A Starter Home

Although our original plan was to construct a building from scratch on our original 24 acre parcel (purchased in 2006), a new and more immediate plan has unfolded around us.  In September we signed a purchase agreement with the Knights of Columbus in Streetsboro, just a stone's throw from our wooded property.  The Knights have gone out of their way to make it affordable for us to convert their hall into a small but functional church building with lots of great features!  This allows us to move toward occupying a church home in a matter of weeks instead of years.  We believe our need for a building and their need to move out of a building was more than a coincidence.

Property Features

Here's some of the nice features of our new building and grounds.

• 21 acres (3.5 wooded)
• 2 buildings (5600 sq. ft. assembly hall + 1600 sq. ft. 3 season pavilion)
• Kitchen with walk-in fridge, stove, ice machine, serving counters, storage cabinets
• Tables and Chairs for 200
• Tractor and Mowing Deck
• 2 car garage/storage area
• Volleyball area with horseshoe pits and outdoor grills
• Softball field with backstop, outfield fence and bleachers.
• Large gravel parking areas
• Beautiful setting across from Boulder Creek
• More photos

Will We All Fit?

You might wonder if there's enough room for us.  Well, while there's ample green space outside, the space under roof will be cozy.  We are developing floor plans that allow us to do our normal minstries with a little creative shifting.  We'll utilize every square foot and have room for about 200 in worship.  Plus we'll have the building 24/7 for all sorts of meetings and gatherings during the week.  That's something we're just not used to!  Since there is no extra space for offices, the staff will continue to work flexibly from home and on the go.  But even they look forward to having a place to park and meet without being a guest.

What About the Other Wooded Property?

We will continue to make our normal payments on that property.  We still have the walking trails and the picnic area there.  At the right time we will probably sell that property and use the proceeds to payoff and/or improve our building.  In the mean time we build equity in both properties.

Building Update
This thermometer will serve as a time line and records our progress.  Here is our progress reported in the bulletin on Sunday, January 10th.