Tot Stop runs each Wednesday 10am -11.45am during term time. Tot Stop is for pre-school children, babies and their parents and carers.
Drop in for a relaxed time and a play area for children with a warm and friendly atmosphere, a nice buzz of conversation with gentle background music. We serve fresh fairly traded coffee, tea and herb tea, cakes and healthy snacks for children. Lots of toys, games and things to do! Baby changing, bottle warming and feeding facilities.
Night Shift operates on a Saturday evening from 12 midnight to about 3 o’clock on Sunday morning.
The front entrance area of the church is opened up in order that those out enjoying themselves in the pubs and clubs that surround the church can come into a safe, friendly environment where they can finish off their evening with a sobering cup of tea or coffee entirely free of charge.
A small team of volunteers are on duty each Saturday evening to provide a welcome for anyone who comes through our doors.
12th November 2017 marks the 15th Anniversary of Night Shift.
All through these years Night Shift has been a regular feature of the night life of Hereford. Hundreds of young people - and some not so young! – have made use of our facilities. Some come in to wait for friends or taxis, some bring their chips, burgers or Subway rolls, some need to use our toilet, others want to warm up or rest their aching feet. Flip-Flops - offered freely to help those aching feet - have become quite a special trademark to Night Shift visitors.
We know most of our visitors by name and enjoy catching up with their news whenever they call in. What a privilege for Hereford Baptist Church to be part of the lives of so many young people who have no other contact with a church or Christian people!
On Tuesday mornings we provide a nutritious breakfast for those who are homeless, hungry or in need. This is part of a city church initiative to provide breakfasts and evening meals throughout the week.
"A team of eight worked together to cook and serve breakfast at HBC this morning to 40 homeless and vulnerable men and women. After about 20 guests arrived, we gave thanks for the breakfast and prayed for the victim of yesterday's stabbing, his family and friends. We also prayed for the safety of our guests in a dangerous world.
It was a good natured morning, despite being standing room only at times. As always our guests were very appreciative of the breakfast."
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Hereford Food Bank
The Hereford Food Bank has been functioning since 2008, and is now a registered charity. It operates with a small group of dedicated volunteers and one part-time officer.
Almost all the food supplied is donated by local people - both individuals and businesses. There is a constant need for tinned meat (stews, casseroles, ham), tinned vegetables, instant mashed potato, UHT/dried milk, sugar, tinned fruit, rice pudding, custard, coffee, toothpaste, soap and toilet rolls.
Food donations can be dropped into the yellow basket outside the church office.
herefordfoodbank.co.uk
Vennture
Hereford City Mission was one of many initiatives that John Venn, vicar of St. Peter’s, undertook with his sister Emelia. Together their initiatives transformed the plight of Hereford’s struggling families in 19th century Hereford and their legacy of iconic buildings shapes the city today.
Today, Hereford City Mission is renamed Vennture and remains a Christian cross-church initiative true to John and Emelia’s original vision of loving those who are marginalised or vulnerable. Their work relies on an army of rigorous trained volunteers, incredibly diverse (from retirees to students) but all who share a passion to make a difference by ‘Loving people better.’
vennture.co.uk
Rose Garden Church
The Rose Garden Village is a complex of 91 apartments in the city for retired people aged over 55. It aims to encourage independent living and therefore has many communal facilities, such as restaurant and bar, library, woodwork shop, hairdressing salon, fitness gym, IT/technology suite and many others.
HBC has been responsible for setting up and running regular Sunday worship at The Rose Garden from the time the first residents moved in, in September 2008. We aim to serve the Christians and not-yet Christians there by offering a variety of gifts and styles drawn from among those from our own church who have offered to help, and also by developing contributions from other churches in the city.