August Gate Launches New Church in Soulard at 1809 S. 8th Street - Regular Services Start August 31, 2009

Welcome August Gate!!! - August Gate Launches New Church in Soulard at 1809 S. 8th Street - Regular Services Start August 31, 2009

August Gate is set to open its doors as a new Christian church at 1808 S. Eighth Street in Soulard with regular Sunday services at 6 p.m. starting on August 30, 2009.  The opening of August Gate represents the culmination of over three years of planning by Noah and Heather Oldham, Josh and Kim Jones, Todd Genteman, Juliet Piwiec, and other members of the Launch Team for August Gate.  For the past several months, August Gate has been holding preview services at a number of locations.  Now, August Gate is ready to settle into their new home and mission as a Gospel centered missional church.

A Church with a New World Attitude

Now, I attended a recent preview service at August Gate with the 30 core  members of August Gate.  I was greatly impressed by the look and feel of the services of August Gate which mixed traditional messages from the Gospel with a distinctly contemporary medium with the use of live Christian music and audio visual tools.  In addition, the founders of August Gate have clearly embraced technology as a medium to deliver their religious message with the use of a website, blog, Facebook page, and even Twitter.  It appears that August Gate is firmly planted with old work values with a modern outlook.

Not Even Open Yet and First Community Project a Great Success

As much as I enjoyed the August Gate service.  I was also impressed by the youthful energy of the founders of August Gate and their commitment to the revitalization of the communities in which they serve.  In just a short time, the founders of August Gate not only launched a new church - they also launched their first community service project with the clean-up and beautification of the Soulard Market Park and Aboussie Park in Soulard.  August Gate participated in the PowerPlant community service project and received assistance from Brumley Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church Dover who travelled from Arkansas to assist with this community service project.

About PowerPlant

Here is some information on PowerPlant:

• PowerPlant was first offered by the North American Mission Board in 2003.
• Over 2,000 students and their adult leaders registered for PowerPlant in 2009.
• These students worked with over 95 church plants with community projects in over 16 cities in the United States and Canada.
• For more information on PowerPlant, visit the North American Mission Board's website.

About August Gate Services

Here is some additional information on August Gate:

• August Gate has Sunday evening services at the Trinity Lutheran Schoolhouse located at 1808 S. Eighth Street starting at 6 p.m.
• August Gate has a Tuesday evening Bible study and community group meeting starting at 6:30 p.m.

For More Information about August Gate

For more information about August Gate, contact August Gate Pastor Noah Oldham at Noah@AugustGate.com .  Or, visit August Gate on the internet at www.AugustGate.com or follow August Gate on Twitter @AugustGate.

On behalf of PREA Signature Realty, we would like to welcome August Gate as our new neighbors and congratulate the Launch Team of August Gate on their hard work.  I look forward to more good works from August Gate in the future.