Soon serving sermons: Winona's Cornerstone church to break ground on new location

Starting Sunday, the former Hwy. 61 Liquor building in Goodview will be remodeled to serve something other than alcohol.

Instead of liquid spirits, itll be serving the Holy Spirit.

Winonas Cornerstone Community Church will kick off construction on its new church building Sunday with a groundbreaking ceremony at noon. The event comes less a month after Dahl Automotive broke ground on construction for its new dealership on land previously owned by the church along Hwy. 61.

The building will be remodeled to house a fellowship hall, offices, showers, Sunday school classrooms, a kitchen and a nursery. In addition, a 200-seat sanctuary will be constructed.

Itll all be built without the church taking on debt, thanks to the sale of its old property.

We will have a great opportunity to replace one type of spirit for another at this location, said Val Gaddis, a building committee member, in a statement.

Construction is expected to continue into next year. Until then, church services will be held at Hoffs Celebration of Life chapel.

The church chose to move from its previous location across from Sugar Loaf Ford when approached by Dahl Automotive, which needed to move out of the way of the new Winona interstate bridge project. The location was a perfect fit for the dealership since its next to the companys Dahl Toyota dealership and was an opportunity for the church to move to a location that better fit its needs.

The church started in Winona in 1968 after five families came together to start a Baptist church. Ten years later a group of volunteers came together to construct a church along Hwy 61.

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