BROOKFIELD
BUILDING FUND COMMITTEE.

A first meeting was held on 9th July 1957 at the office of
Messrs T Duncanson & Son Malvern Drive, Brookfield.


Chairman The Revd. G.R. Cooper (Vicar of Stainton)
Vice Chairman Mr. C.W. Piper.
Secretary Mr. T. Waite.
Treasurer Mr. A.G. Heslop.
Assistant Treasurer Mrs. D. Veacock
COMMITTEE Mr. T. Duncanson, Mrs. T. Duncanson, Mrs. C.W. Piper, Mrs. A.G. Heslop, Mr. D. Veacock, Mr. Brunton, Mrs. Brunton, Miss A. Just, Miss Murray, Mrs. Crossman, Mrs. Kirby, Mrs. Humphreys, Mrs. Christen, Mrs. Carter, Miss. Carter, Mrs. T. Waite.

The inaugural meeting of the Brookfield Church Building Fund was held at the offices of Messrs T. Duncanson & Sons, Malvern Drive, Brookfield, on the 9th July 1957, the Chairman being the Revd. Gordon R. Cooper, Vicar of Stainton. Twenty one people attended this meeting. The committee met on a regular basis and engaged in a number of fund raising activities. Father Cooper left Stainton Church in 1958 and the new Vicar, the Revd. Sydney Barker replaced him as Chairman of the committee in July that year.
It was obvious, prior to the actual erection of the church building, that temporary accommodation was desirable for use as a meeting place, Sunday School etc. Messrs. Duncanson
kindly donated the site at The Oval and provided a wooden hut for this purpose. The Bishop of Whitby officially opened the temporary premises on Friday 3rd July 1959 and the building
was used for the celebration of Holy Communion and other services by the Revd. Barker.

The hut was in constant use by Scouts, Cubs, Guides, Brownies, Mothers' Union, Toc H, Sunday School, Youth Club and Young Wives until the new Church Hall was erected. Its value in the formation of the present parish area, cannot be overestimated. Plans for the new church, designed on a Scandinavian pattern with inverted "V" shaped steelwork running throughout its length, were drawn-up by Architect R.G.H. Jackson of Guisborough and estimated building cost was £19,000 / £20,000.
The Building Fund Committee set about seeking money and were given:

£2.700 Grant from the Church Commissioners.
£2,700 Loan from the Church Commissioners.
£10,000 Grant from Teesside Church Extention Committee.
£2,000 from the Medd Bequest.
Bishop Philip Wheeldon, Bishop of Whitby, donated the sum of £1,000.

The foundation stone was laid, by Bishop Wheeldon, on the 20th July I960. At the open air service, the music was provided by an organ kindly loaned by Saint Barnabas Church, Middlesbrough.
The building was completed and the service of Dedication conducted by the Archbishop of York, Dr. Michael Ramsey on the 12th May, 1961, his last official act prior to becoming Archbishop of Canterbury.