Great Barr Methodist Church

07/06/2026

Open Day
Great Barr Church & Community Centre
Saturday 13th June 2026 | 12:00 – 16:00

Join us for a fun, family‑friendly Open Day and discover everything our church and community centre has to offer!
Whether you’re a regular visitor or have never been before, come along, look around, meet local groups, and enjoy a day full of activities, food, and entertainment for all ages.
🎈 What’s On the Day?
Fun & Entertainment
🎪 Bouncy Castle
🍦 Ice Cream Van
🎧 DJ on the Front Drive
🎨 Face Painting with Isabel
🎈 Balloons for Children
🥋 Immortal Warrior Display
🎭 Harlequin Display

Community & Information
🧭 Girlguiding Table – find out about local guiding opportunities
🤝 Autism West Midlands Stall – information and support
⛪ Explore the Church & Community Centre – see inside, learn what goes on, and how you can get involved

🍽 Food & Drink Available
Free Jacket Potatoes
With grated cheese, beans, and butter
Paper plates and cutlery provided
Hot dogs
Vegetable samosas
Drinks available on the day

🙌 Get Involved – Volunteers Wanted
If you have spare time to offer, we would love to hear from you.
We are recruiting volunteers to help support the work of our church and community centre, whether that’s helping at events, supporting activities, or being part of our welcoming team.
Come and chat to us on the day to find out more – any help, big or small, makes a difference.
Everyone is welcome – families, individuals, neighbours, and friends.
We look forward to welcoming you to Great Barr Church and Community Centre.

01/06/2026

Thank you to all our volunteers!

It's Volunteers’ Week 2026 🎉 and we’re saying a heartfelt thank you to all our volunteers who give their time and energy to serve others 🤲

If you know someone who quietly gives their time to help others, why not share this post with a volunteer in your church, circuit or community and let them know they are appreciated 💙

Thank you for all you do!

18/01/2026

Join us in prayer as we begin the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026 from the 18th to the 25th January 🙏

Lord Jesus Christ,
You bring us together in all our diversity,
as family and church.
In the face of so many situations on earth,
where hope has given way to despair
and hearts are wounded and emptied by disappointment,
renew our strength and unify us.
Help us to share Your hope wherever we find ourselves.
You are the true Light,
who casts out the darkness of sin,
despair and brokenness,
who shines into our hearts, releasing the joy
and the true hope of Your eternal love for all.
Amen.

Shared from the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland 2026 resource for the WPCU, day 4, at ctbi.org.uk/resources/week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-2026/

25/12/2025

The light shines in the darkness and the darkness shall not overcome.

Happy Christmas!

23/12/2025

We know Christmas can be a difficult time for many people. We are sending love to everyone struggling to see God’s light reflected in them and anyone who finds this period challenging.

Even amidst all the rejoicing, God sees and receives your sadness.

22/12/2025

Come along for this relaxed service on Christmas Eve!

21/12/2025

In this fourth week of Advent, we pray that the the God who is love may hold you close and send you out in love today 🙏

14/12/2025

A Prayer in response to the attack at Bondi Beach 🙏

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who grants us light, sustains us in life and guides us in the ways of holiness.

On a day when peaceful celebration has been distorted through acts of violence and hatred, we pray for those who have died and been injured in the attack at Bondi beach at the beginning of Hanukkah.

Comfort those who have lost loved ones. Strengthen them and grant them peace.
Stand close to those who seek answers and with those tasked with understanding and responding to these acts of violence.

May the deep darkness of this day be met by responses of respect, compassion and solidarity as we continue to draw alongside our sisters and brothers of Jewish faith in our prayers.

We pray for an ending to all acts of religious or racially based hatred that we may dwell in your light and seek a world in which all may walk safely alongside their neighbour.
Amen.

14/12/2025

In this third week of Advent, we pray that the Christ who brings good news may plant hope deep in your heart today.
Amen 🙏✨

14/12/2025

Pray with us today.

Story-telling God, as you gathered the crowds in Galilee, and stretched the imaginations of the affluent and defeated, enter our world today.

Where the lonely stare at screens, and deception comes via glamourous lies, when we cultivate the ethos of insiders and outsiders – speak into our hearts the depths of your love story.

A story of grace, hope and beautiful mercy. A story of joy-filled expectation. A story of new beginnings. A story of hope.

Enable us to make love real.

May your story be our story. Our end, our beginning and our whole life’s journey. Amen.

Helen Hollands, District Chair, East Anglia District

Find more ways to pray at methodist.org.uk/prayer.