Crossroads Campaign Update (First UMC) - Sunday Worship, January 19

The worship attendance may have been significantly down due to snow but spirits were soaring high on Sunday, January 19 when our church's Finance Chairperson, Scott Reed presented an update on our present Faith Forward to the Finish Line five year pay-off campaign.

Scott began his presentation by offering some historical context regarding our beautiful and spacious Crossroads facility located on W. Fair Avenue.

• Construction on our 4.2 million dollar facility began in 2006.
• A grand opening was held in 2007.
• 1st Campaign (2005 to 2008) - Giving in Ministry & Branching Out in Faith
• 2nd Campaign (2008 to 2011) - The Living Vine
• 3rd & Current Campaign (2011 to 2016) - Faith Forward to the Finish Line

We are nearing the end of the third of five laps (years) in our present campaign. I have some really good news to share with you. 

Drum roll, please...

Our Crossroads debt is now UNDER a million dollars!

$965,728!

Thank you for your faithfulness in helping us to keep pace in our efforts to pay off our facility debt by May, 2016! This is being made possible because of your generous support.

Our Crossroads facility is being used in many significant ways including our Second Saturday Outreach, large-scale ministry events to reach out to our community such as Eggstravaganza & the Halloween Carnival, Sharing Hope dinner meetings to help eliminate local poverty, Wednesday Fellowship Dinners, and many community organizations.

As we approach the beginning of lap #4 of our five-lap campaign this May, let's celebrate our progress and give thanks to God that we are nearing the finish line!

Lord, our church celebrates the good news of the progress of our present campaign. We know that we still have a little over two more laps to go, but we're getting there! Thank you for the generous support of this congregation. More importantly, thank you for the many ways that we are sharing the love of Jesus Christ with our community through our beautiful Crossroads facility. With grateful hearts for what you have already been able to accomplish in and through us, we offer this prayer. Amen.

[For information on how to financially support our present Crossroads "Faith to the Finish Line" five-year campaign, contact our church's business office, 740-653-3330 or debsilvia@lancasterfumc.org and ask for our Business Manager, Deb Silvia.]