Windsor Building Project
Join in on this exciting journey to refurbish our home in Dedworth
We've been steadily growing in numbers of people coming on a Sunday, which is exciting! However, we're starting to run out of room, especially for families wanting to sit together and new visitors finding space. As a rule of thumb, once church venue’s are 80% full, we are effectively “full”.
Creating More Space
To create more space, we are reconfiguring the auditorium in early November 2024 by moving the platform to the right far wall (as you face the current platform). See below to see how this may look.
This reconfigure would:
- Provide more seating.
- Create a larger platform for the worship team.
- Allow for longer rows, bringing more people closer to the platform.
- Move the entrance to the back of the auditorium, making it easier for latecomers to enter discreetly and create less distraction.
To do this we'll need money to get a new larger platform, two screens, make a new entrance into the stores and to move the production desk.
The changes we have already made to the building thanks to previous Gift Days have significantly enhanced our ability to serve the church and our visitors, and we believe the next auditorium changes will enable us to do this even more.
All these efforts are about us fulfilling the mission Jesus gave us - to make disciples (Matthew 28:16-20).
The Story so far……
Our Windsor site journey began back in 2016 as small groups attached to our Bracknell site started springing up north of the M4. Leon and Daiva Johnson had experience of church planting into West London so were excited by the opportunity to lead a new site north.
In 2017 the fledging Windsor site started meeting monthly on a Sunday afternoon in a borrowed venue but it wasn’t until we were offered the lease on the Windsor Gospel Hall further along the Dedworth Rd that Kerith Windsor started to lay down its footprint in the community.
The Gospel Hall was too small for a Sunday gathering, and after months of chasing up leads for a larger venue someone noted that directly opposite the Hall was a Chiropractors office, which just happened to have a purpose build auditorium - what an incredible answer to prayer!
Early days at All Saints Church
Launch day worship
Team gatherings for the launch
New to Kerith Lunch
Drinks are ready! Launch Sunday
Baptisms in the building
Church is Growing
Foodshare Team
Next steps...
Christmas at Kerith
Kerith Windsor launched weekly in September 2018 with a core group of 40 kids and adults,
In 2020 lockdown the Chiropractors moved out releasing their lease to us, another huge breakthrough for the Windsor site as this means we now have sole control of the building and can begin to create purpose-built spaces for both Sunday gatherings and midweek groups.
The heart of Kerith Windsor has always been to become a hub for social justice and community groups and projects and to grow our Sunday experience. This next phase of renovation is all about realising Gods Heart for this community, we’re excited that we can all play our part in this next adventure.
Renovations so far….
BEFORE Kids space
New external signage as we now lease the building 7 days a week!
AFTER Kids space
New upstairs rooms for office/meeting space for our own site office
New entrance space with our vision statement
New signage for Kids rooms now in the main building!
We've been continuing to steadily grow in numbers of people coming on a Sunday, which is exciting!