The Capital Campaign

AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WE KNOW THAT “IT’S TIME” TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HOW UPDATING OUR FACILITIES WILL IMPROVE OUR MINISTRIES NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE!

In October 2010, the Administrative Board decided to begin the work of forming a Capital Campaign Committee in anticipation of revisiting the questions of our facilities conditions, uses, needs, accessibility, and projected needs in light of current and anticipated ministries.  The Capital Campaign Committee appointed was:  Connie Adams, Kate Bartok, Bob Biggin, Richie Cobb, Kathy Congleton, Skip Daugherty, Kim DeCoste, Nancy Long, Traci Sciascia, Susan Willis, along with Glenn Birkett, Chair; Dr. Betsy Goehrig, Senior Minister; and Aaron Sciascia, Board Chair. 

Their assessment indicated that there were major issues that need to be addressed:

v  Making our facilities more accessible to everyone;

v  Renovating or rebuilding our education building;

v  Renovating or rebuilding our kitchen;

v  Having more attractive and convenient restrooms;

v  Our HVAC systems need to be more energy efficient;

v  We need a new nursery which will be convenient, safe and attractive;

v  Creating an office complex that is conveniently located;

v  Providing spaces for our community to meet.

Without any specific plans or architectural renderings, the congregation has generously pledged over $825,000, in three-year gifts; with contributions to date of about $350,000. 

In the meeting of the Administrative Board on May 4, 2011, the Board thanked the Capital Campaign Committee and appointed the following to the Capital Building Committee:  Connie Adams; Jan Barnes; Phil Bartok; Bob Biggin, Glenn Birkett, Chair; Richie Cobb; John Davidson; Dr. Betsy Goehrig; Daniel Howard; Aaron Sciascia; Rev. Michael Swartzentruber; and Susan Willis.

The first decision of the Building of the CBC was to engage the services of our denomination’s Church Extension agency to help us set the direction of our work.  Fortunately, John Jay Davidson, a Timothy of FCC is our consultant from the Church Extension office http://www.churchextension.org/about/.  Currently, we have engaged, Joe Gardner, Jr., of Gardner Spencer Smith Tench and Jarbeau, Architects, of Atlanta, Georgia, http://www.gssth.com/index.html to conduct a “feasibility study” of our needs and dreams.