April 2007 Archives
The Miller Road Property is now in our possession. The former owner surrendered his keys on Monday and the utilities are being restored this week. There will be a parish wide workday on Saturday, April 29 to clean, repair, do yard work and prepare the Rowlett Canterbury House (the new name of the Miller Ministry House) for regular midweek ministry activities. Volunteers are needed in numerous areas, including yard maintenance, pool maintenance, construction, cleaning, decorating, painting, hospitality (that means the workers need food) and many other areas. We will need you to bring with you painting materials, yard tools, lawnmowers, construction materials, and anything else that might be helpful. It also would be nice to have several flatbed trailers present to haul away the accumulated junk that must be removed from the 6-acre property. If you have any new or gently used furniture that you would like to donate, a list of needed items will be forthcoming soon. Also, we will have a registry of housewarming items on file at Target after April 23. We will list all of the items needed to furnish the home from $5 items to $500 items. You can simply stop by any Target and look up Holy Trinity Rowlett and purchase an item that is needed.
As many of you may know, we purchased the six acres on Miller Road on faith with no capital down payment. The bank has agreed to give us 60 days from the time of closing to come up with a 20% down payment ($100,000). To date, we have received about $15,000 in designated gifts for this purpose. But we are a long way off with only three weeks left to raise the additional $85,000. If you feel called to help us in making this down payment, please make checks payable to Holy Trinity Anglican Church with a note “Land†and either place it in the offering plate or bring it by the church office.
The Board is also in the process of reviewing bids for a Master Plan proposal for the new church facility. We should have an architectural firm chosen by May 1st and then the architect will begin to draw up plans for the congregation to review. We have also engaged the services of a capital fund raising consultant who will be assisting us in preparing the congregation for the stewardship of this upcoming project. The new church facility could cost us between $1.5 and $2 million dollars (on top of the land), so as you can see, there will be a need for each of us to give sacrificially, unless we want to keep our present space on Broadway as our permanent Sunday worship space. You will hear more about our capital campaign in the coming weeks.
On a personal note, I want to say thank you to the retiring board members (Don McConnell, Bill Richards & Tom Young) for their untiring service over the past three years. I also wish to ask your prayers for our new Board President and Chairman, Joe Beggs as he comes into this position at a time when there will be much work to be done and your prayers for him are extremely important.
