NEW CHURCH BUILDING
The King's Church is in the process of building a new Church /Community building as part of the Maple Lawns development off Raans Road. The building of the Church is due to be completed during 2013 and will provide a new home for King's Church Amersham at the heart of the local Community.
ANOTHER STEP CLOSER FOR KING’S CHURCH
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We took another giant stride forward in our plans for moving into our brand new building when we “walked the land” on Sunday 27 March 2011.
About 120 adults and 30 children met as usual for a shortened church service on Sunday morning in the present church in the Old Town before driving up to the new site in Raans Road to hold a prayer and thanksgiving walk around the land.
Senior Pastor Reverend Paul Lynch said, “After 27 years of searching for new land in top Amersham we have today finally placed our feet on this land that we now own. It is a truly momentous day in the history of the Church and one that we are really grateful to God for."
As part of the celebrations, the Church members unveiled their new site signboard showing the design of the new building at what will eventually be the new entrance to the site.
Reverend Lynch continued, “We can’t express high enough thanks to our friends at Cala Homes who have helped so much in our endeavours to acquire and get planning permission for this land and who even today have funded the new sign and facilitated the refreshments that were provided by one of our new neighbours, Chalfont Quality Cuisine, who also have premises on Raans Road. We thank God for the dry, warm day that blessed our arrival on site."
Plans for the £3million church community project are now well advanced in selecting a main contractor with a view to commencing the development early next year. Seven building companies were initially interviewed and now, following the interviews, the top five will be invited to submit a full tender later in the year. The new building will accommodate a 375 seat, fully equipped modern auditorium and various ancillary spaces for café, crèche, children’s and youth rooms, plus additional business/social meeting rooms and the church offices. The build period will last approx 16 months, so the Church hope to be operating from their new building during 2013.
A new sign was unveiled to celebrate the occasion.
More recently, our Members again walked the site on Thursday 25 May 2011 in order to focus on eight key prayer points. These include the disposal of the existing church building, thanking God for His faithfulness in leading us forward, being effective witnesses and good neighbours in the Raans Road area and in making a sound selection for the eventual building contractor.
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