Deanery news

A large number of historic church buildings  are under threat because they will soon lose the right to a special refund.

The refund, which allows historic churches and other places of worship to claim back the VAT on the cost of repairs and maintenance, is due to end in March 2011.

Unless pressure is brought to bear on the government to continue the VAT refund, we might see some of our most important community buildings close

for more  visit www.savetherefund.info

Please sign this online petition to continue the listed places of Worship grant scheme

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/listed-places-of-worship.html

From Saturday 18^th September the church will be open every Saturday 2-4pm

Further details: Sue Hooper 0116 239 4606

Many thanks to all the Churchwardens who have returned the Statistics for Mission forms. The information will prove very helpful in shaping how mission is resourced and encouraged across county & city (one initial headline you can read in the new edition of Shaped by God News). However, 15% of churches have still not returned their form. We are in the final stages of collating the data and so please can the remaining forms be returned in the next 7-10 days so the information used will be as accurate for your worshipping community as possible. If this isn’t possible please contact barry.hill@leccofe.org