A: CPC has exciting plans to accelerate our mission of Reaching People and Following Jesus: a collection of CPC facilities improvements and expansion that we’re calling “LEGACY” A cornerstone of this effort is a campaign to raise the financial resources that will fund the expansion.

Our REACH Vision is to Renew a gospel movement, Engage all generations, Attract the next generation, Care for hurting people, and Help people leverage their time, talent and treasure. To expand our REACH, we must expand our facilities–especially for children and students—and increase our ability to serve our congregation, neighbors, and community for years to come.

LEGACY is part of a vision CPC leadership has been working diligently to realize for years. In prayerful anticipation, a separate non-profit, the People Meeting Christ Foundation (PMCF), which is aligned and affiliated with CPC, has been thoughtfully acquiring properties to the north and east of our church for more than 20 years.

Also, our current church leadership has been prayerfully discerning and discussing this opportunity for several years and believes the time has come to step out in faith and ask God to actively lead us into our future as a church.

The fundraising element is an important part of LEGACY, since it’s a requirement for us to finance and realize the exciting vision for the future growth of CPC.

Our Mission and Vision are BIG, yet our physical structures are limited. Our facilities and resources for Students and Youth are outdated and insufficient for the investment in discipling young people in our church and our community. Our church building has not been fundamentally upgraded/improved since 1988. The following improvements are being considered; if we are able to address even some of them, they will dramatically increase our ability to serve our congregation, attract our community, and accomplish our Mission and Vision:

New YOUTH CENTER for kids & students in our church and community

New SPORTS FIELD for the kids of our school, church, and community

New ENTRANCE FOR SANCTUARY to attract/connect people to CPC

New MINISTRY OFFICES/MEETING SPACES for ministries, staff and volunteers

New FOR CENTER to serve as “Volunteer Hub” for meeting needs of our community

New OUTDOOR PAVILION for gathering/connecting people and families

EXPANDING SANCTUARY seating capacity for worship services

It’s important to note that we do not know if all of these improvements are possible at this time; we will be trusting God to move in and through our congregation to raise the resources necessary to build His church, in His time and His way.

Our Session originally voted to pursue a Capital Campaign/Building Project in February of 2020. Understandably, the pandemic put those plans on hold. In 2022, Session revisited the decision and decided to delay the project until more certain times, yet began to assemble an exploration Committee.

At the time of that decision, our leadership agreed CPC was in a position of strength: spiritually, operationally, and in the growth and evolution of our congregation. Additionally, we had a strong cohort of pastoral and volunteer leadership that was aligned on our missional opportunities to reach more people for Christ, and help more people follow Jesus.

Providentially, long-term planning for both CPC and the Town of Danville had resulted in some unique and timely development opportunities on our campus, and for our community.

In February 2023, Session re-affirmed that God continues to build his church in and through CPC: to draw new attendees and members, call new believers to faith, baptize those committing themselves to Christ, and to serve our communities. Because of this, CPC is in an even stronger position to begin the effort to expand our REACH Vision, and Session voted to move forward with the project.

The fundraising commitments will be fulfilled over approximately three years, starting in June of 2024 through May of 2027. If the fundraising effort is successful, it is possible we could begin an initial phase of work sometime in late 2025 (at earliest) or in 2026 after we apply for and receive the necessary approvals from the Town of Danville. Planning is ongoing to define how phasing the project would work and its impact on timing. At this early stage, all estimates of timing represent initial thinking and not a comprehensive project plan; thus they are subject to change.

Yes, this is an effort above and beyond our yearly operational budget. For some families, this additional generosity may not be a challenge, while we know for others it might be. Our hope is that each family will prayerfully discern God’s will for them in supporting LEGACY as well as being an active part of it, and that all will be joyfully obedient to the Holy Spirit’s calling–whatever that may be.

We expect there will be a moderate amount of additional expenses associated with operating and maintaining the new building and the new ball field. We expect these additional costs will be added to CPC’s operating budget and we will be estimating those increased costs as part of our project planning.

Our current thinking on prioritization is reflected in this list:

New YOUTH CENTER for kids & students in our church and community

New SPORTS FIELD for the kids of our school, church, and community

New ENTRANCE FOR SANCTUARY to attract/connect people to CPC

New MINISTRY OFFICES/MEETING SPACES for ministries, staff and volunteers

New FOR CENTER to serve as “Volunteer Hub” for meeting needs of our community

New OUTDOOR PAVILION for gathering/connecting people and families

EXPANDING SANCTUARY seating capacity for worship services

Tyler spoke at the SRVCA Gala on March 22nd about the overall Vision for CPC and specifically about the ball field/play area. Our hope is that SRVCA families will want to participate in LEGACY. We will be praying for God to move among all SRVCA families and for them to be part of this effort.

Our accounting team has access to you pledge and contributions to LEGACY.

If you have any further questions please reach out to:

Chris Callahan, Co-Chair of the Legacy Committee | cwcal@comcast.net

Matt Henry, Co-Chair of the Legacy Committee | matt@mjhconsult.com