| Project
History |
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January 7
2003 Letter |
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Critical Success Factors |
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Survey 1 Executive Summary |
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Next
Steps |
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Respond to
the Critical Success Factor Survey (through 2/23/03) |
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August 2003 update / Top Ten Master Plan Concepts |
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Master Plan Explanation and Overview |
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| Fall:2003: The architects are identifying changes / improvements
to the sanctuary, including improved sound systems. This
analysis is to be completed by mid December, 2003. |
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| November 2, 2003: the congregation authorized the architect to
prepare schematic drawings for a new parking lot where Clara's corner
is now located, a new addition / front entrance to the church, and
remodeling of the remainder of our facilities. This analysis
will be completed by mid January 2004. |
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| January 2004: Meetings will be held to present the plans for
changing/improving the Sanctuary space, and to obtain input from all
interested members. Members are encouraged to attend one of the
meetings: 9:45 am or 11:15 am on Sunday January 11th, or 7 pm on
Monday January 12th. |
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| January 18, 2004: At the annual congregational meeting, it was
agreed upon to make every recommended change in the sanctuary, and up
to $350,000 was authorized to pay for the changes. The committee
is to come back to the congregation for approval regarding new vs.
refurbished pews. To see the list of proposed changes,
click
here |
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March 21, 2004: Old pews are removed. Some have been
purchased by members, the remainder are provided to another church.
Pews were unscrewed from the floor. Balcony pews were
lowered by rope to the sanctuary floor. |
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February, 2004: Items from the altar area have been removed for
refurbishing by the carpenters. A loaner altar and reading stand
have been put in place for use in the interim. Another vote will
be held regarding the question of either replacing or refurbishing the
pews on March 7. |
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  March 2004: Congregation votes on new pew
vs. refurbished, views choices of colors to be considered by
subcommittee.
Pew work will commence immediately following the vote by the
congregation. |
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June 2004: Dedication service for the
refurbished sanctuary is planned for June 20th. Special
services will be held at 8:15am and 10:30am. Services will
incorporate some of the same items that were included in the
dedication of the previous sanctuary 75 years ago. On
June 13th a special congregational meeting was held in the
partially remodeled sanctuary to consider a motion to conduct a
feasibility study for a capital campaign to fund future projects.
It was unanimously approved to accept the recommendation to use
the services of ChurchFirst and Mr. Carl Beck. Mr. Beck will
conduct interviews with selected members of the congregation to
provide input for the feasibility study. July 2004:
The Feasibility study was completed and a report was presented to
the congregation. The study revealed that we need to fine
tune our plans so we can determine what can be included in the
next phase of the project since our potential capital campaign
capacity is less than the projected cost of the original entire
project. Cottage meetings will be conducted to explain
alternatives to members and to help everyone understand our
options and costs. These will be completed in the Fall of
2004, beginning in October. Fall 2004: Cottage
Meetings were completed in November, with 180 participants.
The surveys were compiled by Carl Beck, and a report was presented
to the congregation in a special meeting on December 5th.
The consensus of the study was there is agreement about the
overall plans, and it was recommended that a capital campaign
committee be formed to begin the process of raising monies.
This committee will likely be formed by the January 30th meeting,
and their work will take several months. Once we have
identified the specific amount of money we expect to be able to
raise, we will obtain specific plans for what we will be able to
do for the next project. We hope that we will be able to
accommodate the conceptual plans as described during the cottage
meetings, but nothing is written in stone at this time. We
continue to look to God for guidance. |
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Spring / Summer 2005: We have formed a Capital
Campaign Committee, identified team members, and have been
receiving congregational committments (our kickoff event was
6/12/05). We hope to have the final tally by September 11,
2005 and our annual Church Picnic. Carl Beck of Church First
continues to guide us in our campaign.
Link to Capital Campaign Page |
