Honoring our Past, Building our Future

Roots to Fruit<div>Stewardship Campaign</div>

Roots to Fruit
Stewardship Campaign

Timberlake Church is growing—in faith, in people, and in impact. Over the past several years, our leaders have been praying and planning for how to best make room for this growth on our campus. We recognize the need for facility renovations, capital improvements, and new construction to support what God is doing here.

Our Roots to Fruit Stewardship Campaign is an overarching initiative that includes our current capital campaign focused on the Master Facility Plan. This plan outlines multiple phases of ministry growth and facility improvement. Phase One focuses on creating a permanent modern worship space, a right-sized traditional worship space, and a prominent front entrance with a welcoming hospitality area.

But this is just the beginning—now we need your partnership. The Roots to Fruit Campaign is an opportunity to invest in ministry that will meet today’s needs and plant seeds for generations to come. As we take this next step together, we’re asking for your prayers, your feedback, and your faith as we imagine all that God can do through Timberlake Church.

“Honoring our past while building a future that makes room for what God is doing next.”
Our Goal: United Discernment
Our God is calling Timberlake to step forward boldly into his promise. 


“Roots to Fruit is an opportunity for our church family to invest in ministry that meets today’s needs while planting seeds for generations to come.”

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Our Goal: United Discernment

United in faith and spirit, we are seeking to discern: As a Church: What God is calling us to build, and who he is calling us to reach. As Families: What sacrificial gift God is callung us to offer, so that his will may be done. Our God is calling Timberlake to step forward boldly into his promise. United in faith and spirit, we are seeking to discern: As a Church: What God is calling us to build, and who he is calling us to reach. As Families: What sacrificial gift God is callung us to offer, so that his will may be done. As Individual Followers of Christ: How to align our minds, hearts, and actions with the movement of the Holy Spirit.

MASTER FACILITY PLAN

Phase One Overview

Phase One addresses four key facility needs identified before 2019 and refined over the past five years:

A Welcoming Front Entrance

A new, highly visible entrance with close-in parking will make Timberlake easier to access and more inviting for guests and members alike.

A Centralized Hospitality Space

A right-sized and effectively oriented gathering area will become the heart of connection—where conversations, coffee, and community naturally happen.

A Right-Sized Traditional Sanctuary

The existing sanctuary will remain home to our traditional worship services. It will be right-sized and renovated to improve sightlines, accessibility, and acoustics, while preserving the warmth and tradition that make this space special. This re-sizing will also generate classroom additions in the rear of the room for our ever growing discipleship offerings.

A New Worship Center for Modern Services

A purpose-built worship space designed for our modern services will provide the technical capacity, flexibility, and atmosphere that align with the heart of modern worship at Timberlake.

Project Progress

Architectural Partnership Established

We have selected an architectural firm to produce final designs and construction documents. They share a clear understanding of Timberlake’s vision, needs, and cost parameters.

Updated Design Concepts and Cost Estimates

New plans feature an integrated campus layout with centralized hospitality, improved traffic flow, and clear visibility from Timberlake Road.
Initial cost estimates are approximately $10 million. Final design and total costs will depend on pledged commitments and available resources.

Commitment to Stewardship 

Our goal is to move forward in faith, using resources wisely and ensuring any construction or borrowing is sustainable and mission-focused.

Master Facility Planning FAQ 

A structured initiative led by committees to assess and plan for campus needs, including vendor selection (architects, contractors, consultants, etc.).

Phase One is the initial stage of our master facility plan, focusing on a new modern worship space, improved hospitality areas, a prominent entrance, and a right-sized traditional sanctuary. Additional phases will address children’s space, LifeGroup areas, fellowship hall, offices, play areas, and parking. Roots to Fruit is the capital campaign to fund Phase One.

After years of planning, the Church Council determined in 2024 to address long-standing needs that have been identified for years.

Estimated at $10 million, covering inflation, engineering studies, geotechnical surveys, and projected labor/material costs. Final costs will depend on the level of pledges, giving, and construction market conditions.

The scope of Phase One depends on pledges from the Timberlake family. A short-term construction loan, if needed will be used during the construction phase. If a long term loan is needed, this will be presented to the members for consideration.

Church members will visit families to encourage prayerful financial commitments over a three-year period.

The differences in worship styles and logistical challenges make a shared space impractical. A combined space would require significant compromise and large time gaps between services.

Due to the lack of an organist and declining interest in organ music, the updated sanctuary will not include one. The church is open to finding a new home for the existing organ.

Traditional worship attendance averages 174, while the current sanctuary seats 500+. An updated 300 seat sanctuary allows for growth without excessive empty space.

Current space is being utilized well, and with the new building, we will be adding a permanent Student Ministry space in the center of the building. While also removing the modern worship services from the Family Life Center, we will open that room for our TreeHouse Kids Sunday ministry. Future phases will expand and renovate these areas as well for our children.

No, the project's complexity requires a commercially licensed contractor.

Yes, Phase One includes converting front lawns to parking and optimizing upper field space.

Current needs justify campus expansion. A second campus remains a possibility if God provides the opportunity.

An experienced architectural/construction firm will oversee permits, code compliance, and coordination with VDOT and Campbell County.

Updates will be shared via the church website, weekly and monthly communications, Sunday slides, and a dedicated presentation hallway with renderings, videos, and interviews.

Email Mark Coleman, Executive Pastor, at mark.coleman@timberlakechurch.org .

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