April Construction Update: 6 Months to Go!
Can you believe it? We’re officially 9 months into our 15-month build, which means we’re in the home stretch—just 6 months left until we move into our brand new church facility! The excitement is building, and so is the building itself.
Here’s What’s Happening on Site
From the outside in, it’s clear—we’ve passed the halfway point, and progress is happening fast!
- Steel, stone, drywall, and MEPs (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sprinkler systems) are all in full swing.
- The admin wing now features beautiful stonework, giving a clear shape and definition to the building’s right side.
- On the left side, you’ll see more stone going up near the youth center, giving both sides of the front of the building a balanced and finished look.
- Over at the education wing, we’ve added commercial-grade steel siding with a warm wood-like appearance—it’s modern, durable, and stunning!
Oh, and if you’ve noticed that the building sign disappeared, no worries! It got blown over by strong winds, so we took it down and will replace it with something clean and simple soon.
Inside the Building
There’s so much happening beneath the roof:
- Five staircases are in place—four of them are open-style staircases with custom railings. These are site-welded and poured with concrete, and they’ll eventually be finished with carpet or tile. They’re both functional and architecturally striking.
- Drywall is going up throughout the education wing! You’ll notice two colors of drywall—blue and white. The blue is high-impact (perfect for kids’ spaces!), while the white covers higher, lower-impact areas.
- From the Kids Worship Center, you can see the open staircase that will connect directly to the second-level training rooms—a beautiful flow for future ministry!
And just in case you haven’t been following closely, you’ll be blown away by the progress when comparing photos from last month to this month. This project is moving fast!
Project Highlights for April
Here’s what’s on the schedule this month:
✅ 4 of 5 Staircases are Installed
✅ Final Roof Section over Lobby scheduled for April 14
✅ Electrical / Plumbing / HVAC / Sprinklers underway
✅ Drywall Installation and Finishing
✅ Interior Painting begins
✅ Exterior Finishes
✅ Final Interior Walls going up
How You Can Help: Volunteer Projects
We’re entering a phase where volunteers are more needed than ever! Here are some ways you can jump in and make a difference:
- 🎨 Painting – Starting this month! We'll be painting classrooms, hallways, and corridors. Every brushstroke counts!
- 🍲 Hospitality – Help keep our workers fueled by preparing meals and snacks.
- 🧵 Low Voltage Data Wiring – We’ll be pulling wires throughout the building. If you’ve got experience (or want to learn), we’d love your help.
- 🛠️ Installing Appliances & Signage – Help us with the finishing touches as installations begin.
- 🧰 Misc. Projects – There’s always a list of small but important tasks where we could use an extra hand.
- 🌿 Landscaping – Coming soon! Get ready to help make the outside look just as beautiful as the inside.
This building isn’t just about construction—it’s about preparing a place for life-changing ministry. From children’s classes to worship spaces, every square foot will be used to serve people and glorify God.
If you haven’t driven by the site lately, now’s the time to do it. We’re not just watching walls go up—we’re watching vision come to life.
March 17 Construction Updates
Check out some of the amazing updates in this video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWUSQibAO8&list=PLltt3OsZjRei5x1w-SBoQiYc538hPEbAM&index=4
February 27:
Check out some exterior looks! This thing is moving FAST!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EfRau8lUI8&list=PLltt3OsZjRei5x1w-SBoQiYc538hPEbAM&index=5
February 4:
Exciting Progress at the New ATC Church Building: A Construction Update
Big things are happening at the new ATC church facility, and we’re thrilled to share an inside look at the latest developments!
HVAC, Framing & Infrastructure
The video kicks off at the platform, showcasing installed HVAC ductwork overhead—already reaching into the green room. The skeletal layout of light gauge steel walls is also in place, which will form the structure of critical rooms including the kitchen, hospitality room, offices, and more. Visible openings in the metal indicate where electrical and data conduits will soon run.
Nearby, stacks of door frames (not the doors themselves) are ready for installation—an exciting sign that we're moving into interior buildout stages.
