A BIG THANK YOU to all of our members for their prayer, hard work, and sacrificial giving at Friday’s Executing Together banquet. The Lord truly did a great and mighty work. Praise God for his goodness and the faithfulness of our members.
-Pastor
Stay updated on our building progress!
A BIG THANK YOU to all of our members for their prayer, hard work, and sacrificial giving at Friday’s Executing Together banquet. The Lord truly did a great and mighty work. Praise God for his goodness and the faithfulness of our members.
-Pastor
Praise God for the many men and ladies who worked and cooked at our pre-construction work party on March 28th and April 4th. Our NEW BUILDING is closer than ever because we have made significant progress on our pre-construction projects.
Here is a brief update on them:
As the banquet is less the three weeks away, I encourage you to pray and ask the Lord to continue working through each member in our church. Ask the Lord to do a special, supernatural work in your life personally in regard to giving at least $1,000 on the night of the banquet, and at least $20 weekly. The Lord has already provided this for many. To all of us, please pray that this banquet would be a tool in your life to stretch your faith and that you would give for our NEW BUILDING what the Lord wants you to.
Our building preparation is coming along great! We are doing our best to save the Lord’s money in every way possible Richard Lazo is doing a great job negotiating prices with many different companies that will provide material and in some cases, labor.
We are making significant progress with our demo preparations.
Please be in prayer for our pre-construction projects, building, and our May 1st Executing Together Banquet. Pray the Lord will do a work in your life and provide at least $1,000 for you to give on banquet night. For some this may be a struggle, but for others, this may not take much faith. If you know that this amount won’t stretch your faith, ask the Lord to show you an amount that will cause you to depend on Him. He wants us to show we need him each step of the way.
On Monday, February 9, Richard Lazo had a great meeting with the city’s historic preservation officer, Jan Ostashay. She outlined in detail what will be necessary in order for us to obtain demolition permits for the parsonage. We have gathered these notes and are working at full speed to expedite this list as much is possible.
We have successfully opened our very own electrical wholesale account at Walter Electric. They have extended to us the same savings agreement that they have in place for Habitat for Humanity. This agreement will help us to save tens of thousands of dollars in electrical material on our project. As a result of Walter Electrical’s business agreement, we have been successful with finding additional material wholesale managers that are willing to mirror this same agreement. We have found that now is a great time to establish and firm up these agreements because of how slow the construction industry is.
Donna Rallonza has saved us much money in helping us create and produce a construction management and staging plan. This important information is required for us to get permits for our new building.
Our structural steel contact, Fred Nour, has helped save us much money on the design and engineering of our new deck that we will be adding to the back of the church.
Church Development Company is well on its way to completing our construction drawings and documents. They are right on track to deliver this information to us as promised.
A big THANK YOU is extended to all those who, even through these difficult times, have stayed faithful in their monthly building commitments. Matthew 25:21 says, “…Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things…” Thank you for being faithful stewards of what the Lord has entrusted you with.
Our demo preparations are going well. We just completed our city required asbestos test and are moving closer and closer to actually tearing the houses down. We also obtained much needed storage and Sunday school space by renting the house on the corner of 33rd and Magnolia. By renting this house, we not only gain storage and Sunday school space, but more spiritual dominion here in the Wrigley area.
Our pre-construction projects are coming along very well. We can still use many more willing men who can come and help complete the remaining projects, and willing ladies who can cook for our pre-construction workers. If you would like to help with the pre-construction projects, please contact Nathan Ros (562) 424-7714 ext. 301. If you would like to help cook meals for these men, please speak with Miss Jessica Meyers.