We believe God has given us an opportunity to prepare for the next generation. Our current facility has served us faithfully for nearly 50 years, but many of our spaces were designed for a different time and a different ministry context. As God continues to bring children, families, guests, and new opportunities for ministry to CCC weekly, we want our facility to support, not limit, what God is doing. NEXT is about creating space for ministry today while preparing for the people God may bring tomorrow. NEXT will create new environments for more engagement in our Kids Ministry, Student Ministry, Adult Discipleship, Sunday Worship, Office Space, and connection & community.

Reaching the next generation is one of our greatest Kingdom opportunities. For the past 5 years we have focused on Growing & Developing the NEXT Generation as one of our strategic pillars. Children's Ministry is not simply childcare. It is a place where children learn who Jesus is, experience  community, and begin developing a walk with Jesus that can shape the rest of their lives. The new space will be designed specifically around the way we minister to children today while giving us room to grow tomorrow. We aren't just building rooms for kids, we are building environments to foster spiritual formation for years to come.

Because the safety and security of our children are top priorities for us as a church. Parents should be able to worship with confidence knowing that their children are in a safe, secure, and loving environment. The new state of the art Kids Ministry environment will provide improved check-in, controlled access, clearer visibility, and a more intentional separation between children's areas and the rest of the building. Our goal is to create a space that is both secure and welcoming. This new wing will serve as a place where children are excited to come, and parents feel peaceful and blessed dropping them off.

Ministry happens best when people can move, connect, and interact easily. Today, portions of our building can feel disconnected from one another with multiple entrances. Not only does this cause confusion for new guests, but also security concerns. Families, guests, volunteers, and ministry teams often have to navigate non-intuitive areas of the facility to get where they need to go. NEXT will create a more intentional flow throughout the building, making it easier to find where you are going, connect with others, and use our facility throughout the week. A more connected building helps create a more connected church.

No. Growth is part of the conversation, but the vision is bigger than growth. We want to be prepared for the next generation God brings to CCC, but we also want to create environments that help people grow deeper, serve others, build relationships, and live on mission. NEXT gives us additional capacity for going deep AND wide in our ministry approach.

We will turn that space into additional ministry capacity for the entire church, specifically adult discipleship & new staff offices. As Kids Ministry moves into its new addition, the existing first floor will be repurposed for 10 new offices, Mom & Baby Room, Wiggly Kids Room, and additional storage. Having offices on the first floor is much more suitable for welcoming guests, weekly office functionality, deliveries, security, and much more. This new office space already has a dedicated entrance that will allow the offices to be welcoming, yet private, and secure. We envision the upstairs to support small groups & bible studies, care counseling, mentoring, meetings, leadership development, and other activities that happen throughout the week. We want every square foot of our building to help people take their NEXT step toward Jesus.

The Atrium was designed to be a place where people gather, and we want to reclaim and enhance that purpose by positioning it in a more strategic location for our new building flow. With the new layout of the building, and a new main entrance, the Atrium will function less as a pass-through on your way somewhere else, but function as a hub and key gathering space of our church. We are able to re-tool our second largest room in the church for better functionality, connection, and overall usage, all while connecting easily to our largest facility bathrooms. Connecting the new building directly to the Atrium will create opportunities for people to gather before and after services, meet new people, enjoy fellowship, host events, and experience the hospitality of CCC without needing to stress about when to make the trek across the building for worship on Sundays. We want to be a church where people linger, connect, and build relationships, not simply arrive and leave.

Because a clear front door creates a better experience for everyone who walks onto our campus. One primary entrance will provide a more obvious point of arrival for guests while improving security, building flow, communication, and overall efficiency. For someone visiting CCC for the first time, we want the experience to be simple: “I know where to go, I know where my family needs to be, and I feel welcomed.” A more intentional entrance, through a beautiful new outdoor patio connector space, helps us communicate that from the moment someone arrives.

Yes! Ministry is better when our ministry leaders can work together and be accessible to our church family. Today, our staff works from four different locations throughout the church, some working in classrooms and closets. We currently have 3 dedicated offices to meet the needs of our 11 person staff. Bringing our staff together into one ministry area will improve communication, collaboration, efficiency, and accessibility. This isn't about creating nicer offices; it is about creating a better working environment for our staff.

