LodeStar for July 2009

Monday 29 June 2009 at 9:50 pm Click to Download

St Andrew's Church Fete

Saturday 06 June 2009 at 10:45 pm

Many thanks to everyone who took part in St Andrew's Church Fete especially to James and Alison Palmer who organised it.  We raised £1332 for church funds as well as welcoming community groups such as the Scouts, Deniva and St Andrew's School to raise money for their own causes.      

Music Day

Saturday 06 June 2009 at 10:28 pm

2pm - 10pm 4th July 

From classical to rock, from bells to electric guitar, there will be music of all kinds filling St Andrew's church on Saturday 4th July.  Local musicians have been invited to perform in a celebration of music through the ages. 

There will be refreshements available all day so why not drop in for a musical cup of tea or coffee and cake?  There will also be a barbeque from 6pm.

Entrance is free but donations can be made to the St Andrew's Development Fund for the installation of a kitchen, loo and meeting room and refurbishment of the organ.

LodeStar for June

Monday 01 June 2009 at 7:46 pm Click to download

Dear Friends

Friday 13 June 2008 at 10:53 am

There is an old saying that if Mohammed won't go to the mountain then the mountain will have to go to Mohammed. I do not intend to use this as an excuse to talk about Christian-Muslim dialogue, which is surely important and about which much could be said, but rather to talk about the decidedly more prosaic subject of transport to church.

It is not always widely known that if people wish to come church but have difficulties actually getting there, then we are very willing to lay on transport for them. We are very grateful to our volunteer drivers who willingly bring people to church services, functions and events, but we would like the service to be more widely known. If you know someone who cannot get to church on a Sunday morning but would like to come, please do let me know and I will arrange a lift for them.

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Giving to the Church

Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 08:25 am

Did you know that it costs around £55,000 per year to run St Andrew's Church? This is regular spending on parish share (ministry costs paid to the Diocese), heating, lighting, cleaning, insurance, administration and printing etc. It does not include payments for major repairs. At the moment we are facing a shortfall between this and our income from collections, fundraising, fees and so on which is having to be met from reserves. The more we take from reserves the less interest we get from those accounts thus making the problem worse as time goes on.

With this in mind regular churchgoers have been asked over the last few weeks to reflect on what we are giving to the church in financial donations to enable St Andrew's to go on doing God‘s work, both in terms of serving the regular congregation and providing care for the rest of the community.

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Dear Friends

Friday 19 October 2007 at 10:36 am
I love the old school boy joke of Be alert: your country needs lerts! Sadly, those of us entrusted with the care of our historic churches need to be more alert and vigilant than ever. There has been an epidemic of theft of metal from churches in our area. The main church insurer wrote to all clergy recently saying that the claims for this August total the same for the whole of last year; so it is clearly a major problem. At the end of September thieves struck at Wicken Church and made off with some sheets of lead from the south aisle roof and the Victoria Hall in Fordham has been targeted more than once. While the roof at St Andrew's is very high (and therefore perhaps less of an attractive target than some other churches) I would urge everyone to keep their eyes open and report anything suspicious to the police straight away. (more)

Opening Times, St Andrew's

St Andrew's is open daily 9.15am -5.30pm for prayer and reflection or for visitors to look around our beautiful historic building. Members of the congregation often pop in and will try to answer any questions you may have. There is a guide book on the leaflet shelves near the door.

Church Calendars

St. Andrew's

St. Laurence's

Location

Find St. Andrew's Soham & St. Laurence's Wicken on Google Maps

Contacts

The Clergy

The Vicar: The Reverend Tim Alban Jones
The Vicarage, Cross Green, Soham, Ely, CB7 5DU

01353 720423

Email the Vicar

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St. Laurence's Service Times

1st Sunday

11:00am Holy Communion

2nd Sunday

11:00am Ecumenical Service
(Check the Calendar)

3rd Sunday

8:00am Holy Communion BCP

4th Sunday

11:00am Morning Prayer

5th Sunday

11:00am Holy Communion CW (with Soham)

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St. Andrew's Service Times

Open daily 9.15am -5.30pm for prayer and reflection.

1st Sunday

8:00am Holy Communion BCP
9:30am Sung Eucharist

2nd Sunday

8:00am Holy Communion BCP
9:30am Sung Eucharist

3rd Sunday

8:00am Holy Communion BCP
9:30am Family Service
7:00pm Streams: Fresh Expressions service with space for meditation and reflection 

4th Sunday

8:00am Holy Communion BCP
9:30am Sung Eucharist
 

5th Sunday

8:00am Holy Communion BCP
11:00am Joint service at Wicken.

Thursday

10:00am Holy Communion BCP