Capital Campaign: Building on Christ our Foundation
Tammy McDonald
Bob McFall
Executive Group
Bob McFall
Tammy McDonald
Pastor Michelle Manicke
Peggy Vermaas
Mark Vignolo
Advance Giving
Cal Sugiyama
Caryl Husk
Mark Vignolo
Jim Allgaier
Ken Plinke
Dean Kruse
Terry Wagemann
Spiritual Life
Corrine Gilbertson
Ann Smith
Lorna Hodgin
Delores Austin
Kevin Cope
Sandeep
Ben Sherwood
Linda Garrett
Communication Team
Arden Tarum
Tom Ramsey Barnes
Admin Support
Pat Ott
Eric Lewis
Tammy McDonald
Bob McFall
Messenger Team
Diane Lewis
Mert Warneking
Children & Youth
Debbie Johnson
Teresa Kotvis
Festival Team
Connie McFall
Brenda Plinke
Grand Finale Team
Christine Edgar
Sunday, May 18 - 4pm to 6pm
Block Party!
Celebrate our Christian foundation at an SOV "block party"! Teams
of all ages will get to choose from wood blocks, legos, or cake to create and
build a church. A time to play for all ages to play together! Bring a salad
or hot dish to share. SOV will provide beverages and the makings to build your
own ice cream sundaes.
Thursday, May 29 - 7pm to 7:45pm
Service of Vespers, Music & Prayer
As we work towards our Celebration Sunday, let this be a time to help us prepare
our hearts and minds for the direction that God wants us to follow as individuals
and as a community of faith.
Sunday, June 1 - 8:30am and 10:30am
Celebration Sunday!
This will be an opportunity as a congregation to lift up our hearts, minds and
gifts for the ministry that God is calling us as a family of Christ at Shepherd
of the Valley Lutheran Church. We will have a special service and time to dedicate
our special gifts of time, our talents and our monies as we strengthen our foundation
on Christ with the building of a new sanctuary and the ability to expand our
ministries for our congregation and within our community.
April 27, 2008
Sisters and Brothers of SOV,
Who would have believed that, in 35 years of ministry, Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church would touch the lives of so many people? God probably knew it would happen, but we don't think we did. We can't fathom visions like this, because they are of God, and not our own in the making. It reminds us of the old saying: God doesn't call us to do anything we think we can do, only that which is beyond us. If we think we can do it, we don't need God. But when we venture forth into a challenge that is beyond our human ability that is when God begins his awesome work. This is how we feel about this campaign that we have begun.
We never thought we would add a dedicated sanctuary to our church facility, but that is how the Spirit is leading us. How will it all get done? We don't know. That is where faith in God takes over. We walk by faith and not by sight. But the beginning of any journey with God involves our commitment. The scripture teaches us that God tests our commitment before he blesses our action. It is now the time for you and me to make our commitments to the capital funds that we have begun.
It has taken the commitment of the whole community to get us to this moment. It takes the process of discernment led by a Building Committee charged with clarifying God's mission for Shep0herd of the Valley. It took the overwhelming "Yes!" declared by the congregation to the question, "Shall we stay and do ministry here?" It took the imagination and brainstorming of dozens of members to begin to shape on paper the facility in Phase I and Phase II.
It's taken literally hundreds of hours given by dozens of people continuing to contribute their technical or artistic or organizational acumen to making things take the planning to this level.
But most of all, it's taken trust in knowing that our commitment to expanding God's work is no more than we are capable of doing. It's taken trust that this place is where we belong, and that this building is a tool, which God will use for God's good purposes. It will take the trust that the congregation will back up with dollars for the ministry. The Holy Spirit is working in and through us to form us into more faithful disciples and enthusiastic missionaries witnessing to the difference that the Light of Jesus Christ makes in our lives and in a dark world.
Tammy and I have been truly blessed to be co-directors of the KAIROS Capital Funds Campaign.
Blessings,
Bob R. McFall & Tammy McDonald
Co-Directors