ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING | JUNE 9, 2019 Building Together for the Next 50 Years: Session Recommendation for the Congregation THAT the Congregation approve the following scope for a construction and renovation project in 2019-2021, understanding that the fjnal project will be determined by Session based on funding, and with assistance from appropriate staff, committees, and professional consultants: (I) Unify, expand and upgrade the mezzanine level, with access to a re-landscaped Fountain Garden and three new “Garden Rooms.” (2) Construct a central stair in the present “Court of Flags” from the Sanctuary level down through the mezzanine to the Stone Hall level. (3) Create a new entrance to the main building , with g T o l d i n g e t u i h e B r landscaping and at least one new elevator located in the Next 50 Years FOR THE area between the Sanctuary and the Parlor. (4) Renovate the campus to include : improvements to the Youth House, administration building, fmower room, and sacristy; relocate the library to the main building, add a chancel ramp and handrails in the Sanctuary; and remove many marble coat racks on the Sanctuary level. (5) Deferred maintenance, such as : replace the boiler, fjre alarm, and electrical switchgear; waterproof the plaza, improve security systems, and re-leather the organ. Thank You to the Facilitites Master Planning Team! Thank you to the Facilities Master Planning Team, whose incredible work over the past several years concludes today. Please join in thanking members of the FMPT: Mary Jo Pera (Chair), Miley Frost, Charlie Glendinning, Rick Hawthorne, Darryl Jackson, Bill Magruder, John Neely, Diane Stewart, Susie Westrup, and David Renwick (ex-offico).
Our Exciting Capital Campaign and Project! $13 m Expanding Our Mission: $1 m Addressing Deferred Maintenance: $1.5 m Helping At-Risk Children and • Terrace waterproofjng Families in DC • HVAC and boiler LITTLE LIGHTS replacement and • Expanding a new ministry center on upgrades Alabama Ave. SE. • Replace original • Multiplying its mentoring program, electrical panels so that more and more students can • Security improvements have one-on-one role models. • Technology YOUNG LIFE SOUTH DC infrastructure • Starting full-time Young Life • Organ re-leathering discipleship clubs at Kramer Middle School in Anacostia. Helping Refugee Children and Families Abroad Improving Our Facilities for Ministry: $10.5 m MARKA CHURCH • Supporting a school and church as they artist rendering CONNECTING OUR witness to Christ among neighbors in BUILDING AND desperate need of love and connection. MINISTRY THE NATIONAL EVANGELICAL SYNOD • Easily connecting OF SYRIA AND LEBANON all three levels with • Expanding Christian schools’ capacity to an open, central serve the refugee community. staircase beginning in INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the Court of Flags and going down through REFUGEES the mezzanine to • Provide scholarships to girls who are Stone Hall going into secondary school, and improve construction for churches and Christian ministries. 2 3
RELATIONAL SPACES ACCESS TO THE • Designing warm, FOUNTAIN GARDEN relational spaces in • Enabling easy access to newly open areas of fountain garden the church • Creating a new • Removing some coat fountain terrace racks • Expanding the • Creating light, bright, Sanctuary-level terrace open corridors artist rendering artist rendering NEWLY LANDSCAPED CREATING AN ENTRANCE EXPANDED AND • Drawing people UNIFIED MEZZANINE into the heart of LEVEL our church building through new entrance • Unifying the landscaping mezzanine into one, open fmoor • Adding a new, large elevator to the church building artist rendering artist rendering VERSATILE GARDEN ROOMS • Adding 4,000+ square feet of fmexible, updated space • Unifying all adult Sunday School classes in one building artist rendering artist rendering 4 5
