A5. The existing sanctuary has a congregational seating capacity of just around 400 maximum.

Q6. How many services will we have on Sunday morning?

A6. Leadership currently plans for two Sunday morning services.

Q7. Where will the new kitchen be located?

A7. The additional cost and space implications of building an entirely new kitchen and abandoning the existing kitchen were too prohibitive to be included in Phase 1 of construction. The Master Plan reflects a remodeling and expansion of the existing kitchen in Phase 2. This would be accomplished by expanding the existing kitchen area to include: the table storage space adjacent to it, the adjacent bathroom, the kitchen entry alcove, and the outside entry storage space directly behind and north of the kitchen bathroom. Expanding the kitchen into these adjacent spaces will more than double the overall kitchen area.

Q8. Will there be a dedicated prayer room?

A8. The new worship center will have two dedicated prayer rooms located near and outside the new sanctuary along the north corridor wall and near the northeastern entrance. The current prayer room will remain available until the new rooms are built.

Q9. Will there be a prayer area that will be open 24 hours a day?

A9. The building committee doesn’t make decisions regarding the hourly operations of the existing or the new building.

Q10. What is the timeframe?

A10. The timeframe is totally funding and cost dependent. However, providing financial matters don’t adversely impact the project schedule, Phase I construction could begin in the spring of 2010 (March/April)

Q11. What is the cost?

A11. The January 2009 estimated cost of Phase I was approximately $15.2 million. During the current schematic design effort, the building committee and our designers have identified several cost savings initiatives that should reduce both the Phase 1 cost, as well as, the overall project cost. In monitoring the ongoing construction bidding market, prices are experiencing downward pressures at this time and are projected to continue into the future year, but no one knows for how long.

Q12. What is the square footage?

A12. The existing building totals approximately 47,889 SQFT (square feet) excluding the lowerlevel area of 2,289 SQFT. The new project as currently planned adds approximately 39,267 SQFT to our facility excluding the additional new lowerlevel area of 14, 240 SQFT. The additional new square footage may fluctuate slightly as our design progresses, but is limited to 39, 941; excluding the lowerlevel area, by the total site building square footage limitation in our existing Fairfax County approved zoning permit of 87,830 SQFT excluding lowerlevel space.

Q13. Where will the children's classrooms be?

A13. The overall project plans include a children’s two story education addition in Phase 2.

Q14. The children won't be in the basement will they?

A14. Phase I, as currently planned includes approximately nine educational classrooms in the lowerlevel area space. The existing educational classrooms vacated by the youth and adults at the completion of Phase 1 is expected to meet the additional classroom needs of the children until the Phase 2 two story children’s education addition is constructed.

Q15. There will be a second story balcony in the sanctuary?

A15. The current worship center design doesn’t provide a second story balcony. Second story balcony space is expensive space to build and wasn’t necessary in achieving our targeted design seating capacity for the new worship center.

Q16. Will there be elevators?

A16. Yes; currently, our plans include one elevator.

Q17. How and where will the new building tie into the existing facility?

A17. The new building’s foyer will be located directly east and adjacent to our existing two story education building. At the eastern end of the education building first floor corridors, the existing windows will be removed and entrances into the new worship center foyer will be constructed. An additional smaller entrance into the new worship center foyer will be provided at the zone 7 exit doorway.

Q18. How many parking spaces will there be?

A18. The new project adds approximately 400 additional surface parking spaces for a total number of approximately 800.  We can add approximately 318 additional spaces in the future as permitted by our current zoning approval.

Q19. How many CBC members are there now?

A19. Sunday morning worship services attendance averages 930-950. This does not include the children and students in the building during this time. The new worship facility will better encourage and enable more families to worship together on Sunday morning, which has been a long sought goal of church leadership and staff. The total church membership, including active attendees, is approximately 1600.

Q20. $15 million dollars is a lot of money, so certainly we can get everything we need, right?

A20. While $15 million dollar is a lot of money, building construction costs have risen sharply over the past twelve years since our previous building plans. However, as mentioned in Q11 & A11 above, building construction costs are experiencing downward pressures at this time that are projected to continue into the future year, but no one knows for how long. The building committee, church leadership and staff are very conscious of keeping costs to what is needed for meeting our current and future ministry needs.

Q21. What will come in Phase 2?

A21. Phase 2, as currently planned in the Master Plan, includes a two story children’s education addition, an expanded and remodeled kitchen area, and renovation of several existing spaces.