New Life Baptist Church

After a flurry of activity by many members of the congregation during the week we were able to have our first service in the refurbished sanctuary on Saturday 7th March. At 2:00pm Lisa and Colin took their marriage vows before family, friends and members of the congregation. A wonderful way to celebrate our new church entrance and interior. The next day was our first opportunity to hold our normal Sunday services and to see the outcome of many months of planning, prayer, discussion and work.

As part of our Easter activities we intend to celebrate the re-opening of the church together as a congregation. On 6th June 2009 there will be the official opening which will include a day of varied events and activities open to the public.

During renovations at the church workmen from Applewood Contracts Limited uncovered a pottery container containing papers from 1872. These related to the beginning of Baptist worship in Kings Heath that began in 1811. Later the same workmen uncovered another container, containing many more papers and a silver Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee medal all dated 1897.

You can read more about it on the BBC site.

If you have wandered up King's Heath High Street lately you may be wondering what is happening to the New Life Baptist Church. In spite of it looking like a building site Sunday services are still continuing in the hall to the rear of the Church. We will be pleased to see you there.

So why all this work?
Well we would like to:

• open up the Church to the public to make it more inviting and easier access for people to come in and meet during the week.
• provide a prayer ministry to the public.
• share our sacred space
• offer hospitality
• meet the needs of young people by having a place to meet which is alcohol free.

So we are going to:

• remove the front wall and replace it with opening doors.
• light the sanctuary so people can see in.
• offer a coffee shop serving basic food and drinks.