CENTRAL COFFEE SHOP

Building work has at last begun on the new coffee shop at Central Hall. As with most projects it has taken a long time to get started but now it is moving hopefully I will be able to keep the momentum going so we can open in January.

The plan is to create a new entrance to Central Hall off the pavement with a ramp to allow easy access for wheelchairs and buggy's. The coffee shop, which we are planning to call CENTRAL, will become the main day entrance into the fantastic newly refurbished facility with plans to provide a number of services to the local community.

When Central Hall was opened in 1925 it declared that it was a centre for the community of Southampton. They regularly opened up the building as a cinema for the dockyard children, a rickets health clinic and a poor lawyer. Unfortunately the church numbers dwindled and the premises were sold to Hampshire Education Authority to be used for lectures and exams. Fortunately in 1989 New Community Church bought the property and mentioned to the local newspaper that Central Hall would become a 7 day a week church. Well almost 20 years later on God's purposes and plans are becoming a reality and I am so pleased just to be part of what he is doing here in Southampton.

Watch this space and I will try and keep you updated as the building work progresses...