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22nd May 2025
The Church Prayer Diary for the month of June is available here.
General Secretary Lynn Green urged Baptists to embrace a story of hope and renewal rather than decline in her closing address at the Baptist Assembly. You can see a summary of her talk or listen to the whole talk here.
A date for your diary -An Evening with Graeme Duffin & Rob Halligan in support of Global Care at QRBC on Saturday 10th May – 7pm for 7:30 pm start. For over 30 years, Graeme Duffin's guitar has been the signature sound of Wet Wet Wet, one of the most successful bands in British Pop history. Their huge hit, 'Love Is All Around' stayed at number 1 for 15 weeks and in all they have sold over 15 million records. As the fifth 'Wet', Graeme has been a part of the story from the start and tells his own story through music and conversation with award winning singer/songwriter and good friend Rob Halligan. With plenty of songs including well known tracks plus tunes from his recent solo album and his work with Rob, it's an evening full of music, chat, faith and laughter. Details about how to get tickets are here.
28th April 2025
Our church Prayer Diary for May is available here
Apologies if you were hoping to join our service online yesterday. Minutes before the service was about to begin, the sound mixing desk went blank with a whisp of smoke coming out of it. At the same time the projection computer crashed so we are wondering if it was a power surge. Our technical team will be doing their very best to ensure that we are back to normal next week.
8th April 2025
The latest Newletter from HOPE Coventry is here
1st April 2025
Easter Services at QRBC
Thursday 17th April
A service of reflection for Maundy Thursday including Communion. In the Lounge with tea/coffee from 2.30pm and the service from 3.00-4.00pm. Everyone is welcome. For further details please speak to Judith Brazier, Anna Grimshaw or Kay Hamer.
Friday 18th April
We invite you to join us as we spend an hour reflecting on the events leading up to and following from the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday at 7.30pm in the Regent Room. For further details please speak to Peter or Pam Edwards.
Sunday 20th April – Easter Day
8.30am Prayer Meeting
9am Easter Worship in the Chapel and online on this link
11am Easter Worship including Communion in the Large Hall (not streamed)
Breakfast will be provided (no charge) between the two services in the Servery (From about 10am; last serving at 10.30am)
31st March 2025
The Church Prayer Diary for April is available here.
25th March 2025
We have another newsletter from HOPE Coventry which can be read here.
11th March 2025
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here
26th February 2025
Judith Brazier has provided an illustrated report on a trip to Dresden, a German city that was devastated by bombing in World War Two. You can find it here. (If you are reading it on a phone, it may be best to turn the phone round to landscape orientation).
We have had a request for prayer from one of our long standing Mission partners, The Light House (Christian Care Ministry). The organisation has been providing counselling in Coventry & Warwickshire since 1986. You can read their letter here.
25th February 2025
The latest newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here.
A date for your diary:- Heart of England Cooperative Concert orchestra is putting on a concert of light classical music at QRBC with a 'round the world' theme in aid of Global Care on 29th March at 3pm. Full details here.
24th February 2025
Important information for formal Members of the church is available in the Members Area of the website. You will need to be logged in to reach this page. Help to access the Members Area is here.
22nd February 2025
The Church Prayer Diary for March is available here.
20th February 2025
We have received a letter from our former Administrator, Helen, which is available in the Members Area of the website. You will need to be logged into the website to see this. Help to access the Members Area is here. The letter can also be requested by emailing communications(at)qrbc.co.uk
11th February 2025
Following the departure of our Administrator, Helen, the job description and person specification for a changed role as Operations Co-ordinator are available initially only in the Members Area of this website, here. You will need to be logged in to the website to access this. (Notes on how to access the Members Area are here.)
10th February 2025
The Latest HOPE Coventry Newsletter is here.
In our service on 9th February we said farewell to our Administrator for the last 16 years, Helen Jones. Tributes were paid to Helen for her work and a gift and flowers given. Helen and her husband Kevin were prayed for as they start a new adventure with Kevin becoming minister of 5 churches in South Derbyshire.
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30th January 2025
Our latest leaflet about giving to God's work is now available here.
27th January 2025
Our Foodbank team have issued a request for clothes, particularly men's, which can be given to Foodbank users. Please leave any donations in Reception, suitably labelled.
