Those familiar with St Columba Church knows that for some years now we have been thinking and praying about redeveloping our present site. Recently, we have had the benefit of working with Leigh Rampton, who has a lot of experience in partnership working. We had an interesting church meeting today which again asks some fairly searching questions…we were also delighted to have Mrs Main-Millar and Mrs Lightfoot from Oak Meadow Primary School (more of that in a separate post).
We need to be clear whether or not we need to have a building. If we are only about services on a Sunday, then there is a strong argument for saying ‘no’ because we could use a local school to meet in.
But, if we have a vision about contributing to the life of the local community…..to be at the heart of it and serving local people, then there seems a good case. The challenge though is to let that community and neighbourhood shape what we do as a church…and that includes the building location and design.
