At the end of November, Anne moved into her new home – in a very special location – and began her exciting new life as a ‘Chelsea Pensioner’ !

Chelsea Pensioners are famous around the world for their iconic, bright-red long coat uniforms. This scarlet army of around 300 extraordinary men and women are all highly respected veterans.

Chelsea Pensioners are residents at the Royal Hospital Chelsea – a retirement and nursing home for former members of the British Army, located in Chelsea, London.

We wish Anne well in her new adventure and look forward to hearing news of her exploits!

Everyone is most welcome to join us at St Andrew’s Christmas Services

Sunday 22nd December:
* Parish Eucharist 10.30am
* Carol Service 4pm

Christmas Eve – Tuesday 24th December:
* Midnight Mass 11.30pm

Christmas Day – Wednesday 25th December:
* Christmas Day Eucharist 10.30am

There are 3 small raffle prizes not yet claimed – tickets 22, 31 & 44
Are they yours?

Great fun at our St. Andrew’s Day celebration on Saturday!

The evening kicked off with a ‘pub quiz’ – on St Andrew. The wining team comprised members from Pakistan, America and South Africa – so some impressive general knowledge there (or excellent guess work!)

We then dined on Turkish lentil soup, authentic Scottish mince & tatties, followed by Norwegian cinnamon buns and waffles.

The floor was cleared for an energetic ceilidh and the evening concluded with a lively ‘Auld Lang Syne’ – but not before a surprise visit from a piper….

The mystery performer turned out to be none other than our own Bishop Sean! The Right Revered gentleman brought the house down with his wonderful renditions of old Scottish favourites. What a treat and what an evening!

A good time was had by all – and all money raised will go to the Bishop’s Advent Appeal for Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

A very big thank you to everyone who helped make the evening happen – and especially to our Bishop for making it unforgettable!

It was a blessing and a privilege for St.Andrew’s to welcome Bishop Sean to preach and preside at our service on Advent Sunday, which was also our Patronal Festival.
During the service, Bishop Sean presented Bill Grundy with his new Licence to St Andrew’s

Now here’s your chance to censor that irritating tune and those dreary words for a whole 12 months in our fun (and fund-raising) AUCTION!

Here’s how it works:
* You can nominate up to 3 items from our current hymn book, but….
* For each one , you must pledge how much you will donate AS A MINIMUM, to have it ‘banned for a year’ from public use
* Write your choice(s) on the form provided, with the pledged sum(s)

There will then be a PUBLIC AUCTION at which
1. You can ‘make your case’ as to why you want this piece banned
2. Other people may then make a case to retain it
3. And then the bidding begins!
(a) You start the bidding (with your agreed amount) for a ban
(b) Anyone can bid ( a higher amount) to overturn to overturn your ban
(c) You can then bid again ( a higher amount still) for the ban you seek
(d) This continues until no higher amount is bid (either or against)
(e) The hymn is either banned or retained, with the highest bid winning

The amount raised will be the final bid (either for or against) – and all proceeds will go to Bishop Sean’s Advent Appeal for Al Ahli Anglican Hospital in Gaza.

The Auction will be launched at our St Andrew’s Day celebration on November 30th, where Bishop Sean will be our special guest.

What a delight to welcome back to Kyrenia Annelis and Terje Holmedal from the Norwegian Seamen’s Church and to meet Pastor Håkon Holmund from The Swedish Church in Ayia Napa on Friday.

We were entertained by Annelis and Terje with songs in Norwegian, Swedish and English and by Tommy’s Choir. Delicious cakes and coffee, accompanied by fellowship and conversation were followed by Pastor Håkon’s moving reflection.

The evening raised funds, through donations, for Bishop Sean’s Advent Appeal for Al Ahli Anglican Hospital in Gaza.

Tusen takk ! Tack så mycket ! Many thanks ! – to everyone involved in a lovely evening and especially to Tommy Rognmo for organising this event.