Building For The Future

The final touches are being put on the New Edition to our Church, with 5 Classrooms and a Renovated Kitchen just about ready for our busy Fall. We will be hosting a series of Open House Events in September 2007 to mark the Opening and Celebration of Jesus Christ at Centreville United Methodist Church. Please check the Current Events and Home Pages for updates on the schedule of events, and THANKS to all who continue to pledge and tithe allowing us to offer programs to Centreville and surrounding areas.

The official Ground Breaking took place and the new addition to CUMC is underway. On Sunday, November 26th, the Official Ground Breaking Ceremony took place before a crowd of over 150 persons. The preparation and construction process began the last week in November 2006, and should be complete in the Summer of 2007.

The Renovations and Construction of our new edition has begun. During the month of August, the classrooms, bathrooms, and hallway by the Fellowship Hall will be under construction. This area will be sealed off during this period. To facilitate this, CUMC will be holding one joint service each Sunday in August at 10:00 AM in the Sanctuary. During this time there will not be a nursery available due to the renovations.

BUILDING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION & CUMC AFFIRMATIVE VOTE

June 25, 2006

The Building Committee recommended and the congregation of Centreville United Methodist Church voted affirmative to accept the following recommendation of the Building Committee:

The Centreville United Methodist Church should build a five (5) classroom addition, shown as "New Construction", and complete the renovations of the kitchen. The proposed construction is estimated to cost $1,280,000. The construction will be paid for with the $613,000 already in the Building Fund and a 15 year mortgage in the amount of $667,000. The estimated annual repayment of the mortgage is $71,832. Additional construction of three (3) classrooms, would take place if a large gift or gifts is/are received or the congregation increases their intentions to repay the mortgage by approximately $16,000 per year.

BUILDING COMMITTEE

Update by Barry Ebersole

Members from the Building Committee, the Finance Committee and Jo Anne Baker from Torchio Architects met with the District Board of Church Location and Building on Thursday, May 18, 2006 to present the building plan and financial plan for our proposed educational addition. At that meeting we showed the Board the eight (8) classroom addition that we had presented to the Congregation in 2002 before the initial fundraising campaign began and again in 2005 and 2006, when the Finance Committee began the campaign to raise pledges for the Mortgage Fund. The current cost estimate for the eight-classroom addition is $1,600,000. We also showed the Board how the eight-classroom addition can be constructed as a five (5) classroom addition now and three (3) classrooms added in the future. The current cost estimate for the five-classroom addition is $1,334,000. We showed the Board how we are prepared to pay for the addition. The Board approved our efforts to date and gave us the permission to hold a congregational meeting in late June 2006 to vote upon proceeding forward with our proposed educational addition.

The Finance Committee is still trying to gather more pledges for the Mortgage Fund. With the pledges that have been received to date we can build only five classrooms now. This is less than what the Church needs to have an effective educational program and meet our other out-reach needs. The needs survey that was completed in 2002 showed the need for eight new classrooms and our needs have not diminished in the last four years. The needs have only increased as our ministries have added more people to our congregation. Congregational giving is going to tell the Building Committee how many classrooms to build in 2006. Please give, as you are lead keeping in mind the needs of the congregation.

The Building Committee will be meeting over the next couple of months to finalize the building plans. We have some decisions to make regarding building components. We promise you that we will use your dollars wisely to build as many classrooms as possible now.

If the congregation gives the Building Committee the permission to move forward, preparatory operations to get ready for construction will begin in the last week of August or the first week of September. Groundbreaking will take place in late September or early October. Our hope is the have the new addition ready for occupancy by Labor Day 2007.