Open Letter

Haggai 1:8 - "Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may appear in my glory, says the LORD."

RE: PROPOSED BUILDING OF CHURCH SANCTUARY AND COMMUNITY CENTER

Dear Friends,

The Kenyan Intl. Community Church has come to a momentous point on our path. We have felt the calling to get up and Build for the Glory of God as well as the good of Our Community.

VISION

Our goal is to build a Church Sanctuary and Community Center where we will conduct services and host special events. Included in this would be some green space for outdoor activities. The end result will be the KENYAN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH CENTER.
The community center will be a multi-use building where weddings and other social gatherings for up to 300 people can be held. We aspire to use the space for conducting classes about Kenya – our ancestral homeland as well as Sunday school classes. We would like to incorporate an indoor gymnasium if this can be accommodated in the building. The gymnasium will be used for Basketball as well as other physical activities that lead to healthy living. There will also be some meeting space for committees and small gatherings.

FUNDING

We believe we can raise adequate funds to see this project become a reality by Easter 2006. To this end, we started a building fund, to which we have been depositing the funds collected for this effort. The projection is to eventually raise $2M that we know God will afford to us.
Several means will be used to raise these funds:
1. Church Members have been asked to pledge annual contributions of $500 per Household to which they can add more money if they are so moved. Several members have already met their full obligation and we are greatly encouraged.
2. Bake Sales will be initiated on Sundays after church services with proceeds going to the fund.
3. Several funds drives (benefits) will be held, first with guests invited from our immediate community and secondly from out of state.
4. Matching funds will be sought from a Sponsor (s).

Because we are all in this community, we ask that you consider contributing to this worthy cause. This Center will be a place for us to rally around as a Community of God’s People and as an asset to all of us, our children will benefit from it.
Like people of Old, we have felt the calling of God to build a place for him - To bring a part of the bounty he has bestowed on us as part of our thanksgiving and appreciation. In addition as an immigrant community, we will become part of a long tradition of adding to the American mosaic. Like other immigrants have brought part of their ancestral culture to America, this will be our contribution to this historical legacy as we are a people with a great past and things to share.

Please think about your role in this Great venture and may God continue to bless you as you go along your work and that of building for His Great Name.

Thank You.

PASTOR CHARITY KAMAU (206) 772-6669

1 Chronicles 28:10 - "Take heed now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it."

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