We have BIG plans at Abiding Presence for 2023! Check out what they are by visiting AbidingPresence.net/2023.
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Read Pastor Keseley’s “What if You Win the PowerBall Jackpot” message to the congregation:
Recently, Pastor Keseley, Senior Pastor, shared the first three things she would do if someone from Abiding Presence won the big PowerBall jackpot and came into her office with a donation:
Pay off the mortgage - The mortgage is currently at $330,000. As soon as we pay it off, we free up $72,000 from our operating budget to be used for ministry. That’s a lot of money! Currently, the mortgage is on track to be paid off by our 50th anniversary in 2028. Paying it off now would enable us to expand the exciting ministry we are doing now. Once the mortgage is paid off, the vision is to live as a debt-free congregation in order to gift the next generation vibrant ministry, a well cared for facility and no debt.
Seed an endowment to fund our Abiding Fellows and College-Age Internship ministries - So far this year, 47 young people in 10th grade through age 23 have participated in our internship ministries that focus on faith formation, vocational discernment, leadership development, service, worship and “real world” work experience. The stories coming out of this ministry are changing lives and the price tag for it is significant, about $80,000 in 2022. Endowing this ministry would allow it to continue into the future to keep our young people connected to the church and equip them with a lens of faith through which they can make the big decisions they are making about their lives and the world.
Write our current staff team 5-year contracts that they cannot refuse - Pastor Keseley regularly and enthusiastically shares that she is here to stay at Abiding Presence for the long-term. Currently, we are fully staffed with an amazing staff team. Give this team a few years together and the possibilities for ministry, service and witness to the community are endless. Let’s do everything we can to not only keep them, but also to full fund ministry so that cost is never a reason we say no to a big, bold, new idea.
Here’s the thing, we don’t need someone to win the PowerBall to make these dreams a reality. Consider making an end of the year gift of stock, bonds, IRA RMD, cash, check or bitcoin. God is calling us to big things here at Abiding Presence and you are part of them. Interested in making a year end gift? Pastor Keseley would love to talk with you.