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What God has done with us
- Meetinghouse and parsonage repairs and upgrades (3 and 11 East Marshall Street)
- New carpet in one worship area
- energy audit
- Interior and exterior painting, roof repair
- audio-visual systems upgrades
- New Life Plaza Nueva Vida (25 East Marshall Street)
- Reducing mortgage by at least $210,000
- Create space for church offices and ministries (The Benefit Bank, ASSETS Montco; Christian legal, accounting, counseling services in the future)
- Repair parking lot for monthly lease agreements
- Outreach Ministries @ the Plaza
- The Benefit Bank—internet database preparing applications for social services, voting registration, tax return preparation for low income households
- ASSETS Montco small business training center
- Discipleship training center for the congregation, community & Franconia Conference, serving as a center for community reconciliation
- Center 4 Youth (21 West Marshall St) and Apartment (19 West Marshall Street)
- Discipleship housing ministry with single women
- Renovated the Center 4 Youth kitchen to commercial status, rented to a caterer
The next steps
- Architectural study of all the buildings–$43,000
- Meetinghouse and parsonage repairs and upgrades
- flooring throughout meetinghouse
- New chairs for worship areas and classroom/office furniture
- Central air conditioning
- Interior and exterior painting, stonework pointing
- Additional handicapped accessible rest room
- Elevator or lift
- Tiffany stained glass window restoration
- New copier
- New Life Plaza renovations (25 East Marshall Street)
- Elevator shaft drainage
- Equip discipleship training center with multi-media capacity
- Develop Internet café for the community—in process
- Renovations according to the needs of new tenants—in process
- Replace door on adjacent garage so it can be rented
- New copier & computer for church office
- Launch of ACTS 2 Ministry ACTS 2 is to be developed as a non-profit community development and outreach ministry, to be the “umbrella” for the various outreach ministries.
- Establish board, leadership, and 501 (c) (3) non-profit status, funding
- Restart ASSETS Montco
- Develop new board and strategic plan, secure new staff and funding
- Renovations for 19 West Marshall Street apartment and Center 4 Youth
- Replacement windows
- Install additional bathroom in the apartment
- Develop rear parking lot, basketball court and play area.
- Renovate and equip Center 4 Youth for relevant outreach with youth
Fundraising plan
Fundraising in Phase Two of the capital campaign, for the completion of projects outlined by the strategic plan and architectural study, includes:
- Franconia Conference-initiated partnership with sister congregations, donors and volunteers
- grant requests
- rental income from all buildings
- benefit concert & lecture
- congregational giving through special offering to match FMC partnerships, fundraisers, designated giving, volunteer time and in-kind contributions
- Undesignated estate gifts to the congregation are used for Enlarging Our Place in God’s World
Partnership opportunities (wish list)
Summarizing from the Next Steps list above, we welcome:
- Small and large financial contributions: gifts, grants, 0% or low interest long-term loans
- In-kind contributions of materials, services, and labor
- Pro-bono professional services
- Personal ongoing engagement and prayer intercession as new ministry opportunities become reality
Questions and details
To learn more about Enlarging Our Place in God’s World and how you can get involved, contact us or contribute:
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