80 Years…$800,000

Eighty years…

Eight hundred thousand dollars…

Wow!!!

• Eighty years ago, the few people gathered at the groceries and hardware store converted into a sanctuary had no idea that thousands of people would come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior, get baptized, get married, and enter into life eternal at the Little Church on the Prairie. They had no idea of the thousands of children and youth who would grow up calling the Little Church their home. They had no idea of the impact God would have in the city of Lakewood through the people who would call the Little Church on the Prairie their home.

We knew we had problems with the boiler. Our heating system was ancient. The boiler was so old it was functioning at fifty percent of its capacity on its best day. We knew we would have to come up with a plan because the only way we could get parts to fix the old boiler was to get it made as parts no longer existed. What started out as a capital campaign to fix an ancient boiler, turned into so much more.

• Lakewoodgrace was birthed and now more than 100 people call Lakewoodgrace their church home
• Close to $80,000 was given to local ministries
• The sanctuary received an audio/visual upgrade
• Prairie Hall restrooms were renovated
• A new security system for the entire campus has been installed
• A new children’s ministry space was created

Wow!

The Little Church on the Prairie of today is the direct result of the dreams and hopes of those gathered at a grocery and hardware store converted to become the Little Church on the Prairie. The baton of leadership and stewardship, the dreams and hopes for those who have called the Little Church on the Prairie their home for the last eighty years has now been handed to us. We are called to steward the dreams and hopes of all who have gone before us in order that thousands more may be touched and changed in the coming decades because they came to discover a place to call home at the Little Church on the Prairie.

Happy Birthday Little Church! Here’s to our next eighty years!!!

Pastor James <><