It’s easy to ignore the sounds of nearby traffic on Interstate 75 when sitting in our gazebo.  The scent of nature from the moist earth, the flowering shrubs and canopy of oaks take over as a butterfly flutters by and settles on a nearby blossom.  Sometimes our grounds become overwhelmed with vines and encroaching plants, but we love it, and participate in a monthly Building and Grounds day on the second Saturday.  Often people will say that it was the natural setting that drew them to our church.  In addition to the grounds with an herb garden, memorial garden, meditation meadow, playground, and scattered picnic tables or benches, we have three buildings:

• The “Large Dome” Building – This 4500 square foot domed-roof building houses the Church’s sanctuary with a balcony and offices of the Minister, the Director of Children’s Religious Education, and Choir Director. The building may soon require a new roof, since the original has not been replaced since the building was constructed in 1989. The roof replacement cost is estimated to be in excess of $30,000.00, to be financed from the Church’s Contingency Fund.

  

• The “Multi-Purpose Religious Education” Building – This 3,600 square foot building was dedicated in 2011 as a life-span religious education building and financed largely with a successful capital campaign. The Church borrowed from our own Endowment and Scholarship Funds, and the building will be paid off in the near future. The building’s five meeting rooms are used for religious education classes and committee meeting spaces. It is a new building in good repair, requiring minimal maintenance.

• The “Small Dome” Building – This 1800 square foot geodesic dome was erected in 1975 as the original church. In 1988 when a replacement building, the Large Dome, was erected, the Small Dome became the center for Children’s Religious Education classes and remained so, until 2011, when the Education Building was constructed and dedicated for that purpose. Since then, the Small Dome has been undergoing in-house renovations (new paint job inside, pressure washing outside, and new windows) in hopes of repurposing the structure to fulfill the congregation’s yet-to-be determined future needs. These in-house renovations are being financed by the Church annual budget under the Buildings and Grounds category. Any large scale renovation of the building (interior or exterior) would require a Congregational decision.

Click on Site Plan to see our long range plans for our property development.   We have no plans for further building at this time.  Before we do, we will update this plan to reduce tree removal, and increase space for the memorial and herb gardens and parking.  But it gives you a good idea for our property boundaries and potential.