What to Expect: Little Pillars

The following post is from Jenae Tegtmeier, one of our Little Pillars Leaders:

I'm sure there are lots of questions around what to expect as we move into Piedmont Park SDA as a temporary space for the next few months, especially pertaining to kids on Sunday morning. This post will hopefully answer most of your questions so that you're familiar with what to do for the kids on Sunday mornings in the new space.

Parents:

For the most part, everything will function as usual. Wee Pillars (kids age 0-3) can be checked in before the service. Little Pillars (kids age 3-6) will be released prior to the sermon. As always, kids of all ages are also always welcome in the main sanctuary space.  

We will have a sign-in table and name tag station at the front of the hallway as you enter the building. The two classrooms are slightly down a side hallway but we'll have the sign-in table in the more visible spot at the front of the hallway. When in doubt, look for signage and smiling faces sitting at a pop-up table!

Volunteers:

We will have two rooms for the kids. Wee Pillars (0-3) and Little Pillars (3-6). How you serve and what age group you're with will not change if you've been at Near South. For Northeast, be sure to reply to Hannah's survey about what age room you would like serve in now.

Please plan to arrive at 9:40 am on the Sundays that you serve. This will give the point people (Jenae, Stephanie, or Chelsea) time to give everyone a quick debrief on the rooms, what toys to use/not use, bathroom set up, etc. before the kids begin to arrive.

You'll begin to see schedule requests in Planning Center coming your way again soon. Please respond to these in a timely manner as we begin to build back up to being planned 2-3 months in advance.

Feel free to reach out to Jenae Tegtmeier or Stephanie Vadnais or Chelsea Bates with any questions!

Reminder: Tomorrow is Moving and Cleaning Day!

Thank you to all those who have worked hard at packing this week.  We've gotten so much done!  Many thanks to everyone who donated boxes too.  We've received more than enough at this point!  

Just a reminder: we'll be loading up, moving most stuff out, and cleaning tomorrow morning (12/9), beginning at 9am at both Near South and Northeast.

We can use as many hands as possible to help with the move.  A pizza lunch will be provided for those helping!

Reminder for anyone helping at Near South: extra vacuums, mops, and rags will be helpful to make the cleaning portion go quicker.

A Call for Boxes

We have a need for boxes at 2 Pillars Near South.  Medium size and large ones would be fantastic!  If you have any boxes at home that can be used for packing, please bring them to the church building and leave them in the office area.

Thanks!!

All Hands on Deck for Moving & Cleaning

As we prepare to exit our building at 15th and South as well as our 2PC Northeast office space on Havelock Avenue, we've slotted Saturday, December 9th, and Sunday, December 10th, as two days for moving the majority of stuff into storage in prep for going mobile in January.

Prior to December 9th, our aim is to have most areas packed up.  We'll then have a large moving truck rented and ready to load beginning Saturday morning (the 9th) at 9am at 15th and South.  We can use as many hands as possible to help with the move.  We'll likely be at it most of the day so come and go as you need to.  We're planning to rent the moving truck through Sunday so if we don't get done on Saturday, we will plan to finish on Sunday afternoon.

We'll also be cleaning that weekend so if moving isn't your thing, please come to help clean!

Celebrate Jesus and 1430 South Street!

As we keep looking forward to merging and moving, we're also keeping an eye on the calendar!  At 2 Pillars Near South we will continue to meet in our building at 1430 South Street through the end of the year; however, we've also got to be out of here by the end of the year!  That means between now and the end of the year (including working around holidays), we will be slowly packing up and moving out of 1430 South Street.

One of the big areas of packing up and moving out includes the auditorium.  To that end our musician leaders are planning a "tear down" day this Sunday evening, November 26th, when a hand-picked team of music gear ninjas will start to carefully deconstruct and pack up our A/V equipment.  

Before they do that though, they'd also like to invite the entire body to join together for a time of singing and prayer that afternoon—from 3:00-3:45pm.

Come one, come all, and spread the word for celebrating Jesus and 1430 South Street together, this Sunday, at 3pm!!!

Temporary Space Update

We received word from the Piedmont Seventh Day Adventist Church (at 48th and A) that their board voted this past Monday night to proceed with renting out their building to us on Sunday mornings!  

At this point, there are still several details to work out in order to finalize the agreement, so please keep this in prayer.  Once the deal becomes official, we'll post more information but as of now, we simply wanted to share that this seems to be the direction God is leading us for our temporary Sunday gathering space need beginning in January.

Pray for Temporary Space

As we look forward to January and the transitions coming our way, one of the biggest remaining questions marks for us is the location of temporary meeting space beginning January 7.  

Our original plan was to begin meeting together in January at the Joyo Theatre (the current meeting location for 2 Pillars Northeast); however, after further consideration we believe that location is not optimal—primarily due to the challenges associated with having enough space to effectively conduct our Little Pillars ministry.

We have at least eight other leads that we have been doggedly pursuing and are currently narrowed-in on 2-3 options.  Pastor Adam and myself have been touring these options the last couple of weeks and are currently waiting to hear back from one of them which should aid in landing on a decision soon.

Please be in prayer over this process in the following ways:

1. Pray for God's wisdom to guide this decision-making process
2. Pray for God's generous provision as we seek out what He has for us
3. Pray for a spirit of unity and adventure in our body as we look to a season of locational upheaval