but for many, it was a bittersweet time of worship. This building has been in use since October 1921. First as a "maternal hospital for unwed mothers." You can learn more about the building itself here. We as a church family have been worshiping here for three(ish) years while waiting for our new building to be complete. During those years we have been squished in with the students and sharing their space. Our chapel "only" seats 50 and while those have been sufficient for now, we are praying for new people to find us in our new location.
Here are a few things we did to say goodbye to our old home.
During the service, we were all invited to share testimonies of how God had worked in our lives, through the time we were at the church or in general. Then, after testimony time, we had a chance to write things we thanked God for. I loved that our kiddos got involved and that they were paying attention and understood what they were doing.
After that, Major Michael spoke about building an memorial to thank God for his goodness, wrote on stones and literally built a memorial with the prayers of thankfulness and of things that we were praying for our new building on the alter in our old building. It was quite beautiful.
and yes, Natalie picked the biggest rock there was and yes, she signed her name... that's just who she is.
To end the day, we took a group photo of everyone who came (except a one or two who might have escaped before we took this... you know who you are!)
Our Church Family
Sunday, September 27, 2019
and the traditional "funny one"
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