New Church Office
In the next week or so City Reformed will be moving its offices from Suite 204 at 160 N Craig St. to 3524 Blvd of the Allies.
This is a great move for our church.
We are excited about our new office. Let me give you some of the perks:
-2x the size of our existing office
-A sink (its the simple things that make life so nice)
-a big storage closet, as opposed to a big storage office….
-Much better parking, did I mention it’s free
-better class space
-A chance to make our office look a bit more presentable
Why does getting a new office matter?
Moving to this new space allows us to save money by hosting events in the office that otherwise would have either not taken place, or would have cost us rental money. In our current office we were forced to rent for any event over 20 people, and this caused a dilemma, it was not very wise to invest in furniture if it would not be used, but without furniture the space was less useful, meaning that there was less reason to make it seem presentable. Currently our office is minimally functional. Some people might be thinking that spending money on office furniture is kind of silly, but in reality we are simply trying to make our office reflect our church culture, we want it to be a warn and inviting place where people can get to know each other. In addition if you went to someone’s home and they made you sit on the floor, it might be quaint the first time, but after a while, if they were never finished moving in, you’d start to wonder if this family had some tie to penndot.
What does this mean in the coming weeks?
Most of the people that go to City Reformed have moved in the last few years, so many people understand some of the hassles of moving: packing, transferring services, and trying to find things when you unpack.
With the new office we are going to be moving all of our computers, or library, and all of our paperwork and other stuff to the new office. Much of the furniture in our present office is not owned by us and that means that we will also be purchasing furniture so that when you come into the new office you don’t see Matt or I, sitting on a milk crate in the middle of the floor, typing away at a computer which is sitting on an empty moving box.
This also means that our lines of communication will be hindered for a few days, we are hoping to have much of the move accomplished by sometime next week. Our plan is to have the internet and phones setup next Wednesday, but we might hit some snags. If you send an email next week and we haven’t responded by the end of that week, we would ask that you resend the message.
What does this mean in the long term?
At our church we have three categories of events: small group events (1-20 people), medium size events (20-60 people), and all church events. Our current office was only useful for small group events, so this meant everything was rented for medium events and all church events. Our new space will be able to fill this role of being used for medium sized events.
In the end it’s not about offices with better lighting, or new furniture, it’s about Jesus. Would you pray with us that this new office would be another tool that we can use to extend grace to each other, and to those people who have not yet met Jesus.