It is exciting!!!!... to see the Children's Center in its final stages of completion... Again, a more
secure facility that will house an excellent ministry to our young ones. There is still much to do after the completion to make the walls, halls, and doors welcoming to parents and children. The entrance way on the west side of the building will welcome children and parents to a place of joy, nurture, and safety. Again, this wing will require less utility costs with up-to-date air conditioning and excellent insulation.
NOT FINISHED YET... It is encouraging! Our YOUTH CENTER - The Board of Trustees authorized approximately $21,000 for immediate remedy of needs in the Youth Center ... not complete needs in the Youth Center. Insulation was installed. Electrical was updated. Walls were removed to make larger spaces for activities and to just plain clean up years of varmint invasions and other
degradation from age. The youth worked hard to assist in accomplishing these initial efforts to improve their place of Worship, Discipleship and Fellowship. But the Youth Center is not finished and we have no funds from our Renovation Fund to complete the needs for our Youth Center. I am praying that there just might be some folks who would be willing to step up and help. We need $12,000 for flooring and $4,000 for cabinetry and storage. Perhaps God is nudging some folks to go to bat for our youth in completing this project?
We have commitments to repair and beautify our Sanctuary Steeple and update our church sign on Military Trail. What remains is upgrades and improvements to our Adult Ministry Center adjacent and around Founder's Chapel. There are improvements we hope to make in our Sanctuary, Narthex and Fellowship Hall.
NEVER ENDING STORY... I know...I know...I know. It is seems like the lists of needs
never end. The reality is, a vibrant and alive church's needs never end and are never finished. It is
exciting! All we do here should be to the Glory of God and the call of Christ Jesus our Lord. In the words of Paul in Philippians chapter 3:
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
I pray we all work toward what lies ahead. Your Servant,
FINISHES... It is exciting! It is encouraging! It is enlivening! But we are not finished ... we've only just begun. I have walked through the beautiful, renovated, renewed Preschool facility. It has been brought up to standards that are required of preschool and childcare facilities. We have a far more secure campus and a better organized process of receiving our children and assuring their safety when they leave us. Not to mention, the savings we will reap on utilities, due to the upgraded, efficient air conditioning units and excellent insulation.
