Tuesday 8th November 2005
St Andrew’s Church, Caversham, has unveiled a model of the future for its ‘tired’ church hall. An ambitious new modern centre will compliment the recently launched ‘Regenerate’ movement aimed at enabling grass roots ongoing Mission.
Geoff Kent, churchwarden and maker of the Phase 1 model, explained: ‘The design features cloisters linking the church to the hall physically but also representing the missionary link between church and community. St Andrew’s recognises that the church has a need to reach out to the local community, both spiritual and secular’, to encourage interaction and meet their needs if we are to achieve our missionary objectives and if we wish to encourage growth of the church.’
The Rt. Revd Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading, who gave the keynote address at the launch of Regenerate, will preside and preach at St Andrew’s 10am Family Eucharist on Sunday 4 December as encouragement for the church in its Mission.
For information about the project and fundraising events contact the church’s web site www.standrewscaversham.org