Not Without You

Blaine Campus Groundbreaking–Coming Soon!

By Tahni Cullen, Promotional Director
Waiting for the groundbreaking on a new building is a funny thing. It reminds me of how an expectant mother at 9 months pregnant just anticipates, waits and wonders when exactly labor is going to kick in so she can really have that baby she’s been planning for. We might as well be doing office pools around here for what exact day the groundbreaking is going to happen for the Blaine campus. Every morning, Blaine’s new campus pastor, Matt Anderson, pokes his head into Executive Director of Operations Jerry Anderson’s office for an update. “No green light yet from the (choose: city, banker, candlestickmaker), but we should know soon,” he says.

We do know this, once we do have that green light–likely within the next week or two–it’s all going to happen REALLY FAST and the ceremonial groundbreaking will be underway in a wink. Then, they’ll toss aside those hand-shovel props quickly as the big machinery moves in and begins construction. We are praying and planning even now for that “holy-moment” pause right before this whole thing gets going full-force.

Campus number four brings us into new territory for a lot of reasons: how we structure our staff for changing realities, engage volunteers, reach a new area for Christ, and further play out the complex simplicities of the multi-site strategy. It’s a new baby. It’s going to be a lot of work and money, but we are so excited to watch it grow. We know God has a great future and destiny for it!

A few weeks ago, the Blaine campus got started by meeting at the Spring Lake Park campus on Sunday evenings at 4 & 6 pm as they anticipate moving into their permanent home in the fall. More than 300 people, most of whom have stepped forward to say, “Blaine is going to be my campus and I want to help get it going,” are attending on Sunday nights to experience weekend services. Many people have already found a place to get trained, volunteer, and invest as part of that campus community. Not only is that helping to take a little attendance pressure off of the bursting Spring Lake Park campus, but when Blaine opens its doors officially, it will do so with a vibrant group of people and leadership to help it soar.

Here’s a sneak peek at some of the renderings for the Blaine campus facility. It’s going to be located at 3603 95th Ave. NE, Blaine, MN  55449. Or, simply, the northeastern corner of I35W and 95th. Yahoo map.
 

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