1. To reach and transform our town with the love of Jesus
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2. Inspired by these scriptures……
Psalm 78:1-8
Matthew 28:16-20
Luke 10
The wonderful God. The sending God….
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3. From ‘Come to Us’ to ‘Go to the people’
Movement 1 :
From ‘Come to Us’ to ‘Go to the people’

4. From whirlpool to launch pad – ‘Low maintenance – high blessing’
Movement 2:
From whirlpool to launch pad – ‘Low maintenance – high blessing’

5. Our primary vehicle to ‘Reach and transform our town with the love of Jesus’ are our Mission Area Teams (MATs)
High Street
FLAME
Gamesley
Whitfield Breeze
St Luke’s Area
Shirebrook?
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6. MATs are groups of between people who commit to reaching and transforming an area of our town with the love of Jesus.
How?
Prayer
Acts of service and community gathering
Words of Jesus
Works of Jesus
Wounds of Jesus
Way of Jesus
‘Low control –
High accountability’
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7. But…there is still a place for the ‘temple’ in a ‘mixed economy’
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8. Why?
To have a more welcoming and flexible space for church and community to widen the scope of who we welcome into the building and the amount and style of church activity we can host
Increase our opportunity to meet and make 21st century disciples of Jesus through our building
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9. What? Repair of the roof Reordering of our worship space
Creation of crèche room with BIG meeting in the existing crèche room
New PA/AV system
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10. Benefits St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish
Welcome and hospitality to visitors and church family across all the areas of improvement
To provide a space which could be used to develop existing outreach activities such as Coffee Pot and increase our ability to host a greater range of other activities such as Alpha, parish brunches, Easter trails, partner events with the local community
Giving our three children and young people groups a room of their own in St Luke’s
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11. Benefits
To help the worship dynamic and for the congregation to meet as ‘family’
To make it possible to have alternative styles of service eg Messy church, family services, prayer services
To improve access for all including wheelchairs, buggies and the elderly
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12. Costs - Roof Total: £117,600 Roof 100,800 10% Contingency 8,400
Architect ,400
Total: £117,600
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13. Costs – Reordering of worship space
Removal of pews, re-flooring, and carpeting 26,320
Chairs (90 church chairs ) 14,170
Rear room for crèche at the back of church 18,600
Decoration of church ,000
Re-order total £63,090
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14. Total: £25,980 Costs – AV/PA New PA System 15,900 AV Upgrade 4,440
Install and consultancy 5,640
Total: £25,980
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15. Totals: St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish
Roof ,600
Re-order (including new room) 63,090
AV/PA ,980
Total: ,670
Already secured ,000
(Restricted funds + legacy + PCC reserves)
Faith target for congregation: £111,670
Gifts, loans, assets & grant application
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16. You said… 68 responses Carry out the full vision 50 (73.5%)
Roof only (14.5%)
Something else (12%)
No one wanted to sell the building or do nothing
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17. 5 tests of faith from the life of Abraham Uncertainty. Gen 12:1-3 Fear
5 tests of faith from the life of Abraham Uncertainty Gen 12:1-3 Fear :10-20 Disappointment 13:7-9 Delay :4-6 Blessing :1-2
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18. Today I encourage US to…. For our generation and the next!
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