Our story in brief

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1950s  Pinnocks Way Council estate built.
 

1956    Local churches start services in the Social Club.  About 100 children attend the Sunday school.
 

1958   Fund-raising starts for a church building in Dean Court.
 

1961   Wooden panels erected on concrete base. Local residents give voluntary help to finish it.  New church dedicated on Saturday 9 December by
           Bishop of Reading (E.H. Knell). First service held on Sunday 10 December 1961.  

 

1980s  Wooden youth hut put up. Games court built behind the church.
 

2005    Hut burned down.

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2007    New St Andrew’s Centre (STAC) opens to replace youth hut.
 

2012    Games court totally refurbished with community grants and reopens reopens for all to use.
 

2014    Cracked roof beams in church repaired. Building declared ‘past its use-by date’.

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2018    Planning permission granted for a new church.

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2021    Modified plans submitted and planning permission received: rebuilding starts in November.  Last service in old building on 7 November at 
            10am, followed by tea/coffee and cake for all.  Services transfer to Dean Court Community Centre - where they started in 1956 (though the
            Centre is a new one). 

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2022   Rebuilding continues by APH Construction Ltd. Official re-opening: 10 September 2022 by the Bishop of Dorchester (Gavin Collins). 
           Celebration Service on 11September; preacher Sophie Jelley, Bishop of Doncaster who used to live in the area.