St. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, which meets at 7925 Sashabaw Road, is nearing completion of their Family Life Center building addition.
A dedication worship service is set for 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7 with a beverage and horsd’oeuvre reception following to allow a tour of the new facilities.
The preacher for the service will be Rev. Galan Walther, Family Life Representative from the Michigan District of the Lutheran Church ? Missouri Synod.
The new addition is 11,467 square feet, a 50 percent increase in building space. The addition includes a regulation middle school gymnasium/multi-purpose room, new kitchen facilities, three new meeting rooms, secretarial offices, bathrooms, and storage. A result of the addition is an expanded parking lot and increase of the gathering area outside of the current sanctuary.
Construction has taken place over the last year and campaigning for the building program began in October 2002. The building addition cost is $1.3 million.
Uses of the new facility will include increased Christian education, meeting areas for church leaders, boards and committees, recreation opportunities for St. Trinity’s preschool students (110 enrolled), youth night events and other groups inside and outside of the church such as the men’s basketball league, member wedding receptions and Red Cross blood drives.
St. Trinity hopes to be able to offer the facility, when possible, to various groups in the community. They have had inquiries from the Clarkston Coalition for Youth, Health Screening Agencies, etc.
The church’s mission is to let the world know about the love of Jesus Christ and His forgiveness and salvation. They hope this facility will be an opportunity to make that love known, not just to the church membership but to the community as well.
St. Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church and Preschool has a membership of more than 700 and has three full-time professional staff: Rev. Joseph Love, senior pastor; Rev. James Krueger, associate pastor; John Summers, director of family life and youth ministry and Nicole Malkovskii, preschool director.
For more information, call (248) 625-4644.