Alpha Course - Starting Soon!

Alpha is a place to explore the christian faith in an open-minded environment.

The Alpha course is designed primarily for people who aren’t churchgoers and each course is open to everyone who would like to attend. People come to the course for a wide variety of reasons – some want to investigate whether God exists; others are concerned about what happens after death. Some people have particular questions that they would like to discuss; others want to understand other peoples’ beliefs or would like to explore what the purpose of life is. Some have never been to church; others may have attended church occasionally but feel they have never really understood the basics of the Christian faith.

For more information click here

Welcome to the Parish of Aston and Nechells website

We hope you will find it easy to navigate around the website, but below are some useful links, which you can click on to gain quick access:

Our Sunday services all take place at 10.30am but for more details click the following link: Sunday Services

For updates of interest to the parish click the following link: News

To read about some of the people in the Parish click the following:

• Clergy
• Churchwardens
• Readers
• Other key people

For questions about Life events click any of the following:

• Service of thanksgiving
• Baptism
• Weddings
• Renewing wedding vows
• Funerals

For info about activities at our three churches: Aston Parish Church, St James and St Matthew’s

To view prices of hiring the facilities at the three churches, click the following link Booking facilities

To look at some of the work we do within the parish click one of the following links:

• Foodbank – Food collections for those that need it most

Aston Parish Church War Memorial Project

Dr Ann Hartley has been undertaking a project to document not just the names but the lives of every person listed on the WW1 memorial plaque at the back of Aston Parish Church. She has had some success, but still needs your help.
Here’s a video we have put together with Dr Hartley to give a taste of her success and also her request for assistance.

Please do take a look at her work here

What I most appreciate about Aston is:

- “The love and care we have for each other between the three churches, the teaching and encouragement that we receive, that together we take part in joint services, shared meals and community events and that God is central to all that we do. Three different churches with one common set of values.” (Joan Perry, Reader)

- “Christians in this parish are great at encouraging each other, and at reaching out in creative ways to those outside our church boundaries.” (David Fletcher, Reader)

- “Synergy, three churches supporting each other and as a whole greater than the sum of the parts.” (Geoff Miller, PCC Lay Chair)

- “A group of people who live out God’s love and care for all, looking after each other and those in need outside of the church.” (Paul Lacey, Lee Abbey Community Member)

Safeguarding

We operate a parish safeguarding policy in the Parish of Aston and Nechells. You can find a copy of our policy here

• Vicar: Revd Dr Fiona Gregson – 0121 679 2416
• APC Safeguarding Co-ordinator: Rosemary Cripps – 0121 382 9263
• Diocesan Safeguarding Officer – 07342 993 844

Privacy

We operate a data privacy policy in the Parish of Aston and Nechells. You can find a copy of our policy here