CHRIST CHURCH
CHRIST CHURCH
Jazzbomb take to the stage to wow the crowd
RESTORATION AND REGENERATION
Bonnie Rozorio reports from a
glamorous evening of fundraising and
a new beginning for Christ Church
C
hrist Church Kensington is about
to begin an exciting building
project, which we hope will
breathe new life into our church building
and make it even more useful for the
church and our local community.
Christ Church has become one of the
few community spaces available in the
neighbourhood and each week we see
local schools and colleges, a Montessori
nursery, children’s choirs, English language
classes, a ballet school, the local branch
of Alcoholics Anonymous, residents’
associations and many others community
groups use the building for their activities.
Wonderfully, Christ Church’s congregation
has grown by about 250% in the last two
years. Our Sunday School can sometimes
feel as if it is bursting at the seams, and
our older children’s group have to meet
off-site in a local home as there simply
isn’t space to house them in the church.
Our evening congregation, established
in 2013, shares supper after the service.
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However, without adequate kitchen
facilities in the building, food for 80
people is often cooked in local homes
and carried in to church. Over the last
few years, the church council identified the
need for additional meeting spaces, as well
as increased open space, a new kitchen and
sufficient lavatories, heating, lighting and
storage capacity to accommodate multiple
ministry and community requirements.
The competition was raging as the silent action happened on tablets throughout the night.
Through our restoration and regeneration
project, we hope to provide a venue for
worship in West London, as well as a hub
for community activity that will be fit
for purpose for generations to come. If
you would like to know more about the
project, we’ve set up a website: www.
christchurchcommunityappeal.com
where you can read details about each
element of the project and how it will
benefit our church and community.
With support from the local community
and an enthusiastic Appeals Committee
we began fundraising in July 2013,
envisaging that it would take three
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