Facilities, Facilities, Facilities!!!

O.K. here’s the deal. We started in my living room with 8 people in August 2007. We then had our first church service on Sept. 16th, 2007. We met in an old hotel ballroom that was stuffy, had a dance floor in the middle, christmas lights hanging from the ceiling, had mirrors all around the room and smelled like cheap beer. We were there one week when we were offered the opportunity to share space with a Nazarene church across town.

In hindsight, it was a partnership that was doomed from the start. Senior citizens and a bass guitar turned up to 11 don’t mix well.

We have 2 services. One at 9:30 am is entirely in Spanish, the 11am service is in English. The worship in both services is loud but the Spanish worship ROCKS THE HOUSE (literally.) The music is loud, the bass is LOUD and that’s how the people like it. The Sunday school classes in the church we were meeting in didn’t like it. So they asked us to find another place. We met in 2 different areas of their building and how we’re out. So now, it’s our 5th official week as a “church” and we’re homeless. (Actually they gave us one month to find someplace else.)

This is where God stepped in.

An emergent pastor across town called us that exact same day. He didn’t know us and we didn’t know him but he had heard we might be looking for a place to meet. His church meets on Tuesday and Friday nights and we meet on Sundays.

Perfect!

We moved to our current location about 2 weeks later. God is awesome. That was almost a year ago. We have continued to grow, although summer was rough and our spanish service is busting out the seams. So now, we’re looking for another location. This will be our 5th location and we’re not a year old yet. I knew this would be tough but dang!

Anyway, tonight we looked at a new location. It’s priced too high and the location is industrial but it’s right on the highway and has great space. We’ll see what happens. Maybe we will rent or buy it or maybe we’ll find something else. Either way, it’s a great opportunity for God to do something.

Thanks for reading, talk to you soon.