To reach and transform our town with the love of Jesus St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Inspired by these scriptures…… Psalm 78:1-8 Matthew 28:16-20 Luke 10 The wonderful God. The sending God…. St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

From ‘Come to Us’ to ‘Go to the people’ Movement 1 : From ‘Come to Us’ to ‘Go to the people’

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

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? St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

MATs are groups of between 10-20 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’ St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

But…there is still a place for the ‘temple’ in a ‘mixed economy’ St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Costs - Roof Total: £117,600 Roof 100,800 10% Contingency 8,400 Architect 8,400 Total: £117,600 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Costs – Reordering of worship space Removal of pews, re-flooring, and carpeting 26,320 Chairs (90 church chairs + 100 + 100) 14,170 Rear room for crèche at the back of church 18,600 Decoration of church 4,000 Re-order total £63,090 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Total: £25,980 Costs – AV/PA New PA System 15,900 AV Upgrade 4,440 Install and consultancy 5,640 Total: £25,980 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Totals: St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish Roof 117,600 Re-order (including new room) 63,090 AV/PA 25,980 Total: 206,670 Already secured 95,000 (Restricted funds + legacy + PCC reserves) Faith target for congregation: £111,670 Gifts, loans, assets & grant application St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

You said… 68 responses Carry out the full vision 50 (73.5%) Roof only 10 (14.5%) Something else 8 (12%) No one wanted to sell the building or do nothing St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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 12:10-20 Disappointment 13:7-9 Delay 15:4-6 Blessing 22:1-2 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Today I encourage US to…. For our generation and the next! St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish