For the past several years we have been praying that God would give us land and a building. God has answered our prayers!
GOD HAS GIVEN US OUR REHOBOTH!
On June 23, 2019, Northside Baptist Church voted to turn their assets over to us, including their building and land, and to encourage their congregation to become members at Trinity Bible Chapel.
The building is located at 1373 Lobsinger Line in Waterloo and is a beautiful facility, with a chapel that was built just over 10 years ago. It has the capacity to seat upwards of 600 people.
The office space, gymnasium, and classroom areas need to be upgraded before we can begin to worship there regularly.
For more information on how this all came about, please read this blog post from Pastor Jacob.
Financial Needs
Mortgage & Renovations
We are still in the process of finalizing the total budget but we are anticipating it will cost just over $1,000,0000
School
Establish a Classical Christian School
Financial Need: TBD
The Elders had a strong sense that God was leading them to begin a capital campaign to allow us to do the following:
1. TO ACQUIRE LAND
2. TO OWN A BUILDING
3. TO ESTABLISH A CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
4. TO PLANT CHURCHES
We are still in the process of finalizing the total budget but we are anticipating it will cost just over $1,000,0000
As we move forward with Project Rehoboth, prayer is vital. Please pray specifically:
That the Lord would give wisdom to the leadership of Trinity Bible Chapel, as we wait on Him.
Ask the Lord how you and your household can be a part of this project, and then respond in obedience.
Three Ways to Give:
1. Cash/Cheques on Sunday
Be sure to designate your gift as “PROJECT REHOBOTH”
2. Pre-Authorized Offering OR Online
3. NEW Church Centre App
REHOBOTH UPDATES
Permits, Renovations, and Donation Update – November 19, 2019
Praise God for his provision! To date we’ve received $20,987 as part of our donation matching goal. Every dollar donated to Project Rehoboth between November 7, 2019 and December 15, 2019 will be matched up to a total of $100,000. More information here.
Also, if you haven’t heard yet, we received the building permit for interior renovations last week! With permits in hand, a team came in this past Saturday for a demolition-day. Don’t forget to sign up online if you want to help, everyone is welcome. Here are some pictures from the work last weekend:
Building Update – November 8, 2019
- Interior kids ministry renovations are on-going. Permit applications have been submitted and construction will commence in due time. The interior renovations include:
- Widening hallways
- Adding code required A/C and heat
- Fire rating/Insulation
- Additional windows
- In September, two possible addition locations were shown.
- The addition will be north of the kids ministry wing, kitchen and gym.
- Our elders have decided that the addition will be a future construction project, to commence one sufficient Rehoboth funds come in. We plan to move our Sunday mornings to the Lobsinger facility prior to the addition starting.
- Zoning variance application in order to permit our kids ministry to be used for a school has been submitted and please join us in praying for a positive response from the township.
- Further updates coming! Thank you for your generous donations to Rehoboth! May the Lord use this facility for His Glory!
Good Project Rehoboth News! – November 7, 2019
We are moving forward on our journey towards our Rehoboth. We have submitted applications for building permits and zoning variances. Upon approval, demolition and renovations will begin (DV). We hope to start worshipping at 1373 Lobsinger Line in the first half of 2020. We are firming up the budget as I write this email. But our educated estimate is that it will cost just over $1 million for the whole project. We need to raise money. Here’s the good news: an anonymous donor has offered to match every gift, dollar for dollar, up to an accumulated maximum of $100,000 between now and December 15, 2019. If you give $1, it will be turned into $2. If you give $5,000, it will be turned into $10,000. If we raise $100,000, we actually raise $200,000. God continues to multiply our loaves and fish!
Volunteers Needed!
The Renovation Team is looking for volunteers to help with the renovations at the new church building over the next few months. If you’re interested to help assist with the renovations in any way, we’d love to hear from you! You can also let the Renovation Team know of any particular skill/trade/experience you may have.
