Friends of St Andrew's -
Friends of St Andrew's
The Parish Church of St Andrew
Stratton, Cornwall
© FoStA 2008/9 -
About Us
A message from the Rev’d David Standen
Priest in Charge, St Andrew’s, Stratton, Cornwall
Thank you for taking the time to visit the FoStA web site -
Hopefully you will agree that our church of St Andrew is a very fine mediaeval church, such as one sees throughout the country. Indeed, we have been given a Grade 1 listed status in recognition of this fact.
Sadly, however, having a beautiful church makes its demands on our regular worshipping congregation: at present, it is our responsibility to maintain the building and churchyard not only for those who worship here at the moment, but also for the generations to come.
Although the congregation spends time raising funds and contributes generously each week to our prime objectives of ministry and mission, it is difficult to find the resources we need to fund the maintenance work.
The “Friends of St Andrew’s Church” has therefore been set up to help us preserve this Church for the benefit of everyone. All the contributions of the “Friends” will go towards the Fabric of the building and the upkeep of the Churchyard, enabling regular members of the congregation to focus on the important work of the Gospel.
The initial publicity and set up costs of FoStA have been funded through a generous donation from our Founding Sponsor, Mrs Coral Forshew. For this we thank her and ask that you will follow her lead to help preserve this beautiful church for all time.
With every blessing,
David Standen
The work of setting up FoStA has been carried out voluntarily by a small team of
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David Standen, John Standen, Val Barker, Ian Barker, Betty Gimson and John Gimson
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