We get to reclaim more than 1,500+ square feet of existing space for our children and next generation ministries! Rather than spending significantly more money to build this square footage from the ground up, we can remodel and repurpose space we already have. The upstairs area will be seamlessly connected to our expanded Kids Ministry space and provide a flexible environment for Club 45 on Sunday mornings, Student Ministry small groups on Sunday nights, and other CCC ministry functions throughout the week. Once the room is opened up, it will comfortably accommodate 50–75 people, giving us a versatile space to disciple, equip, and reach the NEXT generation. This is a great example of maximizing what God has already given us while creating more space for what He wants to do NEXT.

Because the Great Commission calls us not only to reach people, but to make disciples. Growth at CCC isn't ultimately measured by how many people attend a service. We want people to grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus and become equipped to help others follow Him. Because of the growth of our Kids Ministry, we have 1 ongoing adult discipleship room. Additional discipleship space will give us room for Bible studies, classes, leadership development, mentoring, equipping, and other opportunities for spiritual formation. We want to make room not just for more people, but for deeper discipleship.

The decision to expand the room and remove the balcony is about creating a space that is more flexible, connected, and useful now as well as for the future. Removing the balcony will allow us to:

• Create greater flexibility for conferences, banquets, concerts, outreach events, and other large gatherings by introducing significantly more usable floor space.
• Add approximately 320 additional seats in the room, when needed.
• Improve sightlines, movement, and overall building flow.
• Bring our congregation together on one level for worship, creating a greater sense of unity and community when we gather for worship.
• It is coincidentally time to replace our sound system. Balcony removal now will allow us to design the sound system for the long-term vision of the room, rather than investing in a system that would eventually need to be replaced when the balcony was removed. It is  cheaper to design an audio system for a room with no balcony.
• Better utilize the current front lobby area sq. footage which is not functioning beyond acting as a hallway and tertiary building entrance.
• Lay the groundwork for easy worship center expansion in the future, if needed.

The balcony has served CCC well for many years. But as we look toward the next 50 years, we believe the worship center can serve our church and community better as one unified space. We are not simply changing the layout, we are creating greater capacity, flexibility, and unity for what comes NEXT.

No, it will actually increase it. But the goal is not simply to maximize the number of seats in a room, it is to create a space that can serve a variety of ministry purposes effectively. Removing the balcony and expanding into the Lobby gives us significantly more usable floor space and allows us to add approximately 320 additional seats on the main level when future growth requires them. We currently set out 450 chairs on a Sunday, and 500 for special services. Our growth tracking indicates we could grow to 800-1,000 adults in the next 5-6 years between our two services. This gives us a more flexible room for worship services, conferences, concerts, banquets, outreach events, community gatherings, and helps us prepare for the future growth the Lord will bring.

Our mission has not changed, but the ministry environment around us has. The building we have today was designed for the ministry needs of a different time. We are incredibly grateful for those who built and sacrificed for CCC decades ago. Now we have the opportunity to do the same for those who come after us. The question isn't, “What's wrong with what we have?” The better question is: “How can we steward what God has given us and prepare it to serve the people He may bring through our doors for the NEXT 50 years?”

No. The building is the tool, people are the mission. A new kids room cannot change a child's heart. New offices cannot make disciples. A renovated worship center cannot save someone, Jesus does that. But environments matter, and space can either help or hinder ministry. NEXT is about creating environments where children learn about Jesus, families find community, people are discipled, leaders are equipped, and our church reaches our community more effectively. We are building for expanded ministry, not space.

We are deeply grateful that CCC is debt free, and we do not take that stewardship lightly. Our ultimate goal is to complete this project debt-free. However, we also believe it is important to move forward wisely and not unnecessarily delay the ministry impact of this project. If needed, CCC may use a manageable amount of short-term debt through Orchard Alliance, the financial services organization of the C&MA, to help complete the project while commitments are being fulfilled and funds are being received over the three year period. We believe there is a significant difference between wise, strategic, short-term debt that can be aggressively paid off and long-term debt that unnecessarily burdens future generations. We recognize that not all debt is the same. Unnecessary, long-term debt can limit ministry and burden future generations, while carefully managed short-term financing can sometimes be a wise tool to complete a needed project and allow commitments to be fulfilled. Our commitment is to avoid carrying long-term debt and, if financing is necessary, keep it manageable and pursue an aggressive payoff plan. We want future generations to have the freedom to invest in ministry and mission, not be burdened by unnecessary financial obligations. CCC’s leadership has demonstrated a strong commitment to wise financial stewardship and will continue to do so.