We're Moving!
Would love to hear feedback on how you think our move is going.
We’ve grown out of Eastern Elementary School.
We’ve been using every adult chair available at the school and were bringing in more from our mother and network church (Lifehouse- Bethel). And we were praying about what our next step was- move or go to 2 service.
In prayer, we felt led to pursue moving to a theater about 4 miles north of our current location. The same week we began the process, it became apparent that we wouldn't be able to stay at the school. I know this was a God-thing!
“WE’RE MOVING to a theater near you” is our new marketing message. Yep, God has opened a door for us to lease a huge theater, with about 3x the space, for the same cost as we’ve been paying the school ($450/ wk). Wow again! We’ll be using a 500-seat theater for our main service, and they’re allowing us to install lighting, sound equipment in a booth, a stage, and store everything on site. That means a lot when you’ve been portable for almost 2 ½ years+. We’ll also be using a large café area for serving breakfast and meals. We’ll have a theater for our KidzRock class (1st-5th grade), and set up 3 other kid’s classes. Our team has been awesome getting everything ready.
We’ve upgrade lots of equipment and marketing: we’ve just bought a new projector (to shoot 150 ft), and other gear that we badly need for this new venue. We’ve also been blessed by another church who is lending us a professional stage.
This all will cut our set up time down to about 45 min. That’s great!
Just thought I give everyone out in the blogosphere a heads-up and I'll wait for feedback.
4 comments:
"Do great things for God, expect great things from God"--william Carrey
Wow! Today was awesome! It was hard for me to picture church in a cinema- but wow! God is awesome. Knowing that we can have church anywhere from a living room, to the desert, to a jail cell, I shouldn't be surprised! I immediately felt comfortable (very cushy seats!) and blessed to be there, among my family of friends. Besides, the sermon was so inspiring and God was busy stirring hearts, the physical environment quickly became out of focus to me as I listened to God's word. Yay! Thank you guys for all your hard, hard work for our awesome God!!! PS--the music rocked too- it sounded great!! =)
I've gotta say, this sunday was AMAZING. It was nice to have the same Lifehouse in a place where we can grow. Ditto on the music (Anytime "Prince of Peace" is played is a good day), it was great.
Lookin forward to coming back
Yesterday was GREAT! I really felt the presence of the Lord there with us supporting our move. I must admit that at first I was a little nervous about the move but we did it "Lifehouse style" and it ROCKED!!
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