  How has EPC’s growth affected the group’s annual meeting?
Because we hold our General Assembly each year in one of our
church facilities, we have to rely on our larger churches to
extend an invitation to host the assembly. We are at the point
in our growth where we need a church building that can
accommodate 700 to 1,000 people in the sanctuary, as well as
provide numerous breakout rooms for the committee meetings,
function space for meals, and our exhibit hall.  Another
challenge is the location of the meeting. We are sensitive to
the costs of getting to a location, especially in this day of
increasing fuel costs for both cars and planes. We will be in
Baton Rouge this year, which is presenting cost challenges due
to air availability.  What kind of meeting space will you look
for as the assembly grows?  When the time comes for us to move
out of a church facility, it is our desire to maintain the
values that we hold dear and that make our denomination seem
like family. Our annual assembly is a time when old