True Vine church to break ground on new family life center

After years of planning and preparations, Rev. Darryl Fort and True Vine Bible Fellowship in Lompoc are finally ready to begin one of their biggest projects the construction of a 15,000-square-foot family life center.

It takes time, and the timing has to be right, said Fort, who came to the church in 2001. Weve been trying to get this done for a long time.

The family life center, which begins construction Sunday, will fill a great need for True Vine, located at 533 Avalon St., Fort said. The family life center will provide eight large classrooms, needed for Sunday school classes, he said.

It will also feature both a commercial kitchen and a multipurpose area to be used as a gymnasium and fellowship hall.

We needed a larger fellowship hall, Fort said. The congregation has grown over the years, and we needed classrooms to meet the needs of the membership.

Currently, the sanctuary doubles as a fellowship hall with classrooms, Fort said. After construction on the family life center is completed, the fellowship hall will be converted into a childrens church and a nursery.

True Vine began focusing on building the center in 2008 and started saving money from collections, Fort said. The church never held any outside fundraisers for the center, he said.

True Vine was founded in 1966 by Rev. C.F. Hudson, a native of Oklahoma, who hosted small Bible studies in his home. The church gradually expanded over the years, eventually moving into its current building in 1985. In 2007, True Vine then became independent from True Vine Ministries Inc., located in Oklahoma, and was able to pay off the mortgage on its Avalon Street building in 2011.

Now, Fort hopes the construction will be completed in March 2015. He said True Vine will begin using the new facility as soon as possible.

Just knowing that construction will soon be underway is exciting, Fort said.

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