Dickie Spargo, the lead pastor of City Church in Gastonia, North Carolina. | Facebook/City Church in Gastonia, North Carolina
A North Carolina church that already boasts a 6-acre lake on their property announced Sunday that they will add an amphitheater to their sprawling 75-acre campus in Gastonia this summer to be ready for future pandemics that could prevent them from worshiping indoors.
“Nothing we can do about this virus. This virus is probably not going to go anywhere. There’s going to be a COVID-32, a COVID-45; that’s just the way it works. It’s called a virus,” Dickie Spargo, lead pastor of City Church, told his congregation during a Facebook Live broadcast Sunday about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Dickie Spargo, the lead pastor of City Church in Gastonia, North Carolina. | Facebook/City Church in Gastonia, North Carolina
A North Carolina church that already boasts a 6-acre lake on their property announced Sunday that they will add an amphitheater to their sprawling 75-acre campus in Gastonia this summer to be ready for future pandemics that could prevent them from worshiping indoors.
“Nothing we can do about this virus. This virus is probably not going to go anywhere. There’s going to be a COVID-32, a COVID-45; that’s just the way it works. It’s called a virus,” Dickie Spargo, lead pastor of City Church, told his congregation during a Facebook Live broadcast Sunday about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic taught Gastonia s City Church some lessons it plans to use in its future.
The church located on a 75-acre campus off South New Hope Road plans to add a 600-seat outdoor amphitheater at a cost of $500,000, said senior Pastor Dickie Spargo.
The project would feature tiered open-air seats with a stage below and could be completed before the end of summer, Spargo said.
Prolonged social isolation created by the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on people. The amphitheater should help, he said. I think we all have a much better understanding now that people need to be together, Spargo said. It s an essential part of who we are.