New Worcester Park Community Hub
Worcester Park Baptist Church is offering the community a first look of their new Hub on Saturday 10th September and you’re invited to pop in anytime from 10am to 12.30pm.
Fundraising for The Hub began in 2015 and after discussions with local neighbours, planning permission was granted in 2016. Funds to allow the £2.6 million building project to start were raised entirely by generous gifts from within the congregation and by applying for some charitable grants.
The Church engaged with and listened to what the Worcester Park community were saying about unmet needs through a survey and the results were clear: Worcester Park needs more provision to support those who are socially isolated and those affected by poor mental health.
A key vision of the redeveloped site is for the Hub to be a place of welcome and belonging for everyone. In the autumn a weekly wellbeing space offering “a place where it is OK not to be OK” will be opening at the Hub. “The Living Room” will offer a warm welcome to anyone, providing space to be still, enjoy hobbies, refreshments, company, and conversation.
Charis Lambert, Children and Families’ Worker at the church commented “We are so excited about the potential that this amazing space has, and we can’t wait to welcome the community in to use it and engage with us and each other in it.”
In addition to activities which the church itself offers, community groups are able to hire rooms and the church currently hosts counsellors, a mother and baby group and Pilates classes.
Rev. Gavin Carpenter says “Don’t miss this opportunity to come and see the newly extended and refurbished Worcester Park Baptist Church building, built with love and creativity. We are sure you’ll want to return time and again once you have seen it.”
About Worcester Park Baptist Church
Web Site: wpbc.org.uk
hello@wpbc.org.uk / 020 8330 1755
Location: 2 The Avenue, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7EW
Worcester Park Baptist Church (WPBC) was formed in 1890 in Longfellow Road and moved to its present location on The Avenue in the 1950s.
The church has a longstanding commitment to Christian worship and serving the community. It offers toddler, children’s and young people’s groups and a lunch club as part of its regular programme of events.
There has been regular building work taking place to develop the site adding on halls in the 1970s and 1990s to allow for increased use of the space by the community as well as church worship activities.
While the building work has been in progress, the church has been meeting on Sundays at Cheam Common Junior Academy as well as streaming services on their YouTube channel. Throughout the Covid-19 panic the church ran activities via Zoom including Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade, prayer times as well as an Alpha Course.
New activities will be launched in the Community Hub over the next few months, including a café serving drinks and light refreshments.