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The Austin Stone is a church committed to glorifying God and serving the city. This blog is a resource for updates and frequently asked questions on our building project in central Austin. Questions? Email us.

Design starts to take shape

As the site plan and some of the high-level building design features begin to take shape, it's exciting to see how a physical building could embody and better-enable the pursuit of our church's vision in consistency with our culture and values. Here's the most recent perspective view of the three phase one buildings – the Auditorium in the background, the children's area in the foreground, and the non-profit/training space on the right. Outdoor spaces surround each building to create an open and comfortable environment to engage the church as well as the community. The 'look and feel' will promise to fit our straight-forward, no-frills culture. 

 

Read much more and see a master plan for the site on the Project Overview page. 

 

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Online Giving
As many of you prayerfully consider what God would have you give towards the Building Project, we wanted to let you know that you can now complete your commitment card online as an alternative to filling out a physical card. The online giving site also allows you to setup one-time and recurring EFTs and is designed to help you manage your giving over the next 3 years. Online giving is available at austinstone.org/give.



Open House - Oct 5 and 12
We're getting ready for the open house for the building project after each Sunday worship service for the next two weeks. I'm excited to be giving the Sunday crowd a first look at some of the emerging ideas for look, feel, and functionality of the buildings. This is a great first chance to 'kick the tires.' Though we certainly do not have all the answers yet, leaders will be ready to talk with you about your questions and about how the project is shaping up from the perspectives of Design and Use, Site and Construction, and Finance and Giving. Come on by - we'll look forward to seeing you, we'll be downstairs in the AHS cafeteria.



Underway

We are excited to report that we held our project kickoff this week. This marked the first time our architect, construction contractor, civil engineer,project manager, and The Austin Stone team were all together in the same room. Being in the vision series, we were able to cast a more crystallized vision for what we need to accomplish through what is built.

 

It became apparent as we worked together this week that the players are all on the same page. We did and will continue to have healthy discussion about the particulars of design and construction as we measure them against the strong values of The Austin Stone and our vision to be a church for the city.

 

Please continue to pray for God to grant his wisdom and bring about our obedience as we work through the hundreds of difficult decisions in the near future. Pray that the process is just as God-honoring as the finished product.