foyer renovation

Why the renovation?

We recognize the great gift of owning this building. We’ve sought to carefully maintain and steward it well over the years. This has enabled us to do meaningful ministry on Sundays and throughout the week.

Over the past 5 years our leadership has articulated a vision for our building:

To create a welcoming and hospitable space for young and old to find community, encounter Jesus, and be equipped to serve Him. 

At the moment, our foyer is not equipped to do this. It is unable to accommodate more than a dozen people, lacks sufficient lighting and an accessible washroom. In addition, the majority of newcomers to our church have a hard time finding their way around. 

We want to offer a space that is spacious, bright, warm, and inviting to families and individuals in our city for years to come.

Renovating our foyer is about making room for people to connect with God and one another.

We invite you to join us in this renovation to make room to welcome and connect with people. As we’ve considered the needs of our foyer, we’ve identified 3 parts of this project and laid out anticipated costs. Phases 1 & 2 must be completed in preparation for Phase 3. We estimate the foyer renovation will cost $155,000. 

What’s been done? 

To date we have spent $18,673.80 on:

• Permits,
• Asbestos testing,
• Architectural drawings,
• Creating the nursery space
• Storage closets downstairs.

Up until now all that we have been doing has been preparatory work for the renovation project. 

Phase 1: New Nursery (Completed)

Phase 2: New Storage (Completed)

What’s next? 

Phase 3: Renovating the foyer

Cost $155,000 + contingencies

Over the past 6 months we have been gathering estimates from contractors. Based on these estimates the estimated remaining costs for this project is $155,000 plus contingencies.

The goal is to start this project by June of 2025.

We will remove the nursery, music storage, and rental storage walls and push back the hallway walls by 2ft. We will add clerestory windows on the south wall, add new lighting, and replace flooring throughout foyer and front stairwell. We will construct a new coffee bar with sink and dishwasher for hospitality. We will also construct a new accessible washroom. We will add new seating areas and benches for seating. We will add signage at key points so that making your way around the space is simple. 

ARTISTIC RENDERINGS

How will we fund this project? 

The plan is to draw from savings $55,000 plus anything needed for contingencies. This leaves $100,000 for us raise.

In October 2024 we set a goal to raise the remaining $100,000 by the end of June 2025. Current board members families’ pledged to give $52,850 over the next 8 months and invited Cascades community to prayerfully consider what God would have them give towards this initiative. Now midway through December 2024 our church collectively has pledged or given $85,000.00. This is encouraging news! We have only $15,000~ left to go! 

our invitation

Our invitation to you is to prayerfully seek the Lord asking how much He might want you to give over the next 8 months in ways that go beyond your normal giving.

In addition, we ask that if you plan to give something towards the project to write it down in the form of a pledge. Your pledge simply helps us plan accordingly and know how much we have left to raise. 

There are two ways you can pledge. You can send an email to giving@cascadeschurch.ca include your name and amount you’d like to pledge. Alternatively, fill out the form in the last page of Making Room October Update and hand it to Joel Hagglund or Matt Pothecary.

As you go through this discernment process asking yourselves these four questions may helpful: 

• What I can give joyfully? 

• What can I give sacrificially ?  

• What can I give in response to all that God has given me? 

• What can I give to the as an act of worship to the One who loved me and gave Himself up for me on the cross ? 

Ways to Give

We are thankful for the ways in which our community has demonstrated generosity. As God has always done, we believe He will provide for our every need in this initiative. 

We believe that this project can be more than a renovation project; there is a formative journey God wants to take us on.

We ask for you to give your time towards praying for this initiative–praying that people would find community, warmth, and God himself in this space for years to come. 

If you would like to give to this today there are four ways to do that: