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UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS A HOUSE… PSA. 127:1. UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS A HOUSE… PSA. 127:1. A HISTORY OF A. V. CALVARY CHAPEL. EXISTED FOR 9 YEARS OVER 300 PEOPLE CLAIM OUR FELLOWSHIP AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 100 CURRENT FACILITY: 5,000 SQ. FEET MAXED OUT THE LORD IS OUR PROVIDER YAHWEH YIREH
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A HISTORY OF A. V. CALVARY CHAPEL • EXISTED FOR 9 YEARS • OVER 300 PEOPLE CLAIM OUR FELLOWSHIP • AVERAGE ATTENDENCE: 100 • CURRENT FACILITY: 5,000 SQ. FEET • MAXED OUT • THE LORD IS OUR PROVIDER • YAHWEH YIREH • HE HAS MET ALL OUR NEEDS!!!
WHERE ARE WE NOW? • YAHWEH YIREH: • THE LORD OUR PROVIDER • - DEBT FREE – KEY RESOURCES ALREADY IN PLACE • - LAND PROVIDED [1.25 ACRES]– EST. VALUE $80K • - PRAYING FOR MORE LAND • THE LORD IS PUTTING THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER • - THE LORD HAS RAISED UP AND IS RAISING PEOPLE UP WITHIN OUR FELLOWSHIP WHO HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE TREMENDOUS HELPS
WHERE WE ARE NOW • ROD JACOBSON – OWNER OF VERNAL BUILDERS. ABLE TO SUPPLY MATERIALS AT BEST POSSIBLE PRICING PROVIDING TREMENDOUS SAVINGS • EXAMPLE: ARXX BLOCK SYSTEMS • CONTRACTORS – IN OUR FELLOWSHIP WE HAVE TWO BUILDING CONTRACTORS AND AN ELECTICAL CONTRACTOR AND SEVERAL OTHERS WITH GREAT EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS FIELDS IN BUILDING. • ARCHITECT – FREE OF CHARGE! • XR3D ANIMATION – 1/3 OF REGULAR PRICING
WHERE WE ARE NOW • FINANCIAL ELEMENT: • ESTIMATED AMOUNT TO BUILD - $600K – $700,000 • ESTIMATED APPRAISAL VALUE - $2,000,000 + OR – • WE HAVE A SOLID BASE TO BUILD ON: $75,000 • WHAT ABOUT CURRENT ECONOMY? • BLESSING IN DISGUISE? • LOWER INTEREST RATES • BUILDING MATERIALS ARE LESS EXPENSIVE • REMEMBER EPH. 3:20 TO HIM WHO IS ABLE!!!
WHERE WE ARE NOW:WHEN TO BUILD? • TWO APPROACHES: • BUILD WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE FUNDS • EXODUS 35:21-29 • PROCEED WHEN: • WE HAVE RAISED $350K TO $400K • WHY THIS APPROACH?: • CURRENT LEASE $1,900 • $350K @ 6.0 % FOR 20 YEARS = $2,100 MONTHLY • WHY NOT PUT PAYMENT TOWARD NEW FACILITY?
WHERE WE ARE NOW:MOVING FORWARD BY FAITH! • Ephesians 3:20 (NLT)Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. • OUR FOUNDATION: • JESUS!!! • 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 (NLT)10] Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. 11] For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have — Jesus Christ.
TIME TO BE PROACTIVE • IN WHAT AREAS? • PRAYER!!! • WE MUST SEEK THE LORD FOR: • WISDOM, INSIGHT AND GUIDANCE • HIS PROVISION AND TIMING • WE MUST BE OBEDIENT • WE MUST BE BALANCED • WE MUST WALK BY FAITH WITH AN ADVENTUROUS & PIONEERING SPIRIT • STRENGTH AND COURAGE
WE’RE ON A MISSION FROM GOD!!! 1] TO FOCUS & STAY FOCUSED ON JESUS!!! HEB. 12:1-2 2] TO FULFILL THE WILL OF THE LORD PSA. 143:10 / MATT. 6:10, 26:39 / JOHN 4:34 3] TO WIN THE UNSAVED TO CHRIST MATT. 28:19 4] TO MAKE DISCIPLES – TRUE FOLLOWERSEPH. 4:11-16
ACTS 1:8 • But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
THE HEART OF A. V. CALVARY CHAPEL:TO BE ABOUT OUR FATHER’S BUSINESS • OUR MISSION • TO GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. • II PETER 3:18 • OUR CORE VALUE • "IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS!!!“ • OUR VISION • TO WALK WITH JESUS. NOT AHEAD OF HIM, NOR BEHIND HIM, BUT WITH HIM STEP BY STEP AS HE DIRECTS US ON THIS AWESOME ADVENTURE OF LIVING FOR HIM BY HIS GRACE. • OUR PURPOSE • TO KNOW JESUS • AND MAKE HIM KNOWN.
3 - 2 - 1 • WE HAVE LIFTOFF! • WE HAVE NOT STARTED THIS MISSION IN OUR OWN STRENGTH AND POWER! • WE WILL NOT CONTINUE THIS MISSION IN OUR OWN STRENGTH AND POWER! • THE LORD ALONE WILL COMPLETE THE MISSION IN AND THROUGH US AS WE ARE EMPOWERED BY HIS SPIRIT & GRACE! • ZECHARIAH 4:6-10