Reordering of St.Michael's Church - Bulletin 6
BY: REV.HENRY MORRIS
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The Development of St.Michael’s Church Building
February 2009
St.Michael’s Church has now been closed for internal reordering work since the end of September and will reopen again at Easter 2009. This bulletin gives the latest up to date information concerning the work carried out so far.
As a reminder about this present work, the plans will achieve the following:
Ø Create level access in the nave of the church and introduce under-floor heating
Ø Provide new WC facilities and a new kitchen
Ø Move the church office to the vestry and open up the back of the nave
Ø Rewire and install new lighting in the interior of the church
Ø Redecorate of the interior of the church
What has happened so far?
Our congratulations go to builders EJ&GJ Groom on receiving the 'Best Commercial Builder in Britain' award at the Master Builder of the Year Awards 2008 for their work at the Trinity Centre at Meole Brace in Shrewsbury.
We are delighted that St.Michael’s Church is in such good hands for our own building project.
At present in the church new heating pipes, electrical circuitry and cabling are being installed in the new concrete floor areas in preparation for the installation of under floor heating.
Extensions to the chancel staging are now complete and the WCs and kitchen are under construction.
What is the Financial Situation?
The total cost of the project is about £460,000 – funds are in place for about half this total project sum. The offer by one family in the church to underwrite the project was made because there were not sufficient funds available to enable the project to start. This should be viewed more as an interest free loan than an outright gift, therefore the church still needs to work to find money to pay off the bills as they come in and reduce as much as possible the underwritten amount.
Thank you so much to those who have made contributions to date.
Our Fund Raising Team is looking to arrange a number of possible activities to go towards meeting these costs including:
1. Sponsor a new light as a Christmas Gift for the Church
2. An Auction of promises
3. A Friends of St.Michael's organisation – for those interested in supporting the church both here and abroad
4. A Quiz night – an evening of fun to raise awareness of the project
5. Events after the re-opening are being planned
6. Selling items from our homes on eBay / ‘Cash in the attic’
7. Charity Car Wash (by the TARDIS group)
8. Continuing applications to funding organisations
Please watch out for these opportunities to support this project and pray for God’s provision to ensure that all the costs are met on time.
Rev.Henry Morris – November 2008