Has All Saints, Wokingham shut up shop?
LOOKING at the picture above, it might appear that way!
But the truth is we’re carrying on as normal.
The only difference is we’re now meeting in The Cornerstone for all our services.
That’s the large building on the corner of Norreys Avenue and Wiltshire Road, which we built many years ago for the benefit of the community.
Just like what we’re doing now.
We’ve closed the main church building temporarily because we’re doing something called ‘spaceforall’.
It’s an idea we had a few years ago.
We thought about how we could modernize our building and, at the same time, make it into a major new community space for the town that could be used for all sorts of activities.
We’re talking about a café, book clubs, places to chat, open mic nights, acoustic gigs, spaces for local charities, exhibitions, performances, debates, dropin advice or simply a quiet place to pray. You get the idea.
We’ve now confirmed with the contractors that they will start after Easter, with the aim of reopening sometime before Christmas.
But there’s no definite promises here - you know what building projects are like.
If you have any ideas about what we could do with this amazing new space, simply email us at parishoffice@allsaintswokingham.org.uk and mark it ‘spaceforall.’ To donate, go to: www. allsaintswokingham.org.uk/spaceforall/supportingthe-project/.
We now need £100,000 before the end of November to hit our target. Thanks for anything you can give.
Remember: this is YOUR space, not ours. It’s for the benefit of the Wokingham community. We want YOUR ideas on how we can make this work. Spaceforall. The clue is in the title.