A message from our leaders

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Yearly Budget: approximately $250,000 per year (first $1 million)

New Generosity: $400,000

Pieces of the $400,000 campaign

• Church Plant to South Carolina - 6% (approx. 25k)
• Outreach to our Cities - 13% (40k local + 10k missions)
• Mortgage - 60% (approx. 240k)
• Parking Lot - 6% (approx. 25k)
• Urbana Vineyard - 15% (approx. 65k)

Campaign Timeline

• Staff & Board Decision FALL 2021
• Vision Night DECEMBER 2021
• Staff & Board makes pledges JANUARY 2022
• Ministry Leaders make pledges JAN-MAR 2022
• "Sent Out" teaching series MARCH 2022

• Generosity starts March 2022
  • Parking lot construction STARTED Summer 2022
  • Parking lot PAID OFF ($25,433) August 28, 2022
  • First MILESTONE $200,000 passed September 25, 2022
  • All 236 TURKEYS paid for Thanksgiving 2022
  • Met total BUDGET goal for 2022!

• 2023
  • Passed $400,000 in total giving APRIL 2023
  • Completed our CHURCH PLANTING goal by MAY 2023 ($26,800)
  • Began paying extra to the Urbana Vineyard MAY 2023
  • July 1, 2023
    • Paid off OVER $50,000 in debt so far!
    • Officially passed $500,000 in Sent Out Giving!
  • October 15, 2023
    • Bloomington-Normal schools REQUESTED 330 boxes for our Thanksgiving Outreach.
    • Officially passed $600,000 in Sent Out Giving.
  • November 2023 
    • over $7,000 given to help purchase turkeys
    • over $18,000 given to help with a pylon sign on the I-55 / I-74 highway

• 2024
  • January - WE'VE REACHED THE 1/2 WAY POINT TOWARDS OUR GOAL!! $700,000 has now been raised.
  • APRIL - officially passed $800,000 in Sent Out Giving
  • SUMMER - announcing a new missions focus
  • Sending the RUDZINSKIS to South Africa
  • Sending the PRICES to Guadalajara, Mexico
  • SEPTEMBER 
    • passed $900,000 in total Giving!
    • Schools & non-profits requesting 350 boxes for Thanksgiving.
  • DECEMBER
    • Delivered food to 1,000 people in our cities.
    • Ordained and Sent Out our church planters to Wellington, South Africa (raised over $8,000 for them this Fall).
    • passed $1,000,000 in total GIVING for Sent Out.
    • passed 120 baptisms as a church family.
• 2025
• Generosity Initiative concludes October 2025
• 44 months total