why Our PASSION FOR THIS PROJECT is fueled by our desire to see the Sanctuary— the place where the greatest number of people meet together for worship, teaching and response—truly reflect who we are as a church: intergenerational, in love with Jesus and each other, wanting to engage those of our community in all ways practical and spiritual. We want this great room to enhance what we do inside it . . . not hinder it. and now? If you haven’t been part of earlier Next Step and Beyond the Next Step initiatives then this is a great place to jump in and put your prayer and financial fingerprints all over the project. If you have been part of what we’ve already accomplished (buying the apartments, new playground, parking structure, re-doing the Chapel, building the Commons and more) then we say THANK YOU again and again, and invite your continued participation. That’s what we meant about “short and sweet” in the opening line. From now until December 31 is a short period of time to accomplish this. But wouldn’t it be sweet to see this goal achieved before we flip the calendar to 2013? For more information (updated regularly) check out Beyond the Next Step: The Sanctuary on the church’s website (evfreefullerton.com). There you’ll find dates and times of informational meetings as well as the link to give online. Let’s make this short and sweet. It’s finally the long-awaited, much-hoped for time of refurbishing and refreshing our 32 year-old Sanctuary. Do we hear cheering? what AND JUST TO ENCOURAGE YOU EXISTING DONE! • Upgraded Lobby • New and increased seating: we already own the theater-style seats (as in the Chapel) to install • New Prayer Room UP E148 PLATFORM • Updated lighting • New carpet and paint • New front side walls with added storage • New “Wiggle Room” for parents and little ones to enjoy the services on flat screen rendering E148 UP DN • New larger highresolution video screens PLATFORM E102B REND ERIN G 4 SLOPED FLOOR • Ability to move the pipe organ console anywhere on or near the platform There is already $300,000 in the Beyond the Next Step account, dropping the need to $1.2 million more. E148 E148 • New air conditioning 1.5 million. NEW • Updated audio-visual system and infrastructure to handle future growth and changes in technology • Expanded platform and temporary platform extension to accommodate the full orchestra on the platform E102B LOBBY HOW MUCH? VIEW LOBBY WHEN Our Elder Board has made a commitment to postpone the start of the project until 90% of the money is in but we’d like to start as soon after the first of the year as possible. So what that means is that we are not asking you to pledge what you’ll give—we are asking you to give. We are asking each who calls this church “home” to have a conversation with the Father about what He’s prompting you to do. And we’re daring to ask that it’s above and beyond what would be your usual year-end giving to our General Fund.
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