Our Sunday gatherings are at 10.30am, and last between an hour and an hour and a quarter. We have two Sunday School groups – “Sparks” for infants up to Reception age, and “Flames” for year 1 to 6, and a creche zone available throughout the service for babies. We also have a Wednesday morning service of Holy Communion, following the Book of Common Prayer, which starts at 10.30am.

We’re on Church Road in Edgbaston, next door to Edgbaston Golf Club, between Edgbaston Priory Club and the Vale Student Village. Click here for our address and a map.

By bus: The X21 and X22 buses stop on Arthur Road, just across the road from the church building, while the Number 1 bus runs runs along Church Road and stops right outside.

By train: Five Ways and Unviersity stations are a 20 minute and 25 minute walk from our building respectively.

There is plenty of free parking on Church Road and the surrounding local roads. If you need to park close to the building for any reason, please do let us know.

There’s no dress code! Please feel free to wear what you like.

When you arrive at the door, one of our welcome team will greet you, give you an order of service, and direct you to a seat. You are very welcome to just come in and watch what’s going on, or to engage with what’s happening as much as you like.

Our services are introduced by one of our church leaders, and start with a time of sung worship all together. There will be readings from the Bible, opportunities to respond to God in prayer, and usually an invitation to receive the Lord’s Supper. We also have a variety of activities for children: teaching from the front followed by Sunday School groups for 3s-11s, as well as time to share news with the rest of the congregation.

Our services are particularly aimed to be accessible to younger families. Hopefully they’ll be kept engaged for the parts of the service where everyone is– but please don’t worry about them making noise! About 15 minutes in, children aged 3-11 will be invited to join the St Bart’s Sunday School: “Sparks” for infants up to Reception age, and “Flames” for year 1 to 6. The service leader will direct you where to go for each of these groups. Our Sunday School leaders are recruited in line with the Church of England’s Safer Recruiting practice and adhere strictly to our Church Safeguarding Policy in all their work.

Children return to the service for church family news and the closing hymn, after which we have time to socialise with one another, and there’s plenty of space for children to meet each other and let off some steam.

Our creche zone is available for any pre-schoolers and their grown-ups to make use of throughout our services: soft toys, books and games in a safe corner of the building, where grown-ups can carry on participating in the main service. We also have a creche room where little ones can make a bit more noise, and grown-ups can listen to the service through a speaker.

Well behaved dogs are welcome, but we ask that they be kept on a lead, and they may need to leave if there are severe allergies present in the service.