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Welcome to Wylde Green United Reformed Church

Rev Sue McCoan, MA BTh

...making the love of Jesus a reality in the community 7 days a week

Weekly Services

11.00 Sunday mornings - a service for all the family

6.30 Sunday Evenings - a quieter service

Church member or friend, interested in local history or seeking activities to join in, the Ministers and Elders of Wylde Green United Reformed Church hope that you find this site useful and assure you of a very warm welcome in visiting both our church and its web site!

On this site you will find a diary of events, details of different church groups, including our Green Group, a history of the church and some useful links to other organisations.

Wylde Green is well known for its music. Details of upcoming musical events can be found here.

Good Friday Activity Day 29 March 2013; a report

For Good Friday this year our Church welcomed 58 children and young people from our church families and the local community, to a fun filled and exciting activity day.

We began the day in church with a short resume of our activities on offer:- these included an Easter story treasure hunt for our youngest, the construction of a raised planter for our church garden, cookery, singing, as well as a variety of crafts, decorating and planting pots, painting, sewing, pom pom animal making etc. etc. We joined together for lunch and then continued with a drama session for our 7+, a ‘hunt for Jesus’ (similar to going on a bear hunt) for our youngest, constructing an insect home again for the church garden and a continuation of our crafts, cookery and singing. At 2.30pm we came together in church for a service of thoughtful prayers and a sharing of our drama sessions and songs. At 3pm our activity day ended with us all leaving the church in silence – a very moving and emotional end to a really special day!

For a printable version of our leaflet 'Reaching out...Welcoming in' outlining all our groups and activities, click here.

Our Mission Ministry at Wylde Green

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Our Mission

Wylde Green United Reformed Church aims to:

make the love of Jesus a reality in our community 7 days a week

At the centre of our life is the worship of God

You are warmly welcomed to join us on Sundays:

11.00 Family Service

18.30 Evening Service

Throughout the Family Service, a crèche is available for small children. Other children and young people are in the main part of the service for this first half hour or so before moving into their own age group activities. Several times a year the whole church family worships together for the entire service, including Parade Services, when we are joined by the uniformed organisations from our church, and for festival services.

Baptisms and dedications of the children of churchgoing parents take place during the Family Service, and blessings of children of parents who are not frequent worshippers.

For our evening service we regularly join with other churches in the area. About once every six weeks we host a Service of Healing.

Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of the month in the evening and the third Sunday in the morning. Everyone present is invited to participate and receive the bread and wine, but there is no obligation to do so.

Weekday Prayers are said in the church porch on Tuesdays at 9.40, and on occasional Wednesdays as notified in the weekly service, or by contacting the Church Secretary.

Ministry at Wylde Green

The church is pleased to announce that Sue McCoan joined us as our minister on 10 July 2010. This follows the retirement, in July 2008, of our two ministers Ken & Meriel Chippindale.

Sue McCoan, MA BTh, attended Westminster College in Cambridge and came to Wylde Green following an internship at Amersham United Reformed Church.

Each Elder has a list of church members and friends for whom they have pastoral oversight. The church also has several lay preachers who lead worship from time to time.

The Elders are responsible for the day to day running of the church, although a whole collection of people are involved with everything from making the tea after services, helping out with family church groups on a Sunday to maintenance of the buildings and finance.

As a church we are committed to ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. That is why we have adopted a Child Protection Policy for our youth and children's work and the Declaration of a Safe Church for the whole church family.

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About the United Reformed Church

Formed in 1972 by the union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England, the United Reformed Church comprises 150,000 adults and 100,000 children and young people in 1,750 congregations spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales, served by some 1,100 ministers, both women and men. Theologically, the United Reformed Church is a broad church. Its membership embraces congregations of evangelical, charismatic and liberal understandings of the Christian faith – in a variety of mixtures!

Wylde Green United Reformed Church has had a presence in Boldmere for over 100 years and currently has about 200 members. See Church History for further information.

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Contact Information

Minister:	Sue McCoan
Church Secretary:	Val Dinning
Treasurer:	Mr John Turney
Tidings Editor:	Ms Sue Jones
Press & Web Officer:	Colin Frew
Child Protection Officer:	Mrs Bente Osborne


Telephone: Church Halls and Office: 0121 354 4838
Postal address: Britwell Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B73 5SW
Registered Charity: 1136135

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