What a wonderful presentation Mark and Dave from Turner/Batson gave on Wednesday night, Dec. 12. I think all who participated in the Listening Sessions this past July can truly say Mark and Dave listened to what we, the members of FBC, said and put our desires on paper. And did you hear the murmurs of approval when we were shown digital pictures of what could be?

What was shown to you on Wednesday night and what is here on the website is the preliminary drawing of our master plan. There is more tweaking that can be done.

Both the floor plans and the pictures will be on display one week outside the Fellowship Hall and in the narthex the next week. Please take time to look over them carefully.

Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation of the Master Plan

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Here are some of the ideas that came out of Wednesday night: have a ramp from the Sanctuary seating area to the chancel area, have an elevator at the chapel end of the building that will go to all three floors, and cover the proposed entry way from the upper parking lot.

Turner/Batson will continue to gather information for our master plan through January 20th, 2008. There will be many opportunities for you to give input. Email terri@1stbaptistcha.org with your comments and your ideas for the master plan.

There will also be forms around the building and in the Sunday School boxes that you may fill out. If you will return them to the church office, they will be compiled and sent on to Turner/Batson.

This is a time to see what we could do better to create worship spaces not just for us, but for all those who will come after us. Please take some time to list your ideas to enhance our worship space.