Facility Opportunities

With continued growth, we recognize the need to invest in improvements to our hospitality space to help foster community, both within the body of believers and our guests. Our plans in this area include expansion and updates to our main lobby, reconfiguration of our Children’s Ministry lobby and check-in area and outdoor facility improvements. 

In our main lobby, we will push the entrance doors out to the current edge of our building, adding over 350 square feet of usable space. This will give us increased flexibility for mobile coffee stations, event registration, and our information center. Improved sound treatment and worship center doors will also help with noise control in this busy part of our building.

In the Children’s Ministry lobby, our goal is to create a defined space for families to check in each week. We will do this by removing a small section of wall and creating a check-in station that is efficient for Hillside families and intuitive for guests to navigate. This will also create a clearly defined entry point, increasing security for this important ministry area. 

Plans for outdoor facility improvements include the reconfiguration of our parking lot, the addition of a front patio, an updated playground, and new deck. 

Regrading and resurfacing our parking lot not only provides us with a safer, more efficient parking area, it also allows us to place handicap accessible parking right at the entry point to our building. These parking spots will sit directly in front of our new outdoor patio, which creates much easier handicap entry to the building. The new patio space will allow us to enjoy outdoor fellowship on beautiful California days; providing outdoor seating and helping ease the congestion that we currently experience in our lobby. 

The playground will be upgraded by replacing our current play structures with a single play structure, rated for ages 2-12, and by adding an area of grass that will give our Children’s Ministry and Hillside Preschool greater flexibility during their time outside. 

Finally, a new deck will be built over our existing outdoor stairs. This adds even more outdoor space for fellowship while continuing to provide access to the lower parking lots and connection to the new playground.