Equipment Update
A special shoutout goes to Mike Schultz for providing the church with a 26-foot branded scissor lift, which will serve the church well even after construction—perfect for changing lightbulbs up to 32 feet high!
Mechanical & Plumbing Systems
In the mechanical/sprinkler room, water lines are already coming in, supporting the building’s 65,000+ square feet. This space also houses hot water heaters and baptistry heating equipment. Nearby, plumbing lines snake their way through ceilings and into the education wing, showing how infrastructure is coming together.
Kids & Youth Spaces
The rumpus room for toddlers is taking shape and will feature a full play structure, along with tables, blocks, and coloring books. Just down the hall, the game room impresses with its size—it will feature five 75” TVs, gaming systems, and a variety of interactive fun.
In the youth center, key elements are in place: a stage, a café, and a mezzanine lounge area. The room is designed to seat 100–150 students, not including additional seating in the mezzanine and café.
Worship & Classrooms
The kids’ worship center will accommodate up to 140 children, featuring its own stage, sound, lights, and projection systems. It’s expected to be a powerful space for ministry, prayer, and baptisms in Jesus’ name.
The corridors throughout the building are spacious and thoughtfully designed with architectural bump-outs that make the space feel open and welcoming.
In the 5-year-old classroom—the largest in the kids’ wing—you’ll find room for growth and creative ministry. The entire classroom wing is surrounded by additional rooms for all age groups, offering plenty of breakout spaces for ATC Kids programming.
Bright Spaces & Smart Design
One standout space is the two- and three-year-old classrooms, which are filled with natural light thanks to large windows. These rooms also include future sinks, cabinets, and shared bathrooms—each set of two rooms will share one bathroom with drop ceilings, while the classrooms themselves will feature painted open ceilings.
Admin Wing & Community Ministries
Finally, the admin wing is now fully poured and polished. It’s located on the second story and includes offices, a community room, and space for the storehouse ministry, ensuring that ATC will continue to serve the city in meaningful ways.
We’re Getting Closer!
Each step brings us closer to opening the doors of this incredible facility. From ministry spaces to playrooms and everything in between, the new building reflects our mission to serve all ages and grow our community.
Stay tuned—more exciting updates are coming soon!
Check out footage from this update here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGveAhVU6bY&list=PLltt3OsZjRei5x1w-SBoQiYc538hPEbAM&index=6&t=4s
October 30
Roof decking and joists are going up! They bolt them together on site since they're too big to truck in. This will take about another week and a half. In a couple weeks, the precast wall supports since the roof will hold it all together. The joists are put in about 6 per day. In the next month, the worship center will start to be constructed! Super exciting! For the full update on video from Sam, check out this video!
October 15
All of the-precast concrete walls are up, and they're making small patches on them. The mezzanine is being prepped with the steel which will support it. The large poles you can see are there to stabilize the pre-cast concrete walls. Lots of the steel has been delivered, but deliveries will continue as it is manufactured as needed. The cold weather won't really affect anything right now since it's just concrete and steel. Check out the FULL video update HERE from Sam who goes into depth this week!
October 8
The walls are going up in such incredibly fast ways! It seems that every day we drive past the land, movement is happening in even bigger ways than we could have ever imagined. The box is coming together! To see lots of great footage from the past week, check out this video.
October 3 - Walls are going UP!
Woohoooooo!! Walls are going up! Check out some of the drone footage of the walls going up in this video!
September 26
City Wide Masonry is putting in the staircase that goes from back hallway (north side) up to second floor admin wing. The staircase is fire-rated exit so totally enclosed. Plumbers are doing the "deep work" for sewage system (water fountains, toilets, etc). Anchor plates are going in for the pre-cast walls (coming in next week!) For the full update with Sam talking through the week, check out this video.
September 23-24
This video has some cool footage of the cement being sent to the footings which will solidify and be the base for our foundation. This video has some more cool drone footage from the week.
