Building News
Planning for the Future - Today!
In October 2009, at the Annual Church Conference, the congregation voted to pursue the building design and funding plan presented by the Building Committee. In April 2010 the first Big Building BBQ Bash was held and kicked off our first year of fund raising and design refinement. On April 10th of this year, the Building Funding Committee sponsored a Building BBQ Bash and presented a wrap-up of the first year activity and kicked off the activities for Year 2 of the building expansion campaign.
FundingGoals
The initial cost estimate for theproject is $600,000. Our goal is to raise$150,000 per year to add toour $150,000 seed money from our savings. Our end of year one goalthen was to have a total of $300,000. We did a wonderful job ofnearly reaching that goal, with a total of $286,737. The intent is tostart building when we reach the $450,000, raising the last $150,000during construction.
During the first year we held many fundraisers including the first year kick off BBQ, garage sale, picnic,Arts and Crafts sales, and 3rd Thursday Theater. Additionally, donations have been made by the United Methodist Men’sand Women’s groups and the Recycled Card Ministry. In addition tocontinuing many of the same fundraisers, we have started evaluatingadditional fundraisers like gold parties and restaurant sponsorships. We have also started a Donor Recognition Program and suggestedBuilding Naming opportunities.
BuildingNaming Opportunities
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Sunday School Classrooms (5) - $10,000 per room
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Narthex, Sunday School Hall, & Greeting Area - $15,000 per area
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New Fellowship Hall - $25,000
DesignPlan
The Building Expansion PreliminaryDesign Drawings have been completed. Three additional Sunday School Classrooms will be added to the current Fellowship Hall. The existing hall will be renamed the Education Building. An existing classroom will be relocated to allow us to move an entrance to the Education Building from the new Entry Foyer.
The major portion of the expansion is the new Fellowship Hall and Entry Foyer to be built between the Education Building and the Sanctuary. The new design provides entry from both the north and south sides of the building. Both entrances have a circular driveway, a covered drive drop off and associated gardens. The Fellowship Hall will be at the same elevation as the existing hall and will have a serving area and entrance to the existing kitchen.
Additional features include newrestrooms with shower facilities, a large storage area and anelevated stage. Entrances are from the new entry foyer on the northand from a ramp by the drop off on the south side. The southentrance to the foyer in front of the sanctuary is at an elevationabout 4 feet lower than the dining hall. Steps and a ramp areprovided between the lower and upper greeting areas.
What’sNext
Phase I gave us concept drawings for planning purposes. Phase II will give us Site Work Documents. We will enter Phase II when we reach $400,000. When we reach the $425,000 goal we will enter Phase III. Phase III will give us Building Contract Documents and have us ready to go out for bids and select our contractor.
We are excited about the prospects of perhaps being able to break ground as soon as next year. If we continue to raise funds as we have been, we can reach our groundbreaking goal by next summer. It’s wonderful having a church with so many activities we need to frequently alter scheduled hall usage. Soon we will be using our new Sunday school classrooms and be able to have our activities continue without these scheduling conflicts. Praise God!
