Lots to do in a Short Period of Time!

Most of the walls are in place and the space that used to house rows of offices is now a large auditorium. Even with concrete floors and unpainted drywall the space already feels warm and inviting. Kascon (our contractor) is moving right on schedule and they intend to be finished before the end of the year. That means it is still entirely possible that we could be worshipping in this space by Christmas! In order to make that happen, though, there are some things that we as a church have to do.

1) We'll need to receive at least $160,000 of the outstanding pledges by November 30.

If you were with us June 6^th when we launched construction, you may remember us saying that we had enough in our building fund to pay for this first phase of construction but we still needed funds to cover soft cost and finishes that are not included in our contract with Kascon. So, over the next four months, we will need at least $160,000 to pay for things like permit and inspection fees, builders-risk insurance, paint, carpet, tile, and a few critical pieces of IT and sound equipment. All of these items are necessary in order for us begin using the building for Sunday Services. (Note: To date we have approximately $700,000 in outstanding pledges. After paying for soft costs and finishes the remainder of the funds will be put towards finishing the children's area.)

2) We need to paint the entire North Building between Aug 18-26^th.

One of the ways we are holding down construction costs is by doing our own painting. We'll be painting between August 18th and August 26th. You can sign up to help online, or on Sunday morning. It's a big building but if we all work together we can get it done.

3) We need to move all of our offices to the North Building on Monday, Sept. 6^th.

Kascon will be finished with all the work in the North building by the first week in September. At that time, we will shift all of our offices over to the North building. From this date on we will be able to occupy everything in the North building except the Sancutary and the lower level elementary PowerHouse. Once our offices have been moved to the North side, Kascon will then begin construction on the South building to include a new double-wide stairway, adding a lobby floor, new restrooms, and a new second floor entrance.

There's lots to do in a short period of time so please get involved over the next several months! If we work together--everyone contributing something—then with God's help we will be in our building before year-end!