Another exciting day here at Community Christian Church! Today we launched our 9th Campus in Plainfield and saw 642 people come through the doors. I was so proud of the amazing staff and volunteer team that launched this campus. They were so well organized and ready to receive all the new families that poured through the doors. As we sang "You are Good" to close the second adult service, I was overwhelmed by what God is doing in Plainfield. Last week there wasn't a church in JFK Middle School. Today 642 people were celebrating God in this building...and several hundred of those are people who were not attending church anywhere the weekend before. I love knowing hundreds of people are going to find their way back to God because this new church opened today.
Here are some pictures from Kids' City at Plainfield. We stole the idea from one of our NewThing Affiliate Churches, 242 Community in Brighton, Michigan, to transform a cafeteria into this fun white environment for our infants through kindergarteners. The set up was great (and is saving us lots of money in room rentals!).
Great job, Cathy Cuny! Cathy (pictured left) is the Kids' City Campus Director at this new campus. Years ago Cathy began serving in Kids' City at the Welcome Table. Eventually she became a Small Group Leader, then a Coach. 3 years ago she joined the staff in a 5-hour-a-week Service Coordinator role. 2 years ago she became the Associate Campus Director at our Naperville-Yellow Box location. And today she launched a new campus! Next to seeing those new families pour through the door, the greatest joy for me was watching Cathy take this next step in her leadership journey. I love watching people develop into greater levels of leadership influence and responsibility!
Congratulations to everyone on the Plainfield team!
I love to see how you arranged the early childhood ministries area! Great idea.
One question: How do you make the fencing stand? is it a special fencing or the Home Depot kind?
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: liz hewitt | March 03, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Liz,
I'll have to refer that question to our Plainfield Kids' Director, Cathy Cuny (her e-mail is her first and last name @communitychristian.org).
Posted by: Tammy Melchien | March 03, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Go Mrs. Cuny!
Posted by: Bobby Clinkert | March 09, 2008 at 11:41 PM