Circular Fundraiser Walk From Littleton-Upon-Severn

BPT Fundraiser - Littleton Upon Severn

FUNDRAISER WALK On Saturday 20th May, we plan to walk to raise funds for the BPT to support the work of the Church in Bulgaria. The circular walk is approximately 6 miles. We plan to meet at the White Hart in Littleton-Upon-Severn at 11.30am For non-walkers who would like to enjoy a lovely lunch in the South Gloucestershire […]

Scary Paraglider Flight

Geoff - Scary Paraglider Flight

100’s of feet above ground in south Wales. No landing gear, no engine, no second-chance!   PLEASE SPONSOR ME ! https://www.cafonline.org/my-personal-giving/start-giving/donate-now   For my 69th birthday this year I plan to paraglide for about 15 minutes hundreds of feet above south Wales.  I shall be strapped to an instructor, but as the disclaimer form encouragingly […]

Newsletter April 2019

An Exciting Year! Weekly activities continue in the Centre including Roma childrens’ literacy class, refugee church and nearby the feeding programme for homeless people. Weekly activities make good use of the spaces, including Sunday worship, school for about 80 children, youth groups, and autumn classes of a theological school.  Several high-profile conferences took place in […]

Treasure Hunt Walk Fundraiser

Bulgarian Partners Trust Treasure Hunt Walk 2017

On Saturday 10th June we are going on a treasure hunt around the historical village of Wotton-Under-Edge. The walk starts at 2.30pm meeting at the Heritage Centre at “The Chipping” – Post code GL12 7AD. There is a large carpark with free parking for 3 hours. The walk is about 1.5 miles and takes about […]

BUSY SUMMER — BUSIER AUTUMN

It has been a busy summer for Sofia Baptist Church as their new Social, Medical and Training Centre gets into full use. Literacy Classes In June the Literacy Class held its end of term presentations: Summer Camps Then, no rest for the teachers as they ran very successful camps in the summer holidays for families, children […]

Walk 10 Miles and Raise £10

Bristol City Circular Prayer Walk & Fundraiser Dear Supporter You are invited to take part in a circular walk starting at Cairns Road Baptist Church connecting with churches in the south and east of the city. The full walk will be approximately 10 miles and is broken into 3 stages. You can do the full […]

Commissioning the buildings

snow around the new centre

On a practical level the registration of the ownership of the Buildings, assessment and payment of taxes, setting up contracts for rubbish-collection, servicing equipment, etc. are still in progress preventing the letting of offices on the top two floors, but other parts of the building are gradually being occupied as fitting-out allows.   Ralitsa, who installed […]

The new building in action

Nativity 2015

Since the Official Opening last autumn, seven conferences have taken place in the Centre, all successful, including the Council of the European Baptist Federation honoured by the President of Bulgaria. He welcomed guests and congratulated Sofia Baptist Church on its humanitarian initiative, acknowledging that all agencies need to work together to solve the intractable human, […]

Achievements to be proud of

Shoes off

Many years ago a young school-girl called Krasimira hated the way some teachers and children despised her Roma appearance and ways, so she didn’t go to school.  Occasionally she came to literacy classes in the old Sofia Baptist Church where she learned the basics of reading and writing. She never finished her education, but soon […]