Life Church breaks ground near Hailey

Life Church breaks ground near Hailey

City wants plan to meet its standards

By TONY EVANS Express Staff Writer

The Life Church has finally broken ground on construction of an 8,680-square-foot church complex north of Albertsons grocery store in Hailey. The project will be completed sometime next spring, ending an arduous process to make a permanent home for the Life Church congregation.

We are so excited that this project is started, said Life Church Pastor Michael Hendricks. We have waited 17 years."

The churchwhich is being developed in Blaine Countywill have a roof height of 33 feet, and will feature an extensive sanctuary, four classrooms, a kitchen and three offices. The development will have 51 parking spaces and be accessed by a gravel driveway connecting to McKercher Boulevard.

From 1992 to 2011, the Life Church met on Main Street in Hailey, before moving to an old church building on Snowbank Drive in Woodside subdivision to make room for more followers.

We have been running out of room for 10 years, said Hendricks, who gathers an English-speaking congregation of 120 people each Sunday, followed by a Spanish-speaking congregation of 60.

The churchs name has changed over the years, from Valley Chapel, to Valley Christian Fellowship, to The Life Church.

We are non-denominational, providing a contemporary feel with foundational principles. We have a lead guitar, keyboard and drummers. We do hymns, but the majority of our music is songs for today, Hendricks said.

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