More to Life
More to Life is a joint programme run by All Saints and other churches in the Weston and Newbridge area.
We put on events that are advertised in the local area.
Events include talks, quizzes, and workshops on a wide variety of subjects. There are also concerts and other musical events, and events such as guided walks on local history, and carol singing in the pub.
This is all helping to build a more active community in the area where we live.
Contact Adrian Jones
Genesis
All Saints actively support the Genesis Trust. Genesis is a Christian charity that helps Christians from all the churches in Bath to put their faith into action by serving people in need in the city.
All Saints supports Genesis financially, and also has many volunteers who help with Genesis projects.
The projects include The Soup Run, The Sunday Centre, Lunchbox, The Lifeline Centre, Lifeskills Training, The Genesis Furniture Project, the Wood Works, Bath Street Pastors, Bath Foodbank and the Love Cafés.
Contact Peter Heywood
Sunday Centre
All Saints provides a team to run the Sunday Centre every 8 weeks. The Sunday Centre provides a good Sunday lunch for people in need, and a place to relax, read the papers, and talk with people who care. It takes place in the middle of Bath. The Sunday Centre is one of the Genesis projects, with teams coming from a rota of different churches.
Contact Peter Heywood
Soup Run
A team from All Saints runs the Soup Run on one evening each week. Volunteers make soup and sandwiches, and then take them to a city centre location to give to people in need. This includes people who are homeless, and who have addictions, and who have enduring mental health problems. The Soup Run is a project run by the Genesis Trust, involving many different churches in Bath.
Contact Jo Skinner
Prayer in the Community
A team from All Saints and other local churches regularly prays for people in Weston High Street and also in Chelsea Road. Many people are open to being prayed for, and welcome the opportunity. The prayer is often for healing – physical, emotional, spiritual. Some people ask for prayer for a friend.
Contact Beryl Leigh
Street Pastors
Bath Street Pastors is part of the national Street Pastor movement, and comes under the auspices of the Genesis Trust. Members of All Saints join patrols in the city centre on Friday and Saturday nights to help people in need. This often includes revellers who have drunk too much and who need support to find their way, sober up and get home. Street Pastors are often asked about their faith, and many interesting conversations take place.
Contact Simon Butler
What’s On
What’s On is a local magazine produced by the churches in the Weston and Newbridge area. It comes out 3 times a year, and is distributed to all the homes and businesses in the area. It covers all the things that are going to happen in the area. This includes both regular activities and one-off events. It has replaced the Parish News as a helpful magazine that is useful for everyone who lives in the area.
Contact Peter Heywood
WestFest
WestFest was a big day-long festival that took place in Weston in 2011. The High Street was closed and there were many activities and attractions run by local people. The major event was The Weston Passion Play, acting out the days from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection. It took place in the streets of Weston, finishing in the church. WestFest was organised by the More to Life team from local churches. Another event is planned for 2012 – a Royal Tournament in Weston on Saturday June 2nd to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Contact Sheila Carrick
Just Men
The Just Men group hold a breakfast every month on a Saturday morning. It’s a full English breakfast, and there is a speaker. The breakfasts are open to all men, and are advertised in the village. There is also an annual day out with a touch of adventure.
Contact Simon Brand
Women’s Breakfasts
There are several Women’s Breakfasts every year, open to women from the local area. It is a delicious breakfast, followed by a speaker. These breakfasts are very popular.
Contact Olivia Whitworth
Love Weston Café
The Love Weston Café is a local community hub in Weston Village. It is open one day a week, providing low cost food and drink, welcome and friendship, information about local events and activities, a listening ear and prayer, and groups and activities. It is manned by volunteers from local churches. There is a similar café in Newbridge, called Love Newbridge Café, where members of All Saints also volunteer.
Contact Peter Heywood
Love Bath
Love Bath is annual event in the middle of Bath that is supported by All Saints and by many other churches in the city. It is a day when Christians from all over Bath can worship together, march together through the city centre, have a giant picnic together, and see an exhibition of all the Christian outreach projects in Bath.
Contact Peter Heywood
Springboard
Springboard is a community website that acts as a communications hub for Christians in Bath. It includes the latest Christian news, information about all the Christian outreach projects in Bath, a Christian diary for the city, a prayer hub for the city. All Saints actively uses Springboard. You can also sign up on the site to receive regular newsletters.
Contact Peter Heywood
