Building Project Today
New Space for Children & Teens
is Completed and Being Utilized!
All Children, teens, and parents are invited to come and see first hand
our recently finished second floor facilities which
provide over 4200 square feet for our
Children and Youth ministries!
This represents the completion
of Phase 2 of our
Building Project!
We have large separate rooms for
Children's Church
Youth Services
Game Room
Classes
Media Room
Our dedication ceremony for these facilites
took place on August 31st, 2008, followed by an Open House.
We are now holding the following gatherings on the second floor:
Weekly Sunday Morning Children's Church at 10:30 am
Weekly Wednesday Evening Youth Group at 7 pm
Monthly Youth Service on the first Sunday of the Month during
our regular 10:30 am service, starting immediatley after communion.
Our NJ State Overseer, Bishop Bruce Rabon cuts the ribbon to our new second floor facilities, with the support of
Sal Napolitano, construction manager, and Vernon Buntin, trustee.
People are shown here celebrating the Dedication of the New Facilites inside one of the new rooms, the Youth Room.
The teens are eagerly anticipating the various uses of this room for their own worship and activities. Note the words on the far wall which are part of a prayer that the teens wrote in their own words. The prayer was printed out and then the letters were individually cut out and used as stencils by those who hand painted each word on the wall to complete the prayer. This prayer mural work was acccomplished to the credit of a team led by Sal Abela and was started under the leadership and vision of our former youth pastor, Rev. Erin Burleson.
Youth Pastor Jason Wheble watches CJ Schmidt and Savioa Buntin take a few shots at basketball in the new game room. The game room also has a pool table, air hockey table, ping pong table, and foosball table. Selected video games and other fun games are planned as well.
These three young ladies enjoy one of the new classrooms!
Looking Further Ahead
Later, in Phase 3 of our Building Project, an expansion
to our main building will provide a
Family Activity Center/Gymnasium
which will be used for our
children and youth sports & recreation as well as
for the congregation's fellowship and dining.
Outdoor Recreational Areas
may include ball fields,additional picnic areas,
basketball courts, and walking trails.
We will be using all these facilities for ministry to the people
of our congregation and also to reach out and benefit the
lives of additional people in this community.
This building expansion has also been approved by
the Freehold Township Board of Adjustment.
our active roll has essentially doubled in size.
We have ample space for visitors and room for growth.
We are also in a position to grow significantly more as a congregation
while still continuing to use our current facilities through the
addition of more services. When the need arises, our building plans
also allow for the potential to expand our sanctuary
beyond the current building to provide
even more seating.
Below is one of our initial diagrams showing the
floor plan for the 2nd Floor Youth and Children's Space - Phase 2 (on right)
and Gymnasium - Phase 3 (on left).
The Family Center/Gymnasium is the large room on your left which will be used for sports outreach including basketball, wrestling, etc. It will also serve as a large room for church fellowship dinners, banquets, and major events. The section on the right represents the second floor and includes a children's church room, youth room, and media room (front) as well as two classrooms (back middle) and a game room (back right). Please note this original drawing has been slightly modified to allow for a different configuration for the restrooms on the middle right.
Photos of today's facilities
and information on our people can be found in the
"Who We Are" link
on your left.
Photos from 2003
Phase I - Completion
Current Building First Floor
Our sign at the entrance
Here is the church building the Lord provided for us!
Now we are facing the main entrance.
A view as we enter the sanctuary.
The front of the sanctuary.
For more information on the Phase I Building Project history,
please see the link on your left "Building Project" and
them click on the sub - link "History of the Building Project."