4 /5 Pam: What a great church to visit during the Christmas Season, they put a lot of effort and energy in creating a positive atmosphere for people of all ages. Their Foyer area where the coffee shop Cafe 4 is, is decorated nicely with a tall tree filled with positive fun words and other kinds of fun ornaments.
They have a HUGE skating rink in part of their parking lot available to any one who rents skates, of course open to all ages. Not exclusive to any one in particular.
Whats interesting is the skates are blue, just something I have never seen before. Its kind of cool and different.
This year they had fire pits for smores they were selling, of course a variety of vendor booths and train rides for the kids.
Its festive and fun parking is not an issue, the parking attendants do a great job of directing people and managing the parking. On some days, the cafe is open so a different variety of hot drinks is available for purchase, and the seating area is open too, in case it is too cold or wet outside. There are also food trucks available of different variety on different nights.
Its really a nice festive atmosphere to be in and pretty safe. Of course there are the occasional disrespectful people who dont seem to understand where they are, or lack the maturity to understand that that atmosphere is to be family friendly, with kids, not appropriate for gross swearing and cursing or pot. Yes, the night I went someone didnt have the decency to make sure they didnt reek of pot, on a church property surrounded by all those kids pr remember to watch their language around all those kids. And the ironic thing, is that they came with someone who had a child. Go Figure! - obviously not someone who is clued in to its surroundings or who theyre with. But the second time I went, it was much more of a healthier family/kid friendly place to enjoy.
3 Crosses and its staff do a really good job of having that area available for several weekends. Which helps make the Christmas Season last longer!
