I am extremely excited to announce that yesterday we closed on our new worship space for our North Shore campus. This new space is going to provide for us so many things that our previous space was lacking. It is fully accessible. It has ample off street parking. It offers a large children's ministry space as well as adult life group spaces. Because it had been used as a church by its previous owners it has a modern worship space with sound and lighting already built in. Did I mention that I am super excited about this new space!
There is definitely some deferred maintenance that needs to be cared for and some updates and improvements that need to be made. But with a little “home makeover” this is going to be an amazing space for ministry and worship. Some of the work will have to be hired out, but some of it can be done by volunteers. If any of you have free time in the coming weeks and might like to be a part of helping us with some of this work, please be sure to let me know.
Pastor Paul praying over one of the classroom in our new North Shore space
To celebrate the closing, this Sunday we are going to hold an in-person outdoor worship service at our new space. The address is 58 Macy Street in Amesbury. The back side of the building has a beautiful wooded area that looks out over the river. That is where we will meet for worship. So we invite you to bring a lawn chair and join us this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. for outdoor worship. After the service we will take people in small Covid safe groups through the building for tours if you would like to see it. If you would like to take a tour, please bring a face mask with you.
I believe God is continuing to do great things in our ministry. This new ministry space will be an important step in helping us to further share the Gospel in the North Shore region. I for one can't wait to see how God is going to take this step of faith and use it for good.
I hope many of you will be able to join us Sunday for this great celebration. But for those who are not able to make that, or not yet ready to be out in groups, we will also have an excellent online service for you. Either way, I can't wait for us to be together this Sunday to worship and celebrate the good news of Jesus.
God bless,
Pastor Steve
On another note, we are preparing for our Rock Run Raiser and would like your input. We are trying to get a sense of whether people will want to participate live or if some might prefer to participate in a virtual/individual alternative. If you have participate in the Run Raiser, or would like to this year, please take a moment to fill out this simple one question survey at this link.