Ground Breaking Ceremony - June 7th

Our ground breaking ceremony took place this last Sunday. It can truly be described as a celebration - a celebration of what God has done on this journey of relocation. The morning began with people gathering on the property for a worship service. The highlight of the service for me were the stories of transformation. We heard from a single mom and her journey of coming back to God. We heard from a young lady who had made a number of poor choices and how God got a hold of her life through these circumstances. Finally we heard from a family and how two the family members came to realize their need for God one day apart. Now that's something to celebrate! Our mission as a church is Transformed Lives. We want to see God work in and through us to bring people to Himself. God works in amazing ways and it was great to hear these stories.

After the worship service we all participated in the ground breaking together. Each family was encouraged to bring a shovel and share in the joy of this experience. The boarder of the new facility footprint was painted on the property and all of the attendees were spread out along this painted outline. At Pastor Mike's call of "1, 2, 3" each family put a shovel into the dirt. It was amazing to see this expression of unity and participation with people in attendance. As I was standing there watching people and envisioning this new building I thought back to the stories of transformation from the worship service. Because of these stories I was overcome with joy as I began to think about the possibilities of many more stories like these on this new site.

Over these next few months we are anticipating many more things to celebrate - we will continue to give thanks to God because of what He has done, what He is doing, and what He will do in the future.