In addition to the website and Facebook, we’re pleased to announce you can also follow us on Twitter: @monkseatonurc Please remember to tag us in tweets if you’re at the church for services and other events. Tweets are posted by Tim Cooke (@timatneatt) and/or Lucy Cooke (@cookelucy0206). We reserve the right to block, delete and/or report […]
Our new minister
We are extremely pleased to announce that at an Extraordinary Church Meeting held on Sunday 3rd May 2015, church members voted to call Mr Matthew Prevett to become our new minister, with 76 votes in favour and 9 against from 85 voting members (89.4% in favour). Matthew cordially accepted the call, so is confirmed to be ordained […]
Concert by The Darling Dollies
St Andrew’s Flower Team are excited to announce their upcoming concert that sees a welcome return of “The Darling Dollies”, the North-East based professional female vocal trio who specialise in 1940s close-harmony singing with a vintage vibe. With light-hearted chat and a mix of music spanning from the 1940s to modern day this is guaranteed […]
Ministerial candidate preaching with a view
We are pleased to announce that our service on Sunday 26th April will be led by Matthew Prevett, who has applied to fill the current ministerial vacancy at St. Andrews. Matthew is a ministerial student at Westminster College, Cambridge, who, having already completed his initial ministerial training in 2012, is currently in the final stage […]
Holy Week Worship and Services
Holy Week, culminating in Easter Sunday, is the most important time of year in the Christian Church, as Christ’s death and resurrection are the basis of our faith. We have services and other worship in the lead-up to Holy Week and through the week itself. Please do try and join us when you can.
Annual Church Meeting 2015
Our annual Church Meeting for 2015 takes place on Thursday 19th March 2015 from 7.30pm. Refreshments will be served from 7.00pm. At the meeting we will elect members into official roles and teams necessary for the smooth running of the church, receive reports from the various teams, groups and organisations associated with the church and […]
Our new logo
At our Elder’s meeting on Thursday 12th March 2015, it was unanimously agreed to adopt this image as our new church logo. Designed by our online communications administrator and Elder, Tim Cooke, it sees the cross and fish image from the URC logo, to represent us as a Church fellowship, within an image of the new […]
Tony reaches 90
We were pleased to help Tony Bates celebrate his 90th birthday this week, with wine and cake for all during coffee after the service on Sunday 22nd February 2015. Although less able bodied than in his younger years, Tony has lost none of his party spirit and was wooing some of our visiting Charity representatives. […]
2014 Supported Charity presentation
Each year members of St. Andrew’s URC nominate charities that the church will support through the year via various fund raising events organised by the Activities team and through other collections. Our charities for 2014 were: St. Oswald’s Hospice The Alzheimers’ Society RNLI Cullercoats An impressive £945 was raised to be shared equally between the three charities. […]
Another Story Must Begin
Join us for our Lent Bible study services and course based on Les Miserables. The course, which references the 2012 award winning film, pulls together characters and themes in the story with biblical references, encouraging us to explore themes such as love, grace, justice, redemption and salvation. As we move through the weeks of Lent, […]