It’s Time has gone well, but we aren’t “there” yet. As of this writing, we have committed over $500,000 to the First Fruits Offering portion of our capital fund-raising campaign. We must have $800,000 in hand before we can begin any renovation/construction.

We have pledged an additional $637,000 over the next 3 years, for a total commitment of more than $1.2 million. Our goal is to have commitments of $1.6 million, which would leave less than $1 million to borrow toward the $2.5 million construction cost.

We should reach the $800,000 mark in no more than 12-18 months. How much we must borrow toward construction will depend on your generosity over that same time period.

Thank you for all you have done and are doing financially.

Concurrent with our fund-raising efforts, the ministerial staff is developing spiritual and numerical growth plans in all areas of the church’s ministry. We are planning for expansion and deepening in the areas of children, youth, adult and older adult ministries, in music and worship, in missions outreach, in Sunday School and small group options.

Some of these plans require additional space that we hope we will have in the foreseeable future; some of the plans require no additional space or can be implemented in creative ways and/or in creative spaces.

Growth plans will be clustered around the 6 priorities identified several years ago in our spiritual strategic journey. We have not forgotten them, and we continue to work toward them:

·Kingdom Focus
·Faithfulness to Acts 1:8
·Identity and Calling
·Heart Transformation
·Calling out and Empowering
·Healthy Relationships

We are moving forward, intent on growth in both spirit and in number.

Bert Browning