car park. As a large hedgehog was seen earlier in the year, there must be a couple who have […]

Great excitement when St Andrew’s welcomed the Rise to the Moment walkers to Chesterfield on Saturday 4th September! The Young Christians Climate Network (YCCN) are walking from Cornwall to Glasgow in Relay to draw attention to climate change and the pressing need for climate justice. The young people, and plenty of older supporters, will be […]

27th January 2022 Although rules have been relaxed from today, St Andrew’s is keeping the regulations set out below to help keep people safe. Please ENTER the church building by the FRONT DOOR ONLY.  You do not need to wear a face mask in the church garden/car park but you MUST have your mask on […]

WORSHIP Elders reviewed the situation in early September and have agreed some slight relaxation of the rules. They remind everyone that the situation is still uncertain and continuing to cause anxiety so we should not only make minor changes.  We are meeting in church for worship at 11.00am each Sunday.  Masks, hand sanitising and social […]

About 50 members and friends joined us for afternoon tea on Saturday 21st August in celebration of St Andrew’s 90th Anniversary. Sandwiches and home made scones and cakes were enjoyed, along with tea, coffee and squash. We were glad to welcome friends from Rose Hill and Holymoorside URCs. Alex, a long serving Elder, concluded the […]

Lorraine Webb from URC Children and Youth visited Chesterfield on 25th June to meet Poppy and Marrissa and give them their Lundie Award certificates and cheque for £100. The girls told Lorraine about the letters and craft work they had sent to members of the congregation who were shut in their homes during the first […]

August 2020 Congratulations to Marrissa and Poppy who have received an award from the United Reformed Church Lundie Fund for all they did to support members of the congregation during the coronavirus lockdown.  They delivered flowers on Mothering Sunday, helped to collect shopping and prescriptions for people shielding at home, took some of the elderly who could […]