The Eddie Chapman Memorial Hall

Chapman Hall is named and dedicated to Eddie Chapman, a long-time active member of our parish at St Mary Magdalene's church, until his death in 2024.

Eddie was a devout Christian, church member, church warden, vestry member, elder, maintenance man, lawn mower, and just about everything else he could be, all the time keeping Christ centered in his life. A man of God. It was an honour to have known him and worshipped with him. He is sadly missed. 

The church hall rebuild project of 2023/2024 has left us with an amazing facility that is leaps ahead of what we had in the past. This 'upgrade' had been talked about for many years, decades, and with timing and circumstances that can only be 'God-incidences'.

It has resulted in  a 'near commercial' style kitchen, a lounge area, a meeting or prayer room, unisex toilet facilities including a shower, and plenty of storage space for our parish needs. It has increased the space for those occasions such as dinners, weddings and funerals that has been lacking in the past, and allows more than one group to use it at one time.

This has involved many in the parish, a building committee that included Barbara, Phil, Helen and Neill, but previous Lay Minister Lyn O'Fee and Project Manager Neil O'Fee must take most of the credit for pushing the project and 'getting it done'

The refurbished Chapman Hall was consecrated by Archbishop Justin Duckworth on Saturday 14th December 2024, with the Chapman family present.
 

Public Hire

As we have done in the past, we will soon be making our refurbished hall available to the public for use, for your meetings, event or group events, occasion or activity. Along with the church, it is available for use for your small wedding and reception (maximum 100 persons) and your funeral needs, such as refreshments.

Knowing that the hall is not yet available, if you are wanting to express an interest in using this facility for your event, fill in the form below. We will contact you about your request, including new conditions of use, health and safety requirements, bond and any other requirements or costs.
(note that your request is not a guarantee of hire or use)