Wednesday evenings from 7.45-9.15pm in St Andrew’s Hall. All are welcome (to any or all of the sessions). 16 June The Jesus Prayer, Bishop Simon Barrington-Ward 23 June Praying with Scripture, Eleanor Whalley 30 June Prayer & Creativity, Tricia Troughton

We have ancient links with the town of Vercelli (near Milan, in Northern Italy). Here’s a short video with many scenes of the town. Photographs are by Andrea Cherchi, with thanks to Professor Gianna Baucero for making the video available to us.

‘Seeing beyond the here and now’ – Sunday 9th May, 6.30 pm in the Hall. Like the disciples following Jesus’ Ascension and like members of the early Christian church, we live in the ‘here and now’ and yet we also sense that we belong to a different kingdom and have a future destiny. We shall explore some of these themes together through…

The election of Churchwardens and the church’s Annual Meeting will take place partly during the service and immediately after the 10am service on 25th April in church. You are welcome to review the the Annual Report and the Accounts for 2009. The meeting will be followed by a Bring-and-share lunch in the Hall to which all are warmly welcome.

Our Good Friday observances begin with an All-age service at Chesterton Methodist Church (corner of Scotland Road/Ashfield Road, Green End Lane), 11am, followed by hot cross buns; there will be a short act or worship and witness at 12 noon outside the Methodists followed by a Procession of the Cross back to St Andrew’s, where there will be Family Worship at 12.30pm,…

We learnt on Stewardship Sunday (24 January) that St Andrew’s ran up a deficit of nearly £6,000 during 2009. Simon Peyton Jones, the church treasurer, has produced this report detailing our income and expenditure for the year. An accompanying letter from the vicar has been sent out to church members, inviting them to review their giving for the coming year and to…