flourish

At New Life, we have witnessed mighty moves of God down throughout the generations. He has been faithful to see His people flourish in each age and we believe He’s not done yet! Even more amazing, he wants to partner with us to cultivate the seeds of his kingdom, here on the Central Coast, and beyond. What a humbling and awe-inspiring truth! Through baptisms (over 150 in the last year), increased numbers of new visitors, a youth ministry bursting at the seams (200-300 coming on Wednesdays), or exponential growth in the numbers of families we serve at the Pantry, we can see that God is continuing to use New Life in His kingdom work.

While we celebrate how God is producing amazing fruit, we recognize that all this growth comes with some wonderful challenges. Many of our ministries have reached or are approaching capacity and we are committed to being a good steward of the campus and the people God has entrusted to us. In addition, we are confident that God won’t stop at this generation; therefore, we want to make sure we are setting up the NEXT generation of New Life to flourish as well!

Our board and ministry leaders have identified three solutions to see New Life continue to thrive for the sake of our community and for God’s glory. We anticipate the building/construction of this project to span 3 years, while the giving portion to be a bit shorter, ending in December 2026. We are prayerfully anticipating beginning phase one of construction in Fall 2024; however, we know much is contingent on permitting and other factors, so we hold our expectations loosely.

Ministry Expansion

We are excited to see how God might broaden our reach as we rethink, re-imagine, and remodel our spaces.

This building is by far the most used space on our campus! How might God expand the ministry done within it’s walls when we invest some resources and love into it? Here are some areas we are praying into and planning to re-imagine this space:

• • Students: We’d like to give them access to our larger campus including the Life Center and more options for small groups, safer parking/drop off locations, and more space in general.
  • Entrances: We’d like to remodel the building to have better access from multiple points on our campus as well as more inviting and intuitive entrances.
  • Sound & Tech Updates: The Life Center needs some sound treatments and audio/visual upgrades in order to meet the growing needs of meetings, studies and worship…especially when our YTH starts using the space.

If you can think back to your first experience on the New Life campus, you might recall that the layout of campus and parking can be a bit confusing.  We live in the 9th most post-christian area of the country. There are enough barriers keeping people from getting to church…parking and campus layout shouldn’t be one of them! We would like to improve our hospitality in these areas:

• • Patio expansion: We envision a larger space to gather, connect, and form meaningful relationships by terracing       the grassy hill and providing more usable space.
  • New Welcome Center: We want to re-imagine our current office space to be used on Sundays as an easy-to-see starting point for people, a centralized location to check in children, and a generally more inviting and intuitive experience for all. This space could also be used during the week for small-medium sized groups and classes.

The former parsonage, is an under-utilized asset on our campus. We have many hopes and dreams for this space, yet, it’s not very usable at the moment due to the many repairs and updates necessary to make it safe and compliant for people to gather.