Today in the midst of a completely packed house I had the privilege of celebrating progress in our building campaign. People have given $35,000 since our first big give date just a month ago. We are giving 10% of everything received since that day to our local serving efforts, so $3,500 was available for our “Unexpected Christmas Store”–which along with another $2,000 from Ridge Church operating budget and $3-4k in donations, supplied Christmas for 14 local families.
So how are we doing? Really?
We have received over $148,000 total to date for our 1 twelve campaign! So here is how it breaks down in comparison to our goals. As a refresher: “1″ stands for bigger one-time gifts designed to fund most of the upfit, and “twelve” stands for 12-month commitments/pledges in 2012 to help absorb the remaining upfit and increased overhead costs related to our new facility.
Where are we now? 1 “gifts”: Approximately 55% of the goal (*Enough to at least begin the demo work in January). Twelve “Pledges”: Approximately 30% of the goal.
The “twelve pledges” are an absolute must for us to get into the building, so lean in and dream big with us! Awesome to be a part of this Church and this mission!