Yahoo! Tonight’s New Community service will be in the new half of our auditorium. We’re moving in to the somewhat unfinished space to allow for renovation on the older half of the auditorium. Both sides will be completed so that we can use the full auditorium within the next 5 to 6 weeks. Jason Powell has more details over on his site about the transition.

Here are some fun facts for you stats cats who want to know the nitty gritty details:

  • The old auditorium held about 1,100 people. Ultimately we’ll be able to accommodate 2,200 in the expanded auditorium; however, our initial goal is to use 1,750 seats (because that’s all we can accommodate with current parking and children’s space).
  • We’re also doubling the children’s center which is on the lower level just below the auditorium. I believe we’ll end up with about 30,000 square feet in the children’s center.
  • We plan for one child for about every 3.5 adults who attend our services.
  • We currently have almost 900 parking spaces and we’re planning to add another 300 spaces by the end of the summer to accommodate the 1,750 adults in each service.
  • We plan about 1 parking spot for every 1.5 seats in our auditorium. In other words, it takes a lot of parking to be able to fill that many seats.
  • Planning parking? You’ll need about 1 acre for every 100 spaces and around here it costs about $1,000 per space. In other words, it takes a lot of money to build parking lots.
  • About 1,100 families pledged nearly $6,000,000 to fund the construction in our Come Together campaign.
  • We used Injoy Stewardship Services to help us with the stewardship campaign. It’s worth every dollar to hire experts to help with stewardship campaigns.

Wish you could be here to join in the fun. Maybe you can join us for one of our WiredChurches.com events later this year to experience the new space on your own. We’d love to have you.

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