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Riverside Church: Building Dreams, Creating Community - A Visionary Transformation in Fort Myers

Revitalizing Spaces, Engaging Lives - Riverside's Journey to a Vibrant Community Hub

Experience the transformative journey of Riverside Church in Fort Myers, Florida, a 106-year-old community under new pastoral leadership, seeking to redefine its impact beyond Sunday services. Amid the challenges of the pandemic, Riverside took a strategic pause to envision a church that not only addressed immediate needs like enhanced kid spaces and improved security but also aspired to create a vibrant community space. Executive Pastor Matt Nations expressed the desire to engage people daily, extending beyond Sunday gatherings. Enter Ministry Solutions, the strategic partner that truly listened to Riverside's heartbeat and collaborated to build a unique vision. In the Clear Path Forward process, Ministry Solutions provided financial clarity, vision alignment, and a comprehensive strategy, ensuring Riverside's building project seamlessly aligned with their goals. As Riverside Church embarks on the execution phase with Ministry Solutions, the focus is on creating a space that engages the community throughout the week, reflecting a profound shift from merely attracting on Sundays to fostering meaningful connections every day. The stage is set for Riverside Church to realize its vision of being a dynamic hub, not just for worship but as a catalyst for transformative engagement and community impact.
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Opportunity

During the pandemic, Riverside Church was able to stop and take the time to evaluate what they wanted their church to look like once they reopened. Not only did they desire to solve their current issues, such as needing a better kid space, increasing security, and building better offices, but they wanted to explore creating a community space.

Executive Pastor, Matt Nations, expressed that their team realized they were in a great financial position to solve these challenges, however, they needed a strategic partner to tackle this building project flawlessly.

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Opportunity

After interviewing several organizations, Ministry Solutions was the only team to truly listen to the heartbeat of Riverside Church and create a plan around their unique vision and goals.

Matt mentioned that Ministry Solutions provided them with the space to think outside the box and truly come up with creative solutions as they dreamt about what their community space might become.

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In their Clear Path Forward, Ministry Solutions built a strategy for Riverside Church to solve their immediate needs while exploring how to use their additional acreage to create community spaces for the public. The Ministry Solutions team took Riverside through:

  1. Financial Clarity: A deep dive into giving and cash flow to gain an understanding about the highest and best use of funds, and specifically how to fund this project.

  2. Vision Clarity: The onsite meeting where specific attention was given to the data and finances of Riverside, applying options, costs, and potential funding strategies to that vision.

Move Forward Clarity: With clarity in finances, vision, and scope, a Comprehensive Strategy document was provided to bring this building project vision into a reality.

When asked whether or not Riverside Church felt equipped to take the next step in executing their plan, Matt responded, “As long as Ministry Solutions is holding our hands, then yes”. Currently, Ministry Solutions is partnering with Riverside to execute the Clear Path Forward plan so that their pastors can remain on mission and do what God has called them to in this season.

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At Ministry Solutions, our goal is to be the person that steps in so you can continue to do the ministry God has called you to.

As Riverside’s building project launches, the team is bringing to fruition ways to engage people on a daily basis rather than simply having an attractive building that draws people in on a Sunday with no connection. Ministry Solutions has helped them understand how to use their building as a tool to engage the lost, rather than simply a building for Sunday services.

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