ADDITIONAL What We’re Accomplishing As We Build Together IMPROVEMENTS • Shifting nursery and toddler rooms to be Deferred closer to the school Stafg Maintenance and Sanctuary Centralizing most Improving security and • Consolidating the staff into one technology, repairing library into the main building and upgrading systems church building and equipment • Moving most staff into one building • Improving the fmower Hospitality Accessibility Layout/Flow room Creating new, open Adding an elevator, Creating central stair, • Following green relational spaces ramps, and chair adding an elevator, both indoor and building best lift in main church centralizing ministry practices and outdoor building in main church standards to be better building stewards of our environment • Implementing wifj Flexible Rooms Youth Main Door and technology upgrades Creating and Updating and Drawing people updating classrooms upgrading the Youth into our church and meeting rooms House into a fjrst- • Renovating the Youth building through for diverse uses class space House into a vibrant new entrance home for our youth landscaping • Facilitating accessibility through Environmental Future Income a ramp to the chancel Stewardship in the Sanctuary and Opening up the Adding storm water adding a chair lift in Agencies building retention, switching the choir room for potential to LEDs, reducing monetization • Many additional our building small but impactful footprint projects 6 7
MEETING E ROOM Floor Plans KITCHEN STORAGE MEETING NURSERY/TODDLER? MEETING ROOM ROOM E CENTRAL STONE HALL LEVEL LIBRARY? NEW NEW STAIR MEETING MEETING ROOM ROOM ENTER STORAGE STORAGE NEW NEW NEW MEETING MTG MEETING MEZZANINE LEVEL BOOKSTORE ROOM ROOM ROOM MTG KITCHEN ROOM ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER FOUNTAIN GARDEN STONE HALL ENTER MEETING ROOM E SANCTUARY LEVEL SANCTUARY MEETING MECHANICAL E ROOM ELSON CHOIR ROOM PARLOR ENTER E COURT CENTRAL OF FLAGS MTG STAIR ROOM E COLUMBARIUM CENTRAL ENTER ENTER STAIR CHAPEL EXPANDED TERRACE ENTER 8 9
Building Together: It’s Our Time! FAQs How long do we anticipate construction to take? We can accomplish everything outlined here with our current $13 million commitments! Twelve months is our goal! If the congregation approves our $13m project on June 9, we But what if we dreamed bigger? We believe, that with your prayerful support, we can do will proceed with design and construction documents, and seek the required DC building even more to “Build Together for the Next 50 Years”! permits. Our goal is to start construction by the end of the year, or early next year. We believe construction will take 12 months, likely followed by a few months to complete CHALLENGE GOAL smaller projects and minor tasks. Our goal is fjnish this project by Spring 2021. +$1.3m $14.3 m Our original Capital Campaign goal was for $14.3 million. We I’ve noticed scafgolding around the church—does that mean our Capital Project believe that we could do remarkable things if we reached that has begun? original goal. Additional projects could include*: We have begun the limestone cleaning and restoration project related to the 2011 earthquake. This year-long project is primarily covered by earthquake insurance settlement • Second new elevator funds and will include cleaning, re-caulking, and repairing broken and cracked stone on • Video screens and new furniture in all rooms the church building and the tower. • Sound system repairs and improvements Does this $13m project prevent improvements from occurring years from now? • Fountain repair No. Our project does not impede improvements or development on our property down the • Jones Hall worship space improvements road. In fact, the present project fjts into our fjnal Facilities Master Plan (report available Fall *not listed in • Additional construction contingency 2019) for the future modifjcation and enhancement of our church building and campus. priority order Do you have a list of everything included in the $13m capital project scope? Yes. While this booklet focuses on scope items of primary importance to the overall STRETCH GOAL congregation, we have also identifjed numerous smaller projects that we can accomplish +$1m as and when design and construction documents are completed and fjrmer project pricing $15.3 m What if we could surpass our original $14.3 million goal? is obtained. Think of what we could accomplish together! Additional Can I make or increase my campaign commitment? projects could include* : Yes, thank you! You may make or increase your campaign commitment on our • Signifjcant updates to Stone Hall with new lighting and website (nationalpres.org/buildingtogether) or call our Finance Director, Leah Skrine at fmooring, and furnishings 202.537.7484. Campaign commitment cards are also available on the welcome center • Aligning the Van Ness entrance for improved safety tables and from members of the Capital Campaign team. • Energy-saving windows in key areas Capital Campaign Follow-Up Team: Clyde Taylor, Delores Ziegler, Sue Lockwood, *not listed in • Outdoor furnishings for our expanded terraces Rick and Betty Hawthorne, Jonathan Dickey priority order 10 11
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