Free 2B Celebration_Feb 2014Free 2B Grace Celebration

“Gracious and loving God, enable and inspire us to boldly go forward to tackle our debt and building projects so that we might be free to do what you have planned for us. Fill us Lord, with dreams and possibilities of future mission and ministry that we cannot begin to conceive right now. Amen”

During the Free 2B Grace Stewardship Campaign, the Spirit has been moving in our community through connections, prayer, and sacrificial giving. Join us as we celebrate God’s blessings in our mission of being a ministry of Grace in the heart of Andover and beyond!


Free2B Graphic for Baptismal Renewal Sunday

A stewardship campaign is never about money alone. It is much more than that! For us, one of our hopes for our Free 2B Grace campaign was to build connections in our church. We are thrilled that at this point we have connected with over 60% of our families and engaged them in conversations about our church and its future vision. From what we have heard from our Steering Team members, the connections have been great. There’s lots of excitement about our mission. We thank you for joining in the conversations!

Another important hope for the Free 2B Grace campaign was its potential spiritual growth and impact on our church. Giving is always and foremost a spiritual matter. When we or a member of the Free 2B Grace Team sat down with you, we challenged you to prayerfully consider a financial gift as an important faith step. We are thrilled you took this faith step challenge and gave sacrificially beyond your regular missional offerings. It is our hope that you, as well as many others of Grace, are feeling blessed and spiritually empowered!

Finally, we want to thank you for joining your gift to many other gifts as we celebrate the pledges we have received. We have started the work….

  • Removed and replaced a large portion of the sidewalks
  • Fixed potholes, swept, and re-striped the parking lot
  • Added two handicap parking spaces
  • Covered the average capital shortfall of $1650 per month to meet our monthly mortgage
  • Made principle payments of $5,000 each starting in June 2013
  • Saved $47,100 in interest over the life of the mortgage
  • Replenished our cash flow balance as we build funds for the roof repair
  • Updated and refreshed our outdoor Grace sign
  • Replaced rotted siding on Portables 1 & 2
  • Saved money for asphalt roof replacement and tuck point repair scheduled for summer 2014

The Metrics so far:
weConnect – 67.1% of our families were contacted and/or visited.

weGrow – 30.0% of our families have prayed and pledged sacrificially.

weEquip/Serve – 25 volunteers met with families and 92 other volunteers helped with the campaign.

To date we have received sacrificial pledges above and beyond current giving totaling $1,214,785 over the next 5 years. Stay tuned as we continue to seek God’s vision being a ministry of Grace in the Heart of Andover…and beyond!

 We hope you are as thankful as we are!

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”   Jeremiah 29:11 -13

If after prayerful consideration, you are being led to contribute financially, please click here.

Free 2B Grace Stewardship Campaign July Update

weGrow – Free 2B Grace Spiritual Journey (2013)