Baptist Builder— Grace Baptist Church, Charlottetown, PEI
Appeal: #254
Located in beautiful Charlottetown, PEI, Grace Baptist Church continues to be a pillar in the community for the glory of God. Over the past five years the congregation has experienced exponential growth, climbing from 250 to 375 attendees in most Sunday services, nearly exceeding the sanctuary’s capacity. While they are thrilled to have new people making Grace Baptist their home church, the ability to serve them well has been increasingly constrained.
Faced with the dilemma of how to accommodate the growth, church leadership considered two options. The first was to shift to providing two morning services. Having lived through this during the COVID-19 pandemic when social distancing was mandatory, they recognized the strain this would place on volunteers in addition to the sense of division created from having two services instead of one church body worshipping together.
The second and agreed-upon option considered by the leadership involved reconfiguring the current sanctuary layout to accommodate additional seating. The reconfiguration would include:
- Removal of the existing angled platform and construction of a new “straight-on” platform
- Installation of new flooring where the previous platform used to be
- Resituating of the lighting, sprinkler system, heat pumps, monitor/projector, and AV wiring to accommodate the reconfiguration
- Installation of new sanctuary door
- Painting
- Purchase of additional chairs
The anticipated cost for this project is $54,000.
Baptist Builder is seeking to come alongside Grace Baptist Church to provide financial assistance for this project. Will you prayerfully consider how the Lord would have you partner with the congregation for this exciting project?