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Phase two and three of the building program provided a sanctuary that accommodated growth, a memorial garden, much-needed off-street parking, and a fellowship hall. Next in the construction plan came five additional classrooms and an atelier for the preschool and church school, choir facilities, more
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Associate Pastor search continued. In December 2003, the Rev. Mac Schafer received a call to become Associate Pastor. Rev. Schafer and his family came from Lawrenceville, N.J. He was
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October 1, 1989, in the Glenn Moor Clubhouse in Troon Country Club with 25 committed, visionary members. After four years, the congregation had grown to 110 members and moved from the over-crowded country club into a chapel built on 25 acres of land purchased by and donated to the
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Presbyterian Preschool opened with two teachers and eight students. Associate Pastor for Christian Education, the Rev. Janet Arbesman, developed a church school in the five classrooms. Today, it has more than 26 teachers and staff and 168 students.
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offices for staff, and a sanctuary that seats 800 worshipers. In 2006, the congregation authorized construction of the next phase including additional church classrooms, a youth building, an addition to the fellowship hall, and additional parking spaces.
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Willett as Associate Pastor for Youth and their Families in 2007. She and her husband, Brandon, were recent graduates of
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