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Elevate is the title of our building campaign. We feel God calling us to build a new worship space so that we can worship together even as we are growing. 

Elevate Update: 10/28/2026

Dear Church Family, Thank you for joining us in prayer as we pursue God's plan OVER our plan. Our Elevate Project (for our next building) has been a labor of work and prayer for several years.

On Sunday, October 25, we experienced a powerful All Together Sunday, including a Called Business Meeting to vote on a motion that would allow us to go forward with construction. 

The motion we voted on reads as follows: "The Elevate Team moves that FBC Lorena enter into a financing agreement with Community Bank and Trust for the construction of the new building project. These finances will be used as needed beyond the monies raised by the Elevate Campaign."

As we shared, we have raised $1.1 million so far for our Elevate Campaign and will continue giving through May 2028. The votes totaled 72% "Yes" for the motion and 28% "No" for the motion, which means the motion carried by majority vote.

For clarification, this means we will go forward by applying for permits to begin construction, and we will only begin spending out of the Elevate funds when we begin incurring construction costs. We will only initiate our line of credit with Community Bank and Trust once we have depleted the Elevate funds.

With continued prayer & giving, we believe God will provide through his people to help lessen the amount needed from the bank. We are also looking more closely at other details for how we will go forward, and will share those with you as soon as possible.

There has been careful thought and prayer in this process since the beginning. We will continue to work with all teams involved to be good stewards of the gifts given, and empower and care for all the needs and thoughts of you, our church family members. We are listening and responding to your questions, concerns, and comments.

Here is a "wow, God!" regarding this significant vote. We asked voting members to also answer this question: "Will you go forward with us as a unified church family, regardless of the vote results?" 98% said "Yes" and 2% said "No" to this question, which emphasizes once again that we are a church, made up of God's people, who strive to go forward unified as a church family. Thank you, church!

As you have further questions, please contact Craig & Judy Carpenter regarding the Elevate campaign at carpenter5121@sbcglobal.net, or Pam McKown regarding Building Committee plans at Pam_McKown@hotmail.com.

God bless you, and thank you, church!