A NEW ROAD for BRIXHAM URC

We are well into our second year now and the work continues to raise funds and complete the 1st phase of the building work in rooms 2 & 3. What has been achieved so far would not have happened without the commitment, generosity and prayers of members and friends. The support we continue to receive from other churches and organisations is a great encouragement to us.

Worshiping in a partially refurbished room 2.

God has been very faithful in providing the money to get us this far but as you know
complying with all the present day building regulations does not come cheap.

We want to do the job properly so much prayer & funds are urgently needed.

THE STORY from MARCH 2008 . . . .

This is how it was !

. . . .  take one VERY BIG hammer !

The girls are working hard!

While the men do the important bit ?

In November 2008 we moved in to worship in an unrefurbished room 3 !

In the New Year planning permission was given to refurbish the main meeting area.

Church members worked very hard to redecorate the front Foyer area.
and it is now in regular use for small meetings and groups.

We celebrated Christmas 2008 in new surroundings (room 3 cleaned but not yet refurbished)

'Re-Location: New Vocation'

Early in March 2008 negotiations between South Western Synod and Co-op Funeral Services resulted in Brixham URC acquiring a building which, when altered and refurbished, will provide level access and some limited parking. It is the kind of property in which we can develop imaginative ministries relevant to our community as a fresh expression of the love of God. The building stands with a pub on one side and a restaurant on the other. Across the road are Connections and the Youth Enquiry Service. Within thirty yards are the traffic lights of Bolton Cross, right in the centre of Brixham. The local bus stops right outside our front door. Not exactly a location for those who want a meditative ministry; rather a location for those who want a church in the market-place.

The building comprises a foyer area capable of seating forty people at a squeeze, two smaller rooms, a disabled toilet, and a large space to the rear capable of seating 120-150 people. Above the foyer is a two-bedroomed flat with separate access on a different street. Before the property became a Funeral Parlour it was the town Post Office, with the foyer as reception and the large room as the sorting office.

Development of such a property takes both time and money. Our architect has roughly assessed the cost of refurbishment at between £110,000 and £130,000.

The work needed to be done comes in 3 phases:

1. Completion of the main worship and meetings area, including a suspended ceiling and a kitchenette, which would serve both the meetings area and the foyer. Also a set of partition doors to provide two rooms for letting during the week.

2. An entrance and toilet annexe - needed to ensure that, when we are letting all three of our spaces (foyer + the main area divided by the partition doors), they all have separate access for entry, and access to toilets and kitchen facilities.

3. A main kitchen extension, for larger events, with a storeroom attached.

Phase 1 is underway with the majority of the building work completed in Room 2 and the Kitchenette. More funds will need to be raised in the form of grants and gifts in order to complete the building work in room 3 and put a suspended ceiling and carpets throughout.

Prayer Room  -  Global Day of Prayer 2008  -  Front Foyer, New Road Building