First, please join us in prayer. God has been so faithful to our prayers since the start of our church and throughout our building search, and we are fully confident God will provide for our needs in this season. But we pray, more than meeting our financial goals, that this season in which we are being stretched towards perhaps uncomfortable levels of self-giving love and generosity that our faith and our unity will be strengthened, fulfilling our greater mission of growing disciples for Christ. All members are welcome to attend Prayer Meetings on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month through December starting this  Wednesday 9/17 from 7:30-9:00pm,  in the Bldg 4, small chapel (5150 Capitol Dr).

Second, please consider how you might give financially. We are on the brink of exhausting all of our cash reserves purchasing the building and completing nearly all of the renovations to date but now we need your help to cross the finish line, make the space more suitable for our ministry needs, and to cover some large capital improvement costs in the near future (see other parts of this page for more details on this). 

Third, please consider how you can use your gifts and skills to bless our property so it can be a blessing to our church and community. As our space grows our ministry needs continue to grow and so if you have a gift or talent or passion that can improve our property or use of our space please let us know!

We believe our new sanctuary will be ready before the end of the year and are working hard towards moving over by this November. Some of it is beyond our control as it depends on a phased permitting process with the village but this is what we are striving for. Please pray for this target arrival date.

At our annual meeting in February we conveyed that our shortfall was estimated to be approximately $200K. As we have become more familiar with the capital needs of the entire campus and gathered more contractor quotes through our current construction, coupled with rapidly inflating costs, we have revised our near-term needs to $500K which will allow us to finish our new sanctuary and fellowship hall, furnish our spaces properly and also address some urgent capital needs such as re-surfacing and repairing our parking lot and replacing the HVAC units in our last two buildings (bldgs 1 & 2).

The additional $1.0MM (which we hope to raise by end of 2026) will cover our  remaining major capital improvement needs throughout the campus, which include the need for new windows and roofs (original from 1987) which are beginning to fail. If we reach this goal we will also look to address how to best connect the 4 buildings on our campus for both safety and easier access.

At this time we do not have plans for a Phase 2 as we want to spend the next few years seeing how we utilize the space we have in concert with our changing needs, waiting and praying on the Lord’s will and timing and hearing from the voices of our members. Therefore, although there were some thoughts early on of a Phase 2 regarding building out a new larger sanctuary or possibly a gymnasium, those are off the table for now.

This is a special season in which we are refining our mission and vision as a church and rallying our people around it and so we want our building and spaces to align with this in every way. As stated, Immanuel Community Church exists to make apprentices of Jesus and our vision is to be a family of Christ, carrying out His mission for the renewal of all things. Therefore, we want our space to also express these values, where it is not just used on Sundays for worship but is utilized nearly every day of the week to serve our community and our members.

This can be seen in building out space that is multi-functional (plenty of inviting spaces for Bible studies and small groups), centered around “the Table”, with a cafe and a commercial kitchen to foster connection and community around the enjoyment of food and drink, inviting meaningful conversations and dialogue throughout the week. And serving and learning spaces that can meet the needs of our local community (e.g. food pantry, language learning, immigration legal help, etc) and also support like-minded local ministries (e.g. choirs, youth dance ministries, other local churches) that communicate the gospel through the arts and share our heart for the kingdom.

For those who may not know, PNF was the seller of the building to ICC in 2024 and since they did not yet identify a building they could move to at the time of sale, we negotiated a lease-back to them which allowed them up to 2 years in their current space (which expires in Mar 2026) as they continued their search for a new home. They currently utilize all of Building 1 at 6300 Capitol Dr and a portion of Building 2 at 6200 Capitol Dr  which combined totals close to 20,000 SF or nearly 1/3 of our campus.

At this time, we are expecting to move our children’s ministry into Building 1 (requiring some possible reconfiguring of the space) which will open up Building 2 for other potential uses. This is yet to be determined but could include moving our junior high ministry into Building 2 (as both junior and senior high are currently crammed into Building 4) and/or expanding space for small groups (which are in high demand) and/or dedicating space for a community center. We will prayerfully consider our options based on our ministry needs as the space becomes available.