26th January 2010

How do we pay for this project?
Our Quantity Surveyor has reckoned that the cost of Phase 1a will be in the region of R7 million.
At present we have in the region of R1.6 million in funds accumulated over the years for the new church project; the sale of the old church will, in present conditions, raise between R1.8 and R2.0 million. The fund-raising team have yet to begin work, but feels confident that a target of R2.0 million could be achieved.
It is worth noting that in the past every project started by this parish – churches, extensions, township church, purchases of houses, flats and land – has been achieved without the parish going into debt.
We trust that as we hold firm to the Scripture verse you will see on every plan – “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labour in vain” (Psalm 127:1) – the Lord will provide as He has done in the past and will do again in the future.