Gift Campaign
Property Development Committee
G.I.F.T. Giving
The purpose of the GIFT Campaign is to seek God’s will as a congregation for the future growth of VGBC. Please prayerfully consider your personal giving commitment, above and beyond your tithe, to help VGBC make a Greater Impact For Tomorrow!
How To Give

- Use a GIFT Envelope available in the lobby
- Financial institution bill pay function (Designate GIFT Campaign in Memo block. This feature is typically free through your banking institution)
- Tithe.ly (Select GIFT Campaign, be aware of 3% fee that must be paid, so please check that you will pay the fee otherwise the church will have to pay)
How We Got Here
To this point in the capacity discussion, we have only looked at worship center numbers, but what is more constraining for VGBC currently is the Sunday School space especially for Senior adults on ground level, even in the pandemic. And with the current setup we are having to “flip” the Youth wing multiple times a Sunday and we have a class meeting in Fellowship Hall, neither is an ideal situation. So, we need more Sunday School space on ground level even without 80% capacity issues in the worship center.
Reference: https://alban.org/archive/the-80-percent-rule-fact-or-fiction/
Where We Are
Jennifer Dale
Gregg Shade
Stuart Kurkowski
Devin Knuckles
The vote also established the charter for the committee which is:
- Specific responsibilities of the Property Development Committee shall include
- Bring to the church for approval a Property Development Plan to increase the use of the existing church property on the corner of Stetson Hill and Powers Boulevards. The Property Development Plan shall convey to the church membership, in layman’s language, the finished state of the property, impacts to existing facilities and ongoing church ministries, along with recommended phasing of construction projects. The Property Development Plan shall include recommendations on how to pay for these plans.
- Bring to the church for approval any needed updates to the Property Development Plan that may arise from the passage of time, changes in public policy, the fiscal climate, church demographics or other external or internal factors.
- As finances permit, bring to the church for approval recommendations consistent with the approved Property Development Plan to instruct the Trustees to enter into financial or contractual transactions required to implement the approved plans.
- Serve as primary liaison on Property Development issues to any outside organizations such as City Government, Regional Building, architectural firms, general contractors or financial institutions in matters not reserved for the Trustees under Article II Section B, paragraph 1 of the Church Bylaws or the Properties and Space Committee or Stewardship Committee under Article III Section C paragraphs 4 and 5 respectively.
- Form and recruit from the church membership individuals to participate in temporary working groups to plan and conduct events related to property development such as awareness and fundraising events.
How long does the committee have?
So, since that charter, the committee has
- Prayerfully considered the numbers and need for expansion
- Determined we need increased Worship space and increased Sunday School space, especially on ground floor.
- Received an initial plan proposal from Building God’s Way (BGW) just to gauge the effort, feasibility (with the city), and cost, but no commitment to the plans or BGW
What is Next?
- The committee is continuing to work on designs and plans
- We would need to finalize a design
- We will need to secure financing in the form of a construction loan
- We will have to hire a General Contractor
- We will have to get plans approved from the city
- We need to acquire the material
- We would need to coordinate construction pads and things for equipment