About Us

A building that changes with the times

The original church on the present site was consecrated in 1838 as a chapel of ease to the ancient parish of Harborne but it became a parish church in its own right four years later. Most of the church you see today is from a rebuild on a larger scale in 1888. It used to seat up to 800! Internally, the church was reordered in the 1970s and 1990s and continues to be adapted to the needs of the church and the community. As a result, we now have a warm and comfortable space for worship, as well as housing the Smethwick Food Bank

Why two names?

Holy Trinity is the church of the Parish of the Resurrection, which was formed when, in the face of the diversifying population, five churches in Smethwick joined together as one. That meant that from the beginning, The Resurrection was a very broad church, with people coming from very different experiences of worship style and pattern of belief. Over the last twenty years our congregation has been further broadened and enriched by Anglican Christians (and others) coming to Smethwick from Africa and Asia and finding a spiritual home at Holy Trinity.

Our Worship

Our services are liturgically based so that we offer something familiar to all those who come. That makes them formal in some ways, but without ever being fussy. There is often laughter and there is always joy! Over a third of the congregation, including our wonderful young people, take a part in the delivery of services, whether that is leading the service of the word or our prayers, or reading a lesson. Our music is led by our organist and leans towards the traditional rather than modern.

Schools:

We work closely with the three state primary schools and one high school within the parish

Interfaith:
Smethwick is a faith-filled place! There are probably more people who regularly attend a place of worship here than in any other similarly sized parish. Through the Faithful Friends Initiative and Women First, we have built on what previous generations have achieved in developing good relations with our Sikh, Muslim and Hindu neighbours based on real respect and warm friendship.

Smethwick Church Action Network (SCAN):
Sadly Smethwick Church Action Network has had to wind up due to lack of funds. Both the Foodbank at Holy Trinity
and the branch of Your Local Pantry based at Smethwick Library are now closed.