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The Beacon Church Centre,
Whetty Lane
Rubery
B45 9DL |
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History |
Mission |
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A SHORT HISTORY |
Key Dates
| 1841 |
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Primitive Methodist Church opened in Rubery |
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Congregationalists meet in Rubery as offshoot from Bromsgrove Congregational Church |
| 1851 |
September 29th |
Sunday School formed |
Rubery Congregational Church opened in former Methodist
Church - initially renting the building |
| 1857 |
September 20th |
Church properly constituted with signing of Declaration of Congregationalism and a Covenant |
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Rubery Congregational Church
The Covenant
We whose names are here unto subscribed assembling for religious worship in Rubery Chapel near Rednall, Worcestershire, hereby agree in obedience to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, to unite as a church in His Name, in order to promote each other's spiritual progress by observance of those Ordinances which He has appointed.
We hereby mutually and cordially give ourselves thus publicly to the Lord and to each other to worship God and to walk together in love as a Church of the Lord Jesus, in accordance to the revelation of the Word, as the Holy Spirit shall enable us.
In testimony whereby we have hereunto subscribed our names this twentieth day of September 1857
(Ten names are subscribed)
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| 1867 |
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Restoration of Chapel |
| 1890 |
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Church Enlarged |
| 1925 |
February 5th |
Freehold of land on Whetty Lane for new church building transferred from the Cadbury Estate to Rubery Congregational Church |
| by 1926 |
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Boy's Brigade and Girls Life Brigade meeting at the church |
| 1928 |
June 30th |
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New Congregational Chapel and Halls opened on Whetty Lane |
| 1931 |
August |
Boys Brigade Company closed and
277th Birmingham Scout Troop formed |
| 1932 |
July |
First Civic Service held in the church
for North Bromsgrove Rural District Council |
| 1933 |
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Hall built for children's work |
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Sometime between 1938 and 1942 the Girls Life Brigade ceases and 150th Birmingham Girl Guides begin meeting in the church |
| 1944 |
September 12th |
150th Birmingham Brownies registered |
| 1953 |
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Church celebrated 25 years of new building & centenary of
Congregationalism in Rubery |
| 1959 |
August 25th |
Church Hall destroyed by fire |
| 1961 |
May 6th |
Opening of new Church Hall |
| 1972 |
October 5th |
As a result of the union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales with the Presbyterian Church in England Rubery Congregational Church becomes Rubery United Reformed Church |
| 1992 |
September 20th |
CTB45 created by Covenant signed with Longbridge Methodist Church, Our Lady Of Perpetual Succour Catholic Church, St Chad Church of England, St Christopher Church of England and St Stephen the Martyr Church of England. |
| 1997 |
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Rubery United Reformed Church renamed the Beacon Church Centre |
| 2000 |
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Field at rear of halls sold |
| 2005 |
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New Building linking halls and church opened |
Ministers
DATES |
NAME |
Came From |
Went to |
| 1854-1855 |
James Wilson |
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Repton & Barrow |
| 1855-1856 |
Rev W Harvey |
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| 1856-1859 |
Mr Benjamin Worton |
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Oldbury |
| 1860 |
Mr Carter |
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| 1861-1864 |
Mr George Hinds |
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Swanage |
| 1864-1868 |
Mr Thomas Edwards |
Northleach |
Melbourne (Australia) |
| 1868-1874 |
Rev Tout |
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| 1874-1883 |
Rev Charles Parker |
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| 1883-1894 |
Rev R J Boardman |
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| 1894-1901 |
Mr Leach |
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| 1901-1904 |
Mr Gilbert Smith |
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| 1904-1921 |
Pastor R J Boardman |
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| 1922-1946 |
Rev William J Roach Hier |
Drybrook |
Retirement |
| 1947-1955 |
Rev Glanmor Jenkins |
Ely & Saintwell |
Bodmin (chaplaincy) |
| 1955-1965 |
Rev Bert Jordan |
Stroud |
Castleford |
| 1966-1976 |
Rev Donald Davies |
Pype Hayes |
Lichfield |
| 1979-1986 |
Rev Leslie Ivory |
Hartest |
retirement |
| 1987-1989 |
Rev Stella Jones |
Cheshunt |
retirement |
| 1990-1991 |
Rev Philip Smith |
Northern College |
out of pastoral charge
(Isle of Man) |
| 1992-1997 |
Rev Joan Johansen-Berg* |
Community for Reconciliation |
Community for Reconciliation |
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1992-2001 |
Rev John
Johansen-Berg* |
Community for Reconciliation |
Retirement |
| 2001- |
Rev Ian
Ring* |
The
Rock Church Centre, Liverpool |
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* also at The Community For Reconciliation, Barnes Close
CONTACT DETAILS
CONTACT DETAILS:
Minister Tel: 01562 710213
Minister Fax: 01562 710278
Email: beacon
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The Beacon Church Centre,
Whetty Lane,
Rubery,
Birmingham,
B45 9DL |
This website has been constructed, and is maintained, by Rev Ian Ring, Community
Co-ordinator of the Community
for Reconciliation and Minister of the Beacon Church Centre, Rubery. Any views expressed in this website are
personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Community for Reconciliation, The Beacon
Church Centre or The United Reformed Church as a whole.
© Ian Ring 2001-9. All comments regarding the website to Ian Ring please.
Page last updated 25th August 2009
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