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ChangePoint is a non-denominational Christian church in Anchorage Alaska in the United States. They currently conduct three Sunday services. It has been featured in the New York Times and on The Church Report, a church growth website. Dan Jarrell is the current Teaching Pastor at ChangePoint and Joel Engle is the current Pastor of Preaching and Vision.
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Location
ChangePoint moved into its new building (a former seafood factory) in the spring of 2005 to accommodate rapid growth. Services began in Summer of 2006 with the Grand Opening in Fall of 2006. The more than 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) building includes a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) children's wing, auditorium, atrium, conference rooms, offices, a commercial kitchen and about 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of space that the church current leases out.
Children's Center
AdventureLand at ChangePoint is the Alaska themed children's center. Beginning in the Fall of 2007 a portion of AdventureLand was home to the Anchorage School District's German immersion school during weekdays. AdventureLand was designed and built by Wacky World Studios of Florida. Wacky World is a "Theme Room" company. ChangePoint currently has several hundred children attending AdventureLand every Sunday.
Aiding the Community
Cold Weather Emergency Shelter - in January 2011 ChangePoint began using their facility as a Cold Weather Emergency Shelter for homeless families in Anchorage. This is in partnership with the Churches of Anchorage and the City of Anchorage.
Thanksgiving Blessing Project - ChangePoint annually contributes more than $10,000 to the Anchorage Thanksgiving Blessing Project. The funds are used to feed approximately 900 families Thanksgiving dinners that otherwise would not have been able to afford them,
Two Dollar Offering - This unique idea began at ChangePoint in the fall of 2010. The church encouraged all members to give $2 and that money would then be used to meet practical needs in the Anchorage community. Almost $6,000 was given and the funds went to meet several needs, including outdoor winter clothes to dozens of children who were identified as "homeless" and without proper winter wear. To read an article written by a local organization that was a recipient of this offering, click HERE
Downtown Soup Kitchen - ChangePoint runs the "Downtown Soup Kitchen." In an August 25 article in the Alaska Journal of Commerce, it was stated that the DSK is serving almost 500 meals per day to the homeless and working poor in Anchorage.