24th January 2025
The church Prayer Diary for February can be found here.
21st January 2025
Our Church Administrator, Helen Jones, is leaving us at the end of the month as her husband (a URC minister) is going to serve five churches in South Derbyshire. Helen has been with us for 16 years and her service with us will be marked in our worship service on 9th February. Helen is also inviting anyone who would like to to join her at the church on Thursday, 30th January between 10am and noon for coffee/tea and cake.
17th January 2025
We have received a letter thanking us for our contribution to the Giving Tree project of Coventry City Mission. You can read it here.
15th January 2025
Next Sunday, 19th January, there will be a Church Members meeting at 12.15pm, following the morning service. The papers for this meeting are now available on the Governance page of the Members Area of the website. Guidance on how to access the Members Area of the website is here.
13th January 2025
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry can be found here
3rd January 2025
"Impetus", the Newsletter of our Mission Partner, African Pastors Fellowship, can be found here
22nd December 2024
The church Prayer Diary for January is here.
19th December 2024
Our annual Christmas Appeal is now open. For an explanation of what causes it is supporting and how to give, please click here
15th December 2024
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This morning was our Nativity Service - Thank you to all who took part. Thank you too to our Tech Team who were struggling with the Church's internet connection being out of service. They managed to stream the service on a lesser connection. As result of this the live stream was not of the usual quality but they have now uploaded the recorded version of the service which is good quality and can be found here. The same factor's will affect this evening's Carol Service so, if necessary we will do the same for that. |
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11th December 2024
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here. Among many other things it includes suggested ways of avoiding being alone and isolated around Christmas and also information about getting hot meals and low cost groceries through the winter. Perhaps you know someone who would benefit from this information?
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29th November 2024
One of our members, Sarah White, is Deputy Director of Coventry City Mission. She has made a video in which she talks about the work of the Mission and, in particular, the Giving Tree project which we, as a church, supported recently by bringing our gifts of toys (or sending them direct via their Amazon wishlist). She thanks us for the gifts and asks us to continue to pray for the project. You can watch the 6 minute video here.
25th November 2024
The Church Prayer Diary for December is available here.
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here
1st November 2024
The Church Prayer Diary for November is here
29th October 2024
The HOPE Coventry November newsletter can be found here.
22nd October 2024
17th October 2024
Earlier in the year, during our Signs of Life series, we organised our worship differently on some Sunday mornings. We felt this worked well so now we are going to have the alternative arrangment on the last Sunday of each month. This means that on that Sunday we will have a largely traditional service in the Chapel at 10.30am which will be streamed online as usual. This will be followed by coffee/tea/cold drinks from 11.15 to 11.30, when the second, more informal, service will start in the Large Hall. The second service will include time to pray with one another and a sermon, as well as a more informal time of worship. Everyone is welcome to attend one service or both!
For clarity, we will not be including a Bring & Share lunch in the second service as we did earlier in the year.
15th October 2024
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry can be found here.
29th September 2024
Recordings of the talks by Chris Jack on our Church Weekend "Declaring God's Glory in the Church and the World" are now available on the links below:-
23rd September 2024
The Church Prayer Diary for October is here.
20th September 2024
Our Mission Partner, Global Care is asking us for help.
"Please can you help us rebuild our audience on social media? Last year, our Facebook page was hacked and then removed. Despite all our efforts, Meta have refused to restore it to us. Facebook is an important platform for us to share our stories and communicate with supporters old and new - so it's time for us to let go of our disappointment and frustration and to rebuild our audience. If you're a Facebook user, it would be really helpful if you could find our new page and like or follow us. You can find us by searching @GlobalCareInt or clicking here. If you could then share some of our content with your friends, to help other people find us, this would be very much appreciated!"
19th September 2024
On Sunday 6th October we celebrate Harvest. Our church Foodbank Centre would be pleased to receive food suitable to give to people who are living locally on the streets or in premises that have very limited cooking facilities. Tinned meat, fish, rice pudding, beans, soup with ring pull cans, long-life milk, chocolate bars, biscuits, crisps and small juice drinks would be helpful and appreciated.
