The UPPer room -
commpleted and commisioned
Parishioners were blown away by the new Upper Room, the St Paul’s Presbyterian Hall on West End, when it opened last weekend.
Melville Syme and Marie Davidson officially cut the ribbon for the opening on Saturday.
Contractors, officials and parishioners attended the formal event before it was opened to the public.
Visitors from other parishes attended the Sunday Mass, held in the new facility with a limited 100 person capacity.
“It was lovely to see what we designed be turned into a building that is working,” Parish Reverend Martin Harrison said.
“The acoustics were delightful, the layout was good, things worked the way we thought they were going too and we were wrapped.”
The church community had wanted to rebuild the venue for more than 50 years but often decided it was too difficult.
Construction began in Spring 2020 after the previous Sunday School Building was red-stickered from the 2016 earthquake.
The damage and insurance pay-out gave the impetus to build a new hall.
“People from further afield who weren’t involved in the journey said it was a good news story with imaginative thinking for our local people who were involved in the story they said “wow, we have finally got to this point.
Community groups and individuals have already started to book the space for functions.
“The construction was a combination of a whole lot of people doing a whole lot of work and it is a good result and we look forward to the community using it,” Rev Harrison said.
To book the hall St Paul’s Prebyterian on 033195552.
Melville Syme and Marie Davidson officially cut the ribbon for the opening on Saturday.
Contractors, officials and parishioners attended the formal event before it was opened to the public.
Visitors from other parishes attended the Sunday Mass, held in the new facility with a limited 100 person capacity.
“It was lovely to see what we designed be turned into a building that is working,” Parish Reverend Martin Harrison said.
“The acoustics were delightful, the layout was good, things worked the way we thought they were going too and we were wrapped.”
The church community had wanted to rebuild the venue for more than 50 years but often decided it was too difficult.
Construction began in Spring 2020 after the previous Sunday School Building was red-stickered from the 2016 earthquake.
The damage and insurance pay-out gave the impetus to build a new hall.
“People from further afield who weren’t involved in the journey said it was a good news story with imaginative thinking for our local people who were involved in the story they said “wow, we have finally got to this point.
Community groups and individuals have already started to book the space for functions.
“The construction was a combination of a whole lot of people doing a whole lot of work and it is a good result and we look forward to the community using it,” Rev Harrison said.
To book the hall St Paul’s Prebyterian on 033195552.