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You may remember the following question from our January church business meeting, reported on in a recent TAB edition:

“I would like to have a more detailed view of the project and the associated time line.  Where and when will that be provided to me and the rest of the congregation?”
The Construction & Renovation Committee has created a PowerPoint/video presentation that provides an update to be shared with our congregation….Included in that progress report is an estimated time line.  This information will be updated regularly as we confirm more details regarding each phase of the initiative.  David Wolf and Jay Hartman are working to place a video monitor in the hallway near the Meadow Street entrance.  This monitor will be used for not only updates for our Embracing a God-Sized Vision campaign, but other information of interest to the congregation from time to time.

We are very pleased to confirm that the video equipment has been installed and the update presentation started playing on Sunday, February 22^nd.  We hope you have seen the display!  We sincerely appreciate everyone’s efforts in both completing the technical work of the installation and creating the update for the congregation, with particular thanks to David and Jay for their assistance.

Feel free to contact Donna Soyars, our Communications Sub-Committee lead, if there are specific requests for information to be included in our updated presentation.  Also, we continue to accept all campaign and construction questions on cards that can be placed in our Embracing a God-Sized Vision mailbox, located in the foyer near the Meadow Street entrance.  We are grateful for your interest in this very important initiative.

2014 found the Kitchen Team hard at work in the area of the church it carries in its name.  Amazingly many of the same people on this team find themselves in other areas of the church serving as well!  The Kitchen Team coordinates the Fellowship Meals on Wednesday nights during the program season of the church year—September-May.  The team also helps to coordinate receptions, meals for special events such as business meetings and Fan Feast and the cleaning and care of the kitchen and eating areas of the Fellowship Hall.  The members of this team serve faithfully each week to make sure that meals are served that both taste good and are affordable.  Bonnie Bailey, Priscilla Kinchen, Gerry Spiller, Peggy Strong and Linda and Jack White have served as the mainstays of this committee for several years.  Anita McCarty has served each Wednesday evening as our “cashier.”  This ministry is both budgeted and supported by the payments for meals each Wednesday.  It has been a great help to have the “Square” available each week to help Anita as she takes payments.  We work hard to stay within the budget.

The kitchen is seeing a large increase in use as our International congregations often have meals after their events.  Tabernacle Child Care Center uses it each weekday to prepare the meals for their children and staff.  Groups that stay in the building sometimes prepare their meals in the kitchen.  We are often cooking in shifts, cleaning as we go so that the next group can prepare for their event.  The equipment and space are well used.   We are blessed to have a great kitchen and serving space—you should come volunteer to serve on the kitchen team!  We don’t have a lot of meeting, but are likely to be together cooking and cleaning.

In our recent church Business Meeting, Nelson Melton, Construction & Renovation Committee Chairman, presented an update regarding our God-Sized Vision campaign.  Meeting participants heard about changes planned for the basement/Fellowship Hall area as well as the First Floor/Sunday School Classroom area.  Those present were also given the opportunity to ask questions that they had about this significant project.  Below are a couple of those questions and a summary of the responses provided (questions are paraphrased):

• “I would like to have a more detailed view of the project and the associated time line.  Where and when will that be provided to me and the rest of the congregation?”
  The Construction & Renovation Committee has created a PowerPoint/video presentation that provides an update to be shared with our congregation.  We plan to have it on display in the very near future.  Included in that progress report is an estimated time line.  This information will be updated regularly as we confirm more details regarding each phase of the initiative.  David Wolf and Jay Hartman are working to place a video monitor in the hallway near the Meadow Street entrance.  This monitor will be used for not only updates for our Embracing a God-Sized Vision campaign, but other information of interest to the congregation from time to time.
• “How much money has the campaign raised to date?”
  As of the end December 2014 we have collected $617,051.13 of the approximately $1.4 million dollars committed by our congregation.  We are so very appreciative of everyone’s contributions!

Please check each edition of the TAB for additional information about our construction and renovation efforts.  The TAB is a key method of communication for the committee.  Also look for displays in areas of the church impacted by upcoming renovation activities.

Your input is always welcomed.  Contact Donna Soyars, our Communcations sub-committee chairperson, if you have any additional ideas for how we can get the message out to our congregation about any aspect of Tabernacle’s Embracing a God-Sized Vision.