Raise Up Vision – Red Mountain Community Church

RAISE UP

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THE VISION BEHIND RAISE UP

Kyle and Becky express the vision behind Raise Up and the impact this campus completion project will have for future generations.

CAMPUS COMPLETION PROJECT

The central piece of our campus completion project is a new children’s building. Red Mountain is called to raise up committed followers of Jesus. This calling includes children-raising them up in the Scriptures and in a relationship with the Holy Spirit so that they can be sent out as representatives of Jesus to their world. Given the increasingly harsh realities of our world and how they are impacting kids, we feel a great urgency to increase our effectiveness in discipling kids. In order for us to raise up the next generation more effectively, we designed a building that is holistic, spacious, safe and communal. It’s a building that is our attempt to physically demonstrate our priority of the discipleship of kids, who are integral to the plan and mission of God. To accomplish a project this large, we need to unite and make equal sacrifices. We need to raise up a new generation among us and continue sending them into the world of the 21st century. Please join us!

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1. HOLISTIC

The goal is not only to get kids to simply accrue information and know the right answers, but to embrace the life-changing power of God’s love deep in their hearts. Every space will be designed with this holistic picture of learning in mind. Key features:

large lobby, high ceilings and lots of natural light
large group meeting room with small group breakout rooms
dedicated areas for kids with special needs

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2. SPACIOUS

When it comes to children and students, our current facilities are maxed out. The new building will have 5,000 square feet more than what we currently have for our kids’ programs and another 4,000 square feet (6 rooms) freed up in the gym building for students and adults. Key features:

more bathrooms
bigger classrooms
increased room for supplies and resources

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3. SAFE

We want to protect kids from all kinds of harm. For us, safety is an overall level of comfort and peace that children, students and parents sense when they arrive on campus. We want kids to feel a sense of overall safety, a sense that truth is spoken in this place without manipulation and a sense of God’s peace in a chaotic world. Key features:

simplified lockdown procedures
improved check-in/check-out locations
minimum exits and entrances

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4. COMMUNAL

We want our campus to demonstrate to our community that Yahweh sees them and that His arms are open to receive them. That conviction influences the design of our children’s building. In a culture of loneliness, it’s important that the community knows about our church and that our church knows about the community. Key features:

connected walking/prayer path to Summit Park
public play structures
rooms for public use

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ARCHITECT DRAWINGS

OVER 30 YEARS AGO TODAY…

A small group of 30 people gathered together at Anzio Landing restaurant and started Red Mountain Community Church with the conviction that God wanted a local church in Northeast Mesa. The goal was not to be flashy, reach a certain size or to build a new church “empire.” The goal was to follow Jesus and make disciples of Him with a particular focus on children and students.

God seems to call Red Mountain to a few big moments that require us all to move to a new level of sacrifice in order to have a place for our gatherings. Interestingly, the key motivator in each of these big moments was the need for a place for our children and students. In 1993, the big moment was the purchase of land and the construction of the gym building. We had outgrown Anzio Landing in every way, with kids meeting in the kitchen and in RVs in the parking lot. In 2001, we felt we could not tackle the large cost of a dedicated children’s building, so we decided to construct the current portables for classroom space. We built the administration building in 2003 to free up needed classroom space in the gym. In 2008 we raised money and built a new Life Center, which would also provide more space for students and children.

Now God is calling us to another big moment. It’s time to update our buildings to aid our “raising up” a new generation. Now is the time for a big push that will help build the next 30 years of ministry.

LAND PURCHASE AND FIRST BUILDING

RED MOUNTAIN CAMPUS TODAY

Today

God is calling us to another big moment. Now is the time.
2008

We raised money for the Life Center, which we built in 2012.

2008
2003

We built the administration building.
2001

We built classrooms in the portables.

2001
1993

We bought land and built the first building.
1990

30 people met in Anzio Landing and Red Mountain Community Church was born.

1990