Minchinhampton Baptist Church (MBC) is experiencing exciting growth in our Children’s and Families Ministry—both in our Sunday gatherings and through our work in the wider community, particularly at the Minchinhampton Community Hub.

Minchinhampton is a beautiful Cotswold town, just 10 minutes from Stroud and 40 minutes from Bristol.

 

We believe God is calling us to be:

• More like Jesus

• Being Family

• Centred in Community

If you’re someone with a heart for people—especially children and families—and you're exploring a call to ministry, this could be the perfect next step for you.

 

What We’re Looking For

• An enthusiastic, people-oriented person with a heart for children, families, and community.

• A willingness to learn, try new things, and grow in Christian ministry.

• A team player who’s ready to get involved, take the initiative, and be mentored along the way.

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For the full job advert click here.

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How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to: danny@minchbc.org.uk

Application Deadline: 4th September
Interviews: Week commencing 15th September

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For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:
Danny Brown (Lead Minister) danny@minchbc.org.uk

Clevedon Baptist Church is looking for a Children’s Worker who will be responsible for supporting the leadership team to develop and implement the vision to see children encounter Jesus by overseeing and developing the Children’s ministry at CBC. The role involves a variety of different activities and events including weekdays, Sundays and holiday events.

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Part-time position 16 hrs per week. Whilst this role offers an element of flexibility, this will be aligned with Church and Ministry team events.

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Full job description can be downloaded here. 

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Contact for more information: admin@clevedonbaptistchurch.org

Springs Dance Company are delighted to be touring our popular Christmas production again this advent. Loved by everyone for the enjoyable, nostalgic, easily relatable story and outstanding performances by our world class dancers. 

Journey of the Magi is a professional production of dance, theatre, song and poetry. It is a family show: accessible for all, fun and thought-provoking, full of warmth, hilarity and delight. It offers a wonderful opportunity to laugh, reflect and refocus during advent. 

Now available for churches to book between 21st November – 22nd December 2025.  

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Click here to download the flyer. 

 

Preaching the Women of the Gospels, Monday 17 November, 18.30-21.00 | Online via Zoom

 

The gospels feature a number of women and without their stories, the story of Jesus would be incomplete. So why don't we hear about them very often in sermons? This workshop will look at some of these women's stories, how we can preach about them, and why it matters that we do so.

This workshop will be led by the Revd Liz Shercliff, tutor at Luther King Centre, Manchester.

 

Ticket prices: general, £12; ministry student, £10. Booking closes 13 November 2025.

 

Booking is still open for our other autumn workshops – Preaching the Psalms (20th September), Preaching Matthew’s Gospel (3rd November), and Preaching the Christmas story (15th November).

 

Further details, including booking links for all workshops can be found at www.collegeofpreachers.co.uk/events.

The Gospel is good news for all of life. But often, followers of Jesus end up feeling that it’s only church-based activities that really count – prayer meetings, Bible studies, and Sunday services. But that’s simply not true.

 

Every task, every interaction, and every day matters to God. From dropping your kids at school to checking spreadsheets, managing teams, grabbing coffee, heading to the gym, and playing in a band, we can be a transformative, Jesus-like presence, wherever we are and whatever we do.

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Held at LICC’s HQ in central London, the Every Day Matters Conference will include stimulating content from keynote speakers Amy Orr-Ewing and Malcolm Duncan, with plenty of opportunities to apply learning to your individual contexts and to bounce ideas around with LICC’s Church Team and fellow church leaders.  

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Tickets cost £75, including light refreshments.

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To find out more click here: https://licc.org.uk/events/every-day-matters-conference/

SLFC is an exciting initiative to help churches to become more accessible for people with sight loss, and these free Zoom sessions explain how. We would be very grateful if you could promote them in your newsletters and on social media. Please find further information below, plus there are some graphics attached. We really appreciate your support of our SLFC initiative to help churches welcome blind and partially sighted people.

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See their website for more information and zoom links:

https://torchtrust.org/

inHope staff team passionately work to create communities where everybody can reach their God-given potential, and where the barriers of injustice and insecurity no longer exist.

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The friendly, encouraging and committed range of personalities who work for inHope make it an exciting and supportive place to work.  The variety of jobs, from chef to administration, foodbank to finance, and support worker to supporter engagement, mean that there’s something for everybody!

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They currently have a few vacancies:

• 2 x Empowerment & Admin Workers at Bristol Churches Shelter - job advert

• Female Sleeping-in Night Support Workers - job advert

• Bank Female Sleeping-in Night Support Workers - job advert

• Income Team Leader - job advert

• Head of Finance & Operations - job advert

 

To find out more about the jobs click here. 

North Bristol & South Glos Foodbank and Waterbrook Church, will be offering a food club that will seek to serve families and individuals in/around Stoke Gifford and Little Stoke. This food club gives people the chance to be referred to this project and by paying a very small monthly fee, receive 4 times as much food to help in a season of need. This will be starting in September.

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Therefore, we are now getting in touch with those in the area to see if we can actively recruit volunteers to help launch this project in the following areas:

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• Van drivers 

• Stock shelves 

• Befrienders and welcome desk​

 

This project will run on Wednesdays, between 10am-11:30am, with volunteers being required from 9am(ish)- 12pm, with a special information event happening in July to find out more: https://waterbrookchurch.churchsuite.com/events/vmnnbopl

Youthscape Essentials is a 10-week online course which is being offered free to all ministers and CYF workers nationally. Places are limited to 25 so it is advisable to book as soon as possible.  

Start date: Wednesday 10th September 2025 – 9.30am - 11am 
Finish date: Wednesday 19th November 2025 – 9.30am - 11am 

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For more information visit here.