We’ve launched a campaign to raise $1.5+ million between March 1 - May 31.

Here’s why: We plan to retire our mortgage debt, complete much-needed renovations in our building, and fund the planting of new churches in our city. We want to create more space, both at Trinity and beyond, for people to be invited into friendship with Jesus. We believe the result of this campaign will have a lasting, generative impact.

We plan to pay off the remaining debt on our property, approximately $1.1 million, which is set to come due this June. If we are able to retire the mortgage, our operating expenses will be reduced by roughly $22,000 per month, and those funds will be redirected for ministry purposes, especially to fund outreach and our new church planting program. If we are unable to pay off the mortgage in June, we will have to refinance the debt, most likely at a higher rate of interest than we are currently paying.

We plan to complete renovations to two unconditioned spaces in our buildings. The first is to create additional, usable classroom space in the gym to accommodate our growing Kids & Youth Discipleship ministries. The second is to convert the upper bay of our warehouse into a useable new Chapel for meeting, teaching, and smaller-sized services. We estimate the cost for these renovation projects to be $400,000+.

View initial construction drawings!

We plan to plant churches. Earlier this year, we launched our Church Planting Residency with the aim of strategically and sustainably planting a new church approximately every two years. We hired Scott Barber to be the director of the program, and we're currently looking for our first church-planting resident. Primarily using funds that would be freed up by paying off our mortgage debt, we will be able to properly bless and resource these new church plants with seed money.

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God has so generously blessed our community, and it is with the joyful acknowledgment that all good gifts come from the Father, who knows our needs even before we ask, that we are undertaking this campaign. We hope you’ll prayerfully consider giving to this vision!

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To give via check or donor-advised fund, be sure to include “2025 Capital Campaign” in the memo. Our EIN is 03-0479748. Want to give stock or have other giving questions? Reach out to our controller, Joe Longosz.

Want to know more?

We invite you to attend an upcoming information meeting to learn more, ask questions, and discover how you can be a part of this vision! Keep scrolling to find answers to some frequently asked questions.

Renovation plans

While our plans might change depending on pricing and the amount of funds we raise through the campaign, you can view the initial proposed construction drawings below.

Frequently asked questions

  • The target figure of $1.5 million was arrived at through many months of very robust conversations with our Finance Team, Vestry, and key staff. To put it most simply, the majority of the money ($1.1 million) will be used to pay off the mortgage debt and free up funds to resource and plant churches. The "rest" is an additional $400,000+ we hope to raise for renovations to better use two unconditioned spaces in our building for Kids & Youth and Adult ministry.

  • If the capital campaign falls short of the $1.5 million goal, then paying off the debt on the property (mortgage) will take priority since retiring the debt will reduce our monthly expenses by approximately $22,000 per month and enable us to save toward the renovation projects. If the amount raised through the capital campaign is insufficient to pay off the debt entirely, we will attempt to pay off the remaining debt with cash on hand or refinance the remaining debt.

  • If the capital campaign raises more than the $1.5 million needed to pay off the remaining debt on our property and complete the renovation projects, then the excess will be put in the Capital Expense Fund. This fund is used to save for high-cost maintenance and repair projects on our property, such as replacing the roof or HVAC units when they come to the end of their useful lives. These funds can also be used, with the approval of the Finance Team, to fund other needed property improvement projects, especially those that would reduce energy consumption and operating expenses. These funds could also be used, with Finance Team approval, for other future property renovation projects.

  • The Finance Team expects that the capital campaign may negatively impact regular giving and has made a conservative estimate for FY25 tithes and offerings (0% growth over FY24). The Finance Team will monitor giving levels monthly throughout FY25 and will adjust the operating budget to reduce monthly expenses, if necessary. If any revenue shortfall can be met with available cash on hand, while retaining sufficient emergency funds and cash flow, then a reduction in operating expenses may not be needed, even if regular giving drops below the FY25 budget projection.

  • They will not. Tithes will continue to go toward ministry and operations expenses. If you would like to give in addition to your normal tithe and to the specific purposes of the capital campaign, then please use the “Give Now” button above or click here.

  • While we don't yet have final construction documents from our architects, here is a sneak peek of what we are hoping for in 2025!

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