Leaving the Old Building (May, 2012)
”At our farewell service of praise, one of our church planters, taking a line from the movie, Jaws, suggested that we were going to ‘need a bigger boat.’ He did not necessarily mean in terms of physical size…” Read more here.
Eviction (2012)
“We had finally lost all our property, including bank accounts, bibles, choir robes, etc. During this time, a great number of new individuals and families started coming to worship with us to see what kind of church would risk so much…” Read more from Bob Reaves.
Letting Go and Moving Forward (2012-2013)
“I am very grateful for the kindness and understanding of strangers who took us in and provided a roof that does not leak, heat, and air conditioning to a congregation who had lost their church home …” Read more from Caryl Engler.
Tabernacling Years (2012-2018)
“Our church has embarked on a great new adventure. In the past two weeks, we have worshipped in a middle school auditorium where we cannot kneel…” Read more from Susan Ward
Tabernacling Years (2012-2018)
”Rector John Yates humorously told the parishioners and visitors, ‘Come worship with us if you can find us!’” Read more from Bob Reaves.
Tabernacling Years (2012-2018)
”During the seven years I wandered in the wilderness with the other church members, I had a place to worship every Sunday, a place where the roof did not leak…” Read more from Caryl Engler.
New Property (2016-2017)
”The trust we had in our facilities search committee was rewarded after five years of looking for a facility and/or land to purchase … It had a large open below-ground space suitable for worship.” Read more from Bob Reaves.
New Property (2017-2019)
”John Yates announced during an 8 a.m. service that the vestry had decided to purchase a property not far from our former church home…” Read more from Caryl Engler.
Our New Home (2019-Present)
“During the months leading up to the opening of our new sanctuary, we had the privilege of praying for our construction crews and watching first the parking structure and then the sanctuary rise from the ground…” Read more here.
Our New Home (2019-Present)
“We had our first worship service in our new sanctuary in September 2019. It was seven years after we lost the historic property – a Biblical number. We learned a lot about trusting and having hope in God’s provision…” Read more from Bob Reaves.
Our New Home (2019-Present)
“While dropping food off one day, I was initially struck with irony that our sanctuary, for which we had waited seven long years, had been open just shy of seven months before closing.…” Read more from Susan Ward.
