GOOD NEWS STORIES
The ‘Restoration and Refurbishment’
at St Andrews Church, Long Street, Devizes
‘From the old we travel to the new
........... and God is leading us on!’
The ‘Restoration and Refurbishment’ at St Andrews Church, Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire was marked with a weekend of celebrations that began with a service of re-dedication on Saturday 28th May 2011. Church members, friends old and new with invited guests filled the church. In attendance was Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire the Mr John Bush; The Mayor of Devizes Cllr. Mrs Sue Evans and her consort Cllr. Mr Peter Evans, the Revd. David Alderman, Deputy Chairman of the Bristol District of the Methodist Church, Mrs Janet Gray, Pastoral Advisor of the United Reformed Church South Western Synod; the Revd. Roy Fowler, Chairman of the Wiltshire United Area; Mrs Juliet Bennett, Chair of the Devizes Partnership of Churches. The guest preacher for the weekend was the former minister of St Andrews the Revd. Darcey Gritzmacher, of the United Methodist Church in America. The service was led by the by the Methodist Superintendant and present minister at St Andrews, the Revd. Christopher Cory
St Andrews Church, Devizes is a growing church within the Wiltshire United Area (Methodist & United Reformed Church). This major refurbishment of a church built in 1899 has included the restoration of the original church ceiling, gallery and a magnificent stained glass window all of which have been hidden behind a false ceiling for more than 40 years. Chairs have replaced pews giving a flexible light filled space for both worship and community use. The theme for the weekend was ‘To God be the Glory great things he has done, and now he shall do even greater things!’
