"Share The Vision" Capital Campaign

Who could possibly have predicted that raising money would be so much fun and such a positive experience for our church family?! We discovered that God uses all things, including capital campaigns, to bring glory to Himself and to unite His people.

The "Share the Vision" Capital Campaign was begun and completed in the fourth quarter of 2004. The campaign was conducted based on biblical principles of stewardship and assisted by the expertise of RSI, a consulting group which has a niche market in raising funds for church expansion programs.

The successful campaign achieved many important results on various levels:

• An excellent sermon series professed biblically-mandated stewardship.
• New relationships were forged as much of the congregation accepted the invitation to work on the campaign, gladly giving thousands of volunteer hours and serving on 15 different campaign leadership teams.
• Central's mission and vision gained greater understanding, accomplished through the 30+ information gatherings that were held.
• Our church body enjoyed even greater unity, culminating in a church-wide worship time, celebrating the unique elements of all three services.

To date, just over $3.1 million has been pledged toward expanding our facilities. Central's Session is planning the details of how these funds will be put to use, and we look forward to hearing from them in the coming months.