1. Vision Sunday 2017 @ St Luke’s
Matt 28: Haggai 1:1-8
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2. How have you grown as a disciple this year?
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3. Vision: To reach and transform our town with the love of Jesus
Values: Loving Jesus Loving each other Loving our town
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4. Based around our values Loving Jesus…… Loving each other…..
Loving our town…..
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5. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so I might take pleasure in it and be honoured. Haggai 1:8
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6. 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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7. What?
Repair of the roof
Reordering of our worship space and new AV/PA system
Creation of an upstairs room
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8. 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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9. 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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10. Phase 1 – Roof – completed 6k under budget Dec 2016
Timetable
Phase 1 – Roof – completed 6k under budget Dec 2016
Phase 2 – Re-order and AV/PA – faculty process will hear March 2017 – faith to start summer 2017
Phase 3 – Additional Upper Room – first half of 2018
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11. Phase 2 – Re-order, redecoration and New AV/PA
59-79k + 26k = k
38k in bank + 10k loan + 7k rent/SOs
= 55K
Target 100k so 45k needed
7 further grants identified and in various degrees of progress for Phases 2 & 3 by Easter 2017
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12. Prayer and faith challenge – I am confident – are you?
Phase 3 – Upper Room
Early 2018
87k needed in addition
Grants and gifts
Prayer and faith challenge – I am confident – are you?
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13. Pray about your response Every member ministry
Read the leaflets
Pray about your response
Every member ministry
Everybody gives in prayer, time and money
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14. Budget 2017 £k
Share 75
Staff 44
Housekeeping 59
Mission 16
Giving 21
Total Expenditure
215
Expected Income
210
Deficit 5
Reserves above 3 months 6