A congregation that has outgrown its current 145,000-square-foot facility, Central Church has identified the need for additional worship space, preschool classrooms, multi-purpose room, and staff offices.

In 2023, TSP led programming and master planning activities to help the church understand how much growth is the right growth and determine priorities for potential phased expansion. User groups from each church ministry provided valuable feedback in listening sessions, and the entire congregation was invited to a presentation on the goals of the project, using cloud voting and feedback technology to track live results and comments. In the end, TSP helped Central document the desired number, adjacencies, and needs for each of their spaces. This led to a master plan that was shared with the entire church.

The master plan phase culminated in a successful affirmation vote in the spring of 2024 in which the congregation was able to visualize the potential new additions and major interior renovations via photorealistic panoramas, renderings, and a fly-over video of the concept design. Current construction work supports the first phase of the plan. This area of focus prioritizes expanded worship space, early-childhood rooms for Sunday morning programming, and expands the preschool program. It also streamlines and optimizes traffic flow for Wednesday evening youth programs by providing new entries along the north end of the building.

One of these new entries is also intended for regular Sunday churchgoers and is designed to visually be a symbolic landmark to the Sioux Falls community (and for those passing by on the interstate) while simultaneously gesturing back toward central Sioux Falls, where the church got its start.

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