After several years as a home church, church attendance reached over 150 and there was a need to have church service in a larger facility. In 2005, Mark and Nancy Blanco purchased and donated land for the church and in 2006 Mark and Nancy Blanco funded the first phase of the building which is the future classroom and nursery area. This section is 80% complete with the East Wall still missing so the church has been having service in this open air environment since December of 2006.
However, this meeting area is less than 700 sq ft in size so they added a temporary thatched roof over dirt area on the East side to create seating room for the children.
This current space is still not sufficient to accommodate the over 250 people in weekly attendance and is limiting the church in their ability to minister to the children and accommodate new attendees. Furthermore, due to not having a nursery/child care facilities, many mothers are not attending service due to having to stay home to care for their babies and young children.
The church building has been in this state for the past couple of years due to a lack of funding. However, in 2009, the church has received some financial support to build the remaining beams for the future roof. The church is planning to build the roof for the main building first since there is no saying when funding will be available for the walls.
With a roof in place, HCM can have the main church area to hold an outdoor service and accommodate more attendees. It will also enable the church to start nursery and child care services which will allow mothers and the whole family to attend service. The church is needing an additional $4380 for the roof frames then $7350 for the roof top to make this next phase a reality.
However, this meeting area is less than 700 sq ft in size so they added a temporary thatched roof over dirt area on the East side to create seating room for the children.
This current space is still not sufficient to accommodate the over 250 people in weekly attendance and is limiting the church in their ability to minister to the children and accommodate new attendees. Furthermore, due to not having a nursery/child care facilities, many mothers are not attending service due to having to stay home to care for their babies and young children.
The church building has been in this state for the past couple of years due to a lack of funding. However, in 2009, the church has received some financial support to build the remaining beams for the future roof. The church is planning to build the roof for the main building first since there is no saying when funding will be available for the walls.
With a roof in place, HCM can have the main church area to hold an outdoor service and accommodate more attendees. It will also enable the church to start nursery and child care services which will allow mothers and the whole family to attend service. The church is needing an additional $4380 for the roof frames then $7350 for the roof top to make this next phase a reality.
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