Building Transformation project
A TRANSFORMED SPACE FOR A GROWING CITY:
now IS THE TIME!
Building Transformation & Temporary Sunday Venue
Well the day has arrived. On Sunday 24th October we are vacating the building and gathering for Sunday Worship at Bishop Woodford House, Barton Rd, CB7 4DX. All three services will be held there: the eight30, the nine45 and the eleven. We look forward to the congregations flourishing in our temporary venue, which includes a chapel, some classrooms and a beautiful garden, as we seek to “bring the love of Jesus into every home in Ely”. So do please join us for worship each week and for coffee afterwards.
All of our midweek groups and activities will continue as normal. The church rooms will remain in use, along with the office, back gardens and toilets. To access the church rooms please walk down the right hand side of the Tourist Office (Oliver Cromwell’s House), through the vicarage car park and into the church grounds via the black gate.
The project will take about nine months – and we hope to return to the St Mary’s building in the summer of 2022 – into a renewed and transformed space which can be used 16 hours a day, seven days a week, by the community and by the church. It will be wonderful.
We have not yet commissioned the new balcony and creche room at the back of the church, waiting to see if we can raise the final £240,000 that will enable us to include that element in the project. We are applying for further grants which should offer a proportion of the money – but if you would like to consider making a new or additional donation – please do so as follows:
Online: Sort Code: 309305. Account number: 00153625. Account name: PCC Ely Parish St Mary’s Church Reference: BTP Appeal.
By cheque: Payable to PCC Ely Parish St Mary’s Church and write BTP Appeal on reverse. Please send to Mr P Coutts, Treasurer, St Mary’s Church Office, St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Street, Ely CB7 4HF
Please do email us if you have any questions on office@stmarysely.org
Meanwhile – we pray for our City and the part that St Mary’s continues to play – we pray for safety for the builders – and we pray for the congregation of St Mary’s that we will remain united in praying ‘Thy Kingdom Come’.
Well the day has arrived. On Sunday 24th October we are vacating the building and gathering for Sunday Worship at Bishop Woodford House, Barton Rd, CB7 4DX. All three services will be held there: the eight30, the nine45 and the eleven. We look forward to the congregations flourishing in our temporary venue, which includes a chapel, some classrooms and a beautiful garden, as we seek to “bring the love of Jesus into every home in Ely”. So do please join us for worship each week and for coffee afterwards.
All of our midweek groups and activities will continue as normal. The church rooms will remain in use, along with the office, back gardens and toilets. To access the church rooms please walk down the right hand side of the Tourist Office (Oliver Cromwell’s House), through the vicarage car park and into the church grounds via the black gate.
The project will take about nine months – and we hope to return to the St Mary’s building in the summer of 2022 – into a renewed and transformed space which can be used 16 hours a day, seven days a week, by the community and by the church. It will be wonderful.
We have not yet commissioned the new balcony and creche room at the back of the church, waiting to see if we can raise the final £240,000 that will enable us to include that element in the project. We are applying for further grants which should offer a proportion of the money – but if you would like to consider making a new or additional donation – please do so as follows:
Online: Sort Code: 309305. Account number: 00153625. Account name: PCC Ely Parish St Mary’s Church Reference: BTP Appeal.
By cheque: Payable to PCC Ely Parish St Mary’s Church and write BTP Appeal on reverse. Please send to Mr P Coutts, Treasurer, St Mary’s Church Office, St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Street, Ely CB7 4HF
Please do email us if you have any questions on office@stmarysely.org
Meanwhile – we pray for our City and the part that St Mary’s continues to play – we pray for safety for the builders – and we pray for the congregation of St Mary’s that we will remain united in praying ‘Thy Kingdom Come’.
COnceptHere is a visual concept of what St Mary’s will look like once it has been transformed for the future. Take a look and imagine the extraordinary church and community events and programmes that we could host in such a transformed space for a growing city. We hope you will join us in investing your time, talents and money in this once-in-a-lifetime project. |
Plans & Paperwork
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Please click on the link below to download a précis of Chris' inspiring sermon from the 9th July 2017:
| Now is the Time.pdf |
How to give:
One-off gifts can be made by one of the following methods, stating ‘BTP’:
In every case, if you are a taxpayer please complete the Gift Aid Form below and return it to the Treasurer, St. Mary's Church Office, St. Mary's Street, Ely, CB7 4HF , or scan and email to treasurer@stmarysely.org.
One-off gifts can be made by one of the following methods, stating ‘BTP’:
- By direct payment to our bank account: Sort Code 30 93 05, Account Number: 00153625 (preferred method – no fees) stating ‘BTP’
- Via our JustGiving page https://www.justgiving.com/stmarysely (we pay a 2.5% fee) and beware of the ‘voluntary’ contribution to JustGiving stating ‘BTP’
- By Cheque payable to St. Mary's Church Ely (85p bank fee per cheque) stating ‘BTP’ by post to: The Treasurer, St. Mary's Church Office, St. Mary's Street, Ely, CB7 4HF - or in the boxes in church.
In every case, if you are a taxpayer please complete the Gift Aid Form below and return it to the Treasurer, St. Mary's Church Office, St. Mary's Street, Ely, CB7 4HF , or scan and email to treasurer@stmarysely.org.
| 2020_gift_aid_declaration.pdf |