Around one year ago, we began to raise money for an accessibility project. Our project is not about making our building fancier! It is focused on removing barriers to welcoming people among us and to serving our community.
Phase one of the project will build an on-grade entrance towards our parking lot, and make both levels of our building accessible by an interior lift. Our goal is to raise $350,000 to cover the cost of this project. To date, we have received an amazing $82,252.65 towards the project! Thank you all for your generosity.
On Sunday, we were excited to announce that some generous donors have come forward and we have an additional $200,000 pledged to this project! This brings our total to $282,252.65–more than 80% of our goal!
These pledges bring us to within $67,747.35 of our goal. This is leading us to make a huge ask.
Would you help us reach our accessibility project goal by the end of 2025? There are two ways to help us reach our goal.
- You can give directly to our building fund in 2025. You can give online at https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/2064353 (select "Building Fund" to designate it to this project). You can give in person by putting a cheque or cash in an envelope and labelling it "Building." We are also working on setting up a securities account so that you can donate stocks or mutual funds! (Donating these directly instead of cashing them out saves you from paying capital gains taxes! The church would receive it and immediately turn it into cash, and we don't have to pay capital gains tax as a charity! more. You get a receipt for the full amount, and the church gets the full amount! (For more information about this, please email the office and we'll connect you with our treasurer.)
- If you would like to contribute, but aren't able to until 2026, you can pledge the amount you plan to give in the new year. There are pledge forms in the church lobby. The process is simple. a) You discern how much you plan to give in 2026. b) You write that amount on the pledge form, sign it, and put the top portion in our offering box. (The amount will be shared to help us calculate the total. Your identity will be confidential...seen only by our tellers and our financial administrator.) c) Take the bottom portion of the form home to remind yourself of the pledge. 4) Fulfill your pledge by giving to the building fund in 2026 when you are able. (You could print off your own pledge form using the attachment below if you'd prefer.)
This is a big project. And it is, for our small community, a really big ask. Ultimately, we are trusting God to provide and working to keep our eyes on Jesus while we wait. Thanks for being in this together, Covenant Family!