All Posts
Last night in our building
On Sunday night we met for the last time in our building as it currently exists. It’s been a long time coming, but finally after more than 2 years of planning we’ll be meeting in the Annandale Community Centre while extensive renovations take place.
It was exciting and sad to meet for the last time in that building. I led the meeting, and my Mum came to church with Soph and I. As the night wore on I couldn’t help looking around a little nostagically at the building. Lots of important things for my family have happened within those walls - My parents were married in the church in 1967. Two of my grandparents funerals were held there, and now their ashes reside in the memorial wall. In February 2006 I proposed to Soph under 1500 fairy lights hanging from it’s gorgeous roof.
It’ll be sad in many ways not to be able to walk again through such a pretty church in the future, and recollect the memories of days gone by.
But aside from my family, much more important things have happened there. The gospel has been preached for over 100 years. People have met Jesus there. People have grown in Christ. People have served and loved each other. Currently our meetings are too big for the space - particularly our morning meeting. In around 12 months time there will be a great new facility that will provide room for more people to meet Jesus and meet with God’s people. I’m excited about what God will do in the future, and I’m looking forward to the expreience of learning how to to do church in a tempory venue - it’ll be a good thing for our church to learn to serve one another through the challenges. But I can’t help feeling a little sad at the same time.
Discussion
6 comments for “Last night in our building”
Post a comment
Categories
good post, sam. that’s awesome how you proposed, i didn’t know that:) i agree– both sad and exciting.
lovely post!
Sam, Ben, Soph: I’m not even there anymore and I have the same mix of feelings.
I’m with you guys, it is a sad and exciting time, but hopefully we will still recognise it when it’s done. I think it’ll be just great for the ministry too. Bring on the kitchen!
Thanks for the comments everyone.
It’s funny how we all feel this way - I imagine this is how I’ll feel when my parents eventually move out of our family home. Of course it’s not the bricks and mortar that make a family home what it is, but in a weird way bricks and mortar come to symbolise all your memories of those days.
I totally remember that day Sam when you had the lights up - I wondered what you were doing but kind of had an inkling.
I hear what you are saying sad and exciting at the same time - that’s where we got married too