Our Preschool has a long waiting list and our Children’s Ministry is quickly outgrowing its space. The Children’s Ministry is operating in the oldest part of our campus and is the furthest point from the worship areas, which work against our desire to offer warm hospitality to visitors. The new building will house both the Preschool and our Children’s Ministry and allow for growth to better serve families with small children, which is one of the fastest growing demographic segments in our area.

• The new building will allow Children’s Ministry to grow from three classrooms to up to six larger classrooms for ages Kindergarten through Fifth Grade – more than doubling our Sunday School capacity. The worship space will comfortably hold 115 kids, which is more than twice the current attendance numbers.

   

  The new Preschool area will allow for up to 32 more children on alternating schedules, which is up to a 20% increase.

   

  CADES will be able to double and possibly triple their current census.

The space used by the Preschool and Children’s Ministry nursery will be renovated to accommodate a significant expansion of our CADES (Concord Adult Day Enrichment Services) that provides ministry to persons dealing with issues related to dementia. CADES is currently licensed to serve 19 persons, though the CADES Executive Team feels that 15 is the maximum number to most effectively serve. It is estimated that the expansion will allow CADES to effectively serve 35-40 participants each day.

Thanks to a successful Phase 1 Faith for Generations Building Campaign, we raised $3M by June 2025. Our Phase 2 Building Campaign (July 2025-June 2028) seeks to raise another $3M. As of February 2026, a total of $4.8M has been given towards the project.

The 2026 cost estimate for the new building is $12.5M of which $600K has already been paid. We anticipate that the CADES renovation project which is projected to be completed in 2028 will cost approximately $1M.

We plan to partially finance the project in the amount of $8M.

No, we currently do not have any debt. The Worship Center along with the Student Ministries area was paid off in 2021.

We plan to move forward with authorizing The Christman Company to begin mobilizing to our church campus to start construction once our congregation approves the following Church Conference resolution at our meeting on March 15, 2026.

1.        To proceed with the building of a preschool and kids ministry wing, along with renovations to enhance and expand the CADES ministry, the total cost of which is now projected to be $13.5M of which $600K has already been paid, and to obtain a loan to partially finance the project in the amount of $8M using the church campus real property as collateral for the loan.

2.      To take any action arising in the ordinary course of construction not inconsistent with this resolution.