The Proposal Itself

These are the basics of the proposal:

Remove the two rooms in the front of the church.


Level and widen the front two tiers into one stage.


Drop the third tier to floor level to increase congregational space.

Practicals:

Removing the rooms is easy. Matching the paint will be the tricky part.

Dropping the third tier involves adjusting one or two rows of piers underneath (concrete filled kero tins)

Leveling the stage will be done by building a false floor on top of the existing floor. This is easy, but will require timber.

The carpet will be lifted, and relaid over the new floor surface.

While we are doing this it would be good to lay sound system cables under the floor so that we can eliminate the tangle of cords.

WHY DO THIS?

There are many days when we do not fit. Particularly when a few families come. Families are the most successful part of our ministry at the moment. We need to make space for them.

At present, our front pew starts exactly in the middle of the building.

(Have you noticed that the week after a very full week, the church is usually quite empty - if it is too hard for people to enjoy church they are less likely to come again)

The kids don't fit up the front for kids talks on a normal Sunday now.

The musicians are scattered across the front of the church, a level stage would give flexibility for musicians, speakers, dramas, presentations etc

DISADVANTAGES
It's all a bit of a rush, we need to be very careful to listen to all opinions and make a godly decision

There's not a lot of energy aroudn at the moment, is it bad timing?

Do we have the money for it?

There is some concern that it will make the front of the church look like the inside of a barn.