10th September 2024
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We have also had a brand new, larger cooker installed in the main church kitchen. This has been donated by Coventry Open Christmas who have used our premises over many years to provide help to people who need it over Christmas. We are very grateful for their gift.
2nd September 2024
Not a QRBC event but undoubtedly of interest to many, Our Church Secretary, Iain Colville, is setting off on 7th September on a pilgrimage of 500km along the Camino de Santiago in Northern Spain. You can find out more and follow his travels on this link (or by downloading the FindPenguins app to your phone)
23rd August 2024
The church Prayer Diary for September can be found here
20th August 2024
Severn Trent are running another of their free "Grow your possibilities" events on our premises on 16th September. If you looking to grow your confidence to get back into the workplace or take your first steps in your career you may want to investigate this? The full details are here.
19th August 2024
Following the service next Sunday, 25th August, there will be a bring & share picnic in Spencer Park, weather permitting. Everyone welcome.
The latest newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here.
14th August 2024
Coventry Youth for Christ are based on our premises and have made a significant new appointment. Please pray for Joe as he steps into this exciting role in September and for new opportunities to see young people's lives changed by Jesus in Coventry.
22nd July 2024
Next Sunday (28th July) Rev Ian Macnair is going to be preaching on David and Goliath. It is a well know story .... or is it? You can check how much you know about it with this Quiz that Ian has compiled. Click here to start.
The latest news from HOPE Coventry is here.
20th July 2024
The latest Newsletter from the Community of the Cross of Nails contains, among other things, an article about a recent visit by the Dean of Coventry Cathedral to Ukraine. You can find it here.
17th July 2024
Coventry Youth for Christ, who have their office on our premises, have some news to share. You can read it here.
12th July 2024
Clothing Coventry School Uniform Pop Up Event - 6th—23rd August
We will be welcoming the Clothing Coventry Team to QRBC during August when they will using the Large Hall from 5th—24th August to hold their annual school uniform pop up event.
Families are invited to book an appointment with Clothing Coventry to then visit the premises and select the uniforms they need. Last year 1000 children were kitted out in this manner. For more information and to book a visit click here
Help wanted
Would you like to represent QRBC and provide a warm welcome to the Clothing Coventry Team and to the families visiting the church over the summer? If you can spare some time, please contact Helen in the office.
Or perhaps you would like to help Clothing Coventry - they say "Would you like to help us support families this summer with distributing school uniform? We need help in August to run our free uniform event. You can sign up to join us for one morning or 10 full days, we need all hands on deck!" For more information and to sign up click here
8th July 2024
Castle Hill Baptist Church in Warwick, where our former member Kevin Johnson is the Minister, are recruiting a part time Operations Manager. More details here.
3rd July 2024
From Baptists Together
"As we prepare for tomorrow’s General Election, our Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) is encouraging us all to pray and has written the following prayer:
Election Day Prayer
God of all power, on this election day be with us as we love, pray and vote. We pray for our country, for voters, for candidates and their teams, for election officials, and for a safe, free and fair process.
We pray that choices will be made with wisdom and actions will be guided by love. And as Jesus taught us, we pray that your kingdom will come and your will be done on earth as in heaven. Amen
JPIT has also published a Post Election Day Prayer on their website. We encourage you to pray - and to vote tomorrow".
African Pastors Fellowship is one of our Mission Partners - their latest Newsletter is here
1st July 2024
Save the dates! We have a Church Weekend At Home on the weekend of Friday 20 - Sunday 22 September, with Chris Jack (of Spurgeon's College and formerly of Moorlands College). Full details nearer to the time but please keep these dates free if you are able.
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry can be found here
5th June 2024
The Church Prayer Diary for July can be found here.
20th June 2024
The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) helps the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches to work together for peace and justice through listening, learning, praying, speaking and acting on public policy issues. Its work is guided by Six Hopes for society, focused around the areas of poverty, refugees, the environment, the economy, peace, and politics. It has produced a briefing sets which out some of the key issues at stake in the coming General Election in each of these policy areas, and suggests questions which might be raised with candidates about them. You can find the briefing here
19th June 2024
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13th June 2024
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The planned removal of tree roots which were pushing up through the tarmac in the car park is now substantially complete. It will be resurfaced on Friday (14th) and will be ok for use on Sunday (16th). |
7th June 2024
There will be ground work carried out in the front Car Park (accessed from Grosvenor Road) from early Tuesday 11th June to (and including) Friday 14th June. This is the continuation of the tree clearance work, concentration is now with the roots. It will not be possible to access the front car park, so please use the rear car park (accessed from Queens Road) if visiting the centre and church.
