WELCOME TO THE PARISH OF SOLIHULL
A very warm welcome and thank you for taking time to visit our website. We are a Church of England parish in the Diocese of Birmingham, and one of the wonderful things about our parish is its richness and diversity. Whilst we are united in our Gospel vision to Grow Disciples, Build Community, and Transform Lives, this finds different expression across our three churches: St Alphege, St Helen’s and St Michael’s, and through a wide variety of different ministries. Whether you are looking to join the church family on a regular basis, or are enquiring about becoming part of the church for a special event, such as a wedding or a baptism, these pages should greatly help you with all that you need to know. Please do explore this website to get a glimpse of what’s on offer, or better still, come to one of our services or events. We would love to meet you.
Please feel free to contact us for any support we may offer.
The first point of contact for our clergy team, bookings and all enquiries (including funerals, weddings and baptisms) is the Parish Office – follow this link: Solihull Parish Office or phone 0121 705 5350.
Should you need urgent out of hours emergency clergy support the details are:
Revd Nick Parker 07890 720240 or
Revd Simon Marshall 07514 373400
SAFEGUARDING
WHAT’S HAPPENING : this week in the Parish
WEEKDAYS
Morning Prayer: Beginning each day with God
Monday, Thursday, Friday – 9.00am at St Alphege Church
Tuesday – 9.00am at St Helen’s Church
Wednesday – 9.30am at St Michael’s
Wednesday lunchtime recital. 12th February – Tom Lilburn & Kevin Gill (countertenor & piano)
Recitals start at 1.10pm with tea/coffee and cake available from 12.30pm. Entry is free with a retiring collection held in aid of The Friends of St Alphege Music.
Said Eucharist at St Alphege: next on Thursday 13th February – 10.30am
Monthly Bible Study Group – Second Saturday of every month – the next session will be on 8th March, 10am, St Alphege Upper Chapel
St Alphege Church is open to visitors on weekdays from 10am to 3pm
and on Saturday mornings from 10am to 12 noon.
On Friday mornings there is a Warm Welcome when refreshments are available.
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SUNDAY SERVICES
Sunday 23rd February – The second Sunday before Lent
St Alphege
8.00am – Said Eucharist
9.15am – The Junction with St Helen’s Sunday Club at St Helen’s
10.30am – Sung Eucharist
5.00pm – Evensong
St Helen – Eucharist 10.00am
10.00am – Eucharist
St Michael – Eucharist 10.30am
NEWS and NOTICES
Oliver Bird Hall Car Parking Scheme – From 1st March 2025 significant changes will be made to the car parking facilities which will be managed by UKPS car parking company. For more information please follow this link.
Eucharist with focus on Healing – NEW monthly services which includes an invitation to receive prayer ministry with laying on of hands and anointing will take place on the third Sunday of each month.
Worship Survey – We are conducting a survey across the parish to gather feedback so that, via the variety of services and worship activities on offer, our worship may become as inclusive and accessible as possible, creating an environment where all people feel they can belong. The deadline date is 28th February. To access the survey please follow this link.
Grand Union Canal Walk | 14–21 February – Matt Vaughan, a Mission Enabler in the Yardley and Solihull Deanery and a passionate supporter of The Feast, will be walking the entire Grand Union Canal—from Gas Street Basin in Birmingham to Paddington Basin in London. If you’d like to pray for Matt or contribute to his fundraising efforts, your support would mean so much. Please follow this link to the Just Giving website.
New Electoral Roll 2025 – Every 6 years parishes are required to create a new electoral roll. Anyone who has been baptised and who either lives or who regularly worships within the parish is entitled to be enrolled. For further information and how to enrol, please follow this link .
Church of England Birmingham welcome Revd Canon Esther Prior. Appointed as the next Bishop of Aston. Click here to read the bulletin. For further information about Esther’s Ministry to date please follow this link.
Pause and Pray – Starting from 4th November parents and carers are invited to Pause with Sue and Linda in the Oliver Bird Hall for half an hour on Monday mornings immediately after school drop off to reflect on the week ahead and to Pray for our schools, our children and ourselves. And there will be pastries and good coffee!!
Project Turnaround – click here for more information about the proposals for Phase 2, and for your opportunity to feed back your thoughts.
Job and volunteer vacancies can be found on our Vacancies page. We are currently seeking a Parish Safeguarding Coordinator and a District Safeguarding Coordinator.
SMBC support – every first Tuesday of the month, Kerrie and Natalia from the Community Development Team will be in the foyer of the OBH from 12 noon to 3pm. For more information please click here.
Useful Documents to download
Join Us Online – Sunday 16th February
Link to 10.30am Sung Eucharist from St Alphege Church
