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Background and Fundraising …
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The Building Development
Group was formed in June 2010 to produce a plan for
development of the Church Buildings over the coming
years. The plan was published in August 2010
for review by the PCC.
At the PCC Meeting In November 2010 the proposal was
approved and the BDG was re-formed to create the
detailed plans for work
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Fundraising...
We have started our fundraising! So we need you to lend a
hand and put your hand up to help us.
Our first event was "Hands up Harvest".
At Harvest time we give thanks primarily for the successful
growing season but it is also a time to recognise all the
things we have and should be grateful for, particularly
food, clothing and our homes. What better time could there
be for us to ‘harvest’ our talents and fundraise at the same
time?
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Faith Promise
The faith promise is another way to give. It is a faith commitment,
an amount of money that people will trust God to enable them to give
to a specific project that they believe is in line with God’s heart.
It is often done as a yearly commitment.
A faith promise is entirely between you and God. (You might want to
write it down and keep it in your bible to remind you.)
It has a solid base in scripture in 2 Corinthians Chs 8 & 9.
“Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their
extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that
they gave as much as they were able and even beyond their ability.”
Ch 8 v2-3
“Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows
generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he
has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under
compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver” Ch9 v6-7
Read these two chapters and then come in prayer before God and ask
him if he wants you to give and if so how much. When you have done
this come before him in thanks giving believing that he will provide
the means for you to give this amount and each month keep thanking,
trusting and believing and see how God provides. Be warned you may
often have to wait until the last minute for the provision and be
prepared to do your bit too!
As one person said who begun putting this into practise, “If I had
waited until I had it (the money) I never would have given it,
because I never would have had it. I gave it when I didn’t have it,
as a faith offering and God honoured it”
Will you try it too and see how great your God is?
Mary Attwood
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Grants
Sheila Gill is investigating these and all
opportunities are being explored with possibilities being
identified; this is quite a long process because each grant
giving organisation has to be investigated thoroughly and
the application criteria and paperwork checked carefully, we
will have a short list in due course.
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Products
 We
have a number of items for sale in aid of the
Building Development.
If you
are unable to collect an item then please contact us for postage and packing
charges
>e-mail (parish office)
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Christ Church Photographic Calendar - This
high quality calendar contains 12 colour photographs showing various
aspects of Christ Church priced at £7.50 each |
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High quality tea towel prepared by the
Junior Church showing in hand theme priced at £5.00. |
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Soup recipe book with collection of
exciting and flavoursome soups submitted by members of the church
family, priced at £5.00 |
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Solid mug with "Give us a hand" logo and
"Please give us a hand" message priced at £6.50 |
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Fridge magnets showing the Building
Development "Give us a hand" logo priced at £3.50 |
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Coffee Mornings
Dave and Ruth Fowler’s coffee mornings
usually on the 2nd Friday of each month in Church are going
really well, so please continue to give them your support.
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Donating by text message - CCWC11
Vodaphone has set up a new service which allows any charity
in the UK to raise funds via a text message service –
JustTextGiving, and it is what big fundraising events eg
Comic Relief and Children in Need already use.
For more details see the answer to Question 8 in the centre
column of this page.
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Your Ideas – If you have any other ideas do please
let us know.
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News, information, questions and answers
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Toilet design - Planning permission submitted
The planning application to Portsmouth City Council for the toilets
is now in place and can be viewed on-line
here or by visiting Portsmouth City Council planning department.
The reference number is 12/00032/FUL
Please take the time to read and add your supporting comments either
via the web or in writing to the planning officer. To add support
directly on the website you will need to follow a simple
registration process. Alternative you can send an
email or a letter
to Planning Services, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth,
PO1 2AU. Please remember to include your postal address and the
reference number in any written communication.
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Toilet design - PCC Approval
At the November 8th PCC meeting the BDG presented the proposed
design for the toilets which the PCC unanimously approved. The
proposal document and presentation can be found in the communication
section of this web page. Communication sessions were run in
November to give members of the congregation an opportunity to see
the presentation and to comment on the proposal.
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Questions and Answers...
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1. Why are we building two toilets when we only can afford one and only need one?
When, in the future, the layout for the church is flexible and we are able to use it for performances the PCC do not think that one toilet will be sufficient to cover the requirements during an interval.
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2. Why can't we build a toilet with the money we have got; we must have enough money to build a toilet?
Our professional advisors have indicated that we do not currently have enough money to build an external toilet and
provide the sewage, water and drainage required. According to their advice we have enough money to provide the sewage, water and drainage facilities but will need more fundraising for the building itself. If we find that we have enough money for the whole project we shall be very pleased and build the toilet within existing funds.
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3. Why connect into the Church Hall drainage when we have had problems with blockages in the Church Hall drains?
