Carmike Frontier 9

This is a possible meeting location. We love the feel of a theatre. Very modern. The seats are already there and if we are portable that is huge in set up time. We CAN use the theatres High Definition projector for our services and that is awesome as well. 2 major factors that we'd deal with here. #1 the largest auditorium holds 188 people. That is with every seat filled. If we eliminate the front row for some sort of stage set up your down to 155. Two services would be nearly impossible especially with the age demographic we'd be reaching. There probably aren't too many young families who will want to get up and be at church by 8 am. So that is something we have to consider. #2 Starting in April through August of each year the theatre summer schedule begins. This means a lot of movies starting at 11:30 or 11 AM and the big blockbusters (Spiderman, Transformers, etc.) have 10 AM showings. This completely eliminates the use of the theatre during those months. SO, if we do go with the theatre it will be to get us started and we'd try and find something else starting April of 08'. The cost of the theatre is fantastic and the manager has been wonderful to work with so far. Very accommodating. Anyway, here are some pictures of the theatre. Please pray for God's direction in this. Other than staffing, I think that the meeting location is the biggest first year decision.

Finding A Home

God provided the perfect home for our family to live in and now seems to be opening doors for
Elements home. Our plan is to open our office on June 1st and launch public services Oct. 7th. We've been researching possible meeting locations since June 0f 2006. We've been researching office space since we moved here at the end of January. As a church plant we obviously are limited on spending (God has provided MARVELOUSLY with finances) so we are looking for the best possible location/space/storage etc. Nothing seemed to be the right fit. Some were great offices but horrible location. Great location but horrible offices. I was driving down Lincolnway Ave. (main drag) the other day and saw a nice office strip with a for lease sign on it. I called them and set up an appointment. When Grant, Terri and I walked through it just felt right. Not only is it an unbelievable location, but it has a 1000 sq. foot warehouse attached to it for storage, drama and praise team practice, AND it was exactly at our budget with ALL utilities included. The landlord even agreed to replace all the carpet in it. The Lord's hand is definitely in this. THEN it seems we have found our meeting location. Lord willing we will be meeting at the Frontier Mall Carmike Theatres. The General Manager is willing to work with us in wonderful ways and is extremely open to some cool stuff with a church in a theatre. As our team walked through the theatre it just felt like home. I'll write more on church in a theatre later. Please continue to pray for us as we walk through these possiblities and look for God's direction.