Capital Campaign

Our Capital Campaign

August Update

Updates and minutes are available in a portable document format (PDF).

Capital Campaign August 2007 update

Capital Campaign August 2007 graph

Draft of Minutes from the 6/4 Congregational Meeting

Adopted Resolution

Be it resolved that the Plymouth Congregational Church UCC Building Committee will immediately begin to implement Option 2, (a partial implementation of the Master Plan) with a maximum budget of $2,150,000.

FURTHERMORE, if we can complete Option 2 for less than $2,150,000, the Building Committee will be instructed to complete the following, in priority order:

Add kitchenette and restroom in East Wing (for Fireside Room/Youth Rooms)
Install doors, moveable seating at the back (north) of the sanctuary for overflow
Renovate existing restrooms (along east side of sanctuary)

FURTHERMORE, we also agree to hold a second capital campaign of about $765,000 (43% of our previous campaign) because Option 2 costs more than our initial campaign commitments.
We acknowledge that approving this option means (a) a second campaign is required to pay off the resulting debt starting in 2010 for three years or (b) the inclusion in the annual budget of payments of approximately $4,900 per month starting in early 2009 (or some reduced combination of a and b).
FURTHERMORE, additional parts of the master plan (e.g., new fellowship hall, modifications to the existing fellowship hall) may be funded by future capital campaigns or by increasing the size of the debt reduction campaign mentioned above, dependent upon an affirmative vote of the congregation.

Minutes of the Project Priority Committee

4/4/06 meeting minutes
4/10/06 meeting minutes
4/19/06 meeting minutes
4/27/06 meeting minutes
5/3/06 meeting minutes

Timeline of Events

Capital Campaign timeline (PDF)

Hats Off To Magic Photo Gallery

Your Capital Campaign Leadership Team

"Capital Campaign Leadership Team"

"Capital Campaign Teams and Members"

On the 9th of October, 2005 at a Congregational Meeting we passed this motion:

"I move that Plymouth Congregational Church conduct a capital campaign from January to April 2006 for the purpose of raising a minimum of $1.5M toward a vision goal of $3.1M. Pledges will be paid over a three year period to modernize and expand our physical plant and to increase our future programs of ministry and outreach."

From this vote, which passed by a huge margin, the council took steps to form a Campaign Leadership Team that has been working behind the scenes since last fall. We are nearing the end, and Bea Stoner, our Campaign Consultant will return to train visitors beginning on the 21st of March and we will immediately begin our visitation phase.

This is an exciting time as we work to “Live the Faith: Build the Future” as we conduct a campaign ending April 2nd in Celebration Sunday when we announce the total commitments made.

You can learn some of this multi-year process we went through to arrive at this point from the August 2005 Placard article written by Daryl Knoblock and the original case statement The Second Century Campaign for Plymouth from the fall of 2005.

Learn more about the current campaign from the campaign brochure: