Our local newspaper, The Pocono Record, ran the following article in today's paper. What a great open door to our community for the message to get out about what God is doing at PCC. Go God!By ADAM McNAUGHTON
Pocono Record Writer
March 03, 2009
There is still some work to do this week before Pocono Community Church is able to celebrate its grand opening this weekend at the new worship center in Coolbaugh Township.
The walls are bare, the parking lot is unpaved and some of the floors still need to be installed. The six-year journey that took the church from small prayer group to more than 1,000 people attending every Sunday will begin a new chapter this coming weekend.
"When we started it was me, my wife, a part-time music director and a bunch of friends," said church pastor David Crosby Jr. "There were a lot of really dedicated people and through God we were able to build the church. This is all to God's credit. It's all very humbling."
The church grew over in its first six years while holding services in the auditorium at Pocono Mountain West High School. Construction began in 2007 on a new 30,000-square-foot church that now stands on Route 611 north of Mount Pocono, south of the Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport. On Feb. 4, the church moved to its new home and a grand opening is scheduled for March 8.
The building is large but not ornate, which was part of the plan all along, Crosby said. Instead of decoration, the church has several large projection screens and a live band in the 800-seat auditorium to use technology to make worship entertaining.
"We wanted it to be simple and real contemporary," Crosby said. "We use a lot of screens and modern technology in our services. One of the reasons people don't go to church is because they think it's boring or old. We want our worship to be contemporary and fun."
Live music is a big part of the church's philosophy and Grammy Award-winning gospel group Take 6 will be performing Sunday for the grand opening.
Along with the main auditorium, the church features a large youth ministry center, coffee shop, bookstore and office space. The property still has about 35 acres to expand. But those plans are being left to a higher power for now.
"The Bible says the church grows as God wants it to grow," Crosby said. "We will work at doing our best and leave the rest up to him. It's not all about us and our church, it's about God and what we can do for him."
For more on the church and its grand opening:
http://www.poconocc.com/
