What's Happening at Reveille

As we near the completion of our new addition, the Church Council is actively discussing and prayerfully imagining the engaging possibilities of the new building. Above all we want to see the excitement of this new space channeled into our ministries and outreach.

The building committee did a phenomenal job taking our initial dream expansion project and tailoring it to fit within the pledged amount of funds. This meant that about 1/3 of the project had to be removed from the original design for consideration at a later date. Yet the amazing result includes Reveille's hope of creating a larger, brighter, more inspiring chapel, a large dedicated youth space, an enlarged choir room, and a wonderful new welcome area with the convenience of restrooms located near the sanctuary. Since no bank financing was sought, the project encompassed the basics: bricks, mortar, and landscaping.

Here is our opportunity for a new beginning. Very soon we will have an inspiring new chapel with a serenity and presence similar to our wonderful sanctuary, yet with an intimacy that will create a different worship experience. Very soon we will have a new welcome area unlike any space Reveille has ever had. In this space guests and members can have coffee fellowship and develop new friendships. In this space there will be new opportunities for better communication for highlighting outreach and for involvement in all areas of discipleship. In short, very soon we will have a tremendous opportunity to expand our ministries.

An additional opportunity for a new beginning is in furnishing these spaces. Our original building project did not include any furnishings because the focus was on maximizing the return on our investment in the space itself. A wish list has been developed for furnishing these areas. At the top of the list are new chairs for the chapel. No longer will there be wooden pews but comfortable chairs that will have flexibility in arranging. The second key chapel item is a new piano and, at a later time, new chancel furniture.

For the welcome area we would like to have an information desk and furniture useful for casual interaction in sitting areas that will be user friendly for all ages. For announcements, two flat-screen TVs would be ideal.

In the youth space, dream furnishings include white boards, kitchenette items (refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave, pizza warmer), sofas, two flat-screen TV/DVD combination displays for the middle and high school classrooms, and two arcade-quality, durable game tables.

Prayerfully consider a gift to a general fund for furnishing the new building. This entire building project has been very Spirit driven from the outset...the calling of the multi-talented members of the building committee, the alignment of design with funding, the diligent work of HuffMorris Architects and Taylor & Parrish, and the timely payment of pledges to the campaign. It truly seems as though the Holy Spirit has been with us throughout this project, and we look forward to a Spirit-led vitality of our ministries and outreach in the days and years to come.