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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Tuesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>31</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 3<br />

News<br />

Church expands<br />

with booming population<br />

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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

HOPE Presbyterian Church will<br />

build a new church in Rolleston<br />

and expand its current home<br />

in West Melton to cater for the<br />

booming population.<br />

“Our congregations in<br />

both places have grown<br />

really significantly since the<br />

earthquakes and it<br />

is part of the whole<br />

thing of migration<br />

from east to west,”<br />

senior pastor Hamish<br />

Galloway said.<br />

The church has<br />

Hamish been working on<br />

Galloway the plans since<br />

2013.<br />

In West Melton its current<br />

church, located on the corner of<br />

Weedons Ross and West Coast<br />

BIG CHANGES: An artist’s impression of the Hope Presbyterian Church’s planned<br />

redevelopment in West Melton (above left) and its new building in Rolleston. ​<br />

a foyer and cafe area for the<br />

church.<br />

A 8000 sq m block of land has<br />

been bought next to Rolleston<br />

Christian School on Springston<br />

services on a Sunday, while West<br />

Melton has about 60 adults and<br />

between 20-30 children.<br />

Mr Galloway said both<br />

churches also have active youth<br />

Rolleston Rd to build a new groups. He envisions the new<br />

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The plan is for the church wider community seven days a<br />

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to have seating for about 300 week. While the plans have been<br />

Rds next to the Four Square,<br />

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will people, offices and youth<br />

costed at $8.5 million in total,<br />

be redeveloped.<br />

facilities.<br />

Mr Galloway said the church is<br />

A building consent has<br />

Up until now, the Rolleston confident it can bring the cost<br />

been granted for a relocatable congregation has been meeting down.<br />

building to be established on at the Rolleston School hall since The church is planning to<br />

the site holding two classrooms 2010.<br />

fundraise through its own<br />

to cater for children and youth Hope Presbyterian Church congregation and will seek<br />

activities.<br />

also has churches in Hornby funding from the Alpine<br />

On the West Coast Rd side of<br />

the site, a 165-seat auditorium<br />

will also be built along with<br />

and Halket. Its Rolleston base<br />

is estimated to have about 130<br />

adults and 50 children attending<br />

Presbytery and the Presbyterian<br />

Church of Aotearoa New<br />

Zealand.<br />

The church is also looking to<br />

discuss funding options with<br />

the district council and other<br />

possible external sources.<br />

Mr Galloway said the West<br />

Melton relocatable building<br />

should be in place by March<br />

next year, while the rest of the<br />

development would hopefully<br />

be completed by the end of next<br />

year. It is hoped the Rolleston<br />

church will be completed by<br />

2019.<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY: What<br />

do you think of the Hope<br />

Presbyterian Church’s<br />

investment in the district?<br />

Email your views to georgia.<br />

oconnor@starmedia.kiwi<br />

COW KILLED BY CAR<br />

The Sheffield Volunteer Fire Brigade<br />

was called to an incident<br />

where a cow was hit by a car.<br />

The incident happened at about<br />

2am on Saturday on the Old<br />

West Coast Rd. Chief fire officer<br />

Neville Croy said the cow was<br />

killed on impact.<br />

NEW LIBRARY HOURS<br />

The new district library trial<br />

hours have begun and familyfriendly<br />

activities are planned<br />

for every Saturday at all four libraries.<br />

Libraries manager Vicki<br />

Carlyon said the extended Saturday<br />

hours mean programmes<br />

and activities will be available<br />

in the weekends as well as<br />

during the week. The Time for<br />

Fun activities will differ each<br />

week between the four libraries,<br />

beginning this Saturday. Most<br />

events are for all ages, including<br />

for adults, but children younger<br />

than eight years old will require<br />

active adult supervision. No<br />

bookings required, but spaces<br />

are limited. Suitable for children<br />

of all ages. For more information<br />

on times and dates go to<br />

http://www.selwyn.govt.nz/<br />

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