That’s right! On Sunday, September 9, 2012 as we celebrate our 3rd Birthday as a church, New Passion will begin hosting our Sunday worship services at Grovetown High School.
A couple of weeks ago a pastor from Stevens Creek Church contacted our mission’s director, Billy Wilson, and notified him that they would no longer be offering a Grovetown church campus; instead they would put all of their energy and resources into their main campus in Augusta to continue the ministry God has given them there. He asked us if we would be interested in taking their place at the school and after several discussions and a meeting with the school, our leadership team has unanimously decided to make the move to the high school.
It has been great to serve the city and community of Grovetown with Stevens Creek Church as our neighbors. In a culture where churches mark their boundaries and fall into the temptation of competition it is refreshing to see their pastors reflect an Acts 4:4-5 spirit. We appreciate your friendship.
Download the letter we provided to the church this morning with all of the specific details.
Here are some benefits of the move and how you can get involved right away:
- 400 seat auditorium with stadium style seating (Provides room to grow & a better environment for a church service)!
- Service time will change from 10 am to 10:30 am (You can sleep later)!
- State of the art technology with lighting, sound and video all available for the church to use. This will help with less set-up/breakdown for the band and more time for pre-service rehearsal.
- Large cafeteria for the Ridge. We’ve almost outgrown the room at Patriot’s Park. The cafeteria is equipped with 2 video projectors & space to split age groups up!
- Many increased mission’s opportunities through the school. Providing avenues to connect with parents, teachers and students for the sake of the gospel.
- GHS is located in the middle of several growing, new neighborhoods. This will place us in the heart of where God has called us to minister to as a church.
How you can be involved right away:
- Pray that everything will be accomplished in the short time period that we have to work with. Pray for our leaders as we make necessary adjustments.
- Spread the word that we are moving.
- Invest Financially – Our goal is to raise $10,000 in three weeks. An anonymous gift of $3,000 has already been given before the announcement, leaving us with a total of $7,000 to raise! God is good. In addition, the school rent will be approximately 30% higher than our current rent at Patriot’s Park; prayerfully consider how God would have you participate in helping in these areas.
- Invite others to join you for worship any Sunday, but especially as we launch in the new location on September 9, 2012 celebrating our 3rd Birthday. Together we can fill the auditorium up for God’s glory.
Why September 9? Why so Soon?
God’s timing. It’s ideal to launch in the new location on our birthday as we invite new friends to celebrate with us, but what many people didn’t know is our leadership team has had several discussions before the opportunity to move into the school was presented to us concerning September 16 & 23. Patriot’s Park informed us that we could not meet at their facility due to their stripping the floors and the chemical smell that would remain following the work. As we were discussing an outdoor service or a lake service this opportunity came to us, so we are going to work hard to do what we have to do to be in the new location for our birthday.
Was that it? Is that ALL of the BIG News?
No! New Passion will also be adding another elementary school to our Mission Zero support. Last year through your generosity, we supported an entire elementary school in Grovetown and provided 2,511 meals to students who’s families were dealing with financial difficulties. This year we will continue to support the students at Cedar Ridge Elementary School and in addition we will also be supporting students from Baker Place Elementary School.
Let us continue to trust God as we follow his leading at New Passion Church. Our location may change, but our vision will always be the same…
…to be a community of believers dedicated to the glory of God by extending radical grace for the broken, sharing revolutionary compassion for the hurting and leading people to a passionate relationship with Jesus through the gospel.