March 11, 2010
Why do you stand here? - Part II
Posted by Garry
To most fully live out the calling of Summit Waterford – we need to be in the Waterford community. If you have committed to be a part of the team, we need you. Even if you still have questions, we need you. Summit Waterford simply won’t be the fellowship of people it is called to be without you. But as we move quickly towards launching Summit Waterford in Waterford we do have increased clarity on some of the most pressing questions.
When is Summit’s Waterford team moving to east Orlando?
Sunday, March 21st (with services at 9 and 11am)
What is the status of the permanent facility?
As we move into this temporary facility we are still actively pursuing a permanent space. We are in active negotiations on a building. If we were to secure that facility in the coming weeks (which is possible) we will likely be able to occupy this permanent space by fall of this year.
Where is Waterford’s temporary campus?
Lawton Chiles Elementary School (11001 Bloomfield Drive Orlando, FL 32825)
This location gives us great access to our entire team through close proximity to 408 and 417, Rouse, Lake Underhill, and Dean Road. It also is located very near or intended target area for a permanent facility.
Why an elementary school?
Lawton Chiles Elementary School gives us a facility to worship and grow in while demanding relatively small start-up cost. This school has been very accommodating to us and will allow us to store all of our equipment on-site. This means set-up/tear-down will be more easily done on a Sunday (just to clarify, we still really need you to pour into the set-up/tear-down process).
How long will we be in this temporary space?
As long as is needed to secure, design, and construct our permanent facility and not a day longer. This is a temporary solution as we look forward to our permanent home.
What will be available at this temporary space?
In each of the two services, all aspects will be live with the exception of the video broadcast of the sermon teaching. Each week one of the Summit worship bands will lead the service in worship and there will be live Strategic Concerns specific to the Waterford campus.
Base Camp will be an essential part of the ministry in this temporary space. Families of kids in children’s ministry who have committed to be a part of Summit Waterford will receive an orientation packet in the coming days that will give vital information about classroom assignments and check-in procedures, but in most ways the process will be very similar to the process at the Herndon campus. There will even be large group for our K-5th kids.
Currently we are in the process of determining the feasibility of Base Camp Live! in the temporary space. We are working diligently to develop a form of BCL while we are there.
Because this facility is a Sunday only facility, there are ministry components that happen during the week at the Herndon campus that won’t occur for logistical reasons at the temporary facility. Fortunately, as we are one church meeting on multiple campuses, we would invite those interested to participate in those ministries at Herndon, and we will do everything we can to facilitate that happening.
Seeing people connected in Christ-centered relationships is core. We currently have more than ten Summit Connect: Waterford Groups and will continue to both train leaders and offer Group Nights so that people can move towards deepening relationships.
