Immanuel Campus Update - April 2025

Happy one-month birthday to the Immanuel Campus!

Three cheers to the Cary and the campus staff, our central operations support team, and the on-the-ground leaders who have helped make the last 30 days an incredible experience.

And to you... thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and most of all, your partnership in the gospel as we love God, love people, and live like Jesus.

We are making progress toward fully launching the Puyallup campus on Sunday, September 7 (Fall Launch). There is still much to do, but here are some highlights from the last 30 days.

Our first worship service was Sunday, March 9 with 59 people attending. There has been a 109% increase in average worship attendance between pre-merger and today (22 vs 46). Each service has live music, communion on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, creed, prayers, invitation into next steps, and blessing.

While most preaching is "live", Cary introduced Life Group "feels" and weekly questions using video messages from Pastor Tim. While there is already a women's bible study, men's group, and quilters group that meet each week, the desire to get connected in a Life Group is "catching".

During the week, the Immanuel Learning Center serves 63 students and their families. They don't just learn their ABC's and 1-2-3's through play, they gather for family chapel times. Yes, significant adults and siblings get to join in the fun, too! We look forward to further integrating Kid Min and Parent Cue resources to further connect students and families with Jesus - not just at church or school, but at home, too.

Every school day, thr3e Coffeeshop is the place for junior high and high school students to grab a snack or drink and meet and hang with friends. We are looking forward to building on thr3e's unique and fruitful story by further fostering a culture of care and belonging.

Similar to our Backpacks 4 Kids vibe at the Tacoma Campus, the Puyallup Campus coordinates and leads a weekly tutoring program for elementary students. Because the program is supporting measurable student success, plans are being made in partnership with local schools to increase the number of students who can receive tutoring this fall.

Organizationally, our team has worked hard this month to begin aligning financial and operational systems, laying groundwork for facility and technology upgrades, and figuring out what regular office presence looks like at the campus.

Looking Forward

Here's what we are looking forward to in the next couple months as we continue moving toward Fall Launch in September:

• Getting to better know people who live in the downtown Puyallup community.
  
• Building the worship service culture (if you know a potential worship leader, send them Cary's way).
• Launching the Spring Tutoring season after Easter
  
• Cross-training barista and ministry staff at thr3e.
• Continuing to grow preschool enrollment at Immanuel Learning Center.
• New Member Sunday on May 18 at the Immanuel Campus' 10:30am service.
• Building the Sunday morning kids ministry team.
• Laying groundwork and identify leaders for fall youth and adult life groups.
• Family preschool chapels in April, May, and June.
• Planning pilot before/after school programs, parenting classes, and family support resources this fall.
• A full slate of technology and facility upgrades.
• New signage and wayfinding which will help people find their way around.
• Preparing for the campus' fall ministry fair in tandem with the Tacoma Campus.