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~~ ~ , <br />E Rr `QF ~ ~.~I~ ., <br />AN EV N`GELI'CAL FREE -CHURCH` <br />21'Ei95 EIk Lake Road • Elk River, .MN 55330 • Phone:763-441-752.7 • Fax:763-44'1•-6975 • www.riveroflife-mR.ar..g. ' '~'' <br />March 24, 2006 <br />City of Elk' River; <br />"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;"and you shall be witnesses to Me in, <br />Jerusalem.:. " <br />Acts 1:8 ". <br />Qur "Jerusalem " is the Elk River Community..,, <br />River of Life is a growing church in Elk River, ivfN with_a regular atCendance of approxiinately,.1,000 <br />people per Sunday, and a tremendous outreach program. tifany of our groups are designed to help those <br />` who are lost, hurting or experiencing one of lfe''s setbacks. We also strive to offer safe,, fun and healthy <br />alternatives for students to interact with one another. <br />'The following is a sample of some ofthe many programs we offer: ; <br />1. Support Groups are open to those in the community who: are d'eaIing with issues' related to .the foll'owingr <br />• Depression _' <br />• Divorce <br />• Grief oven the loss of someone special <br />Chemica°I Addiction <br />• Post Abortion ' <br />• Blended Family ,, , <br />2. Red Cross Blood Drives: -each. year, we host at least Z^blood drives supported by the Red Cross <br />3 <br />. Transitional Housing - We spearheaded a transitional housing.,program toy provide a home for,those ' <br />making the transition from homelessness to self sufficiercey <br />4., Coffee. Break and.$eth IVloore -These are two~separate $ible sitrdies. avai~abl'e to women.. They gather <br />' to study God.'s~word and~for 'fellowship and' upport ~``, <br />5:. For Students: <br />• CrossRoads & Chasers meet on Wednesday nights. On average over 2'50 kids attend, <br />• Club ~5 is a fun; Bible-based program for kids iri grades 4 & 5 <br />• TeamKid is a scripture-based program for kids from preschool to grade 5 <br />• DC4K - Divorce Care for Kids is a group that meets to help kids whose families have lae~n . <br />._ <br />affected by separation:and divorce <br />6~ Small groups, Christmas Gatherings, Valentines Day "Sweetheart Banquet" <br />In order'to meet the ever growing needs of our congregation and the community, we have begun the <br />planning and design stages of our next building phase: We now have 7 fu11:,Cime.pastors and' <br />ad'ministrative,st~ff to assist them. At this time we have,a sever-e §ho'~rtage~'of classroo~rl sp°ace and' we <br />are requesting anInterim Use Permit to place two 12X60 portable classroomsa" We mteiid to place <br />them on the north side of our present building. We also would like to request an extension on our ., <br />current Interim Use Permit for the Portable Office located on the south side: of our,'building. We- <br />anficipate that our next construction phase wilTbe completed in the Spring/Summer of 20.1'0 and we <br />would re uest to <br />q se this office and classroom'space until that time. <br />~ ., . <br />Thank you for your consideration of this matter." <br />In His S'ervices' <br />Arthur Swanson' ; , <br />Facilities Admtnstrator <br />