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Meersbrook Park United Reformed Church, Sheffield
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173 Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, S8 0RP.
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The new church and community centre is starting to take shape
CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES OF THE REBUILDING
Meersbrook Park is part of the Sheffield South Group of United Reformed Churches
consisting of Meersbrook Park, Dore & Totley and The Michael Church
ALL SERVICES AT 10.45am
Minister
The Rev Shirley Knibbs. Tel: 0114 235 2271
Click here to email the Minister
Church Secretary
Chris Reed, 59 Brook Road, Sheffield, S8 9FJ. Tel: 0114 258 6609
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Services in September
All services are now being held in temporary premises in the Scout Hut, Welby Place, Norton Lees
September 5th: Frank Elliot-Wright (Communion)
September 12th: Pete Clark
September 19th: Anne Dale
September 26th: TheRev Shirley Knibbs (Harvest)
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THE OLD CHURCH - The Past
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The original building was not safe to use
Dramatic changes are taking place on Chesterfield Road, Sheffield. The familiar church building that has stood at the junction of Chesterfield Road and Beeton Road for more than 100 years has been demolished and a new church and community centre is rising up on the site of the old.
The original church building was condemned as structurally unsound ten years ago and ever since then the congregation of Meersbrook Park United Reformed Church has been working towards replacing it with a new modern building fit for the 21st century. We quickly realised that the original building was beyond economic modernisation and repair and began raising funds to replace it.
During this time while the main building of the church was being held up by internal load-bearing scaffolding all church activities were confined to one small room which was literally under a different roof and therefore safe to use.
In February this year a demolition team moved in and we moved out to a temporary home in St Paul’s Scout Hall in Welby Place. Unfortunately, the weekly Lunch Club has had to be temporarily suspended for the duration of the rebuilding programme. The Brownies and Guides have also had to find themselves a new home for the time being and the Senior Citizens Orchestra has moved to Coal Aston.
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THE NEW CHURCH - The future
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A new church will shortly rise on the site of the old
Everyone is keen to move back when the new premises are completed by the end of the year. From the outset, members of the church have been clear that we wanted to develop a centre which would offer a Christian presence in the area but at the same time belong to the community and offer much needed community facilities to the Meersbrook area - and it is hoped that pupils from Meersbrook Bank School will prepare a time capsule for burial on the site of the new church.
The outline of the new building is now becoming clearly visible to passers-by and is creating a lot of interest.
When the building is complete there will be a series of open days to allow people to look round and see what facilities are available The new church and community centre will occupy approximately half the site - the remainder is for sale with outline planning permission for 11 apartments. This sale will help fund the new building which is costing approximately £500,000.
CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES OF THE REBUILDING
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Forthcoming events in aid of the New Building Fund
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Saturday August 14th
Coffee Day at Jean & Roger Peck's - 181A Warminster Road from 10.00am to 12.00pm.
Friday December 17th
Carol singing at Sainsburys from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.
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