NEWS

Every week Central Church NEWS is published in written form and provided to those who attend our services. This publication contains the most up-to-date news, information and announcements for our members. The following articles are News Releases that have been provided to Ipswich Media outlets for publication, and go back over several years. New items are added when new releases are distributed.

CHURCH AUDITORIUM EXTENSION PLANS

The Committee of Management has been working hard to come up with the best plans to give us great auditorium and fellowship facilities so we can meet together and welcome new people into the life of the church. Tracie Latter quizzed Executive Pastor, Mark Davies, on progress.

The plan has been to enlarge the auditorium to seat at least 400 people by moving the front wall six meters into the Video Ezy shop and removing the kitchen and disabled toilet area. This gives us clear rectangular space in the auditorium. We will then build a new kitchen and disabled toilet between the auditorium and the playground. On the dividing wall, we plan to build a new stage flanked by two green rooms

The idea is to create a friendly welcoming space as people enter the auditorium by semi-enclosing the undercover walkway into the auditorium to create a foyer. Then coming off that the foyer we will provide a new cafe area between the auditorium and session house.

In the same space there will be an information kiosk and bookshop.

NEW EXECUTIVE PASTOR CONFIRMED

Mark Davies has been appointed to the position of Executive Pastor and will commence work with our staff on March 22, 2010. Mark will replace Greg Gardiner who is undertaking full-time Bible College study in 2010.

Mark is married to Cheryl and they have 3 children. Mark has previous experience as a church planter and as an Associate Minister in the Baptist Church in New South Wales.

January, 2010