{"id":10102,"date":"2007-09-18T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T18:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10102"},"modified":"2011-08-08T13:53:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:53:03","slug":"5830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/09\/18\/5830\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Celebrates New Sanctuary for a Month of Sundays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VALLEY SPRINGS, CA (September 18, 2007) \u2013 Good Samaritan Community Covenant Church recently moved into its new 400-seat sanctuary, which pastor Jeff Mitchell says was a wonderful way to help celebrate the church\u2019s 20th anniversary.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10162\" title=\"0917-Good-Samaritan-covenant\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/0917-Good-Samaritan-covenant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/0917-Good-Samaritan-covenant.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/0917-Good-Samaritan-covenant-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The  new facility seats 400\u2014twice the size of the multipurpose room where  the congregation previously met. The grand opening for the new sanctuary  was celebrated throughout the month of August. The celebration took  place over four Sundays:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transition Sunday: 400 people began the service in the former sanctuary and processed to the new sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li>Outflow  Sunday: The congregation gathered to prepare for greeting the community  at the AWANA carnival held in the church parking lot later in the day.  Mitchell says 1,700 people attended the carnival.<\/li>\n<li>Dedication  Sunday: Many former members and staff joined in dedicating the facility,  and the congregation recommitted itself to reaching out to the  community.<\/li>\n<li>Celebration Sunday: Nearly 600 people gathered as  Rick Alonzo, artist and evangelist, shared the gospel through painting,  music and the word. \u201cMore than 40 young people and adults responded to  an invitation to receive Jesus Christ for the first time,\u201d Mitchell  says.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/old.covchurch.org\/uploads\/Gf\/oD\/GfoDm05nUaT0zaBk-BUrTw\/0918-good-samaritan-inside-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"left\" \/>Good  Samaritan is in a rural setting, about an hour outside of Sacramento,  and once considered \u201cout in the middle of nowhere,\u201d Mitchell says. But  the area has been developing and the church has intentionally reached  out to its new neighbors. As a result, the congregation of roughly 320  has doubled in size over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe church leadership  has maintained a missional view to reach the Valley Springs community  for Jesus Christ,\u201d Mitchell says. \u201cThey have made the difficult  decisions that make the church a lighthouse rather than a clubhouse. The  leadership encourages the pastoral staff to fulfill their call while  they are committed to fulfilling their own call in service and  outreach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new construction was funded in part by a loan from National Covenant Properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=10102&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALLEY SPRINGS, CA (September 18, 2007) \u2013 Good Samaritan Community Covenant Church recently moved into its new 400-seat sanctuary, which pastor Jeff Mitchell says was a wonderful way to help celebrate the church\u2019s 20th anniversary. 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