Grace Community Church is now Orchard Church!
We’re excited to announce that Orchard Church is officially open in our new location in Westford! While our name has changed, our mission remains the same: Helping People Walk With Jesus. Join us for Sunday services in our new space as we continue our journey together.
OUR FUTURE HOME IN WESTFORD
In 2015, we purchased a beautiful parcel of land (17 prime acres located on one of the main roads of growing Westford, MA) and finally, after many years of fundraising and many iterations of the building plans, we will soon have our own church home on that land. Once built, we will move our church family to this new, permanent location.
One of our concerns was obviously cost. The cost of our current rental space is nearly $20,000 per month. As better stewards of God’s money, when we build, we will be investing those funds into a facility that the church will own. We are excited about that and feel convicted that it is a wise thing to do.
But more importantly, we believe that our ability to reach more people for Jesus is the true catalyst in our desire to build our new facility. We will be joining a vibrant and diverse community in Westford, and will have the opportunity to touch many people in this area through our ministries and through outreach to the local community. We are excited to meet and engage with the people of Westford and the surrounding area, and share a new sense of hope and purpose that only comes through knowing Jesus!
Please see below for current information on the building process, pictures and video updates, and how you can help fulfill this vision by "Bridging the Gap"
BUILDING UPDATES
Thank you to our local business sponsors! You can help us thank them for their generosity by supporting them!
February 2024
We've begun to raise walls for our sanctuary, as well as prepare the foundations
for our other wings!
DECEMBER 2023
Our progress continues to go well!
See below for some exciting new photos, including the first beginnings of our sanctuary:
August 2023
We have more great news to share with you! We have broken ground as of August 1st, 2023
Praise the Lord!
FEBRUARY 2023
We have some exciting news to share with you! A couple of weeks ago we received the best news we could have asked for— a loan approval from one of the church lenders that we have been working with over the past nine months. With this loan we will finally be able to break ground for our new building on our land in Westford this spring. We anticipate an April-May closing on the loan, and will keep you posted on any specific dates for construction to begin. As we await loan approval, our general contractor is applying for the building permit from the town, and the site contractor is ready to begin working as soon as we have the OK from both the town and the lender. We thank you for all your prayers, continued financial commitment, and patience as we move forward in this long-awaited, and very exciting process!
OCTOBER 2022
Things are moving along as our building team continues to work towards breaking ground on our land in Westford off of Littleton Road near the center of town. Our hope is to break ground end of 2022, early 2023, and have construction underway throughout 2023!
