Bingo Hall to Become Church Building (Orginal News Story Assignment)

Bournemouth Community Church has announced plans to transform the old Bingo Hall in Wimborne Road, Winton, into a brand new Community building.
The Church, based in Calvin Road, Winton, already has a community building on Wimborne Road called LifeHouse, which has been running successfully for 18 months.
Although no external alterations will be made apart from a new lobby area, the Church is looking to transform the building.
John Martin, a volunteer at the LifeHouse centre explains how space has become limited for the growing church community.
“We have over 400 people turn up to our Sunday morning meeting at Winton Arts and Media College.” says John. With so much interest, the church will convert the building to accommodate for their large amount of followers.
Handmade Christmas cards are currently being sold at the LifeHouse centre to raise money towards the conversion, along with a number of upcoming events.
“We call our self a church without walls,” says John Martin. “We aim to bring Christianity into the Community”.
The LifeHouse centre already runs many community projects, including the recently launched three Life programmes this September, to include the “Venture” project for people who love the outdoors, and “Friends 1st”, which helps befriend migrants living in Bournemouth.
The centre also provides help to all members of the community, including both help with social issues and spiritual guidance.
“We hope that the new building will help them to reach out further into the community” says John.
The Church is aiming for the new building to be ready by spring 2009.