About Us
Welcome
A warm welcome awaits you at the centre whether your visit is for a conference, meeting, social gathering or visit to the community library.
In our recently refurbished building, we offer two comfortable rooms for hire, with a full range of equipment to complement your function. We are pleased to offer full disabled access including a lift to all floors.
Who we are
St Peter’s Community Centre Hillfields Ltd, operating under the name of St Peter’s Centre, is a ‘not for profit’ independent organisation investing in the local community.
Visitors
Visitors are always struck by the ‘wow’ factor as they take in the clean spacious areas which were designed to provide a venue for the growing and developing needs of the local area and the city. Our onsite car park is secure and well lit. The stained glass window depicts the history and development in the area.
An autonomous organisation, our governance and ownership structure is based on social ownership. The trustees are volunteers with a wide range of skills and expertise, ranging from local knowledge to accountancy and management skills.
What we do
St Peter’s Centre is an accessible vibrant venue at the heart of Hillfields. We offer people of all faiths and cultures a respectful environment to meet, learn and celebrate.
Opening Times:
St Peter’s Centre is available to hire seven days a week including evenings.
Our office hours are 9 – 5 Monday to Friday
Available for hire from 8am to 10pm pm seven days per week, out of hours openings are by prior arrangement.
St Peter’s Church
St Peter’s is a growing church. The congregation is drawn from diverse backgrounds, cultures and age groups. We strive to maintain a family approach to our life together and are a diverse and ethnically mixed congregation with strong links with the Barbadian community in Coventry.
We’re made up of people born in Coventry and from all corners of the globe. We value and support the parts of our family who are refugees and asylum seekers.
We have a mix of professional, manual, unemployed and retired people.
We reflect an attitude of acceptance and friendliness. We show a welcoming nature to others coupled with a desire to be brought closer to God and to spread His word and message.
Sunday
Holy Communion with Hymns
A friendly Communion service with a mixture of traditional and modern hymns
Every first second fourth fifth and last Sunday at 10:00 AM for 1 hour
Morning Worship
A Service of the Word without Communion led by lay members of the congregation.
Every third Sunday at 10:00 AM for 1 hour
Tuesday
Holy Communion
A quiet mid-week service of Holy Communion held in St Peter’s Chapel
Every Tuesday at 7:00 PM for ½ hour
Stain Glass Window
The feature window in the St Peter’s Hall was designed by a group consisting of members of St Peter’s Church and the wider community.
It reflects many different aspects of life in Hillfields in 2001 with icons depicting the:
Canal
Coventry City FC
Hillfields flats
Representations of the immediate surroundings (the tower of the old church, the Glastonbury Thorn in the churchyard planted in memory of Paul Stacy, the listed cottages in Charles Street).
Religious imagery pervades the window, illustrating the importance of faith to local people. The crescent moon, Star of David and the blue and gold of the ribbons (which also recall the ribbon-making heritage of Hillfields) represent the Islamic, Jewish and Sikh traditions respectively.
The positioning and size of the cross reflect the centrality of the Christian tradition at St Peter’s, which is both parish church and community centre.
The phoenix is a multi-layered symbol evoking local associations with Coventry University and Coventry Cathedral as well as the story of the re-birth of St. Peter’s in 2001. The juxtaposition of cross and phoenix speaks powerfully of resurrection. The beams of sunlight which irradiate the whole window are reminders of God’s love for this diverse and colourful community.
The window is an example of Stained Glass Overlay by Elegance in Glass Ltd. of Markfield, Leicestershire.