Purpose:

To create a focus on building relationships, by providing an excellent space dedicated to Hospitality Ministries.

Functions:  1.

Welcome Center - Open before and after services

• to welcome visitors

• for members to meet their guests

• for greeters to introduce guests to other members

• to orient newcomers to the facility and the service

• to create a relaxing, welcoming transition from street to sanctuary

                  2.

Fellowship Center - Open before and after services and by special arrangement

• to provide a warm, unique atmosphere for church functions, family celebrations and life events

• to increase seating capacity to approximately 200

• to facilitate/accommodate larger gatherings in a tasteful setting

• to provide gathering rooms for small group settings

• to provide comfortable private areas for counseling - pre and post service staffing available for mentoring

                  3.

High School Youth Center

• to provide a "cool" space for our High Schoolers to meet

• to provide a unique place where our teens want to invite their friends

• to provide adequate accommodations for our teens to host planned activities including concerts, sports nights, movie nights, fundraisers and outreaches

• to provide food service separately from the sanctuary

• to provide space in which our teens can be separated into smaller groups as necessary for discipleship, teaching and counseling