St. Andrews online - Services during April

5th April Palm Sunday: 11am live service on Zoom; or watch our short pre-recorded service on YouTube.

10th April Good Friday: Watch our Good Friday for Kids on Youtube.

12th April Easter Sunday: 11am live service on Zoom; or watch our short pre-recorded service on YouTube.

19th April Sunday: 11am live service on Zoom; or watch our short pre-recorded service on YouTube.

26th April Sunday: 11am live service on Zoom; or watch our short pre-recorded service on YouTube.

• Our YouTube services become available during the morning of the service, and will continue to be available for several days afterwards.
• You can join in our Zoom services by video link from your PC or tablet, or by audio link from a telephone. Please contact our Vicar, Rev. Christopher Hobbs (0161 291 9134), for instructions.

St Andrews is holding online meetings every day

We can't meet - but we're staying in touch:

• Daily online prayer meeting - 7 p.m. each day, led by Rev. Christopher Hobbs, our Vicar using Zoom. Please contact Christopher in advance (0161 291 9134), for details of how to log in. You can join this meeting by video link on PC or tablet - or if someone can only use the telephone, they can still join in by calling a special phone number, available from Christopher.
• St Andrews Sunday service - prerecorded on our YouTube channel - or, live at 11am on Zoom.
• Emmanuel's Sunday service - on the Emmanuel YouTube channel.
• Little Rews - our club for preschool children and their parents. Click Episode 1 - Episode 2 - to watch our Circle Time with Margaret on YouTube. New episodes will be added, when available, to our YouTube channel.
• Youth Meetings - Our youth group has been meeting via Zoom. Contact Christopher (phone number above) or Ruth Drury for information.
• Our Facebook discussion group. This is a place to share shopping tips, prayer requests and anything to encourage each other during these times. It is often the quickest way to hear about what we are organising at church.

During the current Coronovirus troubles, the Church of England is continuing its ministry of prayer and serving others, but for the time being, public services will not continue. Therefore St. Andrews will only have online services until further notice.

We intend to follow any advice from the Government and the Church of England. This means that all gatherings are sadly now cancelled, including the Holiday Club.

Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme Community Support Service

If anyone in the local community needs support, please do get in touch and we will try to help! We have joined with other local churches (St. Cuthberts and All Hallows), our Councillors, and volunteers to form a new support group covering the Cheadle Hulme North ward (our local council area).

• For non-medical help (or to support our service), phone 0161 428 3983. This helpline operates from 8am to 8pm every day, with an out-of-hours answerphone.
• Remember, for medical help you should use the NHS Coronavirus service online if possible, otherwise call the NHS on 111, or in an emergency, 999.
• Stockport council has a coronivirus helpline for vulnerable people: 0161 217 6046. Click here for more information.

Pastoral Letters from our Vicar, Christopher

Christopher is sending out Pastoral Letters to encourage and help our congregation through these challenging days. You can read them below:

• Christopher's Fourth Pastoral Letter (6th April 2020)
• Christopher's Third Pastoral Letter (30th March 2020)
• Christopher's Second Pastoral Letter (23rd March 2020)
• Christopher's First Pastoral Letter (19th March 2020)

Tell people about what's happening in the Parish

It really helps people if they can stay in contact with others. Please phone people - especially the elderly and vulnerable. You might want to tell people how to find our church website. We now have a new, short, forwarding web address which will direct people to this page. It is: standy.uk