This picture is so surreal, I was thinking we should have a caption competition.
“Dave, when you said we could take a shortcut through the church yard, I didn’t think we’d cause this much mess.”
It is very strange seeing all the rubble. It really does look like a building site now. We even discovered a vault under the floor last week. However, it wasn’t the grave of Henry VIII. We’re not sure what it was, to be honest.
So why are we doing all this?
Well, in case you didn’t know, we’ve closed the main church building until November because we’re creating a major new community space for everyone in the town.
Our project is called ‘spaceforall’.
We want to modernise our building and, at the same time, make it into a major new space for the town that could be used for a whole range of activities.
We’ve got a few ideas, but we would love to hear from you and get your views.
We’re thinking of a café, somewhere to chat, book clubs, spaces for local charities, open mic nights, acoustic gigs, exhibitions, debates, drop-in advice or simply a quiet place to pray. I’m sure you could come up with more ideas. Simply email us at parishoffice@allsaintswokingham.org.uk and mark it ‘spaceforall.’
We need to find £100,000 by November for the last phase. We’re just under a quarter of the way there at the moment, so we’d value your support.
To donate, go to: spaceforall.org.uk/supporting-the-project
Thanks for anything you can give.
Remember: this is YOUR space, not ours. It’s for the benefit of the Wokingham community.
Spaceforall. The clue is in the title.
Peter Barrett, All Saints church, Wokingham
