J18: edge of Bristol
Started in 2008, J18 (named after the motorway junction in the centre of the area) covers two separate communities with their own distinctive characters: Lawrence Weston and Avonmouth.
Churches
St Andrew, Avonmouth and St Peter, Lawrence Weston (Vicar: Revd Jenny Low).
Lawrence Weston
Mixed post-war housing
Large number of young parents and of elderly people
Avonmouth
Old dockland village, cut off by M5 and M49 motorways and River Avon; often unnoticed or forgotten
Docks still fully operational and currently planning to expand
- Outreach to young children, including those baptised in church; after-school club
- ‘START' course: discipleship, team- building, seekers
- Toddler group
- Men's breakfasts
- Innovative mission to unreached areas.
Visit to Sudan
Some of the group went to visit Bishop Gwynne College in South Sudan over Easter 2010, to give encouragement and practical help to a college which has recently reopened after the civil war. Trinity students and staff bought 100 books for the library which the group took with them (photos right). Another visit will take place at Easter 2012.
