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GROWING
THE
DREAM
Approximately fifteen years ago,
our church leadership had a
God-inspired dream to reach
thousands of children, teens &
families in our community
for Christ.
After much prayer and planning,
in 2002 we more than doubled the
size of the original church building
and included a multipurpose
worship center that could hold a
variety of events.
That expansion included a
lobby and welcome center,
additional classrooms, a
new nursery facility and
expanded staff offices.
Upward Sports served as the
cornerstone of our outreach efforts,
and the new facility could
accommodate two basketball courts.
Additionally, the original worship
center was repurposed as
the Family Life Center
and renovated to create another
multipurpose area and a
third basketball court.
The goal of the 2002 expansion was
to provide a facility and parking
to comfortably accommodate
500 people
in worship on Sundays.
God has blessed
that dream !!!!!!
o Hundreds of children, teens and
adults have given their lives to
Jesus Christ and many families have
been transformed.
o Several new ministries have been
started in addition to
Upward Sports.
Since 2002 our church has grown 60%
o From 327 people to 524 people
in morning worship;
o From 257 people to 397 people
in small groups.
 We’re out of room for small groups.
 We’re at 100% capacity at peak
times.
 We’re using spaces for small groups
never intended to be used
(offices, chapel, etc.)
The original dream was
never intended to end there.
After much prayer and strategizing,
it’s time for
Growing The Dream
 To make room for more people
 To make room for more Christ
followers
 To make room for transforming
more lives
In order to respond to
God’s blessings of growth,
our church leadership
is proposing three things:
1. Create more small group space
by renovating and expanding the
auxiliary building (staff house)
and moving the offices to it.
This will create room for
21 more groups to meet at
peak times (Sundays & Wednesdays)
2. Expand the parking lot by 68 spaces.
3. Refresh the current facility by
replacing flooring, painting,
updating and replacing
worn out equipment, etc.
throughout the building.
What will
Growing The Dream
allow us to do?
Expand the teen ministry
(café area will become teen center)
Expand the children’s ministry (extra
classroom, expanded family comfort
room and more use of the FLC)
Expand small group ministry to
comfortably accommodate
250 more people.
Enable the church to grow to
750 - 1,000 people in attendance
for weekend services.
Enable our church to go to
the next level
AND
Remain flexible to whatever is
God’s “next thing” for us.
What is my role?
Pray
 May 3 All-Church Prayer at 6:00 PM
 About your level of financial support
Attend an Informational & Q/A Gathering
on May 11th or 14th at 7:00 PM