Thanks for reading! As our project gets started it’s our hope to give regular weekly updates on the building process, we’re starting out this week with just a little bit of history:
Construction projects aren’t new for the Downs United Methodist. Our Congregation has been in existence here in the Tri-Valley area since 1833. And since that time we’ve had 4 different locations here (an old schoolhouse, a union church shared with Presbyterians, a wooden building east of Hopewell Cemetery, and both a wooden and brick structure at our current location of 102 S Seminary). As the needs of the community and church have shifted, so has our church building, and it’s time to do so again. We have dearly loved the place where we are now, but the limitations of parking, handicap accessibility, and space for children’s ministry are best overcome with a new location.
On October 20th of this year, after the finish of our third building campaign, the congregation reviewed the plans and voted to begin the construction of a new facility. The new location will be on the East Side of State Route 150 (look for our sign), not too far from the entrance to the Tri-Valley Middle School. Just this last Sunday November 17th we also celebrated the ordering of the construction work for our new building.
We do ask that all readers be in prayer for the project. Our church exists to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We wholeheartedly believe that one of the best ways to do that is to share the Good News of God with one another and with the community. We look forward to the many new ways that this can be accomplished in our new location. Come back next week for another update and we’ll share more of the story.