Welcome to St A's
Sunday services
We are meeting both in person and on zoom at 1045am on Sundays. Please come and join us.
Email office@stasbaptist.org for Zoom link and password.
St A's is currently in interregnum. The church is waiting and praying for a new minister. Meanwhile, it's exciting to have a diverse list of people coming along to preach on Sundays, giving us a breadth of insight both into the Bible and to the wider work of Christians.
Sundays at 1045am
Find previous sermons on the front webpage, under Resources or on our Facebook page.
Fridays
Tea and Cake (focussed on Ukrainian visitors but all welcome) 12-2pm in the Cafe space
Church volunteers run an English Corner (ESOL practice) alongside tea and cake from about 11.30am to 2.00pm, or later if needed. This is not a lesson but a chance to practise conversational skills, or to ask for help using a translation app if needed!
Weekdays
The church centre is open from about 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday as a warm space in the winter and a cool(er) space in the summer with hot drinks, water, access to the toilets, free wifi, a place to sit or meet friends, and sometimes some surplus food (usually bread). We signpost to other venues for other needs, such as a hot meal or housing advice. If the building is very quiet or we are short of staff or volunteers, we may open later and closer earlier.
Outside of these times, the building is open for church groups and groups who have booked a space.
Tuesdays on Zoom at 1030am
Coffee morning from 1030-1130am - a chance just to chat and catch up.
Thursdays on Zoom at 730pm
Weekly Prayer Meeting from 730pm to about 830pm
Homegroups are running on Zoom or face to face on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Contact office@stasbaptist.org for details.
Friends International
In July and August we partner with Friends International who run Andy's Cafe for international students. Andy's runs in our Upper Hall from 8pm to 10pm Monday to Thursday until 24th August. English Corner runs in our cafe space Monday to Wednesday from 4.30pm.
It Takes a City
Since April 2020 we have been fully involved with
It Takes a City, mainly supporting food provision. Through the winter, we support Crossways, the winter shelter, and during the summer months we continue to organise and deliver food parcels to those referred by ITAC or the Street Outreach team or others working with those who have experienced homelessness. We are also the base for Chris (support manager) and Lucy (project worker) from ITAC from April to October.
This has only been possible by partnership with many different organisations, supporting with volunteers, grants or food donations.
If you have concerns about someone sleeping rough, please contact the street outreach team (SOT) via
streetlink.org.uk The message goes straight to SOT so please give as much detail about someone's location as possible and they will go and find them.
To check out how to get help or how to offer help, please look through
Streetsupport.net
Ukrainian Refugee Support
Since April 2022, on request from a Ukrainian friend of the church, we have been hosting
English lessons and cultural adaptation sessions for Ukrainian refugees organised by the
Cambridge Russian Speaking Society in partnership with Cambridgeshire skills and free for the recipients. We've been honoured to become one of the places of refuge around the city where our Ukrainian friends can come to meet each other, access wifi and drink (lots of) tea.
We also work closely with our neighbour church Downing Place United Reformed Church, who host
Cambridge4Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Heritage Art and Music Centre also organise workshop and events at St A's, mainly on Saturdays, and the Malva choir use our premises for rehearsing.
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