Trinity Baptist Church Celebrates One Year Anniversary of The Timothy Center

In May of 2009, Trinity Baptist Church in Westfield, Indiana dedicated their new building addition, “The Timothy Center".   The past year has been an exciting one in the newly expanded and renovated building, designed and built by Aspen Group.   Senior Pastor Bob Brenneman shared some ministry updates with us from the last year:

• The new Commons Area is “so much more than a foyer,” Pastor Brenneman told us.  The fellowship time in the Commons has become the “favorite time” for the congregation  It is packed after the morning service with people connecting, talking, and enjoying fellowship. 

•  Everybody loves the windows in the Commons that look out to the new outdoor playground!

• The outdoor playground
  has served as another “church sign" or “welcome sign".   There have been new families visit because they saw the playground and knew it was a place where kids are welcome.

• The flexibility through the use of operable walls has provided countless options for the way they do ministry. When all the operable walls are “open”, it provides a 3500 square feet open area.  “No matter how the ministry space is set up,” said Pastor Brenneman, “it looks like that is the way it was designed to be.”

• Children and teen ministries have grown in the last year – prompting the hiring of a part-time Youth Pastor.

• The kids love the open space in the new addition.  The operable walls have even been creatively configured for “nerf gun wars” in the space!  “The kids just light up when the space is open – it is an exciting time of gathering,” Pastor Brenneman shared.

The careful alignment of this space with the culture and ministry at Trinity Baptist Church has been a catalyst for ministry growth.  It is so exciting to see new young families coming to Trinity and staying, becoming part of the church family!   

Comments

[Josh]

I have been in this space, and I would have to agree that it is an incredibly versatile space. I think I heard someone refer to it as the "Swiss Army Knife Facility".