PCC Matters

PCC Meeting of 19 July 2010

The PCC Meeting of 19 July heard of the progress on the building projects:Over the summer access from the P&J hall to the Fernhurst Garden area will be opened up. This will provide space for the playgroup and will also make a great area for parish events like the Bring and Braai.

There had been a site visit from architect and structural engineer to review the P&J Extension 

There was more money to be spent on removing asbestos roofing from the garage and shed in the garden at P&J. The heating at P&J also need replacing, and it is likely that the new system use hot water and radiators, with pipes possibly running through the hot air ducts. This will provide a much better heat and avoid the problems with condensation from the old system. The funding for projectors for P&J has also been approved which will give an audio-visual system that will be engaging for services and for other events in the church. 

There have been some further delays to the start of work on building the new Community Centre at All Saints. After some frustrating delays and discussions about whether VAT would have to be paid on the work the approved Faculty to allow the building was now “in the post” to us. HomeLodge, the builders for the hall, have their next available date for work to start in the middle of September, which will give the handover of the building in December. Unfortunately there would still be fitting out to be done after that, which would mean we won’t be able to “move in” until the new year.

Also at All Saints, the new lighting is set to go ahead, with a Faculty meeting by the end of August, to allow work to start in September, completed by November. This would be ready by December, but use of the church during the week would be limited while the installation of the lights - with access platforms - was going on.

Discussion then turned to how we are going to fund the parish - with a further push for the Stewardship campaign in October.

In “Vicars Business” it was announced that Andreas will be licensed as Associate Vicar by Archdeacon. Jennifer also has new job as Chaplain of St Georges School in Ascot – which will be a Ministry job during the week.

Finally we had a brainstorming session of what we can do with our new facilities. Many of the ideas that came out tied in with the themes of Natural Church Development we discussed earlier in the meeting. It is planned to broaden out the discussion of how we can use our Seven Day Church facilities to allow all the parish to contribute ideas.

Nic Evans  

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