HGBC Info

Christmas Disco - Tonight!

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:48:00 EDT

We have an addition to our list of Christmas events. Tonight we are hosting a Christmas Disco at the church from 6:30pm. All are welcome.

Christmas Services

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:58:00 EDT

These are our Christmas services for 2008. You are welcome to come and join us or contact the church for more details:

13 Dec 2pm Children's Christmas Party
16 Dec 1pm-3pm Christmas Friendship lunch
17 Dec 10-12pm Sparklers Christmas Party
21 Dec 10:30am Family Service
21 Dec 6pm Carol Service @ St Swithun's
25 Dec 10:30am Christmas Family Service
31 Dec 9pm New Year's Eve service

Evangelism Training - 15 November

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:33:00 EDT

We are looking forward to welcoming David Shosanya of the Baptist Union who is coming to HGBC on 15 November to help us with a day of evangelism training. Above is the short promo video produced by one of the Life Groups and shown in yesterday's service.

No Service This Weekend

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:52:00 EDT

Or, more accurately, no service at our building on Theodore Road. This week, Hither Green Baptist Church is meeting at Ashburnham Place in East Sussex. Many of our church family will be there; those who can't make it will be visiting other churches around the Hither Green area, which builds our connections with them.

Church Anniversary

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:00:00 EDT

This Sunday we celebrate our church anniversary in our 10:30am morning service, which will be followed by a fellowship lunch. Friends from the local community are welcome to come and join us either for the service or afterwards.

This year we are also joining Crofton Park Baptist in the evening for their anniversary service. They are celebrating 100 years; Hither Green Baptist can claim a bit longer (105 years) since the church building was dedicated but we owe a debt of gratitude to Crofton Park who, in the late 1980s, recognised that "Theodore Road Baptist" church was on the brink of closing and sent a team headed by our previous pastor (Rev Richard Blyth) to revitalise our church.

Join us at the church by 6pm if you would like a lift across to Crofton Park for this celebration.

Life Groups

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:43:00 EDT

This week sees the launch of our new Life Groups. We have five groups meeting on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and look forward to seeing them support our vision for the development of the church.

Sparklers - New Term Tomorrow

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:36:00 EDT

Our Sparklers group, for parents and young children, starts its new term tomorrow morning. If you look after a young child, you are welcome to come and join us at the church (see directions) from 10am until 12 noon.

Praise in...side

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:45:00 EDT

The weather was poor today - not a patch on yesterday - so instead of taking our service to the park we carried on with our plans in our building (including the picnic lunch following). Perhaps next time the sun will shine on our plans but nothing stops us from offering up our praise to God.

Praise in the Park II

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:03:00 EDT

If the weather tomorrow is anywhere near as pleasant as the weather today, we will be back in Mountsfield Park tomorrow morning. As we did a couple of weeks ago, we will meet at the church building at 10:30am, will be in the park by 11:15am and will be having a picnic lunch and games from midday - you are welcome to join us.

Praise in the Park - Success!

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:59:00 EDT

We had an excellent time at Mountsfield Park yesterday and here is the evidence:

We plan to repeat the exercise on Sunday 31 August, when we will follow the same timetable:

10:30am Meet at the church building for a short indoor service
11:15am Arrive in the park for an outdoor service
12 noon Picnic and games

If it is wet then we will still have an informal service followed by games and a picnic but all in the shelter of our church building! Friends and neighbours are welcome to join us at any point in the proceedings - you can sign up or ask questions on the new Facebook event page.