August 29, 2023 • Matt Dean, Lee Cadden • Philippians 4:5–7
If you are new to Grace Auburn, on January 25 of 2024, we closed on our Skyway Drive property that will be our future home. We secured the building for $9.5M with a combination of our giving and financing with a Christian private equity group that partners with our church planting network. The process - from fundraising, rezoning requests, purchase, and now design for a renovation - has been one that we have kept before the church when relevant. Per our request, our architect has provided a master plan for a full conversion of the building – We asked the architect to design this building with all the potential for ministry we could imagine...from the parking lot and green spaces that would provide welcoming experiences, a lobby that could host fellowship gatherings and lingering between services, a simple and beautiful space for worship, offices for our staff, and enough space for kids, students, and our campus ministries to thrive. In this week's podcast, Lee and Matt reflect on Matt's sermon from Sunday when we shared with the congregation where we are in the process and what its going to require to move into Skyway Drive.
In this week's episode, Lee Cadden and Mark Weeks wrestle with the same question each elder has been asked during this series, from 1 Timothy 3, "Why do you desire the noble task of elder in this local church?" Mark shares his journey into Grace Auburn with his wife, Michele, and their children, how the Father has grown his family since joining the church, and how He is shaping each of us through our time as elders.
In this short podcast episode, Lee Cadden updates the Grace Auburn family on where we are in the construction design process, introduces our construction team (links below) and how we came about selecting the, and discusses why we are approaching this move with a phased construction approach. Chambless King Architects - https://shorturl.at/braef Johnson Kreise Construction - https://shorturl.at/awvy6
