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Churches Together in
Balsall and Berkswell

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The current participating churches and their Ministers are as follows:

St Peter Church of England, St Peter Church of England,
Holly Lane, Balsall Common
The Revd Peter Thomas: 01676 532721

 
St John Baptist Church of England, BerkswellSt John Baptist
Church of England, Berkswell
The Revd Penny Hughes: 01676 533605

www.berkswellchurch.org.uk

St John's is a fine 12th Century Norman church built upon the site of an earlier Saxon church. Remains in the crypt date back to the 8th Century. A feature of the church is the two storey gabled and timbered porch added in the 16th Century. The room over the porch is now the vestry but was originally the first school room in the village. The pegs for the boys hats and the benches are still there.

 St Mary the Virgin Church of England, Temple Balsall

St Mary the Virgin Church of England, Temple Balsall
The Revd Dr James Woodward: 01564 772415

www.stmarystemplebalsall.org.uk

St Mary's was built in the 14th Century as the chapel of the Knights Hospitaller, successors to the Knights Templar. It was left derelict at the Reformation, but was rescued in 1660 by Lady Anne Holbourne, becoming chapel to the famous Almshouses established by her sister, Lady Katherine Leveson, in 1674. Renovated by Giles Gilbert Scott in the 1840's, it became a parish church in 1863.

 
Methodist Church, Station Road, Balsall CommonMethodist Church
, Station Road, Balsall Common
The Revd Jenny Dyer: 01676 533737

www.coventrymethodistcircuit.org.uk/balsallcommon/

The Methodist Church, situated in Station Road, Balsall Common, has a strong and valued community presence and seeks to build and develop this. It is part of the Coventry Methodist Circuit and has a Covenant with St Peter's Church and works and worships with both. The main service of worship is at 10.30am each Sunday and incliudes Junior Church, Young People's Fellowship and Creche . Housegroups meet on weeknights. Details of all services, preachers and activities can be seen on the circuit website. Please join us; you are very welcome!

 
Blessed Robert Grissold Catholic Church, Blessed Robert Grissold
Catholic Church,
Meeting House Lane, Balsall Common
The Revd Sebastian Arikat: 01676 532794

www.brgparish.org.uk

This new church was built on the site a former church, St Philomena’s, in 1994, and was dedicated in December 1995, receiving the Solihull MBC’s Design Award for 1995. It is named in honour of Robert Grissold, who was born in nearby Rowington between 1550 and 1560, and was hanged for his beliefs, together with the priest Father John Sugar, at Warwick on 16 July 1604.

 
Bridgeway Church

John & Heather Alcock: 01676 533370

www.bridgewaychurch.co.uk

Bridgeway is a young, friendly and growing church with a heart to connect people with God and with each other. We believe that good relationships with God and each other are the foundation for a joyful and healthy Christian life. We value highly the participation of all our members from youngest to oldest and try to help each one become aware of their God-given gifts, which can be used to help others. We meet on Sundays at 11.00 am at the Scout Hut, Holly Lane, Balsall Common.

For further information about
Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell
please contact the Honorary Secretary:

Mrs Carol Lowe: 01676 532034

Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell

On 1st September 1990, churches in Britain and Ireland set out on a new stage of their journey - in search of the unity for which Christ prayed and in common evangelism and service of the world. For the first time there was a body in England representing a wide range of churches: Anglican, Black-led, Free Churches, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, as well as many smaller churches.

In common with other similar groupings, Balsall Common and Berkswell Council of Churches decided to prepare a constitution, which reflected the new national developments. Its membership consisted of St Peter's Church of England, Balsall Common, St John Baptist Church of England, Berkswell, the Methodist Church in Balsall Common and St Philomena Catholic Church in Balsall Common. In 1994 a new church, dedicated to the memory of Blessed Robert Grissold, replaced the latter.

Three years ago the group took on another dimension, when it was joined by St Mary the Virgin Church, Temple Balsall and changed its name to Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell.

Basis

Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell unites in pilgrimage those churches in the area which, acknowledging God's revelation in Christ, confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures, and in obedience to God's will and in the power of the Holy Spirit commit themselves

  • to seek a deepening of their communion with Christ and with one another in the Church, which is His body; and
  • to fulfil their mission to proclaim the Gospel by common witness and service in the world
  • to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Aims

The aims of Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell are

  • to provide means of consultation between the churches;
  • to facilitate common witness to Christ by the member churches; and
  • to work and pray for Christian unity in association with Birmingham Council of Christian Churches and Coventry and Warwickshire Ecumenical Council.

In particular, Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell seeks

  • to enable the churches, as pilgrims together, to develop growing relationships, to seek a common mind, and to seek to make decisions together;
  • to encourage churches to worship, pray and reflect together on the nature and purpose of the church in the light of its mission - each church sharing with others the treasures of its tradition;
  • to enable the churches to respond to the needs of society and to witness to the Gospel together; and
  • to enable the churches to live and share the Gospel, to evangelise together and to take further steps towards fuller unity.

Relationships

Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell is in association with Birmingham Council of Christian Churches (www.birminghamchurches.org.uk) and Coventry and Warwickshire Ecumenical Council (Tel. 02476 352551).

Membership

Membership of Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell is open to any local church in the area, which affirms the Basis and commits itself to promote the aims of Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell.

For further information about Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell please contact the Honorary Secretary:
Mrs Carol Lowe: 01676 532034

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