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Anchor Story - Nehemiah  Background: ◦ Jewish Exile 605BC – Babylonians (70 years) ◦ Persians Conquer Babylonia … End Exile ◦ 90 Years Later … Nehemiah ◦ Works for King Artaxerxes of Persia ◦ Journals his Story – Book of Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 1 (CEB) Loss of Jerusalem 1 These are the words of Nehemiah, Hacaliah’s son. In the month of Kislev,in the twentieth year, while I was in the fortress city of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came with some other men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. 3 They told me, “Those in the province who survived the captivity are in great trouble and shame! The wall around Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire !” 2

Confession 4 When I heard this news, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 5 I said: “ L ORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, you are the one who keeps covenant and is truly faithful to those who love you and keep your commandments. 6 Let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant, which I now pray before you night and day for your servants, the people of Israel. 3

“ I confess the sins of the people of Israel, which we have committed against you. Both I and my family have sinned. 7 We have wronged you greatly. We haven’t kept the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded your servant Moses. 8 “Remember the word that you gave to your servant Moses when you said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples. 9 But if you return to me and keep my commandments by really doing them, then, even though your outcasts live under distant skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place that I have chosen as a dwelling for my name.’ 10 They are your servants and your people. They are the ones whom you have redeemed by your great power and your strong hand. 4

11 “ L ORD , let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in honoring your name. Please give success to your servant today and grant him favor in the presence of this man !” Cupbearer’s plea At that time, I was a cupbearer to the king. What has God placed on our hearts? A stir within us that requires us to act. How can we leverage what God has provided us with in order to Follow Him? How can we and should we LOVE as He commanded? How might we Lose our Lives so that 5 we might Gain Abundant Life in Jesus?

Questions for Us …  What has God placed on our hearts?  A stir within us that requires us to act by …  How can we leverage what God has provided us with in order to Follow Him?  How can we and should we LOVE as He commanded?  How might we Lose our Lives and in turn Gain Abundant Life in Jesus?  What Breaks your Heart? 6

Relationships GROWING Community Building Team Recommendation Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church May 12 th, 2017

Goals and Objectives  Provide Update ◦ Review Progress ◦ Current Status ◦ Share Next Steps ◦ Discussion & Questions  Refresh Understanding ◦ Revisit Timeline and Actions ◦ Explore The Why ◦ Discussion & Questions 8

Review the Process 9

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Building Team Charge Lead the Congregation through the process Assess facility needs for carrying out the Mission and facilitating the Vision Develop architectural plans that best satisfy those needs Secure cost estimates for meeting needs Lead effort to generate and execute a financial plan Develop detailed plans Oversee construction phase Facilities are a vital part of carrying out our Mission and achieving our Vision ...

Progress Update  Hired Architect TiseKiester – May 2016  Focus Meetings & Survey to Confirm Needs – Jul 2016  Several Revisions of Conceptual Drawings – Sep 2016  District Board Review – Dec 2016  Church Council Review – Mar 2017

Existing Site Plan PARSONAGE 1 6

Phase 1 – Adding Front Drive / Covered Drop-Off 1 • 50 Additional Spaces Fountain upgraded and repurposed as part • 7 of a prayer garden in the Columbarium

Phase 1 View Office / Children’s Adult Wing Wing 1 8

Fountain Ideas 1 9

Phase 2 – Facility Expansion 2 0

Phase 2 – Facility Expansion 2 1

Youth and Mission (Floorplan Concepts) 2 2

Children, Offices and Drop-Off (Floorplan Concepts) 2 3

Multi-Use / Worship (Floorplan Concepts) 2 4

Additional Access to Academy St Parsonage

Phase 2 View (Front of Church) Children’s Wing Adult Wing 2 6

Phase 2 View (New Facility) Adult Wing Children’s Wing 2 7

Phase 2 View 2 8

Phase 2 View 2 9

Phase 3 - Update Centrum & Reconfigure Existing Space Preschool 3 0

Financial Plan (Limits)  Capital Plans 3 1

Next Steps  Capital Campaign Manager Vetting - Now  Called Church Conference – May 21 st  Capital Campaign – Fall 2017  Detailed Plan Refinement – On Going  Contractor, Permits, Engineering - 2018  Construction Phase ◦ Phase 1 – 2018 ◦ Phase II – 2019 ◦ Phase III - 2020 3 2

Mission Statement  ¶ 120. The Mission — The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Local churches and extension ministries of the Church provide the most significant arenas through which disciple-making occurs.  ¶ 122. The Process for Carrying Out Our Mission — We make disciples as we: ◦ — proclaim the gospel, seek, welcome and gather persons into the body of Christ; ◦ — lead persons to commit their lives to God through baptism by water and the spirit and profession of faith in Jesus Christ; ◦ — nurture persons in Christian living through worship, the sacraments, spiritual disciplines, and other means of grace, such as Wesley’s Christian conferencing ; ◦ — send persons into the world to live lovingly and justly as servants of Christ by healing the sick, feeding the hungry, caring for the stranger, freeing the oppressed, being and becoming a compassionate, caring presence, and working to develop social structures that are consistent with the gospel; and ◦ — continue the mission of seeking, welcoming and gathering persons into the community of the body of Christ. 3 3

Vision Statement  Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church is A CHRIST -CENTERED COMMUNITY Offering inspiring worship Creating pathways on the Seeking to minister to a world Extending the hope and love and giving opportunities for lifelong journey of in need, whether down the of Christ throughout our people of all ages to express discipleship from birth street or across the ocean, by community and around the offering our resources, their faith, explore their God- through adulthood to nurture world as we seek to make presence, and services for gifted talents, and offer those faith and grow toward disciples of Jesus Christ for human dignity and God’s gifts back to God. maturity in Christ. the transformation of the creation. world to the glory of God. 3 4

Prioritized Needs Assessment  What factors influence our Mission and Vision the most? 3 5

Prioritized Needs Assessment Need Space to expand children's ministries (larger meeting spaces) 1. Need Space to expand youth ministries (larger meeting spaces) 2. Need more age appropriate spaces for children (current room design for 3. preschool, challenge for 5 to 10 year olds) Need more age appropriate spaces for youth (current rooms are multi- 4. purpose and do not help to give youth an identity) Need Space to expand worship attendance 5. Need improved traffic flow (people and vehicles … including a covered 6. drop-off) Need improved facilities for community service (WIHN, MSK, Community 7. Garden, Clothing Closet, Caring Connections, Divorce Care, Grief Share) Current worship space is not tuned to either style of worship (not really 8. traditional and not really contemporary) Need space for expanding staff (several are doubled up in offices, expect 9. staff to expand) Need Adult Sunday School classes near to covered walkway/drop-off and 10. worship space Need Space to expand adult ministries (larger meeting spaces) 11. Need Space for storage 12. 3 6 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Our Facility History  Move to Judd Parkway – Address Pinch Points  2005 – Space Utilization T eam – Same Pinch Points as T oday … started in 2003  2011 – Facility Usage T eam – Affirmed 2005 Findings  2014 – Building Committee – Updated Findings with Prioritization  14 years of pinch points … 12 years of study 3 7