Copmanthorpe Methodist Church

BUILDING EXTENSION Fund Raising [UPDATE - February 2011]

A fund raising committee has been formed. If you would like to join the committee please speak to a church steward, email the building fund group or contact our minister. The committee’s task is to encourage fund raising and to organise grant applications to Methodist Central Funds and other Charitable Trusts.

The building work has been completed, but the events continue.

Before the building work could commence we hosted a Murder Mystery evening on 29 and 30 January 2010, which was a massive community success and also raised over £1,000. It was so successful (from a community event [social] point of view) that another Murder Mystery event took place in January 2011 and raised about the same amount.
The Beading Day raised over £380.00. The funds raised at our Open Gardens and Craft event over the weekend of June 19 & 20 were in excess of £1000.00.
However the local community benefits from these types of event which can not be counted in £ and p.

In August 2010 the building work started and was completed, despite the harsh winter weather in early January 2011.

Fund raising activities continue. Plans are afoot to hold the following events:

Carnival Day 2011.
An Auction of promises (to be held on Friday 21 May 2011 in the WI Hall - Admission by catalogue £2.00)
A sponsored 'kids' walk and picnic
A late autumn fund raising event (yet to be announced) boosted by serving lunches.
Another of our much loved Murder Mystery events performances of which take place for at least 2 evenings in January/February 2012 (final dates to be announced).

We have registered with 'The Giving Machine' which allows you to generate donations for the Building Fund every time you shop online. It will not cost you anything extra, the online shop pays the donation on your behalf (a referral fee). Simply go to www.thegivingmachine.co.uk:

JOIN as a giver
CHOOSE to support 'Copmanthorpe Methodist Church Building Fund'.
REMEMBER to shop at TheGivingMachine every time you buy on line, and the referral fees will be paid automatically,

You will find more than 100 different shops at TheGiving Machine including all your favourite high street names.

The church notices and notice board will have details of other fund raising ideas that members may like to organise. If you have any ideas for fund raising please let us know so we can advertise them.

The estimated cost of the extension scheme is £220k, and we needed at least half the funds 'in the bank' before we could start building..

Please continue to pray about this exciting project and think about how you might be able to play a part as it is only with the support of the whole church that we shall be able to achieve its successful completion.

Thank you for your support so far.

The Fund Raising Committee

Church Community

Local Community

Wider World