Center City Church moved into its “new” facilities on Easter. New as in remodeled. Parts of the building are 136 years old, and most of the rest is 109 years old.
Many Center City attendees have had a hand in whipping the building into shape in the past month. Under the capable leadership of volunteer coordinator Jeremy Coursen (pictured with his family), crews nightly painted, cleaned and rebuilt. The building has a new children’s area, nursery and pastor’s office. The sanctuary has a fresh look on the walls and floor to accompany the stained-glass windows that have been around a long time.
Or course as Pastor Richard Yasinski has been preaching, the church isn’t a building; it’s the people. And while having our own place to worship after a six-month nomadic existence at Cook’s Kettle, a restaurant operated by Victory Mission — which generously allowed us to assemble after we lost the lease at our last location — is satisfying, it’s not a place for comfort.
Our new location is in a part of the city where few pastors, other than Rich, are excited to locate. Only a block away from a street where the homeless hang out, Rich is eager for our church to offer Christ-like compassion in the new neighborhood.
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