Downtown Project Giving
UPDATE 12/10/17
Praise
- A family in the church has generously offered to match dollar for dollar, all new donations given to our Downtown Project up to $20,000 from this Sunday through the end of the year! If you haven’t donated financially, but are considering it, now would be a great time as it will be matched (up to $20,000)!
Process Update
- Our Architect plans to submit drawings to the city before Christmas, and that will start the clock for building permits. This puts us only about 3 weeks behind our original proposed schedule.
- Downtown Project giving has slowed down lately. Our deadline for giving for raising the initial amount of is coming up soon so please prayerfully consider what God would have you do!
Prayer Requests
- Please be praying for strong December giving, and that people who made commitments will follow through.
- You can also be praying that our Architect will meet the goal of presenting our drawings to the city, and that the needed permits will be expedited so that we can get started.
- Also for our Elders, Pastors, Staff and the Downtown Project Advisory Committee for wisdom through this process.
New Church Office!
UPDATE 11/9/17
Process Update
- Our office move is complete! All the staff is back together again in our new building. Thank you to our Office Manager, Monty Wade, who helped coordinate this endeavor, and thank you to all the volunteers who helped pack, load, and unload all our gear and furniture! This was no small feat and we couldn’t have done it without you. We also want to thank our volunteers who helped get our internet up and running throughout the building (which we really couldn’t have done without you)!
- The Downtown Advisory Committee has currently met two times and will continue to meet on a regular basis. Their purpose is to provide recommendations, be an extra set of eyes, and act as a sounding board for the elders about the project. As we talked about last update, the head of our Advisory Committee is one of our Kessid Elders, Dean Jenks. If you have any questions about the progress of the building project you can email Dean at info@kessidchurch.com.
- We had a meeting with the architects this week that went well. We are still working on getting the building plans up to 100%.
Prayer Requests
Like the last update, please be praying for the following:
- Favor with our lenders in our financing process!
- Currently, we do not have sprinklers in our building, but we may need to put them in during our remodel. This cost could exceed $100,000. We ask that you please pray for God’s will and provision in this area.
- Favor with the City of Vancouver as we prepare to submit plans for permitting.
New to pray for:
- Please be praying for our architect and contractor; that God would give them wisdom and guidance for this process to go as smooth and quickly as possible.
Building Plans
UPDATE 10/8/17
Process Update
- Pastor Tom and Pastor Danny met with the architects this week, and we can report that the building plans are 60% complete. The next meeting will take place at the end of this month.
- We have formed an Advisory Board to assist Pastor Tom in this process. One of our elders, Dean Jenks, is Chair of the Board. Dean has a college degree and extensive experience in Construction Management.
- Our entire staff is moving to our Downtown location! We will be closing the Ministry Center as of Friday, October 13th. Business hours will continue to be the same: Tues-Fri. 9am-5pm. Our phone number will also remain the same at 360-597-4015.
Prayer Requests
- Please be praying for favor with our lenders in our financing process!
- Currently, we do not have sprinklers in our building, but we may need to put them in during our remodel. This cost could exceed $100,000. We ask that you please pray for God’s will and provision in this area.
- We also ask for prayers for favor with the City of Vancouver as we prepare to submit plans for permitting.