This document outlines the stages and plans of the St. John's Project from 2007 to 2020. It discusses the history of St. John's and St. Peter's churches from their founding in the late 10th century through their decline in the 16th century. The project aims to revitalize the churches through four main solutions: preserving the ancient buildings, developing the churches as sacred spaces, creating trading activities to support the churches' future, and developing history programs to bring the past alive. It details the progress made from 2008 to 2012 in launching the project, opening an internet cafe, and forming volunteer groups. The plan is to make the churches financially self-sufficient by 2017 and establish a new ecumenical church community at St

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3. Stages of the SJPPart of our History2007 2008-2010 2010 to 2012 2013 to 2016 2017 to 2020 2020Founding of a Saxon Church by King Ethelred, A.D. 689

4. Stages of the SJP2007 2008-2010 2010 to 2012 2013 to 2016 2017 to 2020 2020King Edgar rowed up the Dee to St. John’s, Chester A.D. 973

5. Stages of the SJP2007 2008-2010 2010 to 2012 2013 to 2016 2017 to 2020 2020Burial of Bishop Peter in St. John’s, Chester A.D. 1085

6. Stages of the SJP2007 2008-2010 2010 to 2012 2013 to 2016 2017 to 2020 2020Peter, first Norman Bishop, building St. John’s, A.D. 1073

7. Stages of the SJP2007 2008-2010 2010 to 2012 2013 to 2016 2017 to 2020 2020Founding St. Werburgh’s by Hugh, Earl of Chester, A.D. 1093

8. King Henry III entering the City of Chester, A.D. 1256

9. Dissolution of St. John’s by the Commissioners of Edward Sixth, A.D. 1548

10. What has happened to our Churches In the last 500 years?Big QuestionSimple Answer: Decline and even more so in the last 80 years .Now we are trying to stop the decline. In fact Canon Lunt started this 26 years ago when St Peter’s Ecumenical Centre first opened its doors.Two years ago we launched our Project. Last year we launched our appeal and opened the internet cafe. We have started to make waves and this is all down to our volunteers.

11. April 2008 - St John’s ProjectlaunchedPlanning for Success2０２０

12. April 2009 - 10 year Appeal launchedPlanning for Success2０２０

13. November 2009 -Started an Internet caféIn St Peter’sPlanning for Success2０２０

14. May 2010 - Start manningSt Johns for the 3rd SummerPlanning for Success2０２０

15. September 2010 - launch Friends of St John’s & St Peter’sPlanning for Success2０２０

16. Late 2010 - Release Strategic PlanPlanning for Success2０２０

17. While all this is going on our Development Team will be working hard on getting funding.Planning for Success2０２０

18. So what is the Plan?A simple four point solution to making us a great place to be.Planning for Success2０２０

19. Why only four solutions? Because the whole plan grows out from those four solutions. Planning for Success2０２０

20. Preserving our Ancient BuildingsOur ancient buildings are in a dire state of decline - a full solution using the latest technology, will make them warmer, more secure and happier places to be.We will prioritise the most urgent issues. We will review our energy consumption for the next one hundred years to minimise our environmental impact. New and inventive uses for our buildings must add value to them as well as conserving our national assets.We are also looking to share and learn from the Wrexham Open Church Network, and implement this in Cheshire West by around 2016. Solution 1

21. Sacred SpaceAs buildings of faith it is vital that we develop the faith aspects of our buildings.We want to increase the number of congregation, special services, weddings and baptisms. We aim to introduce a new Fresh Expression of Church at St Peter's called @TheCross.We are not just a tourist attraction, we are a church. We also aim to encourage outside organisations to use our space - for theatre, arts and community purposes. We will make our buildings easily accessible to all and also available to hire.We must promote and market our buildings to increase visitor numbers.We must also harness the potential of our volunteer team to ensure that they, and our visitors, are fully engaged with our buildings.Solution 2

22. Trading for Our FutureTrading for Our Future is vital for the future of our buildings.

23. We will introduce a more professional gift shop in St John's with unique, commissioned souvenirs and a Pilgrim's Rest area

24. We will maximise our revenue with all money generated – excluding admin and labour costs – re-invested back into the buildings

25. We aim to produce enough income to no longer be grant- or donor-led, by 2017

26. We have already started an IT Centre and will introduce a video/film-making project that will help us grow. We will be offering these services on open market Solution 3

27. ChesterLiving HistoryThis is a completely new programme offering to bring history alive from the 6th century to the 20th centuryOur buildings are connected to some of the most important events in the nation’s historyWe are developing a full programme of Living History events within St John's and St Peter's Some of these events will be free; some will be private functionsMost importantly there will be National Curriculum workshops for school groups of up to forty children at a time – taking part in marching, drumming, crafts, and staged combat – to feel and live historyWe will also bring history alive through new visitor interpretation, guide books, films, virtual toursWe also wish to play our part in promoting Chester as a tourist experience and heritage destinationSolution 4

28. 2012 a new Ecumenical freshExpression in St Peter’sPlanning for Success2０２０

29. Ecumenical

30. Mission is:seeing what God is doing and joining in”John V Taylor

31. fresh expressions of churchAs part of our Sacred Space solution we wish to launch a new type of Fresh Expression as part of the National Fresh Expressions campaignSt Peter’s has the unique position to be a drop-in church for drop-in prayer and a new form of conversation and worshipThe aim will be to make us a true mixed economy ParishThis will be a long haul programme and will be completely ecumenical in its expression – it is hoped that this will begin by 2012The Fresh Expression will be linked to our unique IT project with a light-touch approach. Our location right at the heart of the City, amongst all the shops, means we can put God on the High Street.

32. Pioneer ministrySupporting self-supporting pioneersSelf-supporting cannot mean ‘left to sink or swim’

33. Stages of the SJP2007 2008-2010 2010 to 2012 2013 to 2016 2017 to 2020 2020

34. SJP Work Streams today Leadership team PCC

35. SJP Work Streams by 2012Management Committee PCC

36. Our Big Risk FactorPeople and lack of them. We have no cash for staff - it’s down to volunteers.

37. But we can make this happen as we become much smarter. Our tech team is working on this right now.Planning for Success2０２０

38. www.sjproject.co.uk