31st May 2024
HOPE Coventry's latest Newssheet is here.
24th May 2024
The Prayer Diary for June is available here.
23rd May 2024
A reminder that on Sunday (26th May) we have our alternative format for worship, this time with ther added excitement of a Baptism in the 10.30am service:-
10am Prayer Meeting
10.30am Traditional Worship
11.15am Refreshments
11.30am Interactive worship including Bring and Share lunch finishing around 1pm.
For lunch please bring cold food only. Hot drinks are provided and hot water for packeted soup.
If you are not able to be with us in person you can join the 10.30am service, live or later, online here
17th May 2024
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MotoFest takes place on the 1st & 2nd of June across Coventry City Centre. It is a cultural festival celebrating transport heritage and pioneering its future. In 2023 over 200,000 people attended MotoFest to see live motorsport on Coventry’s streets, classic car displays and parades, manufacturer displays, Coventry Concours, art, film, music and more. 2024 is Motofest's 10th anniversary year As Motofest seriously limits access to our premises, our service at 10.30am on 2nd June will be online only. The link will be found here |
3rd May 2024
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here.
25th April 2024
The church Prayer Diary for May can be found here (printable)
19th April 2024
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here.
Our Mission Partner, Open Doors has made available information about how to pray for the elections currently going on in India. You can find it here.
11th April 2024
A newsletter from the Community of the Cross of Nails (which the church is a member of) can be found here.
10th April 2024
Castle Hill Baptist Church in Warwick (whose Minister is our former member Kevin Johnson) have again organised a learning and growing opportunity under the name "Deeper".
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Formerly President of Baptists Together, and with 20 years experience as a church leader, Ken is now a leading voice in the whole-life discipleship movement. As Director of Church Relationships at LICC (London Institute for Contemporary Christianity), Ken is responsible for leading their church-facing work, helping fuel a sustainable whole-life disciplemaking culture in the UK church. |
5th April 2024
The latest magazine of our mission partner African Pastors Fellowship can be found here.
4th April 2024
St Andrew’s House, Coventry, is a residential home for older people run by the Trustees of St Andrew’s House. The home was opened in 1956 and originally operated under the name of Coventry and District Free Church Homes for the Elderly. They have asked us to publicise that they currently have rooms available for permanent or respite care. More information is here.
3rd April 2024
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A Bible based art event called Threads Through Creation is opening soon at Lichfield Cathedral. It runs from 17th April until 2nd June as part of a nationwide tour of 20 cathedrals.
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22nd March 2024
The latest HOPE Coventry newsletter is here.
21st March 2024
Next Sunday, 24th March, the service at 10.30am will include Believers Baptism. Do join us in the church if you can or watch online. You can find the online link here.
If you would like to learn more about Baptism you can read about it here or you can talk to our minister, Rev. Neil Martin.
20th March 2024
The organisation Open Doors is one of our mission partners. You can find some new material about their work here.
14th March 2024
Thank you to everyone who contributed, donated or helped in any way at our Christian Aid Lent soup lunch. We raised £230 towards this year's Christian Aid Lent and Easter appeal.
7th March 2024
Our Arty Crafters group meet on Thursday 14 March from 10a.m. to make simple Easter cards with Annette, who will provide most card materials. If you have extra greetings stickers or stamps eg. "Easter blessings" which you'd like to use for the inside of the card, please feel free to bring them for the activity. Everyone welcome. Please contact the Church office if you have any questions.
6th March 2024
For your diary:- Christ in the Precinct - There will be an inter-church witness in Shelton Square on Good Friday March 29th from 10.30am to 11.30am. Please support this if you are able on such an important day for Christians.
23rd February 2024
The church Prayer Diary for March is available for download here.
The latest newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here
8th February 2024
1st February 2024
We have received the following request from the Christian Union at Coventry University:- "Next week (5-9th Feb) we will be having our events week titled "Story"
Through this week we are trying to encourage our members to share their testimonies and stories to people across the university. These are all linked to the topic talks, varying from 'Do we have Purpose?' to 'How can we have peace with death?'.
