After years of struggling to move our previous work away from “extreme legalism”, an issue which required Godly love instead of continued human punishment, culminated in the majority of folks leaving that work in early 2011. With no particular organized direction, the Rowbottom family had decided to meet as a family unit at the home of Jim and Ethel Rowbottom Sunday, January 23, 2011 as an informal family worship service. The events that occurred in the week leading up to that date revealed that God had a different plan. After announcing that he was stepping down as elder and leaving the previous work on Sunday, January 16, 2011, Jim and his son-in-law, Jeff Carr, were sitting watching a hockey game on Tuesday night of that week when Jim got an interesting call from a member of Courtland Bible Fellowship offering him the use of their building on Sundays as their church group held their worship services on Saturday evenings. Folks from the former work also began calling until the next night the initial meeting was held along with a prayer meeting and Bible study of this new fellowship of believers. Twenty three people were present at that first meeting. It was decided that this new group would become a non-denominational Bible-believing fellowship of believers in Jesus Christ and the infallible Word of God. Legalism was deemed to be intolerable as they had gained their freedom by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the goal became to follow God’s Will, using His Word as their guide book and His love as an example, and not the laws of man. Possible names were discussed and a decision was to be made at a later date. The original trustees were nominated and voted on with Arnold Brown, Hubert Hill, Dana Hayward, Jim Rowbottom and Jeff Carr and Don Mathews who would also be treasurers.