Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Elevate Church








What a exciting few months it's been. Back in October Chris and I were presented with the opportunity to join with a group of people to begin a new church in Morton. From the first time we set foot in the building we knew it was a "God thing". Good friends of ours, Brian and Danielle Sanders also felt God call them to this place, and the journey began. With the help of Pastor John King and Riverside, we set a launch date of 3.23.03, Easter Sunday. For three months we worked hard to get everything up and running by Easter. My sister, Heidi Bolt took on the role of Kid's Pastor. Little did she know that it would also mean she was head contractor for an entirely new kid's facility. In just over a month, our small congregation of about 100 people sacrificially gave $22, 000 towards remodeling and building an amazing place for kids. Easter Sunday was last week and all the hard work paid off. We opened our new kid's area as well as the Baby and Toddler Rooms. The building had a beautiful face lift thanks to a handful of volunteers that worked day and night to get it all done. Over 230 people attended Elevate Church on Easter Sunday. What a joy to see the faces of the kids (and the parents) as they walked into the Elevate Kid's area and realized it was all for them. The stage is AWESOME. We are excited to see what the road ahead brings.
If you are reading this and you do not have a church home, you should check us out at www.elevatechurchwired.com. We love people of all ages. We have a modern, exciting kid's program and....our services are only one hour long. :) I've posted a few pictures, but will post some more as we complete our remodel.

This is the coolest kid's room ever. Jared Ely designed and built this stage, and Heidi facilitated the entire process. It's the sweetest thing I've ever seen.


These picture with the grass is our 3, 4&5 year old room. My sis in law, Jenna Bennett is the director for that age group. This room is still in the works and will be completed in the near future.
















The room with the squares is our Toddler Room and the striped room is our Baby Room. We are still waiting on furniture to come in for both of these rooms. What fun!

1 comment:

Jenna said...

Woop!! Woop!! Praise God! That is so awesome the amount of people that showed up on Sunday (I had not heard the count). God is doing powerful things here and I feel so blessed to be apart of them. He is AWESOME!!

All the Glory to Him,

Jenna