“Our ministry goal is to reach outside the walls of our building in order to welcome people in.
We asked, "Does our facility facilitate our ministry purpose?"
While much of it does, our outdoor areas can limit our ability to accomplish our mission. Our church and school are committed to discipling the whole child by encountering God in nature.”
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“Relational engagement is a challenge with deteriorating equipment, eroding landscape, and inadequate learning space. Our church events are complicated by weather, adequate meeting space, and limited interactive options. The wear and tear on the original playground equipment makes our playgrounds challenging to maintain and insufficient for full engagement.”
Area 1 - Outdoor Classroom
Providing better lines of sight for supervision to reduce safety concerns; adding shaded arbor; providing natural and artificial play surfaces; adding door connecting toddler nurseries to playground.
“We want to create appealing, beautiful spaces that engage our students and support our relational efforts. In addition to significant landscaping enhancements, we want to replace original playground equipment with state-of-the-art, new equipment that appeals to students and parents.”
Area 2 - Gardens
Creating an outdoor classroom; improving and extending garden plots and free play space; installing new playground equipment.
“Our ministry campus is used seven days a week in ministry activities. These church and school activities are foundational to helping develop a strong relational community among our children and adults. Enhancing these spaces will improve the opportunities today to develop gospel community.”
Area 3 - Covered Patio
Enhancing event gathering space by replacing the current outdoor patio area with a covered outdoor meeting area; enlarging the concrete area around the basketball court; relocating swings and sidewalk area to add to play space.
Below are sample and concept pictures of the type of playground equipment that the committee has approved of.
‘‘As we invest in the improvement of our outdoor spaces,
we want to leave a LEGACY for future families,
enhance the BEAUTY of our landscape,
and advance GOSPEL COMMUNITY. ”— Pastor Tim Locke and Head of School Billy Creech