"A church for all seasons
I suggest we use each building to its best effect in terms of the seasons.
In winter, the church is freezing. Let's have January and February all together at the school. There are lots of warm classrooms for youth and children, but why not also for the adults - some of the adults could go to one room for a regular sermon from Andy, others could go to another room with Stephanie and create a banner, a third group could go somewhere with Fiona for an Alpha course.
In summer, numbers are low (especially of children) in both places. Let's all get together from June to August at the Church on the Common. We could have a creche at the back, children in the vestry and youth could go to the Vicarage Hall or the Methodist Chapel.
In spring and autumn, apart from Easter, Harvest, Remembrance, etc, why not keep going as two churches - if one or other church needs to sing from CDs from time to time, so be it. Maybe we could have slightly more joint services than normal in this period, eg for Christian Aid week."
I suggest we use each building to its best effect in terms of the seasons.
In winter, the church is freezing. Let's have January and February all together at the school. There are lots of warm classrooms for youth and children, but why not also for the adults - some of the adults could go to one room for a regular sermon from Andy, others could go to another room with Stephanie and create a banner, a third group could go somewhere with Fiona for an Alpha course.
In summer, numbers are low (especially of children) in both places. Let's all get together from June to August at the Church on the Common. We could have a creche at the back, children in the vestry and youth could go to the Vicarage Hall or the Methodist Chapel.
In spring and autumn, apart from Easter, Harvest, Remembrance, etc, why not keep going as two churches - if one or other church needs to sing from CDs from time to time, so be it. Maybe we could have slightly more joint services than normal in this period, eg for Christian Aid week."
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