Having said that, it naturally comes with some tensions.
First, we have come to have some space issues with our kids ministry - especially at 9am. Our goal is not just to make sure nobody dies :-) We want to teach kids one thing about God's story, we want them to be safe - both physically and emotionally, and we want them to have a blast with adults that love them. These goals for this one hour are hindered in our current situation.
Second, it's getting tougher to meet others on our adult side of things. We are a relational church and this is not something we desire to lose in our culture. We don't have that big of a space for adults, so when the room is packed it becomes increasingly more difficult to meet new people.
It's important to also realize that our goal is NOT to go to 14 gatherings on the weekend in our current space. In fact that would burn all of us out. So, we are in intentional conversations with the building management team about other spaces that are available in Park 217. We are locked into a lease for 2 more years, but if we were to move to another space in the business park that would release us from that lease. So we are talking through all the details with the management team about 2 possible spaces.
In the meantime, we will need to relieve some of the pressure from children's ministry and give us some breathing room on the adult side by going to 3 gatherings on Sunday mornings.
The new gathering times, starting October 6, will be: 8:30 / 10:00 / 11:30.
Children's ministry will be offered up through 5th grade at all 3 gatherings.
Junior high ministry will meet at the 10:00 and 11:30 gatherings.
High school will have the option to meet with the youth staff at 11:30.
If you have any questions regarding this change, please feel free to contact me (Chuck).
Thanks so much for your commitment to Jesus and furthering His Kingdom. It really is a lot of fun to join in with you on this adventure.
Chuck
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