Diffie Family Life Center

"Parkway Community Church has a desire to do a better job at reaching the members of its surrounding community through social services, ministry, education, and entertainment."

The proposed Diffie Family Life Center, which will be named in honor of Hurschel Diffie who served as Pastor here for over 30 years, is a 22,000 sq. feet multipurpose building to be built on the grounds of Parkway Community Church. This two-story building will have the following amenities:

* Gymnasium
* Stage
* Professional Sound And Lighting Equipment
* Commercial Kitchen
* Dining Hall
* A Café
* Classrooms
* Meeting Rooms
* Offices And Office Equipment
* Youth Recreation Center
* Children’s Recreation Center
* Reception Area
* Storage Facilities

Parkway Community Church has a desire to do a better job at reaching the members of its surrounding community through social services, ministry, education, and entertainment. The church is further in need of improved facilities for its youth and children’s ministries, as well as its preschool. By building the DFLC, Parkway will be able to improve quality, and be able to offer a greater variety of social service projects, as well as to minister more effectively to the current and incoming youth and children.

The ability of Parkway to provide ministry to God and others will be accomplished in the new building in two different ways. First, by providing enhanced worship facilities for both the youth and children’s departments, the church’s capability to minister to God is enhanced, as well. Second, by having these meeting facilities available, Parkway will also be able to better minister to the needs of the community.

Parkway has plans for new areas of community service that, without the building, have not been possible before. Some of these areas are:

* Health Screening For Senior Citizens
* A Place For Public Immunizations
* A Site For United Blood Services Blood Drives
* Recovery Group And Counseling Sessions
* A Staging Area For A Local Cancer Walk

Some other areas of community services that Parkway already participates in can be greatly improved by having a larger facility available. These are:

* Voting Poll Sites
* Community Education Courses
* Leadership Training For Corporate Executives
* Marriage Enrichment Seminars

In addition, the facilities could also be used by the community for sports and entertainment purposes such as basketball, volleyball, and dodge ball leagues.

These are just a small sample of the community services that will become possible by the construction of the Diffie Family Life Center. Our hope is to use the building as a tool to reach out to the community and give them a place where they can experience worship, fun, family, and community.