St. Andrew´s Church, Walsall, West Midlands, England
Introduction
St Andrew’s Church is a Free Church of England church in Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands The minister is Mark Spiers. Family praise leader is Matthew Spiers. The bishop is Paul Hunt. There are youth groups with 30-40 members, a lunch club, a friendship group, prayer meetings, bible study, and a coffee and chat program. St Andrews is a church rooted in the catholic tradition of the Church of England.
History of St. Andrew´s Church
Bentley consisted of 933 houses when the Revd G K Naderer, Mr Norris and Mr Roberts conferred together on the possibility of establishing a Church. This was at the beginning of the post war building boom. The area was very much Black Country and set three quarters of a mile from Junction 10 of the M6. On Saturday afternoon, January 16, 1943 at 4pm in a tiny wooden hut in the middle of an industrial town, St Andrew’s was officially opened and soon became known as the church on the doorstep. On 13 March 1943, St. Andrew’s acknowledged their first baptism, that of Alan John Perry, born on the 8th February 1943 to parents Thomas and Alice Perry of ‘Belmont’, Wolverhampton Road. Having obtained temporary buildings, St Andrew’s soon became a thriving church, especially with its youth, attracting a Sunday school of over 180 children in the mid-fifties and with 13 Sunday school teachers.
In 1955, St Andrew’s started a building fund with a goal of raising £10,000. On Saturday 17 November 1956, the foundation stone of the new church was laid by the G W Forbes Smith. In July 1957, the church was almost complete. The ceiling was painted pale blue and the walls dove grey. On Saturday 10 August 1957, St Andrew’s, Free Church of England, was officially opened in its new building. In 1997, many church members began fundraising toward a goal of £160,000. In 2000, the Church Hall was opened and dedicated by Kenneth Powell.
Bentley consisted of 933 houses when the Revd G K Naderer, Mr Norris and Mr Roberts conferred together on the possibility of establishing a Church. This was at the beginning of the post war building boom. The area was very much Black Country and set three quarters of a mile from Junction 10 of the M6. On Saturday afternoon, January 16, 1943 at 4pm in a tiny wooden hut in the middle of an industrial town, St Andrew’s was officially opened and soon became known as the church on the doorstep. On 13 March 1943, St. Andrew’s acknowledged their first baptism, that of Alan John Perry, born on the 8th February 1943 to parents Thomas and Alice Perry of ‘Belmont’, Wolverhampton Road.
Architecture of St. Andrew´s Church
The St. Andrew’s Church was constructed in Baroque style which came into being and was formed in the middle of the 16th century in Italy, and for two centuries was popular in many European countries. In Russia and Ukraine that style was reigning in the architecture, painting, literature, and music from the end of the 17th to the middle of the 18th century. The Baroque style has most brightly shown itself in the architecture, which mastered applied arts, sculpture, and painting. The Baroque architecture is distinguished by extremely dynamic composition structure, forms contrast, whimsicality of silhouettes, richness of external and internal decoration, wide use of lights and darks play, and organic unity with natural environment. The interiors are decorated with variegated in color paintings, and sculptural compositions.
From the St. Andrew’s church porch there is a wonderful view to the lower part of the city — Podil with its architectural monuments of the 17th — 20th centuries, to the water main — the Dnipro river and behind the Dnipro distances, to the new residential communities. The Church’s edifice unites three streets — Desiatynna, Volodymyrska and Andriyvsky Descent, which meet on the square in front of the Church and make a united space and architecture ensemble in which the St. Andrew’s Church is a dominant. The square is restricted by buildings of later years of construction which with their not very expressive architecture stress even more the grandeur of the St. Andrew’s Church.
Annual Feast Day
November 30th
Mass Timing
St Andrew’s Church is a Free Church of England church in Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands. Three services are held weekly, Sunday at 10am, 11:30am and 6pm.
Contact Info
St Andrew’s Parish Church,
Birchills Street,
Walsall,
WS2 8NG,
England,
United Kingdom.
Phone No.
Phone: +44 7400 692466
Accommdations
Connectivities
Railway
7 min (0.8 mi) via Bridgeman St (Walsall to Saint Andrews)
Airway
35 min (21.0 mi) via M6 (Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands.)
