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 Imagine
a PLAN.
As you read
these "Imagine" pages, you will see this plan allows us to
address contemporary mission issues such as how to invite
our neighbors to join us in worship, education, and mission.
This plan will allow us the venue in which we can present
the hospitality of the church in a host of ways present to
us right now.
Our plan
includes both architectural and
financial plans, described below. Click on this
rendering above to see a larger image of proposed
construction. Preliminary designs include a new gymnasium,
kitchen, classrooms, and fellowship hall. Read further below
regarding concurrent renovations
to Cottrell Hall and replacement of the East Wing.
With repairs
to the old facility and with the new expanded building,
Southminster will have more resources to share the love of
Jesus Christ with others. Christ-centered
ministries that will bring parents and children together are
needed for young families in the Brookside area, as well as
educational/ biblical programs for all people to find
meaning in their lives and relevance for their faith.
This new
Family / Community Center will provide us with a context in
which we can bring families together for fellowship,
education, and mission that will add a major dimension to
our outreach.
Therefore, Southminster
is committed over the next three years to:
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Focusing
staff and financial resources to create ministries that
will reach out to the residents and patrons of Brookside
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Continuing our tradition of support for community and
global mission.
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Building
a multi-purpose/multi-use facility equipped with the new
technology needed for programs and activities for
current members, and to reach out in mission to the
surrounding community of children, teens, young adults,
older adults and seniors.
The
building plan calls for the construction of a Multi-Purpose
Family / Community Center. In addition, renovation of
Cottrell Hall (aka: Children’s Education Building) will include:
The
construction will replace the East Wing of the present
building. The preliminary design includes remodeling much of
the existing building, and construction of the new
gymnasium, kitchen, classrooms and fellowship hall. As you
can see in the architect's rendering above, much of the East
Wing beyond the current Bride's Room will be removed.
The
Financial Plan
By
mid-January 2006, Southminster had already received a $1.5 million gift, in
addition to $750,000 matching funds. The breakdown is as
follows:
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Projected
cost: $3,700,000
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Initial
donation: $1,500,000
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Matching
funds: $750,000
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Fundraising
effort: $1,650,000
The
hope of the building committee is that more money will be
raised since the initial cost estimate was done in January 2005.
The
financial seeds already planted offer great potential for
Southminster to blossom in almost unimaginable ways!
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