St Luke's Church Eccleshill - Articles from "The Link"

Thank you! The roof is paid for...

The repairs to the flat rooves next to the tower of our church building were completed last year, and during January we had some internal pointing done and the staircase area repainted. It all looks very nice - do pop in and see it sometime.

More importantly, we would like to say a big thank-you to all those who have helped with the costs of the work (around Ł11,000 including the decorating). Some money has come from restricted funds set aside for building repairs: the remainder of the 150th Anniversary Appeal and some other monies (Ł3,667). But the vast majority of the money we needed has been either given to us as a gift (Ł2,842 on the Gift Day and Ł1,289 in other donations), or has come via fundraising events, particularly the Autumn Fair (Ł1,258), the Social Committee’s work (Ł486), the Band Concert (Ł246) and several others (Ł343). Still to come is a donation from Barclays Bank (Ł750) matching the Autumn Fair proceeds, and some tax from Gift Aid donations (Ł400).

The final totals are not quite clear yet - but we’re in the black, not the red. The PCC would like to say a big thank you!

...so let's buy some bibles.

It is generally agreed in our church that our pew bibles are getting past their use-by date. They were bought when Donald Coggan was Archbishop of Canterbury: he had taken a particular interest in the New English Bible, and that is partly why the church opted to use that version. The bibles are quite worn, the print is small, some of the words are obscure, the prayers are in thees and thous, and there have been some advances in translation work since those days.

A small committee of the PCC met to consider what should be done, and it recommended that we buy new bibles in the New International Version. This is in modern English, but stays fairly close to the King James version of some well-known passages and sounds well when read aloud. (The Gideons place it in hotels, so you may have seen it around.) We are currently looking for a good offer on prices, and we are hoping to buy a large-print lectern bible (with the same page numbers) for use at the front of church.

John Hartley

	*St Luke's Church, Eccleshill - The Link* magazine** The Link is published monthly at 40p (Senior Citizens 35p), and we deliver free within the parish and post copies (at the reader's expense) to those who request it. Please contact us if you would like a free copy for a trial period. February 2000, Page 8.
Home Page. Index of articles. In this issue: (February 2003) Play in Zimbabwe? Hymn, Us & Methodists, Roof & Bibles, Sharon Peters.	Thank you! The roof is paid for... The repairs to the flat rooves next to the tower of our church building were completed last year, and during January we had some internal pointing done and the staircase area repainted. It all looks very nice - do pop in and see it sometime. More importantly, we would like to say a big thank-you to all those who have helped with the costs of the work (around Ł11,000 including the decorating). Some money has come from restricted funds set aside for building repairs: the remainder of the 150th Anniversary Appeal and some other monies (Ł3,667). But the vast majority of the money we needed has been either given to us as a gift (Ł2,842 on the Gift Day and Ł1,289 in other donations), or has come via fundraising events, particularly the Autumn Fair (Ł1,258), the Social Committee’s work (Ł486), the Band Concert (Ł246) and several others (Ł343). Still to come is a donation from Barclays Bank (Ł750) matching the Autumn Fair proceeds, and some tax from Gift Aid donations (Ł400). The final totals are not quite clear yet - but we’re in the black, not the red. The PCC would like to say a big thank you! ...so let's buy some bibles. It is generally agreed in our church that our pew bibles are getting past their use-by date. They were bought when Donald Coggan was Archbishop of Canterbury: he had taken a particular interest in the New English Bible, and that is partly why the church opted to use that version. The bibles are quite worn, the print is small, some of the words are obscure, the prayers are in thees and thous, and there have been some advances in translation work since those days. A small committee of the PCC met to consider what should be done, and it recommended that we buy new bibles in the New International Version. This is in modern English, but stays fairly close to the King James version of some well-known passages and sounds well when read aloud. (The Gideons place it in hotels, so you may have seen it around.) We are currently looking for a good offer on prices, and we are hoping to buy a large-print lectern bible (with the same page numbers) for use at the front of church. John Hartley
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