Firelife Church will be moving into a vacant spot at the Vineyard Marketplace in Grapevine.

The Grapevine City Council approved a special use permit during the Sept. 16 meeting for the church that is currently based in Irving.

The permit approved was to allow a 185-seat church into the former Luv 2 Play indoor playground space in a community commercial district.

Rev. Jared Patterson said the church has signed a three-year lease, which was contingent on the city approving the special permit and the certificate of occupancy being issued by the city.

Part of the permit is the church sharing parking with Hobby Lobby .

City code requires 62 parking spots, but the immediate area has only 50. Patterson said Hobby Lobby graciously allowed for the use of their lot on Sundays, a day it

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