Church will host service at new site

EDMOND — The Springs Church of Christ will host its inaugural worship services in its newly renovated building at 10:30 a.m. July 15 at 21477 N Western, near Western and Covell.

The Springs was founded in 1953 as the Village Church of Christ and became Quail Springs Church of Christ when the congregation moved to May Avenue in northwest Oklahoma City in 1980. Then in 2014, in anticipation of the new vision of the congregation to “downsize footprint to upsize ministry,” the church changed its name from Quail Springs Church of Christ to The Springs Church of Christ.

The congregation decided to sell its 80,000-square-foot complex at 14401 N May to begin looking for new property or a smaller facility. The Springs was offered a temporary home with North Side Christian Church in Oklahoma City while it searched for a new location.

In 2016, The Springs sold its building on May Avenue and purchased the Edmond Christian Academy property on Western Avenue. Once the new site was established in north Edmond, the congregation stayed put at North Side Christian as renovations were made at the new location.

The new church property features a 19,000-square-foot worship and classroom center and an adjoining 19,000 square-foot support center. The worship center has been renovated to include a 400-capacity auditorium, nine classrooms and kitchen. The support center includes the church offices, gym, kitchen and studio space. “There is a growing community of faith around our new building in north Edmond,” Kelly Osborne, the church’s executive minister, said in a news release.

“As we prayed for God’s direction in our move a few years ago, we began to see new residential and commercial activity springing up around what would become our new 7-acre facilities. We join a community of churches relocating to this part of north Edmond and Oklahoma City ready to serve a shifting population in this region of the metro.”

The Springs’ last service with North Side Christian Church will be on Sunday.

Osborne said the congregation has spent the past two years preparing for this move, and the North Side church has extended “gracious hospitality” to them. “We will never forget the rich experience of sharing our faith with our brothers and sisters at North Side. We are family now,” she said. “We want to thank them for hosting us through these years of transition.”