Celebration Church Jacksonville Music Levels Disturbing Neighbors

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUJTYa0pM3rA31WGhHAwJtabr6Bnuro0rfWj2tooJyb0-1trVzfWuw94QlRlJvifEc9F90DuYbS0rZ2S9QJDg-Pm3CtWTNXsY16l0OOQ83Ndky2UN3ScrSY9fEt5aBwFf5qjc2AjQFi2v/s1600/CelebrationArena.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUJTYa0pM3rA31WGhHAwJtabr6Bnuro0rfWj2tooJyb0-1trVzfWuw94QlRlJvifEc9F90DuYbS0rZ2S9QJDg-Pm3CtWTNXsY16l0OOQ83Ndky2UN3ScrSY9fEt5aBwFf5qjc2AjQFi2v/s1600/CelebrationArena.png" /></a></div>Here in Jacksonville one of the largest, fastest growing churches is <a href="http://www.celebration.org/" target="_blank">Celebration Church</a>, pastored by Stovall Weems.They recently completed construction on a new main campus facility, what they call "Celebration Arena", shown at left.They are a multi-campus site, with videos of Stovall transmitted to several satellite locations in Jacksonville. This church is our city's version of Elevation Church, and Fellowship Church. Good looking, hip pastor, with loud rock-style music. In fact, Stovall has preached at Fellowship, and Steven Furtick has preached here at Celebration. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/308240/483/Can-you-please-turn-the-music-down" target="_blank">As reported by TV-12 News last night</a>, the noise levels coming from the church during their services are so loud as to be a nuisance to the adjoining neighborhood, described by the homeowners as a "retirement"community.<br /><br />However, from the TV-12 report last night, it seems that the church is not very concerned, and would not even talk to the reporter for her story. Here is an excerpt from the TV report last night:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b>"Since October, Dave and his wife along with his neighbors say they have sent letters, emails and have made calls to Celebration Church asking for assistance with the noise, <span style="color: red;">but have received only one response that referenced a few pine trees planted as buffers</span>....I [the reporter] called Celebration Church and asked for an interview but was told <span style="color: red;">they would need two weeks notice and passed along contact information.</span>"</b></i></blockquote>I visited the church a few Sundays ago to hear Tim Tebow speak at the new Celebration Arena, and I can understand the neighbors' concerns. As I told many people about my visit, the one word I used to describe that church is LOUD. I have never, ever heard music and bass levels as high as in that church. The music was so loud, I felt like my inner organs were vibrating! I've been to my share of rock concerts back in the day, and nothing was as loud and deep as the music being played at the church. As I walked in, I noticed the "fog" in the air to give the arena a nightclub feel. The "arena" is beautiful - huge back screen, HD side screens, comfortable chairs - and one heckuva sound system.<br /><br />Hopefully Celebration Church will do more than just point to the pine trees, and will do something real to alleviate the concerns of Dave and his neighbors. In the TV piece last night, Dave says he is a man of faith and he felt guilty about raising the issue given that the noise is coming from a church, but he and his neighbors believe their quality of life is diminished by the noise levels on Sunday and Wednesdays. Celebration certainly CAN turn the music down, or provide some other engineering modifications to reduce the noise emanating from the property.<br /><br />It is quite interesting that while this issue is going on, <a href="http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=291927" target="_blank">our city council is addressing citizens' complaints about noise coming from Metro Park rock concerts</a> downtown. So Celebration, please be proactive and address this. If our city council is concerned about noise coming from city-owned property on a few weekends a year, certainly YOU can address the noise concerns from your own church every Sunday and Wednesday.<br /><br />And for goodness sake, Celebration Church, please talk to the reporter. Why do you need two weeks to prepare to speak to a news reporter working for our largest TV news station in Jacksonville?

Celebration Church Jacksonville Music Levels Disturbing Neighbors

Here in Jacksonville one of the largest, fastest growing churches is Celebration Church , pastored by Stovall Weems.They recently completed ...

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