Vision Sunday 2017 @ St Luke’s Matt 28:16-20 Haggai 1:1-8 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

How have you grown as a disciple this year? St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Vision: To reach and transform our town with the love of Jesus Values: Loving Jesus Loving each other Loving our town St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Based around our values Loving Jesus…… Loving each other….. Loving our town….. St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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 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 and new AV/PA system Creation of an upstairs room 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

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 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Phase 2 – Re-order, redecoration and New AV/PA 59-79k + 26k = 85-105k 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 St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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? St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

Pray about your response Every member ministry Read the leaflets Pray about your response Every member ministry Everybody gives in prayer, time and money St Luke’s Church Whitfield Parish

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