The Community is invited! Groundbreaking celebration

 

I want to invite the community to the Groundbreaking on the first-phase building at Chain of Lakes on Sunday, August 15 at 10:30am. The worship service/groundbreaking will take place under a tent(s), so it will happen rain or shine. It's BYOS--Bring Your Own Shovel! It's not necessary, but if you know you are coming sign up at colpres.org and/or on the Facebook Event page. 

This event is meant for the wider community as the people of Chain of Lakes Church have always wanted to make an impact in the wider community. At the very first worship service Chain of Lakes collected Haiti Hygiene bags as a way to provide relief after the horrific earthquake in Haiti. For the past five years, Chain of Lakes has committed our congregation to be part of a movement to end homelessness in Anoka County. We do this by establishing partnerships with organizations who provide direct relief to homeless groups. We currently have partnerships with HOPE 4 Youth, Stepping Stone, Blaine High School, and HOPE for the Community. In the past two months we’ve established partnerships with River Trails Learning Center and Threshold to New Life. 

Our commitment to service comes from our faith. Being part of a movement that ends homelessness is more than “doing good.” It’s our own commitment to the Kingdom that Jesus launched when he came to the earth. 

The people of Chain of Lakes love to grow in personal faith. We have great dreams for prayer, and small groups, and worship in the new building. We have a deep desire to help people grow in their faith life, to be healthy in their relationship life, to be healed from the pain of past wounds, and to discover their identity (which I call the Inspirational Intersection, which is the intersection between what God wants us to do and be & what we want to do and be.) 

Chain of Lakes has worshiped in many different worship locations. We started at the Lino Lakes Senior Center, then worshiped at Da Vinci Academy, Roosevelt Middle School, Northpoint Elementary School, and since late 2014 at our location on Davenport. For the past two summers we’ve shared Drive-In worship on the church property. Our goal has always been to create a building in the Lakes neighborhood. Now we are finally ready to break ground. 

In finding out about the groundbreaking many people have shared congratulations and rewarded our congregation on our patience. We never thought it would take 12 years to celebrate a groundbreaking. I think these past 12 years have taught our congregation patience and dependance on God. We could have never gotten to this point without the workings of the Spirit. 

Come celebrate this Sunday, August 15 at 10:30 on the church property. The property is located on Main just east of Malmborg’s Nursery. Go to colpres.org for more information. 

Come and enjoy this community celebration!