LP church building large center for arts and recreation

LAKE PLACID After 15 years of prayer, discussion and study, a god-sized project is being built to serve as a blessing to the community, according to Rev. Ray Cameron, senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Placid.

The 20,000-plus-square-foot hall/center, with a total cost of over $2 million, is being built by the church, located at 118 N. Oak Ave.

We hope is will be a great blessing to the community with its size and events, Cameron said. Its huge for us.

Its a God-sized project. We dont think we could do it if God was not in it.

The official ground breaking was held on Palm Sunday (March 24), 2013 before the winter residents left, he said. But the actual construction started around late August/early September. Construction should be completed in the second quarter of 2015.

We see it as a building that will be used often in our community, Cameron said.

The building, which will be called The Genesis Center, will have a full kitchen and will accommodate 700 to 800 in the main auditorium and 500 to 550 for table settings.

A large foyer, which can be serviced by the kitchen, will be utilized for receptions, intermissions and overflow, Cameron said.

The center is being built as a venue for fine arts performances and music concerts and to encourage and foster the arts in Highlands County that historically has been something that the church has very much fostered, Cameron said.

The past two years the churchs youth have participated in fine arts competitions at the state level.

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