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May 7, 2008

Church of the Holy Spirit breaks ground for new sanctuary

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Church of the Holy Spirit recently broke ground for a new sanctuary on Merriman Road.

The new sanctuary will seat approximately 1,000 worshippers and will allow the congregation to convert their current sanctuary into a large Fellowship Hall.

The Rev. Quigg Lawrence emphasized that “this new facility is not something we need. We all already have our seats. We are building this for people who are not yet disciples and followers of Jesus.”

Pictured: Stuart Pearson, Dr. David Black, George Funk, David Funk, Bishop Alex Bilindabagabou, The Rev. Keith Allen, John Calvin Allen, Cindy Fendley, Ernie Lefevbre and Doug Wright, Tim Harris, Dr. Lee Helms, Stoney Rutherfoord, Sandi Helms, and The Rev. Dr. Quigg Lawrence.

Photo by Fred Hogrefe

In fact, he said, in the last few years, Church of the Holy Spirit has built five large churches in Cuba and China, a seminary in Rwanda and have joined hands to plant CHS-Orchard Hills in Botetourt and CHS-The River in Blacksburg.
Church of The Holy Spirit started as a small group Bible study and prayer group in 1985 and began Sunday worship in 1986 at the home of Dean and Ann Bailey.
Lawrence came for his trial sermon in November 1988 and was instituted as the first Rector of the new parish in January of 1989. The church at that time was about 40 people strong.
In 1990, the Church moved to North Cross school and worshipped there until they moved to their present location at 6011 Merriman Road in October 1996.
While there have been many minor additions and even a large chapel, student ministry and adult wing in 2004, the new sanctuary will be the most ambitious project to date.

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[May 8, 2008 5:13 PM]

John Barnhart

Good job Fred! The light was really working against you and you still got a good shot.

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