Annual Business Meeting Booklet 2024

I was just recently reading the Annual Business Meeting minutes from our 2023 meeting and all I can say is, “Wow!” At last year’s meeting we were struggling with sticker shock from the bids for our expansion and working on solutions that could get us to breaking ground. We didn’t have the answers yet and were contemplating ANOTHER halt to a project that was already 10 years in the making (read “making” as waiting!).

Since that meeting we’ve seen countless miracles including significant value engineering to lower the cost and Miracle Sunday where in a 4 week span we hit the miracle goal of $650,000 to begin the project. In fact we exceeded the goal and raised almost $667,000 in that time. We were able to sign on with Ryan Construction and break ground at the beginning of August. 

Now that we’re 7 months into the project we’ve continued to see savings that bring the cost down. These savings were in the form of:

• Business connections who lowered their cost for materials
• Swapping out certain materials for less expensive ones 
• Material donations 
• Subcontractors who believe in what we’re doing and…
  • Lowered their fees
  • Didn’t charge for “change orders” to the project.

From here we still have approximately 8 months of construction before a Grand Opening. Please continue praying for creative/financial miracles to keep the cost down.

Shifting gears … THANK YOU to all of you who’ve given to the Legacy Campaign so far! Legacy is a 36-month campaign with an overall goal exceeding $3M* to offset the cost of construction. At the 15-month mark we’ve raised almost $1.4M and still have 21 months to go! Praise God! (*NOTE: When Legacy started in December 2022 the goal was $3M for the campaign. With the high sticker price for the entire construction project we removed the lobby from the plan for now and will build the lobby when we have the necessary funds to do so. Unfortunately that cost is a moving target until we’re ready to begin. Updates will be given regularly as we get closer to the reality of building the lobby. This is the reason I say the Legacy Campaign’s goal “exceeds $3M.”) Your continued support for the Legacy Campaign is greatly appreciated! If you’ve yet to get on board can I challenge you to prayerfully consider making a donation and/or pledge toward the campaign over the next 21 months. We say often, “It takes all of us for WE to win” and your participation is encouraged. We have a ways to go for sure. 🙂 

It’s exciting to see our Master Plan from the last 10+ years coming to pass! We’re making room and continue dreaming and planning to make a significant difference in Marysville and the surrounding communities.

We’re just 8(ish) months away from our Grand Opening! Let’s pray for those we love to surrender to Jesus. Let’s pray that we continue caring deeply and being salt and light around here! THANK YOU for being on the journey with us!

Great Days Ahead!

Pastor Nik and Heather