Valley Church Centre - Celebration Evening

To mark the completion of the decoration of the Valley Church Centre there will be a celebration and thanksgiving evening on Saturday 25th October 2008. The evening starts with a Fish and Chip supper at 6.45pm. In addition to ‘local entertainment’ the Solihull Male Voice Choir will also be singing during the evening. Book this date now! Tickets (including supper) cost £7.50 and may be obtained from Gill Carter, Rob Dean, Tony Shaw or Joyce Taylor.

Meet the Currans and Bring and Share Tea

We invite you to come and meet our new CMS Link Mission Partners, David and Dawn Curran and their children Faye and Siân at the Rectory, Tanhouse Farm Road on Saturday 23rd August (or at Valley Church Centre if it is raining).

This will be an informal gathering starting at 3.30pm and will include a bring and share tea starting at 4pm. The evening will finish at about 7pm. Do come and join us for all or part of the time. There is no charge but there will be an opportunity to make gifts towards the support of our mission partners if you wish.

It will help with catering if you could sign one of the lists indicating you intend to attend. It would also be helpful if you could bring your own garden chair!

Valley Holiday Camp 2008

The Champion’s Challenge Holiday Camp will be taking place at Valley Church Centre from Monday 4th to Friday 8th August 2008, with a closing celebration service on Sunday 10th August at 10.00 a.m.

It’s the place to be for 4-11 year olds, with fun, games and learning.

For more details contact Ron Davies at 5 Studley Croft, Solihull.

St. Stephen’s Holiday Camp 2008

There’s still time for children over the age of 4 to book a place to join the Green Hand Gang at the St. Stephen’s 2008 Holiday Camp, from 28th July to 1st August 2008. The sessions run each day from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. Read more…

St Stephen’s Roof Appeal

To celebrate the completion of the Appeal and completion of the work on the new roof there will be a time of fellowship and refreshments at St Stephen’s on Saturday afternoon 12th July from 2 pm to 4 pm. Do come along and join in the thanksgiving. There will be a short act of worship at 3pm followed by the “Rusty Recorders”. A big thank you to all who have helped with this project.

Sponsor a Hymn

Sponsored Hymn Sing, 24 June 2007We will be holding another Sponsor a Hymn event (see details of last year’s) to support our CMS Link Mission Partners at St. Nicholas on Sunday 22nd June from 3.00 to 4.45pm. If you would like to nominate a hymn to be sung forms are available at all three centres of worship (£1 per hymn minimum sponsorship) and need to be returned by Sunday 8th June. There will also be an opportunity to donate during the hymn sing itself.

Parish Summer Fête

This year’s Parish Summer Fête will take place on Saturday 28th June from 2pm till 4pm, at St. Nicholas Church and the area of Elmdon Park near the beacon. The theme this year is “Teddy Bears’ Picnic”.

St. Stephen’s Summer Fête

St. Stephen’s Summer Fête will be on Saturday 14th June from 2-4pm and will feature the regular stalls - gifts, plants, cakes, and a variety of games - do come and join us!