Open House Rescheduled to November 2nd

Expanding for All! Join Us for a Community Celebration of Our New Space


The wait is over! Join us for a community-wide celebration of our new addition on Sunday, November 2nd, from 12-2 PM. Enjoy lunch from Girl With A Grill as we dedicate our beautiful new space.

New Date: November 2nd

Due to the State of Emergency over the weekend our Open House has been rescheduled to Nov 2. We would like to that everyone who worked so hard preparing the building and grounds for the Open House, especially the property team members and all who volunteered during our Fall Clean Up on Oct 4. The grounds and property look fantastic!

A group of volunteers stands in a loose circle in a sunny parking lot, surrounded by green trees, appearing to have a morning briefing before starting work.
Five volunteers of various ages landscape a garden bed outside a brick church. An older man in a red hat tips a wheelbarrow full of dark mulch onto the garden as younger volunteers with shovels look on.
Three people do yard work on a grassy area next to a road. A man shovels leaves into a red wheelbarrow, and a woman rakes leaves in the foreground, near a "ONE WAY" sign.
An older man in a blue cap and work gloves smiles for the camera, holding a shovel in a parking lot. Next to him is a yellow sign that reads "SLOW DOWN KIDS PLAYING."
A group of volunteers stands around a newly mulched garden bed containing shrubs and ornamental grasses. An older man holds an empty wheelbarrow as they look at their completed work.
Two men pause from their work to pose for a photo on a large, sunny lawn. One man in a black t-shirt holds a long-handled tool, while the other, in a plaid shirt, smiles at the camera. A street and houses are visible in the background.
A view from inside a building, looking out a large window. In the foreground are shrubs, and beyond them, a person is working on a sunny lawn near a street.
An older woman in a striped shirt kneels on the carpeted floor of a church, leaning forward to look under a wooden pew, appearing to clean or inspect it.
A person sits at a small wooden bench under the shade of a large tree in a grassy field, taking a break on a sunny day.
Inside a church sanctuary with a stone floor, an older woman stands beside the wooden altar, adjusting a white altar cloth in preparation for a service.
Two women are in a small kitchen. One woman in the background reaches up to organize items in a wooden cabinet, while the woman in the foreground talks and gestures with her hands.

After years of planning, we are celebrating the completion of our newest addition on the main level of our property and all the added space and versatility it provides Saint Matthew and our community group members. Join us for a ribbon cutting on Oct.12 from 12-2 p.m. We will be joined by Bishop Christa Compton, Senator Troy Singleton, our design and property teams, and local leaders. At 12:30 p.m. Pastor Eric Trozzo will host a brief prayer service and remarks before the ribbon cutting. Lunch is provided by Girl With A Grill in Voohees\. We’re expanding for all!

Throughout our Open House food will be served, including specialty hot dogs, hamburgers and French fries, by A Girl With a Grill, of Voorhees. Its owner LaShaun Crawford was recently honored by several business organizations for her numerous community outreach projects.

A Look Inside Our New Addition

With the new addition, the following graph and photos illustrate the expansion of storage spaces in our new sacristy. This will improve the flow and accessibility of preparing for Sunday worship and other events. As well, the old sacristy will be refurbished for use by the Property team.
Submitted by Max Frable

Cabinets: Proposed vs. Existing

Graph showing proposed vs. existing cabinet space

OLD

Photo showing old dated cabinets in disrepair
Dated and in disrepair
Photo showing old dated cabinets in disrepair
Wasted space due to unusable drawers and missing shelves

NEW

Photo showing new cabinets with larger capacity
High quality: solid wood, full-extension drawers, soft-closing doors and drawers
Photo showing new cabinets with larger capacity
Upper cabinets: twice as much capacity. Base cabinets: 10x more space.

Counter Space: Proposed vs. Existing

Bar graph showing proposed vs. existing counter space

OLD

28" high workstation: Low Table
28″ high workstation: Low Table
36" high Standard Countertop
36″ high Standard Countertop

NEW

32" high ADA workstation
32″ high ADA workstation
36" high Standard Countertops
36″ high Standard Countertops
Exterior view of new SMLC addition
Our New Addition