1. Chris Gaze Newton Flotman Church
Identifying Need
Chris Gaze
Newton Flotman Church

2. Who are we? Contemporary worship with liturgy
30 – 40 weekly attendance
Mix of ages
Medieval church building – pews for 90.

3. Parish Development Programme
4 Sundays (May 2014)
3 vision building weeks –
invites to congregation and fringe.
normal worship with brainstorming in the sermon slot
Themes:
Worship
Discipleship
Mission
Planning Sunday
All morning
Build on the ideas - seeking a common mind
Groups set up to flesh-out the plans

4. Key elements Prayer Brainstorming needs good facilitators
No analysis. No criticism
Look for the potential in half-baked ideas
When looking for a way forward be open to criticism. It could be the start of something better.
Only those ideas that have people volunteering to make them happen go forward
Note: We had done PDPs before but these had not resulted in building work.

5. Talk to the Archdeacon & DAC Secretary
It is never too early
They will be able to advise if your ideas are mad and also who you can ask for advice:
Other parishes
Diocesan experts eg heating, bells, organ, fabric etc.
The Archdeacon is your voice in the DAC

6. Choosing the architect
Saw architects at Christian Resources Exhibition
Competitive interview
Brief
Requirements
Included our ideas on how to achieve these
Made it clear that they could reject these ideas and develop their own
Expectations of what they would show us
One day of interviews (with Matthew McDade)

7. Consulting the Village
We identified a need for a village shop vending machine and a community hub meeting space
Did the wider community identify with this?
Questionnaire
Village fete
Parish Council AGM
Do not give the village an unpleasant surprise
You want to avoid objections when you go to consultation as part of the faculty process
Identifying Needs is vital for:
Faculties / Planning
Fund raising

8. Faculty Process Pre-faculty advice
Concept drawings and Draft Statement of Significance and Draft State of Need
SPAB, Georgian Group, Victorian Society, 20th Century Society, Church Buildings Council & Historic England
Be prepared for soul destroying and contradictory advice
Used concept drawings to raise money to pay architect – fixed price
Drawings and scope of works prepared by architect.
Statement of Need and Statement of Significance prepared by me.
Faculty granted (October 2016)
With conditions