Facilities: Five top priorities according to different committee members

Ben
1. Exterior signage
2. Pulpit/platform
3. Entry/canopy
4. Roof
5. Trim
 
Emily
1. Front entry
2. Windows in sanctuary
3. Landscaping
4. Update narthex
5. Banners and artwork
6. (Bathrooms)
 
Bill
1. Sanctuary lighting
2. Steeple
3. Sinks in bathrooms
4. Soundsystem
5. Nursery
 
Bob
1. Lighting (interior)
2. Nursery
3. Bathrooms
4. Carpet
5. Parking lot
 
Sherry
1. Nursery
2. Bathroom sinks
3. Carpeting
4. Glass panels in doors
5. Front door
6. (Locks on snack cabinets)
 
Steve
1. Sound system
2. Nursery
3. Carpet in fellowship hall
4. [...]

Facilities: Other things we can do to improve the property not yet listed

1. Paint!
2. Banners!
3. Outdoor pavilion
4. Get rid of or replace ceiling tiles.
5. Exterior signage
6. Trim – interior and exterior
7. Five top priorities according to different committee members

Facilities: Things to do to make guests feel welcome

1. Defined entry
2. Library in narthex
3. Nursery – high quality
4. Buzzer
5. Number up front
6. Clear-intuitive interior signage
7. Names of people on doors (Sunday school teachers, etc.)
8. Update bathrooms
9. Connect nursery with a bathroom
10. Make a two room nursery with a door between

Facilities: Things that bug us about our building

1. Paneling
2. Front entry (not defined)
3. Nursery too small
4. Small rooms – too chopped up
5. Brick in sanctuary
6. Windows in sanctuary
7. Not enough electric light
8. Not enough natural light
9. Duct taped carpets
10. Mildew in fellowship hall
11. Power and heat waste
12. Sealed windows – would like to open.
13. Steeple – stained
14. Landscaping – fences must [...]

Facilities: Things we like about our building.

1. Location
2. Parking lot
3. Lots of rooms
4. Weird and quirky
5. Big sanctuary
6. Big narthex
7. AC
8. Good size fellowship hall
9. Outside grounds
10. Kitchenette
11. Ceiling in sanctuary

We Value Adventure

The Gospel is the ultimate action adventure story.  When the Lord Jesus calls us to follow him he is calling us to join the adventure.
Good stories have happy endings.  But to enjoy the story one must pass through all the twists and turns of the plot.  A good author doesn’t tell you how things will [...]

We Value Redemptive Outreach

The world is sold to sin but God has bought it back in Christ.  The redeeming work of Christ works through his redeemed children to redeem the world.
Redemptive outreach happens when we evangelize those living under the slavery of sin; it also happens when we perform works of mercy to those feeling the pain of [...]

We Value our Gifts

Sometimes preachers and theologians speak of “the priesthood of all believers.”   That’s a fancy way of saying that God has tasks for all his children to perform.
But since those tasks are varied, he gives a variety of gifts to his children to perform those tasks.  And since he wants us to work together, he never [...]

We Value Spiritual Formation

When God saves us he does all the work.  But when he saves us he also begins a good work in us.
He uses Bible reading and prayer, Sabbath worship and communion, among other things, to perform that good work.  He uses these things to form us and make us more like our Lord and savior, [...]

We Value Worship

In our entertainment crazy culture it is easy to think that the church is just one more place to be entertained.  The seating does remind one of a theater, after all.
But precisely the reverse is true.  We are not the audience; we are the performers.  God is not entertaining us when we worship him – [...]