Yes, by simply surfing the net or shopping on-line you can raise money for the Holy Redeemer by using Everyclick.

Here’s how it works:

Everyclick gets money for people using their search engine or shopping through their site. They then pass part of this onto us.

You can access lots of your favourite on-line shops, like Tesco, Sainsburys, Amazon, Ebay, M&S, John Lewis, Argos and more.  It won’t cost you anything extra to use.

How do I use it?

Simple: visit www.everyclick.com/holyredeemerstreatham. 

To use the search engine, use the Yahoo powered search box on the page. To maximise your use, you could make this page your homepage (click on ‘Make this your homepage’ link on the page).

To shop, visit the page and click on ‘Give now’ and ‘Give as you live’. Create an account, download the app and then shop online as normal. 

How much does it raise? For shopping, between 1% to 6% of the total amount you spend goes to charity, depending on the shop.  The amount from searching seems to depend on the web traffic. We did five searches and clocked up 4 pence for the church.

Try for yourself – do a search, wait 3 minutes and see how much the ‘total raised’ figure has increased.

What do Everyclick get out of it? They get money from advertising, half of the revenue from shopping and take a 4.8% cut of any bank card donations to us (that’s relatively low compared to competitors).

Spread the word!

Do pass details of the above link to your friends.  Why not put the following message as a signature at the bottom of your emails? ‘Raise funds for the Holy Redeemer simply by using the Everyclick search engine – www.everyclick.com/holyredeemerstreatham’

And there’s more…

Everyclick gives you lots of ways to raise more money for charity including:

• collect sponsorship – set up your own fund raising page.
  
• donate – give and reclaim money.
• vouchers – send a charity gift to a friend.

If you are interested in fund raising for us, do get in touch.

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More on using EveryClick. More on Give as you live. More about Giving.

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Home Groups start on Wednesday 25th April.  This term we will be studying part of the book of Mark.

The groups meet in people’s homes from 8pm.  If you would like to get involved in a group, do speak to Ian.

Home Group Plan

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Plans for the renovation of the interior of the Holy Redeemer Church are in the initial stage.

The above plan is our preferred option of three designs suggested by our architect.  These are not final plans; they were drawn up as part of the feasibility study and will be refined  following consultations with our congregation and neighbours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9SUpXMBJus

Building work completed  | How much will it cost?| Church history

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We are at an early stage of planning, with initial costings of the work.  However, we need to begin fundraising now if we are to raise the necessary funds and return the Holy Redeemer Church building to use.

Donations

You could give a one off or regular donation.

To donate money to the renovation work, simply mark payments, ‘Plans to Serve’. To give money securely online, click on the button below.

You can read about other methods of giving and download our giving form here.

 

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Your donation makes a difference

£60 could repair and plaster 1 square meter of wall
£185 could build a storage cupboard
£250 could buy a radiator
£1,000 could repair the chancel
£3,000 could install the stage or toilets
£8,000 could buy the kitchen

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The plans | Building completed so far | Church history

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The Holy Redeemer Church building has been unusable since 2007 due to a leaking roof. Restoration on the building began in the summer of 2011. Updates on the renovation work will be posted on this page.

‘Plans to Serve’

Febuary 2012

Plans for the renovation of the Holy Redeemer have arrived from the architect. He has produced three options for us to consider along with a costing.

It is very exciting to see the plans and these will be displayed at the launch of our ‘Plans to Serve’ project on 3rd March.

Residents and church members are invited to the launch party at Granton School Hall, Granton Road on Saturday 3rd March

4-5pm public meeting for local residents- there will be light refreshments served and a chance to view the plans, take a tour of the church building and see displays of the church’s history.

5pm onwards Church Family and friends celebrate the 80 year anniversary and the launch of the project with a buffet supper and talk from Jonathan Fletcher of Emmanuel Wimbledon.

Do invite friends and come along to celebrate with us and give feedback on the project.

Window of hope

January 2012

At the beginning of the month, things seemed to go from bad to worse. Having discovered leaks in the roof, a significant amount of water was found under several large windows after a storm with strong winds.

The architect’s conclusion was that a lot of the windows had loose panes of glass. The cost of repairs was a concern, but we found a glazing specialist who can do the repairs at a reasonable price. It will be a big job but it is good that we discovered this problem before any internal work began.

The leaks in the roof have been traced to various small cracks in the asphalt roof and these will be repaired at no cost to us by the contractor that did the original work.

The other goods news is that Nick Lee Evans Partnership has been appointed as architect to do the feasibility study for the next stage of development.  The firm has considerable expertise in ecclesiastical architecture and the conservation of historic buildings.

The good news and bad news

December 2011

The good news is that our restoration and development brief has been sent off to three Architects this month.  They will provide us with a costing for carrying out a feasibility study, which will look at possible designs and the cost of implementing our development ideas.   The study should start in January and be complete by the end of February.

The bad news is that after the heavy rain we discovered that the church roof is leaking.  The roof was repaired in July so it is a set back to find that it is still leaking.  We initially discovered two leaks, which were then repaired. However, two further leaks were discovered after more storms.  We will get the leaks checked and repaired as soon as possible.

The long dry-out

October 2011

After 4 years of inactivity, the large oil powered air heaters in the main church were fired up this month to help the church dry-out.  The plaster inside the church will need about a year to dry before it is possible to assess the damage and begin repairs.

One of the two boilers had to be promptly shut down as it began to over heat and the paint on the casing began to burn.  The plan is to run the remaining heater for a few hours a day with dehumidifiers to help the drying process.

The two oil tanks can hold 300 gallons each and the heating units can burn up to 3 gallons an hour.  With oil costing 70p a litre, running the boiler for 4 hours a day will cost around £260 per month.  That is another good reason to consider alternative sustainable heating sources in the new development.

