The Future of Journey 

As our community continues to grow with an influx of new business and thousands of new residents, our mission compels us to expand our efforts to help those in our community – including children, teens, and young adults – trust and follow Jesus. To learn about how this initiative plays a role in this, we invite you to look through our digital All In booklet we provided in October 2024 HERE. 

This two year event began with the launch in October 2024 and focused on building an “ALL IN” commitment from everyone who calls Journey their home church. After the launch, we moved into raising capital, designing the build out, and beginning construction. Over the course of a year we hired an architect firm to create drawings and a general contractor to begin developing and phasing out the expansion. 

The county approved the building permit on March 11, 2026. This permit gave us the green light to sign the final pricing contract and begin the project. The sub contractors were released in April to begin the work. The current schedule projectts completion of the project by March 2027.

As of October 2026, here is what remains:

Jesus made it clear that the mission of the Church is to make disciples. In part, a disciple is someone who is following Jesus as King and Lord. Another way to put it is that a disciple is someone who is “ALL IN” on following Jesus, who is being transformed by his power, and who is 100% committed to the mission of Jesus in this world. Now is the time for us as a church to go ALL IN on the call of Jesus to make disciples. We must invite and help people to follow Jesus, be changed by Jesus, and join the mission of Jesus. 

According to the studies, the most “at risk” generation among us is the under 30 crowd. As a church, we will spare no effort or expense to reach and disciple the next generation. When we relocated to our current campus in 2017, we built out as much as we could. Now is the time to expand our space so that we are better able to serve children, teenagers, and young adults. This is a significant step forward into a new season of exciting ministry. It’s not only that we get to do this, but we must do this. 

We partner with other organizations locally, nationally and internationally in order to carry out our mission. You can learn more about each of them by clicking HERE. 

Yes, members can request this information. They should contact Journey’s main office to set up an appointment. (804) 763-0231 or email info@journeyrva.com 

Elementary Small Group Rooms – Most importantly, these rooms will be needed to support our growing elementary ministry, which is currently operating six different grade levels in a total of two classrooms. It is crucial that we improve this ministry environment now and prepare for future growth. Additionally, the classrooms will be used during the weekday for our homeschool co-op. There will be students around tables getting classroom instruction on various subjects from certified teachers. On Sunday the tables and chairs will be removed, replaced by carpet circles so our small group leaders can disciple our kids. 

Elementary Large Group Room – because our elementary ministry is expanding, we will need additional space to accommodate the kids during their large group time. Large Group engages our children with singing, stories, devotions, relational activities, and much more, and prepares our children to engage in the weekly theme taught in their small groups. 

Activities Center (AC) – this room will be the most vital, multifunctional space in our building. We will use the AC as our primary room for most everything we do outside of Sunday gatherings. We believe it will be a relational environment that will generate many more discipleship opportunities. For example: 

Right now we have only one large room (the auditorium). At capacity, it seats ~1,000. The multi-purpose room seats up to ~80 people around tables and 100 people in rows of chairs. We needed another medium size room that could serve as a second auditorium for other events. Set up in an auditorium format, the AC will seat 500-600. We have needed a room that size for other events and opportunities. So instead of simply creating another auditorium with the capacity of 500-600, we felt the best use of that kind of space was to truly make it a multipurpose space that could be used for relational ministry. 

Others uses: In the past we’ve had events for families where we have set up bounce houses inside our lobby. Our intent was that families could connect. Those were wonderful events, but the sound in the lobby defeated the relational connection. The AC will be built with acoustical panels to help deaden the sound. We’ve had other events that were scheduled to be outdoors that we’ve had to cancel because of weather, but with an AC, those events could easily be moved inside. We can partner with our local county recreation and private schools to allow them to use the AC for their sports activities. That is a wonderful outreach opportunity. The AC will be an excellent tool as a gathering space for students after high school sporting events. These are just a few of the opportunities that will present themselves due to having a multi purpose space like the AC in our building. 

Yes, this expansion will require the need for Journey to fill additional staff roles. We hired an Executive Director of Journey Christian Academy and will be looking to fill more roles as we approach completion of the project.  

How can I get involved in the All In Initiative? Right now, we need everyone to be all on generosity. We're asking you to join us on a spiritual journey with God, to take the largest step of generosity you've ever taken, as we move together to take the largest step of faith we've ever taken. As James said, equal sacrifice, not equal gifts.  

Here are four easy ways to get started: 

PRAY
Pray that God would work in the hearts of everyone at Journey to be ALL IN, and that we would listen with an openness to respond. Ask that God would multiply our efforts in making
disciples and make an impact for the Kingdom in such a time as this. Pray that he would do the impossible through us.
COMMIT
Fully commit to what God wants to do in you and through you during this season in our church. Devote the next season to letting God develop commitment, vision, and generosity
in your life. In short, be ALL IN! Help us reach our goal of 100% engagement in God’s work. Stand together to impact our church and community.
GIVE
Ask God to show you what generous, faith-stretching giving looks like for you and your family, and take whatever bold steps are required to see it through.
LEAD
Own the ALL IN vision and become an ambassador for it within your spheres of influence. Celebrate what God is doing in the lives of others at Journey. Encourage others to
engage fully and cheer them on as they take steps of faith
and commitment.

If you haven’t completed a commitment card yet, you can access the digital version HERE. 
If you have any other questions about how you can get involved, please email info@journeyrva.com.