New location now official…

Today we signed the contract and paid the deposit to move into a new storefront. I have included this map so you can tell where I am talking about. The "OLD" location is where we are now. The "NEW" location is the new storefront and the rectangle labelled "Land" is where the piece of land is located that is in contract right now.

Our new location is 1650 square feet which is more than double our 800 square feet location now. We will be able to have a Children's Sunday School class, a Youth class and an Adult class all going on at the same time. One of the features that our church members are most excited about is that the bathroom will no longer be behind the pulpit area! In our current location, you have to march yourself right past the pulpit to take a bathroom break!! It has cut down on people taking these breaks during church.

We will have to do some sheetrock, texturing, paint and air conditioning. It will probably take us a few weeks to get it ready. The A/C that we install here will be transferred to our new building, so we are not losing that investment. We were able to get February and March rent free to do the remodel. The ceiling in the Sanctuary area is 23' at the peak, so the A/C and all will be exposed and the whole ceiling painted black. We should start cleaning it out next week. The church is SO excited!! It is wheelchair accessible and SOOOO much newer than where we are now. We will have parking right in front of our unit and also at the back entrance. We will also have over 500 square feet of storage upstairs. So, really, it is over 2000 square feet.

We want to add a projector unit and Bro. Todd Shahan has offered to find us a computer to use. "Thanks, Todd!" We will also have to purchase new chairs since we only have about 30 besides our pews. I don't think we will use the two pews that we have. If you know of someone who has some nice chairs available at a low cost, let us know at gholleyjr@aol.com! We really need 75 or so.

I will post pictures as we go along. I will get the keys tomorrow or Monday. Right now, you have to look at the place through the eyes of faith! I told my wife before I took her in to show her around, "You have to trust me! We can make this place look nice." She caught a glimpse of it! After living with her Dad through building numerous churches and remodels; as well as us building several homes, she is now able to see past the ugliness to the final project. Sometimes she just says, "I'll have to trust you on that one!"