Why are we adding a Fellowship Room and Pavilion instead of just a Patio or Plaza which would cost less?
We have struggled in recent years to provide an all weather location to support fellowship time after the services. We have used tents on the north patio but this has been difficult because the space is small and cannot be used if it is cold, hot or raining. While we do live in sunny California, many times the weather isn’t conducive to outdoor fellowship. As we plan the use of the space we are adding, we are learning that the Fellowship Pavilion will find many additional uses by the ministries. Considerable time and planning effort was spent in attempting to use the Ministry Center as a part of the Fellowship Pavilion. Differences in floor elevations and circulation patterns led the planning group to conclude that the building could not be feasibly integrated into the pavilion and plaza. In addition, the current ministry center was built 25 years ago and has been the source of considerable maintenance cost in the last few years.
