Drip, soak, splash!
The best way to cool off on a hot summer’s day is to jump in the lake, run through a sprinkler or hop in the shower. Cool, refreshing water is a wonderful gift of the earth, an expression of God’s invigorating Spirit.
This Sunday Brady French will be splashing in water, he is being baptized! Brady will be 7 months old on Aug 29th and is almost ready to get moving. He is a people and dog watcher and loves to sit on the front stoop with his Mom and Dad, to see the world go by. Brady also loves to splash in the bathtub, so he has had lots of practice for Sunday J
Come out on Sunday and meet Brady, his parents, Chris & Brooke and the rest of the family.
Blessings, Karen
Together we can do it!
It may seem slow but we are getting there one small step at a time. HOMe tells us that more detailed building plans are taking shape and a model of our renovated church should be available soon. To assure that the momentum continues, we, as a congregation, need to make decisions. Currently, we have a financial gap of approximately one tenth of our potential $5 million budget to complete our renovation. Most of the rebuild costs are covered from funds raised from the sale of Beach West. However, we need to guarantee $500 thousand to meet our obligation.
We do have the assets to cover the financial gap but the use of these assets may require changing the original concept defining their use. Our assets include:
1) Memorial and Manse Funds as well as some smaller funds totaling approximately $755,000
2)"Wider Ministry" Funds which we obtained from the sale of Beach West totaling $473,000
3) Funds which could be achieved by the sale of the south lot (the area where the auditorium now stands).
Each of us may have different preferences for the use of these assets as well as ideas which may include a mixture of the above and/or other means of fund raising such as seeking a mortgage or donations etc.
There are pros and cons to each of these options. Let's look at the options and engage in discussion of them to provide Council with a clear direction to proceed. I invite you to set aside time to participate in a congregational meeting :
Sunday, September 25, 2011 directly following a shortened worship service until about 2:30pm.
A light lunch will be available .Babysitting will be provided, if requested.
Although this meeting could be contentious, I believe that members of Beach United will approach this task observing the words of Jack Layton.....
"...love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful, and optimistic. And we'll change the world."
Together we can do it.
Jane Dickson, on behalf of Council
Abigail Johnson is on holidays and will return to the office on Tuesday September 6th.