Saturday, January 18, 2014

Upcoming Updates - February 9, 2014

The latest news about Project Caleb is being planned for February 9 at 4 PM as we gather as a church for our annual Society Meeting. (For those not familiar with the FMC that is our Annual General Meeting.)

At this meeting our architect Henry Swinkels will be in attendance to provide us with an update drawing of the latest layout as we prepare to submit building permits within the next month or two.

We will also review the budget for the project and present some timelines for construction.  At this point we anticipate being able to do the addition and stay in the facility throughout - all going well.

A special thanks to the Project Team for their continued excellent work behind the scenes.  Lots of research is now needed to bring the quotations for the various aspects of the project to the table.

The first round of comments from the Town of Clarington regarding our Site Plan Amendment are back and for the most part no major hindrances exist as we prepare for final approvals.

Our Journey to the Promise Land Campaign continues to grow.  The pledge total is now at $1,001,429.00 so a shout out to all who are supporting the Campaign.  New donations are most welcome at any time.

Hope you can plan to attend on Feb. 9 - See you there with joyful anticipation for what the Lord is doing among us.

The Verse for the Year for 2014 at Trulls is:

Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.  Joshua 1:9 (NKJV)


Saturday, January 4, 2014

2014 Begins!  A Update on Events Heading into the New Year.

So much has happened since last January with Project Caleb at TRFMC. We are sure there will be much more to report on throughout this year too.  We are on a Journey to the Promise Land.

January 8 is an important date.  The Project Team meets with the architect and the builder to review the details of the project, especially in regards to budgets and design.

The Town of Clarington is preparing responses to our application to amend the Site Plan Agreeement.   We hope to hear back early in January as to what is yet to be addressed.

It is anticipated that we may be in a position to submit our building permit application in February after final drawings are completed.  This would hopefully lead us towards an early April ground breaking ceremony.

On another front we have a very good lead on a potential lending institution for our short term mortgage arrangements.  Stay tuned for more details on this as we move ahead.

A big shout out to all who have pledged and who are contributing to the Building Fund.  So far over $1 Million in pledges has been made and as of December 29, 2013 -- $217,974.35 has been received. We give thanks to the Lord for such a strong show of support.  If you would like to contribute or pledge at any time please call the church office for more information.  905-436-2300.

Finally, our year end numbers are still being worked on but we do know that $478,047.00 was received towards our general budget for 2013 - well over our proposed budget of $459,000.  PTL!

Will keep you posted along the way as we have more updates to PROJECT CALEB.