Update on St John’s Church Penzance from the diocese.
After a review and taking considered advice the St Johns PCC made the sad but necessary decision to close the main area of St John’s Church just before Christmas to those wishing to worship, use for meetings or use the play equipment. This was not an easy decision but with all the changes to various fire and safety regulations we felt it was the correct thing to do as custodians of the building.
Since then, we have involved a number of people to consider and come up with solutions and options and levels of investment to allow us to open the building in a way that minimises health, safety and fire risks. It is not unfortunately a quick process given the number of people involved and the need to meet the relevant regulations that are in place.
We do understand that it is an important place for those that live and work in and around Penzance and West Penwith and we are still working through the best next steps. However we are committed to enabling St John’s church to re-open once the remedial work is in place
