FIVE PRIORITIES1. Passionate Worship - Jesus Christ is the way of Life.

2. Radical Hospitality - All people matter to God and so they matter to us.

3. Lifelong Faith Formation - Following Jesus is a life-long, growing experience.

4. Extravagant Generosity - Every Jesus follower is called to and gifted for Ministry.

5. Bold Service - God is continually at work in us to transform the World.

WELCOME people into a community of followers of Jesus Christ.

GROW with one another in faith and hope in Him.

SEND out one another as Jesus’ compassionate servants into the World.

PURPOSE:

THE JOURNEYAs part of our recent Visioning Process, a facility needs assessment was conducted through a series of cottage meetings and congregational forums to understand how our facility is helping or hindering our Mission. Through that process it was determined that, although the current facility has been a blessing to the Congregation and surrounding community, it is time to expand in order to further our mission through the Holy Spirit and strengthen our core values; specifically in regards to Radical Hospitality and Passionate Worship. In June of 2017, the Leadership Team appointed a Building Committee to determine the best solution to accomplish this task. This work continues with input from the Congregation and the help of JLG Architects.

JLG ArchitectsSOJ Building CommitteeMeet the Team:Dave Van NieuwenhuyzenCatherine DekkengaDan MillerJosh Muckenhirn

Pastor Jeff EiseleJim StavengerMarcy ColwellJason AppelRick LundbergDarlene Weber-ScottPam WaltonBob KadlecikTom KelleyDarin Hage

LISTENING SESSION #1Reviewed Spirit of Joy’s Five Priorities

Discussed Goals & Mission for the Project

Questionairrei. Of the (5) Ministry Priorities, which one most embodies the DNA of who Spirit of Joy is as a congregation? RESPONSE: Lifelong Faith Formation & Radical Hospitality.

ii. Of the (5) Ministry Priorities, which one currently requires the most attention for Spirit of Joy to expand our welcoming, growing, and sending? RESPONSE: Bold Service & Radical Hospitality.

iii. What are some ways Spirit of Joy’s current facility and property serve as effective instruments to help make our (5) Priorities happen? In other words, what is working? RESPONSE: The Gardens, Worship space, and location of the Church are working well.

iv. Is there a Ministry on your heart that does not happen or is seriously limited because of our current building and property? If so, what is it and what about the facility is causing this limitation? RESPONSE: The Gathering/Fellowship space, dedicated Youth space, and lack of Adult Education/Chapel space are limiting the Church.

v. As part of Spirit of Joy’s visioning process, (5) priorities were identified for possible building expansion that could help us better accomplish our minitry priorities. Please rate the priorities 1-5 with (1) being your top priority and (5) being the lowest. RESPONSE: the Worship Space (Sanctuary) and Fellowing/Gathering space were the top two priorities.

vi. Is there another building priority not represented on this list that would allow us to further develop and reinforce our (5) Ministry Priorities? If so, what would that be? RESPONSE: Youth gathering/hang-out space, music space, and Adult Education would allow SOJ to further develop the (5) Ministry Priorities.

vii. When welcoming newcomers and guests to the Church, is there anything about the current facility that you would be apt to apologize for? If so, what would that be? RESPONSE: the Narthex/Fellowship space and traffic flow/congestion were the top two characteristiss Church Partners would apologize for.

Dot-Mocracy Exercisei. Each response was hung on the walls around the Sanctuary, and participants placed “dots” on the responses they felt captured their feelings for each question.

LISTENING SESSION #2Review of Session #1 Findings

Two Design Options Discussedi. Option 1: Renovate and expand the existing Worship space; construct a new Fellowship Hall.ii. Option 2: Construct a new Worship space; renovate existing Worship space into Fellowship Hall.

Playing with Blocksi. The participants were split into (6) groupsii. Each group collaborated through sketch explorations and came up with their own unique design solution

Dot-Mocracy Exercisei. Each group presented their design to the rest of the partiticpantsii. Participants voted on the designs they felt offered the best solution to certain problems. Categories included: Best for Worship (Group 3 won) Best for Fellowship (Group 2 won) Best for Education (Group 4 won) Best for Expandability (Group 3 won) Best Orientation & Flow (Group 3 won)

THE SOLUTIONThe Building Team and Leadership Team thought-fully reviewed the (6) design options created

during Listening Session #2 and felt Option 2 would be the better solution.

Seating Capaity: 300 to 350 (including overflow)Preliminary Project Cost: $2.5 Million - $3 Million

Program of SpacesA - Sactuary/Worship Space (New Addition)B - StorageC - SacristyD - Nursery/Cry Room (New Addition)

i. Direct visibility to Sanctuary to maintain connection to Worship service.

E - Narthex/Gathering space (New Addition)i. The Narthex will have a focus on and direct visibility to the Prayer Gardens.

F - Entry AdditionG - (5) Offices (New Addition)H - Fellowship Hall (Existing Sactuary converted into Fel-lowship Hall)I - Expanded Kitchen/Prep (Existing Nursery absorbed into Kitchen)J - (6) Classrooms (Existing Offices converted to Class-rooms)

i. Preschoolii. Adult Educationiii. Youth Gathering

K - Potential Site & Landscaping Additioni. Prayer Garden Additionii. Community Garden Additioniii. Sidewalk renovation

FLOOR PLAN0 20 40 60

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Operable storefront to allow overflow seating

Narthex direct connection to Prayer Gardens.

Dashed line represents extents of New Construction.

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Existing to RemainFloor Plan Key

Renovated/Refreshed Space

New Construction