Those who have recently moved in to the neighbourhood of St Andrew’s may well not have realised until recently that the church clock chimes every quarter of an hour and strikes on the hour (in the manner of Big Ben at Westminster).  Due to a series of mechanical problems, the clock has been out of action for much of the past eight…

Nordic Light is the title of a concert of Swedish sacred and secular music to be performed at St Andrew’s on Saturday 8 June at 7.30pm.  The Umeå Oratorio Choir are visiting Cambridge for a series of three concerts.  Two of its members used to sing in the choirs at St Andrew’s before they returned home to Sweden.  Tickets are £8 (£6 concessions), available from Church office, tel 327884, or…

It is the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (preceded by the meeting of parishioners to elect churchwardens) on Sunday 21 April.  This will be reflected in the service at 10am, but the formal meeting will start at about 11.20am, in church.  An annual report of the life of St Andrew’s in 2012, together with the accounts, will be presented to the meeting.  A draft of this can be…

In the summer Chris Pountain will be retiring from his role as Director of Music at St Andrew’s after 11 inspiring years under his leadership.  We are therefore on the hunt for a successor! We are a busy and thriving parish church which values the young and the aged, old and new, liturgy and informality, Scripture and sacrament, the contemplative and the…

Through Lent with Luke Beginning during the week 18-22 February During Lent we will be reading through Luke’s account of the journey to Jerusalem (from 9.51).  We are encouraging the reading of a portion of the narrative during each week and will be including passages  from these in our morning and evening services.  Lent groups on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and Thursday…