Lakewood Ranch church completes $7.7M 'blessing' of an expansion

Lakewood Ranch church completes $7.7M 'blessing' of an expansion

Cornerstone Church of Lakewood Ranch is wrapping up a $7.7 million expansion — a project that represents a milestone in the Presbyterian church's 33-year history.  That goes back to 1993, when a group of under 50 congregants worshiped at the Parkway 8 Cinema on Lockwood Ridge Road, on the Sarasota County side University Parkway, just south of Manatee County. By 2002, the church found a home of its own in Lakewood Ranch, but it was “in the countr…