SonRise Church in Berlin, Maryland, just outside of Ocean City, was a “portable church” for 14 years from 2002 to 2016. The SonRise family congregated in a local high school where they set up and broke down their worship center every Sunday. Finally, in 2016, SonRise purchased a unique property on 22 acres that had previously housed an animal pharmaceutical producer. Most of the real estate consisted of warehouses and labs. After a successful capital campaign, SonRise received a loan from a local bank in Ocean City to acquire the property and began upgrading and renovating the buildings to accommodate the church’s needs. Still short of their funding goal, two church members generously offered to lend a hand with interest-free loans. This generosity provided SonRise what they needed to complete the initial renovations.