8 July 2008
Update
Since most of us aren’t seeing a whole lot on the outside of the new building, I thought I’d give you an update on the inside.
Right now we are in the dry-waling stage and most of the stone and cinder-block work is now complete. The stage is already defined and even the giant 20 foot high – nearly 70 feet wide screen is mostly done.
You can see where the Starbuck’s like coffee shop will be and the bookstore area is just about dry walled as well.
In a nutshell, we are right on track to see the building complete in September. This means our grand opening is almost at hand (most likely the first weekend in October)! Aren’t you excited?!
This building will hold nearly 1300 people! A far cry from the 500 max we can achieve between the main building and the video cafe at present.
Which brings up a point. What will we do with these two buildings once the ginormous building is complete? Well, the present main building will be turned over to our huge children’s ministry so that they can have the room they need to grow. The video cafe will be the new and exclusive home to Southbrook Student ministries.
It works out great, don’t cha think?
But we aren’t waiting for new buildings to see our great God take things up ten notches! So far this year we have seen over 400 people give their lives to Jesus Christ. We have seen nearly 80 families commit to reaching the city of Monroe through our newest campus—Southbrook Monroe, over 100 kids give their lives to Jesus through our awesome VBS outreaches at Southbrook Central and Southbrook Monroe, many folks professed Jesus through water baptism, and we know the best is yet to come!
Speaking of outreach, I hope each and every one of you will plan on being a part of helping the children of Benton Heights Elementary School this coming weekend. We have hundreds of backpacks with supply lists attached and opportunities to purchase uniforms for hundreds and hundreds (if not all) of the kids at the school!
See, great things are happening, soooooo, keep asking yourself, “Where can I be used?”
And think of this as a little teaser. I hope you all will keep this grand opening in your prayers. Be thinking about who you will be inviting. It promises to be the biggest event in our entire history!
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Mark Cianciosa says:
Dana Potts says:
I am so excited about this new building. My husband and I have been with Southbrook for about 6 years. We started going when we were meeting a Providence High School. I have enjoying seeing this church grow as fast as it has. That means god is working through us to reach out for others. I can’t wait to see what else he has instore for us!!!!
Phyllis Jones says:
We have visited Southbrook and have come away with an awareness of God At Work. We are praying for God to move through us at our church, Overbrook, in Gaffney. Blessings to you all as you proclaim the gospel of Christ. Hey to our friends, the great chef, Jim Solka and his beautiful and talented family. If you have not eaten his shrimp and grits, you have missed out.
Wow … I am so excited about the new building … but … I belive I am even more excited about Children’s Church TAKING OVER the kids sanctuary … each week the team of three spends hours on end planning what the ministry will look like, how it will impact the kids that show up and how we can do the LORD’s work with this building. I can barely contain myself when we are talking about how all the new volunteers will impact the kids and how many of the volunteers will change their relationship with the LORD because they are involved in the Children’s Ministry! So I am excited about the new building and being in there … but I can feel the Holy Spirit is making huge changes in Children’s Church … and I am excited to be a part of HIS plan.