LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — After greater than 70 years of worship, fellowship, and group, one of many final remaining church buildings in Downtown Las Vegas is closing its doorways.
Congregants at Grace Presbyterian Church celebrated their final Easter Mass at their church campus close to the I-15 and Charleston on Sunday.
The church was pressured to relocate attributable to rising rents, security considerations within the space, and the growth of the freeway, which made it difficult for members to get to and from the church’s campus.
“It’s just gonna be a lot of change, and change, even when it’s positive, is hard for people,” Affiliate Pastor Craig Sanders mentioned. “This is the place we’ve done ministry for 70 years, and now we’re going to be going to a new home, and we’re excited about that, but it’s hard. It’s hard for these people to leave. They mourn it all the time.”
The church’s new location close to Rhodes Ranch might be smaller than its present campus because of the elevated value of constructing. However Sanders says the downsizing will permit the church to host extra companies, permitting extra folks to affix.
“The people are the church, not the building,” Sanders mentioned. “The building is a tool that we use, but we’re taking all those people with us, and so we as the church are going there… this is just a new generation for ministry for us.”
Grace Presbyterian Church will host its last service at its present church campus on Could 4. They may have companies at Mountain View Presbyterian Church till they transfer into their new location in December.
