Church Business

I am excited to announce that we have received a proposal from a local contractor that finally could allow us to begin building this summer. This proposal is for the first phase of the building and floor plan on the new property that we have been working on for the last few years and that has been presented to you. Next Sunday, March 18, 2012, Lord willing, we will meet as a congregation to look at this proposal in detail and discuss our options and challenges. We have not set an exact time for the meeting yet so please stay tuned. Till we meet please pray for God's blessing, guidance and...

I last talked to you back in March and I know that you have been wondering what was going on. Our goal going into the spring was to nail down a price for constructing the first phase of our new building so that we could move forward with on site work this fall.  Working with F E Contracting of Palmer we finalized our building plans and had an architect draw up rough elevations.  With that information in hand, F E was able to get a quote from a steel building company and give us a first phase estimate. As background information, since we don't have all the cash in hand to complet...

Over 40 new sermons have been added to the site.  Dating from Jan '10 - July '10  and Sept '10 - Dec '10. Also I have added and will be adding the ladies retreat lessons to the audio section.

The current property was deeded to the Valley Church of Christ in 1976.  By 1977 the church had built only the basement of the "fellowship" side of the current structure and was meeting there.  Active membership at the time was around 50. In the early 1980's the current "fellowship hall" was added above ground and became the auditorium.  Later, two enclosed "ATCO" trailers were attached to the back for classrooms.  Active membership was around 80 at that time. In 1992 the church built the current auditorium and basement classrooms.  The old building was not requir...

The following is a report that I originally sent out to the expansion committee in October 2011 - Barry Munsell Summary of building proposals received to date: Summer 2009 Original estimate from the first architect - more than we could afford? April 2010 Steppers Construction Total - $3,673,340($99 sq. ft.) Shell only - $2,132,890($58 sq. ft.) Steppers Construction's proposal was loosely based on the first architects set of plans and included the center unfinished basement section for a total of 37,157 sq. ft. Since the plans they had did not include final structural engineering, Ste...

The land is cleared, all the trees, stumps and brush are burned and all the firewood is gone. All that's left is the trees in the 25' setback and on the hillside. Gary Haris worked on that, thanks Gary.  Stop and look, now you can really see the size of the lot and some of the view that we will have. Its a beautiful lot. About two weeks ago, thanks to John Katcus, most of our committee got to go tour the Wasilla Bible Church with Chuck Morris of Arctic Fox Metal Buildings.  Chuck supplied the metal building for the Wasilla Bible Church and is a member of their congregation. It's ...