£2m church hall plan gets approval at last

2m church hall plan gets approval at last

7:00am Thursday 31st May 2012 in News By Reg Little

A NORTH Oxford church hopes to make it a year to remember after its 2m scheme for a new church hall was approved by Oxford City Council.

St Andrews Church, in Linton Road, plans to replace temporary buildings with a two-storey extension and is now busy fundraising for what has been christened the Jubilee Project.

It is hoped that construction will begin before the end of the year.

The extension will include a new hall, large meeting space, meeting and youth rooms, creche, kitchen, cafe area and offices.

It will be connected to the existing church through a lightweight glazed link, which will double as a concourse space.

While churches across the country have been facing dwindling congregations, St Andrews says the churchs membership and the popularity of its youth centre have placed severe pressure on space.

The vicar of St Andrews, the Rev Andrew Wingfield Digby, said the extra space would allow the church to expand its youth and childrens work.

In the winter church members were asked whether they wanted to go ahead with the project in a vote.

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