Special Coffee Hours January 17

On Sunday, January 17 special coffee hours are planned after each of the three morning services. In addition to coffee and morning treats, we'll have information available on the Sacred Space project. The architect has completed 107 drawings and a 740 page project manual for your review.

Or, perhaps you'll just want to see how the new town square will look, or how the new Westmaple classrooms will be laid out, or the new configuration of the west parking lot and new main entrance.

We'll also have a short video presentation running continuously. And team members will be available to answer your questions. Need more?

We'll also have a "future glimpse" of the new mid-week, family fellowship and worship program that will begin next fall in our renovated gymnasium. It's your first look at this exciting Redeemer ministry.

Please plan to join us for coffee after any of the three Sunday worship services at 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. All are welcome.

Sacred Space Giving Report

Total gifts given and pledged to the Sacred Space capital stewardship campaign totaled $3,820,000 as of December 31, 2009. This total of $3.8 million can be broken down as follows:

• Pledged Gifts, $2,458,000 from 225 families
  
• Unpledged Gifts, $1,331,000 from 58 families
  
• Interest Income, $31,000.

In the month of December alone more than $136,000 was received. For November and December combined, more than $215,000 was received.

We are all so grateful for the ongoing sacrifices made by so many families.

Of the total $3.8m in gifts, $1,983,000 has been collected to date. The difference, a little more than $1.8 million, represents outstanding pledges. The capital stewardship campaign runs over three years, from April 2009 to March 2012.

New gifts, pledged and unpledged, continue to be made each month. We still hope to top $4 million before the campaign is completed.

Ten percent of the outstanding pledges (currently $184,000 as of 12-31-09) will be set aside in the project budget as a contingency against pledge receivables. This contingency helps assure that we only spend what we can conservatively plan to collect at the end of the three year campaign. As pledges are collected over the remainder of the three year campaign, the contingency will be reduced and the monies will be made available for construction spending.