Friday, August 27, 2010

Moving on Up! (North)

Big things are going to be happening! The Toledo Baptist Temple has closed on 32 acres of property that is 3 miles directly north of its current location. Depending on when the TBT building sells, we plan to begin construction on this piece of land located in Lambertville, MI. It is an amazing property that we were blessed to get at an unbelievable price, and we hope to use it to effectively reach the people in the surrounding area.

The red border shows TBT's current property, with the church on the left side. Towards the right of the border is a back building that Head Start has rented from us for several years now, so in actuality, we've only been using about half of this area.



Using the same scale, here is a shot of the newly acquired land, which goes from Douglas Road on the right all the way to the left edge of the photo. Part of the property will be protected wetlands, as there is a sometimes dry creek that runs through it. Plans are to use the space for community outreach and make it available for people to use it for walking trails, recreation, possible skateboard park, etc. We've already met several teens who have been using the area for ATV riding. Towards the west edge of the property, you can see that the trees sort of form a natural ampitheater . . .we hope to make that useful!

Our church is excited and ready for the move! Directions study groups and FLOCS ministries are going full force as we shift to a new era. Our Harvestfest in October is going to serve as a grand kickoff for the new land. There are some pretty huge developments regarding that, I'll be able to share them very shortly!