We anticipate that load on the sewage and drainage system for the church and hall will most likely not occur at the same time. Previous blockages were due to lack of maintenance over a long period of time. The church hall
drainage will be checked for capacity before we connect into it.
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4. Can we make sure that the furniture in the Chancel does not get destroyed and
broken up when we dispose of it?
Any items of furniture removed from the Church will be offered for sale and we
hope that these will be put to good use by any purchaser,
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5. The toilet is an important need which needs to be solved as soon as possible.
The installation of a new toilet is being progressed as quickly as possible but
will still take some time. This is because Local Authority planning and Diocesan
approval has to be sought. Certain conditions also apply to a Grade 2 listed
building. For the planning approvals a number of detailed plans and papers have
to be prepared by professionals. Progress will also be dependant on any
necessary funds being in place before each stage of the work begins.
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6. For me a toilet is not a priority.
A number of the congregation have said that provision of a toilet is their priority. The PCC are also improving the
flexibility of the building and updating tea, coffee and flower preparation facilities at the same time. The internal appearance of the porch entrance will also be improved.
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7. "Please get on with it as soon as possible"
See answer to Q5
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8. How can I make a donation?
For full information please see the stewardship pages
here. For a
small, one off donation you can always use our new text donation
facility.
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text CCWC11 followed by the amount in pounds (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10) to 70070
>more
The service is provided by the Vodaphone foundation and 100% of your
donation comes to the church. The only additional charge is the cost
of a
standard text message. If you have a text bundle its
included in that (even if you are not with Vodaphone). For
more information such as how to add gift aid to the donation see
>here
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Faculty Update - September 2011
The Church of England undertake some of the planning
responsibilities when it affects the Church. The process we
use is very similar to the council planning process. The PCC
submit a "request for a faculty". This goes to the diocesan
advisory council for the care of churches (DAC) for review - this
group are like the planning department. If agreed the DAC give
a recommendation given to the Registrar. After that the papers
need to be displayed for 28 days to seek feedback and once that is
done the Registrar will either issue a faculty or return the request
back to the DAC.
Our first faculty submission was successful and work has already
started to implement the approved changes - these changes covered:
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Installation of the screen, projector and camera
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Change of colour for the porch ceiling
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Installation of a warm air curtain in the porch
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Removal of 20 pews from the north aisle to make space for
the prayer ministry area, tea and coffee and flower
preparation areas.
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Since then the PCC have submitted a further faculty improve the
electrical system. A further faculty will be started for the
toilets in the coming couple of months. The process for the
toilets will be more complex because it will involve work outside of the
existing footprint of the building. This means we will need to
also work with the City of Portsmouth planning authority.
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Screen, projector and camera installed
After just over a year of work the new screen projector and camera
system was installed on 28th July and used at the baptism service on
31st July. The feedback from members of the congregation was
very positive. The new software will give us a few "challenges"
over the coming weeks as the team gets used to it so please bear
with us.
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Team, meetings and presentations
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Please see the church diary for the
meeting dates |
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The team:
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Buildings team
Andy Minchin (Chair)
Nigel Wheatley (Deputy Chair)
Graham Olway (Secretary)
Revd Andy Wilson
Ismay Doughty
Richard Hutchins
Fundraising Team
Vicky Stephen (Coordinator)
Anna-Marie Malcolm
Dave Fowler
Ruth Fowler
Sheila Gill
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Communications and Information
Below you will find various communications and presentations on the
development project, including regular updates which are included in
the Church Magazine "Portsdown Post".
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The documents below are published in Adobe Acrobat format. To access
a specific document click the Adobe reader icon alongside the title. If you don't have the free Adobe reader installed click
here to get your copy
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Feb-12
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 BDG Report
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Jan-12
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BDG Report
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Dec-11
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BDG Report
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Dec-11
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Fund raising update
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Nov-11
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Parish Briefing
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08-Nov-11
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Presentation to the PCC
Proposal to the PCC
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01-Nov-11
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Fund raising update
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01-Nov-11
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BDG Report |
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01-Oct-11
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Fund raising update
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01-Oct-11
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BDG Report |
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01-Sep-11
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Fund raising update
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01-Sep-11
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BDG Report
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01-Aug-11
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Fund raising update
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01-Aug-11
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BDG Report
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01-Jul-11
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BDG Report
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01-Jun-11
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Fund raising update
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01-Jun-11
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BDG Report
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01-May-11
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BDG Report
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07-Apr-11
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Presentation to APCM
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01-Apr-11
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BDG Report
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01-Mar-11
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BDG Report
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Feb/Mar-11
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Parish Briefing
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01-Feb-11
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BDG Report
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01-Jan-11
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BDG Report
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14-Sep-10
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Recommendations document
Recommendations presentation
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