We are hoping this will impact the university and our members greatly, giving people the opportunity to hear The Gospel, while enabling our members to grow in their faith and evangelising to other students. It would be great if you all could pray for us during this week - for all the events to go smoothly, for God to use us to reach students and bring them closer to him, to impact the university, and for our CU members to be encouraged and bold in sharing their faith and inviting people to the events".
31st January 2024
BMS World Mission Day of Prayer - BMS World Mission is inspired by a heart to bring the gospel where it’s not known, to bring hope to a troubled world and to bring help for the journeys of the displaced. They respond to suffering and injustice with the promise of abundant life in Christ. And they need our prayers to fulfil that task. Next Sunday (4th February) is the BMS World Mission Day of Prayer. Please do join in by spending some time today praying for their work across the world and for God’s name to be known by all. (If you are at QRBC spend a few moments checking the Mission Noticeboard in the top vestibule for more information).
Wednesday Fellowship meet next Wednesday 7th February in the Suite Lounge. 10.30am Coffee/Tea followed by 11am Meeting with our minister, Rev Neil Martin.
All Welcome.
REAL* Ladies Group - Snowdrop Walk - Tuesday 20th February - Come and join us for a walk in Wolston Woods (or rather an amble) to look upon God’s creation—snowdrops. Meet in Wolston car park at 2.30pm and then all back to Kay Hamer’s for toasted muffins and cups of tea. Details from Kay Hamer.
(*REAL - Relationships, Encouraging, Accountability, Laughter. A group of women, getting to know one another better and having fun together!)
Arty Crafters – Craft with Chris Thursday 8th February in the Small Hall 10am -12.30pm. You are welcome to come and share a cuppa & chat. This time "Signs of Spring – Create a simple card". Materials will be provided, but if you have your own basic kit it is always useful to bring it for the activity. Any queries, please contact Coral or Helen in the office
30th January 2024
The Church Prayer Diary for February is here
Church Members are reminded that there will be a Members Meeting after the service next Sunday morning, 4th February. The papers for the meeting will be in the Members Area of this website later in the week.
26th January 2024
The latest Newletter from HOPE Coventry is here.
24th January 2024
"Walking with Jesus” is the title of the series of Bible Studies we will use during Lent. The Course consisting of 5 studies:
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Approaching Jerusalem (Mark) Questions and Signs (Luke) The Last Supper (Matthew) Arrest and Crucifixion (John) Resurrection (Luke) |
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It provides a framework for reading through the Gospel accounts of the lead-up to Easter and enables us to set aside time to explore this most special of seasons in company with others. The Course material is provided as a pdf download which can be read on a computer, tablet or even a smartphone or, if you prefer, as a paper copy. Each session contains 2 or 3 Bible passages, helpful comments, and questions to stimulate thought and discussion.
If you are already an active member of a House Group you will probably be able to work through the material with your Group as part of its usual programme – though as some of the Groups meet fortnightly, they may be starting the Course a little earlier in order to have time to complete all five sessions before Easter.
Alternatively you could, of course, simply use the material on your own in the weeks leading up to Easter, but you would find greater benefit, we suggest, by being able to link up with some friends to read through it together.
A good way of doing this would be to agree with two or three friends – people who live near you, perhaps, or folk you know well in the Church – or even, if you’re really brave, people you’ve never really spoken to and don’t know at all! Maybe you’re good friends with some of your neighbours and could invite them to share the Course with you.
However you go about it, start by deciding you want to be involved and ask God to show you who you could ask to share the journey with you.
