Have you ever had a favorite chair, one that was comfortable and fit so well for so long, but then your back began to hurt, and your doctor suggested that you needed a new chair because the old familiar one is no longer meeting your need for firmness and support. This is the principle that has happened at Southside. Our buildings are comfortable and familiar, but they are no longer meeting our needs.
Huntsville is one of the most technological-savvy cities in America and yet Southside’s buildings are old, dated and tired and do not meet the needs of a 21st century congregation. Other churches in Huntsville offer beautiful, welcoming, modern buildings and cutting-edge technology. Southside needs a facelift. Restrooms need to be updated and the sanctuary needs to be renovated, including new sound, lighting, pews, and windows. The balcony needs to be updated to allow more comfortable seating.
The Old Education Building is just that, old. The dropped ceiling and lighting need to be updated, restrooms modernized, floors re-tiled, and sheetrock and windows replaced. Our church offices also need attention; it has been suggested that building a new office complex which houses all church staff would be ideal.
Renovation is expensive, but the choice is clear: maintain the status quo of the old, familiar, and comfortable, or update and upgrade in order to keep pressing forward in the 21st century.