September 17
We had a OAC meeting this morning (Owner, Architect, Contractor) where we discussed the current plans, which are moving along nicely! We are AHEAD of schedule! How often do you see THAT happen with projects this size?! Our team walked through the construction site and talked through some of the current happenings. For a full update with all the details, check out this video! Some key takeaways:
Most of footings and foundations are in - just a little to do interior so far. Looking to wrap up footings/foundations in the next week, then we move to putting some walls up!
City Wide Masons are putting up the first floor shaft of the elevator this week, which will house the actual elevator. Also doubles as bearing walls for roof structure!
Interior foundation/footings are going in - gravel being put in and compacted (cool footage of this in above video).
Pre-cast walls are being delivered next week and will be going up SOON! These 32-36 foot walls will come on site and will be a HUGE part of making this building look like it's coming together!
Construction Video For Kids
If your kids like watching construction equipment, we have a more long-form video with some of our construction equipment all in one place. We'll do more videos of these in the future, but if your kids need a few minutes to chill out and watch something, they'll probably like this video!
September 13
Check out the footage from this week HERE.
Some key updates - all seed has been laid for the grass on the west side.
Footings have been dug and are being worked on for the foundation.
Compaction taking place in key areas, which you can see taking place in the video!
September 10
This past weekend, we had another large volunteer project on the west side of the property. The are of our land that isn't being built on right now will eventually have very nice grass on it and will look pristine! We had about a dozen people out there helping to plant grass and we expect to see some growth soon on it! The construction site is continuing to progress. Check out some drone footage from the previous week here.
August 24
We had a major volunteer project happening on the land today. We had a couple dozen volunteers out on the land today working to pick up rocks, sticks, and other obstructions for beautifying the land. We'll be doing some major landscaping in the future so we wanted to clean up that space. On the corner of the lot we removed some brush and cleaned up the trees area so that it looks a lot cleaner! We had the privilege of speaking with a number of neighbors checking out the project, who are wonderful people! To see some footage from today's project, click here.
August 20
Check out the full update here.
Foundation has been dug and footings have been put in! To see some drone footage of the property this week, click here.
August 16
Check out the awesome footage of the construction work so far!
August 6
For the full update from Sam, click here.
The parking lot is almost structurally complete!
Next week they will start digging the foundation and the footings.
OAC (owner, architect, contractor) meetings started this week and we will continue these meetings every other week. Everything so far is on schedule!
July 30
Our "on site" construction sites have started! To watch the full update, click here. We have stripped all the topsoil and stockpiled it on the corner of the property. Gravel has come in and the geogrid has been layed (which spreads the load and increases durability of parking lot). The parking lot has started to become visible. The soil has been great so far with no major issues. They've been turning soils over and drying it out and have great compaction. The exciting news is we will be moving from 120 parking spots at our current church to 450 in the new location. Woohoo! Click here to see some drone videos of the property happening this wee.:
July 10
The top soil has been removed and they are making preparations for more large construction equipment to come in. It was fascinating to see how this equipment took that top layer off. You can see footage of this happening by clicking here.
June 9
We had an amazing, historic day celebrating our groundbreaking for the building. To watch the full groundbreaking ceremony, click here.
May 29, 2024
We're thrilled to bring some updates to you. Keep an eye on this page over the next few months as we bring more updates to you!
On May 15th, ATC voted to move forward with our building project, so it's officially happening! We are happy to announce that we have selected Catalyst Construction as our construction partner. Our design and architectural partner is Excel Engineering. These companies have been a joy to work with and we're looking forward to starting this exciting season of our church with them as partners.
Groundbreaking:
Our groundbreaking service & ceremony will be taking place on June 9th, and we've love for you to be there with us! Our service will take place at Appleton North High School at 10:00am and our ceremony will take place on our Glory Lane property at 11:30am.
There isn't a set date on construction to begin, but we anticipate that to be sometime in June! If you have any questions about our project, please feel free to call us at (920) 738-7800 or email construction@atchurch.org!