You can indicate your interest by signing up on the forms available in the foyer or on line here
18th January 2024
We have some new information from two of our Mission Partners. The latest Impetus magazine from African Pastors Fellowship is here. And a new publication from Open Doors is here
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As Neil explained in the service last week, over the coming months, we are looking at 5 Signs of Life which we believe are characteristics of a healthy church (and a church we want to be). Each month, we will have teaching on the month’s topic in 2 services, followed by a further week when we will do things differently, to enable an interactive time together, looking at how we work out the topic, both as a church and as individuals. Doing things differently one Sunday a month also allows us to have a more traditional service alongside a more informal and interactive service. So, on what will usually be the fourth Sunday, the timetable will be as follows: 10.30-11.15am in the Chapel: a shorter, more traditional service, streamed online as usual. 11.15-11.30am in the Servery: Coffee for us to gather together, whether we have come for the first or second service, or both! |
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We are really excited about the opportunities that these changes allow, and for this series as a whole. We understand that some may wish to come to only one of the services on the ‘fourth’ Sunday, but others may wish to come to both.
12th January 2024
10th January 2024
Unfortunately, we are still experiencing difficulties with the boilers which heat both the chapel and the large hall. However, we have decided that the service this Sunday will still take place in the chapel and will be streamed online, as normal.
Please dress in warm clothes and bring blankets and hot drinks, if you wish. We are hoping that hot drinks will again be available before the service.
The heating will be on in the rear premises and so children's and young people's groups will not be affected by these issues.
We of course understand that some will prefer to join us online, but we hope you will be with us either in person or online as this will be the first in the new series on the Signs of Life programme.
The heating engineers are due to come out but this may not be until after Sunday. Please do pray that they will be able to resolve the issues and restore our ability to heat the chapel and large hall.
5th January 2024
Following Open Christmas using our premises, we have had this message from the organiser.
"I just want to thank the Church leaders and the members of the church for allowing us to use the building each year. We give joy and positivity to as many people as we can every year and would not be able to do this without the amazing people at QRBC. The love and kindness from everyone at QRBC over the Christmas period is amazing and we are so grateful. I have attached some of the photo's for you all to look at - over the week we did over 875 meals and 2000 hot drinks.
We look forward to working with you all in 2024 and please let me know if there are any problems that need to be sorted.
Many Thanks
Natasha"
Natasha also has sent the most amazing message of thanks from a mum of 5 who attended The Great Toy Giveaway on Sat 23rd at QRBC as part of Open Christmas.
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31st December 2023
HOPE Coventry's end of year Newsletter is available here.
22nd December 2023
The church Prayer Diary for January is available here
21st December 2023
Feed the Hungry (which Foodbank is part of) are looking for a Chef for one of their projects. If you or someone you know is interested you can find the details here.
20th December 2023
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19th December 2023
Our Christmas appeal this year is spread across three causes. Details of the charities and information on how to give can be found in last week's Newssheet which can be viewed here.
15th December 2023
This Sunday (17th) at 6.30pm we have our Carol Service in the church followed by minced pies with tea, cooffee or squash. All are very welcome. If you cannot attend then the service is available online on this link, either live or after the event https://youtube.com/live/-dTVaRLMbEI?feature=share Feel free to send this link to your family, friends and neighbours!
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here.
14th December 2023
Some information if you are thinking of donating clothes to help those who need the:-
Coventry Open Christmas have reached capacity for clothing donations and will not be accepting anymore.
Our own Foodbank Centre also has no storage room for additional clothes
Clothing Coventry are not accepting donations until they have fitted out the warehouse that they have got the keys to this week.
7th December 2023
The latest newsletter from our Mission Partner the Light House is available here
You may have seen the Christmas Adverts from the likes of John Lewis and Marks & Spencer but now you can see the big one! Coventry Foodbank's Christmas video can be seen by clicking here and scrolling down.
1st December 2023
The Church Prayer Diary for December is here
28th November 2023
Next Sunday, 3rd December, Jane Hanger will be selling the Wood craft displayed at Harvest along with handmade bags from Indonesia. Potential Christmas presents!?! Proceeds to Operation Agri.
27th November 2023
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Considerable work to renew some of the elctrical equipment around the Chapel has been taking place over the last week. This includes some new lighting in the Chapel and a new Consumer Unit to control that part of the premises.
Advanced Notice - On 11th January at 7pm at church we shall be starting a Youth Alpha series. If you know anyone who might be interested in this please tell them about it. Youth Alpha have an excellent website for interested young people to look at. If you need more details of our series please contact Liz Martin.
