From Dallas-
After more than six years of holding services in sporadic locations, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church has a place to call its own.
The church, which has grown from 12 to about 300 members in that time, this week moved into its new, 9,500-square-foot building, at 6400 McKinney Ranch Parkway in McKinney.
"This is just the first phase of our plan," said Rev. Mike Michie, one of the church's founders. "We have 11 acres of land that really affords us to build a pretty substantial campus."
Church members are likely satisfied just with the beginning, though. They no longer have to meet at the McKinney YMCA every Sunday or guess where their weeknight meetings will be.
Construction began in July 2011 for the new building, which includes a worship center, classrooms and a nursery. The congregation held a capital drive about two years ago and raised enough money for the initial phase.
"That's why this move is so thrilling for us," Michie said. "We haven't had our own place since we started."
The Diocese of Dallas, its Bishop, Rt. Rev. James Stanton, and its church planting commission in May 2005 called Michie to be the founding vicar for St. Andrew's in McKinney. Michie, previously Vicar of Christ the King Episcopal Church in Houston, moved to the city a few months later with his wife, Laurie, and three daughters, Kellie, Jennifer and Mariana.
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