Exciting news from the Building our Future Capital Campaign!!
Beloved brothers and Sisters,
We just witnessed a historical moment yesterday at St. John the Baptist at the “Total Parish Commitment” event. The entire parish gathered in prayer and commitment as they pledged their contributions to the parish’s building plans for a new Byzantine Church on the property.
To date, our fellow parishioners have committed a total of $935,245 towards the ultimate campaign goal of $2.4 million, of which $2,057,000 is the current estimate for the actual construction of the new church building. It is exciting to realize that in a few short weeks we have received pledged commitments totaling nearly one-half the amount needed to build our new church.
We would like to take a moment and thank everyone for their generous contributions; their support to the Lord’s mission in our community will not go unrewarded.
I would also like to point out that all this has been achieved by only 47 parishioners, less than half the number of current Parish Stewards. We are hopeful of and excited at the prospect of receiving additional Capital Campaign commitments from the remainder of the Parish.
If you have not committed yet be sure that your participation will make a difference and we truly would like to see all of our parishioners involved so we may all, every one of us, know that we played a part in this achievement on the day the doors of our new church are opened.
I thank again to all that have already joined and ask everyone else to give their most prayerful and thoughtful consideration to our common project and hope that they will decide to be a part of this historic undertaking.
We are looking forward to seeing you all next Sunday, December 20 at the “First Fruits Gathering“ when we hope you will be prepared to make the first contributions on your commitment.
The Capital Campaign Committee will keep everybody informed as to the progress of the Capital Campaign Fund and will send periodic reports on the status of our commitment and payments.
With my sincerest thanks and the gratitude of your Capital Campaign Committee,
In Christ’s service,
Fr. Vasile