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Tracking Our Progress
As of March 10, 2009
Total Received: 1,753,006.16
Cash on Hand: $821,403.84
Land Purchases: $279,411.35
Previous Expense: $652,190.97
“Beyond These Walls” Building Campaign - Sept 28, 2008
“Beyond These Walls” is the title of our new building campaign. Our campaign brochure is available for download.
Our Theme verse is from Acts 1:8:
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Bringing Hope to Life - July 1, 2008
Dear Folks,
I wanted to give you an update on where we are on the new building process. As we are all aware by now, things don’t move as quickly as we might hope. But that’s not all bad. We have seen the Lord’s hand in many things over these last months.
Back in April, the church voted to move forward with the new design that you can see in the west foyer. It will seat approximately 1100 (floor and choir loft). Since that time we have been working on taking the appropriate steps for this to be a success.
Right now we are waiting for a little more clarification on the design in order to get a firm price. At the same time, we are working to fine-tune it to make sure we do not end up with something that is cost-prohibitive.
Interestingly, the last couple of months have also allowed us to purchase some property that we have been praying about for a long time.
Concurrently, we are preparing for our next capital campaign. This step was voted on by the church, knowing that we need to make sure we lay the proper financial foundation for the project. You will be hearing more about that in the days ahead. As you feel led, continue your Just Imagine giving. The benefits to the project from this are obvious.
That’s about all there is at this time. But it is important for you to know that things are moving forward. Always remember that this building is not our first priority. Our first priority is to be obedient in ministering and reaching our community and our world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. Everything else should help us do that.
My request of you is to make all of this a matter of intense prayer. I believe that we are on the cusp of seeing some really great things take place. I don’t think they will be easy, but if we are faithful and obedient, they will definitely be worthwhile. Nothing worthwhile comes without sacrifice.
I am blessed to be your pastor,
Bro Don
Building Update April 23, 2008
View a PDF file of the Preliminary designs:
Elevations
Site Plan
Floor Plan
Quick History
In 2004, the need to provide more space was realized and the church voted to move forward with the building of a new worship center.
Plans were drawn and a projected cost was arrived at. In May of 2005 our church committed and pledged approximately 2 Million dollars over 3 years.
Following hurricane Katrina when the bids came in, the cost was too high to continue. Even after value engineering, the cost remained to be prohibitive.
Since this time we have been waiting and seeking the lords will.
Where is the Lord leading us now?
We have begun working with the architect on a new plan to try and accomplish the same goals that we had in the beginning but with greater flexibility and at a lower cost. We wanted to be good stewards of what God has provided so we began to explore some things “outside of our box.“ After visiting and talking with other churches who had recently built in a less traditional way, we started to explore the possibility of building with metal structures. Metal structures provide more flexibility at a greater value and can be made to look beautiful inside and out.
Why look at a design like this?
1. Cost - We are saving 2 to 3 million dollars by going with this design.
2. Flexibility - This allows for a number of different functions and different configurations.
3. Stewardship - This is a building that can be used much more than once a week, in many different ways and at a better price.
What will it cost?
Using only preliminary drawings at this point the conservative estimate is $6.4 Million.
How will we pay for it?
We will need to commit to another 3 year pledge similar to the “Just Imagine” campaign that we did in 2005. We currently have 1.3 Million in the bank. When the time comes, we would look at financing the rest.
What next?
We will be giving updates as we have them. This is a new design, so we have to wait on schematic designs, etc. before we will have a more complete picture.
We must always be praying, “Lord, what do you want to do through me to accomplish your will for our church?“
Remember Ephesians 3:20, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.“