- all the existing elders and the new elder, Jack Owens, were affirmed unanimously
- the financial report indicated that our general fund giving is at 105% of budgeted giving!
- all "Your Move" benchmarks have been met (99.8% of 2006 pledges received, 57% total pledges received, maintain a growth rate of 5%+)
- the cost of the building with some cost cuts (landscaping, office, paving, dam for retention pond, "black box" equipping room) was kept to 13.7 million in order to maintain a maximum debt load of 22%
- steel was ordered last week and should arrive in 14 weeks
- construction begins on Tuesday, May 27th
Thank you for continuing to pray for this process!
