Our VISION is to be a busy, active outward facing LIGHTHOUSE for the people of Allington, the wider community and Parish of Bridport.

We have looked at our community outreach; our external site, our liturgy and other forms of worship and, centrally, our church building.

Our MISSION is to celebrate our 200^th birthday by modifying our lovely church building to be more: Welcoming, Visible, Accessible and Flexible. 

ACTIONS we are considering include:-

• Creating more visibility of the church building through the garden

• Making more parking spaces

• Install glass doors at the entrance, to make the interior visible from the street

• Create a Welcome Area to greet visitors

• Create more flexible  seating to make a different, inspiring and practical space for use by ourselves and others from the community

• Install Wifi and large screens to enable communication options

• Create a Quiet Area for private prayer or contemplation

• Overhaul our Energy Use to work towards a zero carbon footprint

• Consider a paid appointment to realise the outreach potential

Principles behind the R&R programme can be summed up in the word S-E-R-V-E

• Security: The existing building shows signs of disrepair that need urgent work.

• Environmental objectives: We can be leaders in creating a sustainable environment working towards the Church of England’s objective of a zero carbon footprint

• Relationship and the creation of a holy space: We want the interior to help our Christian journey and give to our visitors a sense of the spiritual, a place of prayerfulness and peace that will emphasise our relationship with God and one another.

• Visibility: We want to be seen from the road, to improve our external lighting to proclaim our presence and to present a welcoming threshold

• Engagement and community use: We have a great gift to share with our community: a large resource that is used for a fraction of the week.  We live in a community that has many needs. We already successfully  put our Church Hall at the service of the community. We want to use the whole building in this way.

This is a team project and involvement across the team is warmly welcomed. You don’t have to be a regular church goer. If you would like to help please get in touch with the chair of the project steering group, Philip Sturrock, click here to email him.