About Us
Hay Hill Baptist Church is a small, vibrant church in the centre of Bath, with an age range of newborn to ninety. Hay Hill is a welcoming community which we often refer to as our ‘church family’. We have people of all stages of life, including a lot of young families.
We meet on Sunday mornings at 10:30, with children and young people having a programme of activities that run in parallel. The style is friendly and family-oriented. We worship and reflect together, and in all that we do look to spur each other on to follow Jesus. This means getting to know God as our father, and living the kind of life Jesus lived and taught. You are welcome to join us, whatever your life situation and beliefs.
We run and contribute to a wide variety of activities:
Under 18's
Little Me is an exciting group for under fives and their carers. It’s Monday mornings in term time from 10-11:30 and is a lot of fun!
Hay Hill hosts Bath’s Youth Café in our newly refurbished ground floor. It’s a place for the youth of Bath to meet after school or college and chill out with a coffee. On Wednesday nights from 7-9, FUSE is a place for teens to hang out with mates and get a chance to ask questions about spirituality.
Church Activities
The church has a number of small groups that meet in people’s houses around the city. Our home groups offer the chance for us to share our lives, support each other and spur one another on in living for Christ. We have a group that meet regularly to listen to what God is saying, and pass on encouragement to others.
Hay Hill has social events for women on the first Monday of each month, and on a more ad hoc basis for the men. We run weekly five-a-side football, have a team in the Bristol Churches Football League, and we have a great cricket team too. All of these sports activities are for anyone who wants to have a go.
Out in the Community
We support Genesis in their work for the homeless population of Bath, and provide one of the teams who make and serve lunch for the Sunday centre.
Hay Hill has strong links with Youth For Christ, and supports the Hope In Our Schools initiative. Our pastor, Rob Trickey, helped to start up Bath’s Street Pastors, and many Hay Hill people are amongst the Christians walking the streets of the city on Friday and Saturday nights looking to help out vulnerable people.
The church building is used by a variety of community groups during the week, from support groups to dancing. We want to share what we have with others, in order to bring hope and to encourage good things in our city.
Leadership and Vision
Our pastor Rob leads the church along with a leadership team of four others.
Our statement of purpose can be found here: The Dream