Early on in the process, each of the churches formulated its own vision statement to help focus the minds of the church family on the central reasons from the project. Drawing up such a statement helps a whole church family to refocus on what is essential.
Getting the right peopleExample: St Paul and St George’s
Q.: how do the building plans fit with the vision?
A: our mission is to bring people and got together; our vision is to build a Christ–centred, culturally-relevant, biblical community, worshipping and serving in the centre of Edinburgh; our strategy is to make, mature and mobilise people as disciples of Christ. [the answer then continued with specific reference to the project.]
Church members themselves will be able to take the project to a certain level, but the church will then have to engage professional architects and an experienced project director [though the project director may be found from within the church family, or move house to become part of the church family].
The wide-ranging role of project director will draw on every transferable skill a person can bring. This role is central to the smooth running of all aspects of the project: liaison with planning authorities and ecclesiastical authorities; interface with the workforces; and flow of communication internally and externally. A critical part of the job is organisational ability.
St Paul’s and St George’s chose Emma Vardy, an event manager, to oversee Project 21.
St Nick's chose Brigadier Ian Dobbie
At St Andrew's, in God’s providence, Steve Watson, an architect from Manchester, had moved into the town and join the church two years before the “vision builders” project was launched. Jack Rimmer, managing director of Marland Builders and Contractors Ltd, a long-standing church member took personal responsibility for the project.
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