23rd November 2023
Next Sunday, 26th November, a Church Members Meeting will follow the morning service. Documents relating to the meeting including the proposed budget for 2024 can be found here. You will need to be logged in as a Member to access this page. If you have any difficulty please ask for help from communications@qrbc.co.uk
18th November 2023
An advanced notice that we shall be having a 'Reflections for Christmas' evening at church on 11th December from 7pm, led by Kay Hamer.
7th November 2023
Next Sunday, 12th November, we will have another Bring and Share lunch following the service at about 12.30pm. Please take the food you bring to the main kitchen before the service.
3rd November 2023
The church has been a member of the Community of the Cross of Nails for many years. Their latest Newsletter is here.
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here
Our Mission Partner, Coventry City Mission are launching their Giving Tree Appeal. More information here.
Celebrating 10 years of City Praise - We are invited to a very special City Praise & Prayer on Sunday 12 November at 6:30pm.
It will be 10 Years, almost to the day, since the very first City Praise & Prayer in 2013. Over the last decade the Christians and churches of Coventry have stood together in unity, twice a year, to lift up Jesus in praise and worship and to intercede for our city and beyond. This tyime as usual there will be a focus on prayer. but there will also be a little bit of time to celebrate God’s goodness over the last decade and to share some plans for the future.
The venue will be CLM Church, CV1 2HG, with free parking opposite in the TechnoCentre. If you have any questions please email info@citypraise.org.
30th October 2023
The Church Prayer Diary for November can be found here.
26th October 2023
There are road closures next Sunday (29th Octoiber) because of the Coventry Half Marathon. The closures principally affect the city centre within the ring road as well as various roads in Coundon, Allesley and Keresley, and may impact journeys both to and from the church. Full details are here.
Also a reminder that the clocks change next Saturday night so you will have an extra hour to use as you will before the service at 10.30am GMT.
The latest Newsletter from Coventry Youth for Christ can be found here.
23rd October 2023
Here is the link for the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Revd Grenville Overton
https://youtube.com/live/3ilaP2oVC1Q?feature=share
20th October 2023
Help needed please. Chapel and Main Kitchen Cleaning will take place on Saturday 21st October from 9.30am - 12.30pm, can you spare 60 minutes or longer to help make this task of cleaning easier for all? Many thanks if you can.
6th October 2023 (Updated)
Following the death of the Rev Grenville Overton (a former Minister of QRBC) on 30th September arrangements are being made to remember and celebrate his life. There is to be a PRIVATE FAMILY ONLY committal on the morning of Tuesday 24th October, followed by a service of Thanksgiving, here at Queens Road Baptist Church, in the afternoon at 3pm. This will be followed by refreshments. It would be helpful if you could notify us if you are planning to attend - email. It is also hoped that the service will be streamed online (Details to follow here).
4th October 2023
African Pastors Fellowship is one of our Mission Partners. Their latest newletter can be found here.
3rd October 2023
Tributes to our former Minister, Rev Grenville Overton, who died last weekend can be found here.
1st October 2023
Next Sunday, 8th October, we will hold our next Bring & Share lunch after the service. All are welcome to join. Please take any food you have brought to share to the Kitchen before the service.
28th September 2023
As we celebrate Harvest next Sunday (1st October), as well as bringing gifts for Foodbank, we will be learning of ways in which Operation Agri assists farmers in other parts of the world improve their harvests, bringing in sufficient for their own needs and enough to sell to provide other essentials like school uniform and books.
Operation Agri, which was started 60 years ago to support Baptist missionaries with ‘secular’ items such as seeds and farming equipment, is still run mainly by volunteers, which means more of the gifts received go directly to help folk overseas Jane Hanger is one of the trustees overseeing 4 projects in Africa.. She will be happy to tell you what this involves if you ask her. Nowadays support is given to farmers more directly through local contacts.
Presently OA works in 10 countries, supporting 14 projects. Many of these projects try to help people to become less dependent on outside resources. Often this means training and sharing ideas. Occasionally it involves funding equipment to make things that are needed rather than having to buy them. Other times higher yielding crop varieties or animal breeds are funded. ‘Help others to help themselves’ is one of the mottos.
OA’s other motto is ‘Christian love in action’ as they seek to put into practice Jesus’ command to love our neighbours. On Sunday we will be learning about some of our neighbours in Tanzania.
