Reaching Out

Bringing God’s love and hope

To one life at a time

God has a big plan for our community and our town and we want to pursue the dreams He places in our hearts for our part in His big plan. We believe Jesus has called His church to love and serve the community and that we can only do this with God’s help and together with God’s people. We see God’s heart is to break the chains of poverty, injustice and brokenness, and for us to love actively.

Missional Communities

A Missional Community is a close-knit spiritual family of Christians on mission together. The size of an extended family, MC’s are united around a shared aim of reaching a particular neighbourhood or network of relationships with the good news of Jesus.

Groups meet 3-4 times a month, attending to the three dimensions of Christian life – up, in and out….

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Alpha

Explore life’s biggest questions by joining an Alpha course.

Alpha is an opportunity to explore the big questions of life and the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment.

Each session includes a short video and a discussion where you can share your thoughts and ask any questions.

There’s no pressure and no follow up.

What have you got to lose?

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Children and Families

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Playgroup

St. Andrew’s playgroup welcomes all children aged 2 1⁄2 years to school age. It is a Christian playgroup and as such incorporates time for singing and simple prayer within each session.

Sessions run Mondays to Fridays 9am to 12:15pm during term-time. Optional lunch club from 12:15-1:00pm

Registration is essential

Family Support

A key part of our vision as a church is restoration of families. We seek to help build and nurture relationships between family members and between couples.

Throughout the year we run events for families such as the Easter Eggstravaganza that includes an Easter Egg Hunt, Picnics and Light Party.

We run the Family Support Group to strengthen families with pre-school children who are under stress by providing a support group for the mothers and their children. Families are referred to us by professionals in the community.

Some sessions look at life issues and skills, whilst others are more recreational. These group sessions with guided discussion help women gain confidence and improve the quality of their own and their children’s lives. They find new ways of coping and handling difficult situations that arise in life. Relationships are built with other mothers and volunteers helping to provide friendship and support needed.

The children learn to play happily together in a structured crèche session, helping to prepare them for nursery and school. The group enables the mothers to strengthen both themselves and their family unit.

Contact us to find out more.

The Parenting Children Course was developed for parents and caregivers looking for practical support to strengthen their family relationships. The course will help you to, build strong foundations, meet your children’s needs, set clear boundaries, teach healthy relationships and consider your long-term aim.

The course is for every type of parenting situation including parenting on your own, step-parenting and parenting as a couple. The course is also based on Christian principles but designed for all couples with or without a church background.

An opportunity to have dinner together and a time for great conversation with each other.

Whether you’ve been married six months or 40 years, whether you’re in a good place or struggling, The Marriage Course offers practical support to strengthen your relationship. The course involves 7 sessions designed to strengthen your relationship The course helps couples to:

  • Communicate more effectively
  • Understand each other’s needs
  • Resolve conflict
  • Recognize how upbringing affects your relationship
  • Develop greater sexual intimacy


And much, much more…

The CAP Money Course is a revolutionary free money management course that teaches people budgeting skills and a simple cash-based system that really works. The course will help anyone to gain more control over their finances so that they can save, give and prevent debt. The CAP Money Course is devised by the award winning debt counselling charity, Christians Against Poverty.

No matter what your financial situation, the CAP Money Course will help you one– whether you are financially well off or not, in debt or not, whether you are employed, self-employed, or on benefits.

Over 10,000 people each year across the UK go on the CAP Money Course. 90% of them say that they feel more in control of their money as a result, and 98% of them (49 out of every 50!) say they would recommend the course to their friends.

You don’t need to be clever with numbers and figures and you don’t need to tell anyone else about your personal finances – you can just take the tools and techniques that the course teaches and make use of them to improve your financial situation.

See our events page or contact the church office to find out more about events and courses going on in the coming months.

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Catalyst Youth Club​

Our Youth Club is open for all in Secondary School. Come along and join us twice a month on a Friday evening at East Side Youth Centre. 

We want to be a positive impact for youth in our community. Catalyst is a safe, welcoming place for all youth to hang out and be with friends.

Sessions will include craft activities, gaming consoles, tuck shop, free toast
and toppings, football with Wycombe Wanderers plus loads more.

Want to get ahead of the game? Download your registration form below and bring it with you or fill in our Catalyst Online Form

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Seniors

We have a dedicated team who work amongst the retired within the church and in the community. We offer a range of activities and support, including a Lunch Club on Wednesdays and Residential Services to many people who are unable to get to celebrations.

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The Noise

The Noise is about showing God’s love practically and generously to our community.

One way we do this is by holding a fun day at St Andrew’s. We aslo go out into the community to do projects to lend a helping hand in practical ways such as clearing an overgrown garden or decorating a room to support people who are struggling and need some support.

“The Noise is such an amazing day of gathering the community together, seeing
people meeting old friends and making new ones.”

The noise

The Noise is a day of building friendships across the community as we gather together to enjoy inflatables, face painting, children’s craft, football, café and more!

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental Health

It can be really hard when life changes so dramatically, our daily routines and goals move and we can feel overwhelmed. At St Andrew’s there are many ways you can take a break from the stresses of life and be supported.

We offer support groups and counselling at low cost.

Yearning for Community?

Church is a great place to meet new people, make friends and grow your support network. Why not come and see for yourself? We'd love to meet you at one of our Sunday services.