If anyone can lend the church a dehumidifier to help with the long dry-out, please contact the office.

Next phase planning

September 2011

Following a series of consultation meeting, we have developed a draft vision statement and specification for the development of the Holy Redeemer. In summary our vision is

‘To renovate the Holy Redeemer Church into a modern space that is attractive, versatile and sustainable for a variety of church and community functions, while preserving the character of the church for posterity‘.

Although it is unlikely that this development work will begin for some years, the planning needs to happen now so that any structural changes – like upgrading the electrics – can happen when the plastering is done, hopefully, next year.

Church members are still invited to comment on the draft plans. The next stage will be for the architect to produce concept drawings and do a feasibility study.  Meanwhile, we will need to raise funds.

Phase one complete

July 2011

The first and urgent task in restoring the Holy Redeemer church building was to make it water tight.

This work was completed in July 2011 by Farnrise Construction under the supervision of Carden and Godfrey Architects. The 10 week project included the following:

• Replacing cooper sheeting on the main roof
• Repairing asphalt on the flat roofs
• Deepening the gutters on the main roof
• Repairing and painting the church tower
• Installing a water proof membrane under the tower
• Repairing and painting the windows
• Installing experimental metal flashing to the windows
• Repointing some of the brick work

The works were successful but eventful: we had three attempted thefts of metal from the roof during the works, resulting in one arrest. We therefore had to take steps to increase security at the church, which included fitting permanent security lights.

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Fundraising

The first phase of the building work was funded through the sale of a church property.  This will also meet some of the cost of phase two, which is estimated to be about £550,000.   The Southwark Diocese has also given the church a small grant.  But a considerable amount of money will need to be raised for the final development.

Various fund raising events have been planned, including a Summer Fair. Individual donations are important and people can raise money in small ways through using a search engine and shopping online.  But we are looking for people to come up with more fundraising ideas and organise events.

Do speak to Alan or Ian about your fundraising and building development ideas or post your comments below.

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More on the project. The Church’s history. More on finance

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There are lots of opportunies to get involved in church this term.

Here are just a few:

• Serving tea and coffee at the 10.45am service
• Providing food at Cafe Church once a term
• Welcoming people at services
• Cutting the grass and keeping the grounds tidy
• Doing odd maintenance jobs around the buildings like painting

If you can help , even as a one-off, email Cecil: warden@holyredeemerstreatham.org.uk.

Here’s a verse to reflect on, 1 Peter 4:10.

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To mark our 80th Anniversary year we have launched a new website.

You are looking at it.  Welcome!

The site provides information about of all our news, activities and upcoming event.   The website theme is responsive, which means that it adjusts to the size of an iphone or tablet.  We have also changed the primary domain name from holyredeemerstreatham to the shorter holyredeemer.org.uk.

Let us know what you think by posting a comment below. Any suggestions for improvement or information about broken links are welcome.

Our history | Plans to Serve 80th Anniversary project

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Watch the highlights of Dying to Live? – the Hip Hop night that was held at the Holy Redeemer on 19th March 2010.

The evening featured The Rescued, E.Tizz and New Direction Crew.  Around 120 people came to hear the music, including MOBO award winning artist, Jahaziel.  Si ended the evening by explaining John 3:16.You can also see photos of the evening here.

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Film by Katy Brock

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The Holy Redeemer can be found on Facebook ®

Facebook® is a social networking site with more than 350 million active users.   Alot of people spend a lot of time on the site (often when they should be doing other things!).   The site provides an easy way to keep people up-to-date with our news and to invite friends to our events.

How does it work?

The Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed from the Holy Redeemer Church website will now automatically updates the Facebook® page with our news.   From time to time we will also post details of events, videos and photos of life at church.

Isn’t there already a page on Facebook®?

There is a Holy Redeemer Streatham ‘group’ rather than a ‘page’.   A ‘page’ is more versatile and can be linked up to our news feed.  To avoid confusion, the old group will now be called ‘Friends of the Holy Redeemer’ and can be used by current and past members to keep in touch.

Keep up with our news by becoming a ‘fan’.

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The challenge for the new year is to read the whole Bible in a year.

In our series on the Bible at Cafe Church last year (listen), we saw that ‘scripture interprets scripture’ -  that is, the difficult parts of the Bible are usually explained by the clearer bits of the Bible.  A good way to better understand the Bible, therefore, is to get to know more of it.

Bible-in-a-year is a way to help you do this.  The readings are grouped together to help you see the links between passages and they are divided up so that you can read through the whole Bible in a year.  It is a great way of reading or listening to the Bible and takes about 15 minutes a-day.

Here’s how

There are at least two ways you can do it: On-line. You can read and or listen to the Bible in a year on-line.   Visit the website below and it will give you 3 daily readings. Use the same computer, and it will keep track of your readings so that you can pick up where you left off.  Alternatively you can create a ‘Feed’ to deliver the readings to your computer everyday. Click on the ‘One year’ button below to visit the website.

Year Bible. Another way you can do this easily is to buy a One Year Bible.   A year Bible is the same as a normal Bible but, again, it groups readings together under date headings.  There are various publishers that produce these – one example is below.  Alternatively, if you like using your Bible, you can print off a list of readings for the year here.

Click here to buy

Take the challenge

Why not take up the challenge? You could listen to the day’s passage in your lunch break on your computer at work.  You could try reading the Bible in another translation.  It will take discipline to keep doing this throughout the year, and you may need to catch up on daily readings that you miss.  But committing to do it with others helps.

Sign-up on the Holy Redeemer website (leave a reply below). See who’s already on the list below, and ask each other how you are getting on during the year.

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