LOGANSPORT —
After 11 years in planning, River of Life Christian Church in Logansport will celebrate the groundbreaking for a new sanctuary Sunday.
And the church’s oldest and longest-tenured member, 98-year-old Bernie Lowes, will take the first shovelful of dirt.
“This whole process becomes a tangible, physical realization of a long-held vision,” Rev. Frank Hibbard said of the groundbreaking. “It’s been a long journey with excitement levels up and down.”
Plans include adding about 4,300 square feet to the existing building at 130 Mall Road. The new sanctuary will seat 240 people, double that of the current space, and its estimated cost is $700,000.
Hibbard said he hoped the new sanctuary would be completed in time for Easter.
Hibbard plans to incorporate both the groundbreaking and the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks into his sermon Sunday.
“The theme will be ‘from destruction to construction,’” Hibbard said.
The day will start off at 10 a.m. with worship services. Immediately after services, a congregational meeting will finalize the construction contract.
At 1 p.m., the groundbreaking ceremony will take place at the north edge of the parking lot.
Hibbard asked congregation members to bring their own digging tools.
“We’ve invited them to come and help dig the dirt for this project,” Hibbard said.
Other guests will include representatives from Leo Brown Construction Co., the project’s contractor, along with the church’s regional elder and Logansport native Pat Herron, who owns an architectural firm in California and drew the plans for the new sanctuary.
The church, which was founded in 1842, moved into the former Carousel Restaurant in 2000 with plans to expand.
The sale of a parcel of land to a developer provided seed money for the project, and the church has raised close to $600,000 toward the final cost.
“The rest of it’s faith and what we can generate between now and then,” Hibbard said.
He has high hopes for the addition.
“It’s a way for us to improve the opportunities for services to the community,” he said.
• Denise Massie is a staff writer at the Pharos-Tribune. She can be reached at 574-732-5151 or denise.massie@pharostribune.com.
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NEW SANCTUARY: This drawing shows the planned new sanctuary at River of Life Christian Church. The church plans a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday afternoon. Drawing provided
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