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Together For The Harvest
Born Again Buildings
Kings Church Wirral’s building in Victoria Fields, Birkenhead doesn’t look like it used to! In the1980s the congregation led by Pastor Ivor Hopkins were looking for a base for their activities and purchased the building that was formerly St Joseph’s RC Primary School for £35,000.
Kings Church, Wirral
Top: The old building
Above: The new!
Top right: The new meeting hall
Bottom right:
Parent & Toddlers Group Room
The school had been closed for a number of years, and the building had been allowed
to run into semi-
Not only was the floor completely refurbished (with fresh tar on the blocks!), but new suspended ceilings were installed, and the original hall, corridor and dining room were redesigned to give a spacious and welcoming entrance hall and an auditorium that seats four hundred people.
With dedication and hard work, amazingly the congregation moved in after less than a year, and the building was officially opened in 1985 by the Mayor of Wirral.
The church is used for many events, including Christmas meals and International Evenings featuring food from various cultures. A coffee bar has been running for some time, and there are plans to make it into a community facility for those living around the church. There is also a very successful Parents and Toddlers Group.
As well as the main rooms, the building contains three class-