Cedars of Lebanon Church (our landlords) informed us on Sunday Nov 24 that due to lack of room, they need to expand to two services on Sundays. They expressed sadness about this and appreciation for our time together sharing the facility. They gave Connection Church until March 1, 2025 to find another place to worship.

This leaves us with 3 possible scenarios moving forward:

1. Purchasing: Buy an existing property, preferably a church or ask for a rent-to-own arrangement.

a. Pros: This is our first choice as we own our own facility and modify it to our liking. We could rent to other organizations and run our own money-making projects from this facility.

b. Cons: Time urgency (March 1) and higher cost may put this off into the future.

2. Leasing: Lease a property, perhaps a storefront, that would be ours 24/7. We could also rent space to other organizations to help generate revenue to pay for our lease.

a. Pros: Have our own space 24/7 and if the parking lot is large enough, we could hold GGA there.

b. Cons: More costly to buy all the items to make it function as a church. Probably won’t look like a church building.

3. Temporary Renting: Sunday Morning: Rent from the IGH Community Center (Community Rooms 1& 2) (1473/mo.) or rent an afternoon or evening time from an existing church (price difference to come) Wednesday Connection Night: could possibly be held at Inver Hills Church (Nina used to serve there, 80th & Babcock) GGA: could be held at Grace Nazarene Church located at Blaine & 80th Street in IGH (Pastor Will’s church).

a. Pros: No rent for GGA, Possible Ministry Partners

b. Cons: Ministries at different locations, Weekly set up & tear down

We have a real estate agent working for us. Her name is Melanie Hardacker. Along with typical real estate services, she has a passion for saving older churches from being developed into housing projects and matching them with churches like us that need a worship space.