A message from our Vicar, Reverend Tom Houston
Welcome to St Andrew’s Church. Whether this is your first time visiting or you are looking for information on how to get more involved, I hope and pray you find all that you are looking for.
St Andrew’s seeks to share God’s love with our parish and the wider town of Kettering. We do this by living out our three values of Arts, Belief and Community in all we do.
Arts: That St Andrew’s would be a church that reflects the creativity of our creator. We want to encourage a variety of ways for people to live out and explore their faith.
Belief: That St Andrew’s would have multiple spaces for people to learn more about God at a pace that meets them where they are at.
Community: That St Andrew’s would reflect the parish it inhabits and be connected both within and without to each other.
If you’re wanting to find out what God has in store for you, we would love to walk alongside you and help you discover all that God has planned for your life.
The best place to connect with the church is at our 10am Sunday service but if you keep scrolling down, you’ll find many other spaces to help you on your journey.
Our Monthly Pattern of worship for Sundays:
Our main church service takes place at 10am on a Sunday. We welcome a variety of different styles of worship music and each week, but if you’re new to churches, come along any Sunday at 10am and someone will be there to welcome you at the door and answer any questions.
| 1st Sunday | 2nd Sunday | 3rd Sunday | 4th Sunday | 5th Sunday | |
| 8:15 am | x | Communion | x | Communion | x |
| 10am | Communion with choir | Morning Praise with band | Communion with choir | Communion with band | All together |
| 6pm | Boiler house | x | x | Evensong | Communion |
Children and Young people groups
These groups meet alongside our 10am services during term time:
Sunday Club: All ages meet together to learn with their parents and guardians.
Sunday stars: ages 5-9 a drop off group (parents must stay in the building) to learn and grow. You are welcome to stay with your child for the first session.
Junior Youth: for 9- 13 year olds (parents must stay in the building). A drop off group to learn more about the bible and faith.
Senior Youth: 14-18 year olds. A drop off group to learn more about the bible and faith
Weekly Worship and Meetings
Every Monday: 10am Time to Pray service – a space to start the day in prayer. This is also available to join on zoom.
Every Tuesday: 10am Make and Natter – a drop in cafe which you can bring your own craft or come for a natter
Every Wednesday: 10am Said Communion – A quieter and more reflective service with refreshments at the end.
Thursday’s in term time 9.15am Little Ands toddler group for 0-5 year olds and their carers. (We meet in the church rooms)
Every Fourth Thursday in the month: 6.30pm St Andrew’s Youth (STAY) (We meet in the church rooms)
Every Third Saturday in the month: 10am Café Church. 10am -10:30 drinks, activities and cake. 10:30- 11 A relaxed, cafe style service.
All events are held in church unless otherwise noted
Kettering Arts Centre
One of our main ways of connecting and blessing our community is through the arts.
Through the Kettering Arts centre, we host over 40 events a year within the church, ranging from well-known T.V and Radio comedians and musicians to local and upcoming talent.
We also seek to empower and champion artists and art in our town and community.
Each year, we are involved in running the ‘Have a go’ day and Kettfest. Have a go, is a free event in the church run by artists in the town who run workshops. Kettfest is a town wide community arts festival. Kettering Arts centre has run the main stage since 2022, championing new and upcoming talent alongside some of the best music artists in the county.
Inclusive Church
Inclusivity Mission Statement
To break down barriers that prevent people from full participation in the life of the church.
This will particularly focus on the areas of: Accessibility, Age, Ethnicity, Gender, Mental health, Poverty and Sexuality.
Within the three key elements of St Andrew’s wider mission this means that:
Arts – We commit to empowering and encouraging everyone to use their gifts within the life of the church.
Belief – We commit to respecting and valuing the diversity in our worship and exploration of faith
Community – We commit to welcoming and making space for everyone into every area of the church community
Safeguarding at St Andrew’s
For any Safeguarding support or advice please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer Tania on safeguard.standrewskettering@gmail.com