1. What are our facility needs?
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More classrooms are needed of varying sizes to accommodate different activities and classes for children, youth and adults.
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The nursery facilities need to be more visible to visitors and enlarged to offer age specific care.
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There has been an increasing need to offer on-site professional counseling. Currently there is no space.
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More efficient work space for staff needs to be designed and increased as present ministries grow and future ministries develop.
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Because the lobby is often uncomfortably crowded, it needs to be expanded to have a more welcoming and comfortable atmosphere for both guests and members.
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Present storage space is inadequate and needs to be increased and redesigned to optimize efficiency.
Some of these needs were known when we remodeled our present facilities; however, we did what we were able to afford at the time. Now, if we are to grow, these needs need to be addressed.
2. Why do a campaign now?
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We are committed to our purpose statement: “To seek out and bring people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.”
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We are in the process of finding a pastor who can lead and continue to accomplish our purpose, but a new pastor will have a difficult time immediately leading a financial campaign. Most pastors would appreciate having the campaign foundation in place.
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For St. Luke’s to continue to be a dynamic growing congregation, we need to have facilities that support the development of ministries.
3. Why wasn’t the need more widely known?
- Many people besides the staff and ELT have been aware of some of these needs. Others who participated in the survey, studies, and consultations have also been aware of these needs.
- The Annual Strategic Plan, that lays out the focus ministries for the year is developed by the Program Staff and adopted by the ELT. For the past three years, facilities study and development have been part of it. All of the focus areas of the Strategic Plan have moved forward including new staff and programs. Progress reports on each part of the Strategic Plan are given to the ELT on a regular basis by the Sr. Pastor.
- Communication has been made to different groups within the church, but it has been inadequate in that it has not reached the entire congregation.
4. What is the long term vision?
- Phase 1 is to make our current facilities a better support base of present and future ministries.
- Phase 2 is to build a Family Center on the Cahill property which would house a larger Day Care, a Preschool and Kindergarten program, Family Counseling, and Community Space. This would allow Malkow Hall to be available for the youth, and then the Warehouse could be made into a Chapel. The reason all this is Phase 2 is because the Korean Church is planning to relocate. They have planned to do this for a number of years; however we do not know for certain when this will happen. If their facility was available for purchase, we could probably develop that into a Family Center.
5. What are the financial implications?
- We continue to be financially healthy. We have been fiscally responsible on ministry costs while continuing ministry growth. Thank you for your sacrifice and generosity.
- Detailed monthly financial reports are reviewed by the ELT.
- Our giving base and building fund are both larger than in previous campaigns, but financial success of this campaign will determine facilities expansion.