New Church Home Opportunity
Update July 20: Praise God! The Landlord of 908 Trailview has agreed to sign our Lease, so we expect to be in our new space by October. Thank you, Jesus! We've already received $211,000 in our recent fundraising. If you'd like to give to buy furnishings, go to our e-giving page, and click on "Building Fund."
New church site:
908 Trailview Blvd., Leesburg, VA 20175
For directions to the site, click here.
CHS Fundraising Need for New Church Home – June 2010
We have been blessed with a lease opportunity that is right on Route 7 on the east edge of Leesburg - the former Shenandoah University campus. It is the highly visible, centrally located, and easily reached facility at 908 Trailview Blvd. This space provides ample room for worship today (185 seats) and plenty of room for growth. It has room for our discipleship programs, youth and children's activities, and nursery. There is space for fellowship, administration, and a Pastor's office. As of July 15, we have raised over $211,000 for this effort. We are still in negotiations leading up to a signed lease agreement. Please pray for us. To give online, click here.
Early in 2009, the CHS Vestry set a primary objective of finding space that would be available to us seven days a week, so we could fulfill all parts of our mission. We sought a space where all age groups, from mature adults to toddlers, could study, learn and be discipled, not only on Sunday, but throughout the week. We searched for a place where we could minister to each other and to those outside our fellowship. We wanted a centrally located place to enable community outreach, and a space that would support our growth as the Lord brought more worshipers through our doors. We sought a permanent place for worship without the taxing effort of weekly set-up and tear-down. We sought offices outside of the Nixon’s home. Those objectives just weren't fulfilled by any place that we considered - until now!
We have been blessed with a lease opportunity that is right on Route 7 on the east edge of Leesburg - the former Shenandoah University campus. It is the highly visible, centrally located, and easily reached facility at 908 Trailview Blvd. This space provides ample room for worship today (185 seats) and plenty of room for growth. It has room for our discipleship programs, youth and children's activities, and nursery. There is space for fellowship, administration, and a Pastor's office. We have begun showing this space to our congregation, and so far, we have heard nothing but enthusiastic support for this location. Each member of your Vestry is enthusiastic about the space and believes that it fulfills all our needs today and in the foreseeable future.
This great space comes with some financial challenges that we as a church family have just about overcome. Typically, build-out costs for commercial leases are amortized over the lease term and paid as part of rent. We were not given that option. Because we are a young church, the offer from this landlord is structured so that we must pay upfront for all of the cost of building-out the space to meet our needs. Then we would then enjoy a much lower and very reasonable rent for the next 7.5 to 13.5 years. Yes, this means that we have some upfront cash requirements that are fairly steep, but doable, and then monthly rent that would be a modest increase over what we experience today.
Back in December, we set a goal to raise $200,000, and we have now raised over $211,000. Praise God! Now (7/10) the Landlord is telling us we may have to pay tens of thousands more to build out the space. Please give generously and sacrificially. Please make your check payable to CHS, with "Building Fund" in the memo line. Or, you can use our e-giving option. Remember, this is a one time investment to build out this facility or one like it, which would provide us with a stable home for the next 10+ years.
Most importantly, please pray. Pray that we will be able to bring the lease negotiations to a quick and favorable close.
We believe that Church of the Holy Spirit has been blessed to find this space. It is a location that will provide stability, and will help us grow. It has what we need to worship, to teach, to learn, to disciple, to evangelize, and to reach out to the local community. We are praying that God will bless financially each member and attender of Church of the Holy Spirit, providing ample means to support this effort. We also pray that we will celebrate a new measure of God's grace being poured out on us in 2010.
1. From Mill Run School, head north to turn left (west) on Waxpool Rd.
(a.k.a. Truro Parish Drive)
2. At the end of Truro Parish Drive, turn right onto Belmont Ridge Rd./VA-659
3. Proceed north about 4 miles to the light on Rt. 7
4. Turn left (west) on Rt. 7. Proceed less than 2 miles, and get in
the left lane.
5. You can see 908 Trailview in brown brick with a big "Lease" sign on it
from Rt. 7 as you slow down to turn; and the Car dealer is on the left.
6. Turn left at the traffic light onto Cardinal Park Dr. SE
7. After about 200 yards, turn left onto Trailview Blvd SE.
8. After ¼ mile, the road ends; turn left to stay on Trailview.
9. Turn left almost immediately again in front of the County parking lot.
10. Go to end and turn right. Park your car.
11. 908 Trailview Blvd SE is on the right. The entrance is shared by the
Loudoun Library admin offices. The front door does not face Rt. 7, the back
door does.
908 Trailview Blvd. SE, Leesburg, VA 20175-4415
