

We are proposing a large multi-use community/commercial development in the Sandy Lane area of Bradford. The existing main road site, currently trading as an MOT Station, (with the rest of the site unused), will be redeveloped using the existing buildings, to provide:
Ground Floor
High-Class Tea Rooms with take-away.
Conference Room
Children's Play Barn, with quality Cafeteria.
Pre-School/Crèche Facility.
First Floor (via exterior staircase)
Re-furbished luxury 2 bed apartment.
General Office.
Office/Workspace.
Activities on the site, beyond the above commercial ones, are planned to include:
Using the conference room for community & church-based activities, day and evening.
Using the cafeteria area of the play barn in the evening as a designated youth base.
Using the Tea Rooms for church-based events in the evening.
There is currently on-site parking for approx. 20 vehicles, with un-restricted on-street parking adjacent to the site. The total floor space is approx. 7,300 sq ft, on a site of approx. 0.4 acre.
The overall vision is to provide a ministry base which is secured by high-class revenue-producing commercial activities. Each of the areas of activity have been extensively researched, and each will have a unique quality not currently available locally and, in the case of the Play Barn, a totally new concept.
We now have preliminary architects drawings, have applied for a pre-planning advice meeting with BMDC Planning Department, and are in touch with Kingdom Bank regarding finance.
WE NEED:
* A deposit of £80,000 to secure the initial loan of £425,000 to purchase the buildings/site.
* A person experienced in Children/Youth to oversee both commercial and Church activities.
* A qualified Chef to manage the various food elements of the project.
* A Project Director capable of overseeing the whole site’s activities and ministries.
N.B. We envisage all the above posts would be fully paid, at the going commercial rate.
Everey six weeks or so we change our Sunday Morning format, and provide different activities to the usual, all based around the theme for the day. This week it was 'Baggage' - the stuff from our past that we still carry around with us, such hurts, disappointments, and failures.
As well as having a great fun time, we were able to help a number of people who came that day to deal with some of their 'baggage' issues, once and for all. We concluded with the opportunity to pick up a piece of baggage used in the game, bring it to the front of the hall, and leave it at the foot of the Cross. Many were physically moved by this demonstration of faith and it was a very powerful symbol of what Jesus can and will do for everyone who responds to Him in faith.

The game was a simple one - throw a six, and then collect an item of baggage from the carousel. Throw a one, and go find your 'lost' baggage in an adjoining room.

Sometimes you need someone else to help carry all your heavy baggage!




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1. Faith depends on its object. (Acts 16:31)
We all live by faith. The issue is what you believe or who believe in.
2. The depth of your faith depends on the depth of your knowledge of the object. (Rom. 10:17)
Faith is very simple. You either choose to believe what God says and is, or you don't.
3. Faith is an action word. (Matthew 7:24-27)
Only as we do the Word is our house built upon a rock.
Definition: trust, assurance, confidence in another and another's word"
Faith v. Hope (Hebrews 11:1)
Faith is a confidence something will happen. Hope is a desire for something to happen.
Family Treasure Hunt 
Mark Greenwood


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