So the big news this last Sunday is that Antioch is moving from the Regal to Summit High.
There are a ton of reasons we are moving out of the Regal and we are pretty excited that such an amazing facility came through just when we needed it!!
On Sunday I conveyed that I dragged my heels more than anyone else on staff (since the theatre felt like my baby), but realized after a while that it isn’t a choice of which option is better… the truth is that the theatre is no longer an option.
Some of the pluses of the school are the theatre (it has over 600 seats so we can go back to 1 service again), the amount of space that we can use for children’s ministries (we were beginning to exceed our limit at the Children’s Museum), the commons area that will allow our church community ample time to hang around after the service and fellowship, the outside areas that can be used by the youth during the summer, the parking, the house lighting (people will actually be able to see their bibles now!!) and the cost — it is actually cheaper per week than the theatre!
It’s going to be a ton of work over the next month as we head towards a January 20th start date. The analogy I have is the initial start up when you are water skiing… you hold on for dear life and then once everything planes out it gets a lot easier :)
Cute video. I think this is such a great move for Antioch. Makes sense. Great facility. I’m behind it 100%.
Can’t wait for the first service to check it out. The video makes it look very attractive.
As long as there is good coffee I don’t care where we meet! (Gotta have the java)
Hey, where did my comment go?
You aren’t censoring are you?
Dear Anonymous,
I did censor a comment that had a link to a website that I didn’t feel was profitable to be on here.
Antioch chose to pursue Summit as a meeting place because the auditorium fits our needs and it is the only high school that currently does not have a church meeting in it.
I am not interested in any of the politics between high schools or with the Bend – La Pine School District. Issues regarding money spent on Summit, with their sports facilities or even their students are not relevant in my mind to our use of the school on Sunday mornings.
I rarely censor anything on the blog (maybe twice now) but didn’t feel that a web page slamming a high school and its students is relevant to the topic.
Hmm…I think you missed my point, which is understandable now that I think about it.
I was linking to that video by Summit High students, not necessarily to the opinions of the blogger that surrounded it.
Clearly that blogger has a problem with Summit. Of course, when you watch the video, you can see some evidence of why.
I don’t care where we meet. Antioch is great and I love it and that shouldn’t change because of location.