This is a picture I took with my phone of some of the 358 stocked backpacks that members at my church Mecklenburg Community Church donated to A Child's Place. A Child's Place is a local organization that helps homeless children prepare for school. Last year was the first year that our church partnered with A Child's Place, so I was very excited to buy and stock 2 backpacks for this year! This is just one of the many reasons why I love my church - we don't just talk about helping people in need we actually DO it.
For the past 6 months or so our church has been undergoing an expansion project with our building. We have now doubled the seating capacity at our main campus by adding a balcony level with stadium style seating. Over the summer while the auditorium was being worked on Meck members were asked to attend another campus so Chad & I got to check out both the Lake Norman and Mountain Island Lake campuses. Since Chad led worship at the first Lake Norman satellite campus, it was cool for us to be able to see how Meck has grown from that first satellite campus experience. This past Sunday was the first weekend that the balcony was open and we were able to sit up there where I took this picture with my phone during the worship time. I'm so thankful to be a part of a church that is growing so much that we've had to expand our physical spaces at all our locations!
Some other stats about our church:
One of our goals is to grow 15% each year which is a REALLY big goal when many churches are rapidly losing people instead of growing. Between 2011-12 Meck grew by 18.56%!
Of that growth this year between 61-77% of those people were unchurched before attending Meck.
Baptisms since Meck began:
1993-97 - 164
1998-02 - 319
2003-07 - 502
2008-12(ytd) - 985
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