This is how The Hothouse looks today.....		Click here for pictures of this very special project.
The Hothouse	Jean Elliott	Bishop Mike & Archdeacon Bob visit The Hothouse
but this is how it all began.....

The old hardware shop in Myatt Avenue had been empty for some time. The wednesday evening club, held at Redhouse school for primary children had been running for several years and was very popular. The children & families appreciated the fact that activities were happening on the estate where they lived.
 
In September 2000 Jean Elliott felt the time seemed right to expand the work of the wednesday evening club and regular summer holiday clubs, and transfer the hardware shop into a permanent Christian venue where children, young people and families could come and meet, belong, and discover the love of Jesus.
 
Obviously this couldn't happen instantly! We needed among many other things, planning permission, money and a group of people to take the vision forward. We needed to know what the community thought. We needed to know above all, that this was God's project. God has shown us in many amazing ways that it is His project.
 
Sometimes things have taken a little longer than we thought they would, and, as on any long journey, there have been frustrations, but we have come a long way.

                                              The Hothouse has happened!.....The Hothouse is happening!

Some weeks over 100 people come through its doors. There is so much potential and we are excited to see how God will continue to develop and grow The Hothouse.
 
"The love of Christ compels us."  -  2 Corinthians 5 vs 14

The Hothouse at Redhouse was officially opened by the Bishop of Wolverhampton on 20th March 2002

Click here for pictures of this very special project.

Click here for a slide show of one of the 'Hothouse Bid Kids'
(11 - 13years) sessions taken in February 2005 (16 pictures)

Click here for pictures of one of the special Hothouse sessions held during the February 2005 half term holidays