The Imagine This ministry of the United Brethren in Christ Church, has settled into a former bank building in downtown Grand Ledge.
“We just fell in love with Grand Ledge and the people and the community,” says Pastor Gordon Kettel. “It just became really apparent that we needed to be here.”
Imagine This is located at 227 S. Bridge St. Imagine This has been in the roughly 3,500 square foot building since May 2008. Imagine This has a children’s ministry in the basement of the building as well. They renovated the space before they moved in.
“I wouldn’t call it a café environment, but it definitely does not have a traditional church feel when you come in the door,” he says. Kettel refers to his group as a faith-based community rather than a church.
The activity in the downtown also attracted Kettel to the location.
“Someone said that Grand Ledge has at least six parades a year,” Kettel says. “Obviously the downtown is important to people and it should be important to us.”
Source: Gordon Kettle, Imagine This
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All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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