Reaching the Future - Fulfilling God's Plan
CAMPAIGN UPDATE - OCTOBER 2011
We are now entering the final 3 months of our capital stewardship campaign which began in January 2009. Through September 2011,
A note from our Pastor:
It is hard to believe that it was nearly 3 years ago that we began Touching the Future, Living the Dream. As we began that campaign, we had a dream of changed lives, of a place where the spiritually wounded would find healing, of a place where children in a safe environment could hear of God’s love for them, of people from every background celebrating their significance in the body of Christ, and of a place where God spoke to His people through His Word. We continue to live that dream. In the next decade, our leadership will change, but with this campaign we will begin to assure that the dream will continue. It is a dream that we pray will never end. As we live our dream, a new concern rises in our hearts. Our future is vested in God touching the next generation in ways that will not only see the dream continue, but expand. Since our future is tied to God fulfilling His plan for us, we now want to pursue the goal of Reaching the Future-Fulfilling God’s Plan.
Over the past 18 years, capital campaigns have given reality to our dreams. As we begin another campaign, we pray that, through your generosity, the dream will continue to expand in a way that will impact the next generation. Please prayerfully consider how God will use you to promote the next steps in Reaching the Future-Fulfilling God’s Plan.
Dr. Phillip A. Howard
Senior Pastor
Our Goals:
Our selected theme, Reaching the Future—Fulfilling God’s Plan, assumes that we have a responsibility to the next generation to leave them a ministry that is financially and organizationally prepared to move into the future with success.
We believe that the immediate economic instability in this country demands that we concentrate our effort in reducing our mortgage debt. This is our first goal. Over the next three years, we want to eliminate our second mortgage and reduce our first mortgage as much as possible.
Our second goal will focus on continuing our efforts to expand our campus while making improvements on our buildings and grounds as we identify them.
Last, as a congregation and leadership, we have a responsibility to challenge ourselves with the biblical goal of sacrificial giving. Many in our church family have not cultivated the discipline of biblical giving and have not discovered the blessings that accompany biblical giving. This goal would assist us not only with the discovery of the biblical principles of giving, but each of us could achieve the spiritual benefits of being obedient in this critical area of our Christian life.
Our giving has never been about money, but about God working His desires through a generous and faithful people. Each time a life is changed, a marriage saved, a person saved, it is made possible in part by the generous giving of our people. God is our Provider—not the economy.
We have set three levels that, if achieved, will begin to pave the way for fulfilling God’s plans for Valley.
Level 1: The first level we seek to achieve for this campaign is $1,500,000 over the next 3 years. This allows us to make our monthly payment of $35,085 and apply the remainder to the principal. This will eliminate the second by the conclusion of this campaign.
Level 2: The second level of $2.5 million allows us to not only eliminate the second, but to begin significantly reducing our first while giving serious attention to improving and enhancing our campus.
Level 3: Reaching the third level of $3.5 million paves the way for eliminating our present mortgages within the next 6 years!
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Capital Stewardship Testimonies
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Learn more about Reaching the Future!
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Questions about your commitment to Reaching the Future? General questions?
Contact:
Ron Hughes, Church Administrator
(510) 799-3171 x158 or rhughes@valleybible.org