Operation Agri branded envelopes are available in the pews if you would like to donate. Or you can make a gift direct to Operation Agri Sort Code: 80-22-60 Account no: 20935768 quoting reference AA23. If you are able to email to let them know the gift is coming and that they are a part of QRBC that would be extra helpful (but not essential). Operation Agri’s current appeal can be found here
Coventry Foodbank would be grateful for gifts of food especially:-
Foodbank who are extremely short of the following.
Tinned Meat Tinned Fish Tea Coffee Puddings
No water, fruit shoot-type drinks, Fizzy Pop or alcohol please.
Our Praise & Prayer time is on Sunday at 6pm (Drinks and cakes from 5.45pm) Graham Carpmail will tell us how QRBC Foodbank centre can make us of any good quality clothes and good soft toys, that you may be able to donate.
27th September 2023
Our October Prayer Diary can be found here
We are excited to be starting the recruitment process for a new position:-
Families’ and Children’s Worker
Part time (20 hours/week)
£24,000 and £27,500 FTE depending on experience and qualifications
QRBC is a long-established Baptist church in the city centre of Coventry, and has served a changing and diverse congregation from across the city for over a hundred years. As a church we believe God is leading us to invest in our families’ and children’s work, and so we are looking to employ a Families’ and Children’s Worker.
This is an exciting opportunity to build on a solid reputation but to make a fresh start in this work. Pre-Covid, we had a strong work amongst families, but this stopped during the pandemic, and key leaders have moved on. We are therefore looking for a pioneer, who is a committed Christian with a mature faith, dedicated, a self-starter who obviously can work within a structure but who is not afraid to develop new ideas with a blank sheet of paper.
There is a Genuine Occupational Requirement that the postholder will be a committed Christian because of the Christian discipleship and evangelism responsibilities of the role.
Closing date 31 October 2023.
Full details of the Job Description, Person Specification and how to apply can be found here
23rd September 2023
For Church Members, the documents for the Church Meeting following the service tomorrow (24th September) can be found here. You will need to be logged in.
19th September 2023
On 1st October we shall have our Harvest Thanksgiving service (at 10.30am). Our Harvest appeal will support the work of Coventry Foodbank and of Operation Agri. One of the founders of Foodbank, Gavin Kibble, and our Foodbank Centre Manager, Graham Carpmail, have wriiten about the work which you can find here. We shall have more about Operation Agri next week.
12th September 2023
As a church we are affiliated to the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Their annual report has recently been published and can be found here
11th September 2023
Next Sunday (17th) in our journey through the books of the Bible we reach the Song of Songs. You will find some information here which you may like to use to prepare for the service.
5th September 2023
Next Sunday, 10th September, we will be having our next Bring & Share lunch after the service. In view of the good weather forecast this will be a picnic in Spencer Park rather than in the church buildings.
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here
3rd September 2023
Housegroups will be starting again in September and we are hoping to add new groups to the 5 already running to make room for more people. The groups provide a mid-week meeting point where, as one of a group of friends, you will find fellowship, encouragement and much more. Each group has its own ethos, but all exist to further the Church’s verse of the year, stirring up one another to love and good works. So there’s usually a mix of teaching, praying and mutual support, held together with fun, food and fellowship. Sounds good? Watch out for information about how to join in later in the month.
23rd August 2023
The Prayer diary for September is here.
The latest Newsletter from HOPE Coventry is here.
17th August 2023
Women’s Football World Cup Final
Well done to the England’s Lionesses on getting through to the Final on Sunday morning. Having considered whether we should change our service shortly after seeing the semifinal result, we have decided not to change our planned service on Sunday. We therefore encourage you to join us at the usual time of 10.30am. The service should however be finished in time for those who wish to watch the second half at their homes.
16th August 2023
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As has been well publicised Foodbanks are struggling to meet the demand for food parcels. In Coventry the Foodbank has said this week that the list of items on the left shows the things they are most in need of. There is a large clear plastic box in the Church Vestibule if there are any items that you are able to donate. |
9th August 2023
The August newsletter from HOPE Coventry which keeps us up to date with what is happening in the Christian life of the city is here.
1st August 2023
The latest newsletter from our Mission Partners The Light House (Christian Counselling Service) is available to read here.