Sheffield Cathedral: The Gateway Project Catch the Vision! a Cathedral interior renewed for worship and for God’s mission, accessible to all, and with its many treasures revealed; an expansion of the Cathedral’s learning activities programme for children, young people, and adults; a vigorous community engagement programme. Dear Friends, Many of you will already know from the local press, or the diocesan and Cathedral websites, that the Cathedral has recently been awarded nearly £1.34 million towards our redevelopment project, The Gateway Project. We had already been awarded an extremely generous grant of over £2 million from the Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust. The Cathedral Chapter is now in the very fortunate position of being able to go out to tender for the work, which we hope will begin early next year and be complete in time for the major diocesan centenary celebrations at Pentecost 2014. My colleague, The Reverend Dr Joanne Grenfell, and I have been charged with responsibility for coordinating the communication of our plans to partners across the city, diocese and region. As a first step in making the details of Chapter’s plans more widely available we have prepared a leaflet which I hope will be of interest to you and to the communities you serve and are involved with. Please feel free to copy and to circulate as widely as you wish. Copies available a back of church There is a modest display about the Project in the Cathedral, and the Cathedral’s website - - will be kept up to date as the Project progresses. We value enormously our relationships across the Diocese and ask for your prayers as we move together into God’s future. Please do not hesitate to contact either of us if you would like someone to speak or to preach about the Gateway Project in your local church or community. With warm good wishes, The Revd Canon Simon Cowling
Sheffield Cathedral: The Gateway Project Catch the Vision! a Cathedral interior renewed for worship and for God’s mission, accessible to all, and with its many treasures revealed; an expansion of the Cathedral’s learning activities programme for children, young people, and adults; a vigorous community engagement programme. Dear Friends, Many of you will already know from the local press, or the diocesan and Cathedral websites, that the Cathedral has recently been awarded nearly £1.34 million towards our redevelopment project, The Gateway Project. We had already been awarded an extremely generous grant of over £2 million from the Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust. The Cathedral Chapter is now in the very fortunate position of being able to go out to tender for the work, which we hope will begin early next year and be complete in time for the major diocesan centenary celebrations at Pentecost 2014. My colleague, The Reverend Dr Joanne Grenfell, and I have been charged with responsibility for coordinating the communication of our plans to partners across the city, diocese and region. As a first step in making the details of Chapter’s plans more widely available we have prepared a leaflet which I hope will be of interest to you and to the communities you serve and are involved with. Please feel free to copy and to circulate as widely as you wish. Copies available a back of church There is a modest display about the Project in the Cathedral, and the Cathedral’s website - - will be kept up to date as the Project progresses. We value enormously our relationships across the Diocese and ask for your prayers as we move together into God’s future. Please do not hesitate to contact either of us if you would like someone to speak or to preach about the Gateway Project in your local church or community. With warm good wishes, The Revd Canon Simon Cowling
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