Crossroads Community Church
Annual Meeting 2015
Dear Church Family, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. Bless the LORD, O my soul!” (Psalm 103:1-5, 11-14, 22 ESV) We grew as a church in 2014. I don’t mean numerical or financial growth (we did experience those), but rather growth in grace, in understanding God’s ways, in unity. We grew because we walked together through both good and difficult days. God demonstrated his steadfast love to our church through prosperity, uncertainty and loss. Pastor Larry Jacob fell seriously ill in early March. Larry and Lisa and our church family modeled patience and grace throughout that journey. Larry continues to recover and trust the Lord for the future. In August, the elders and I made the tough call to close our church planting efforts in New Lenox. We had set several benchmarks to evaluate the ministry and by summer it was clear we weren’t meeting those goals. I have been encouraged by the unity our church family demonstrated through both these complex issues. Several nearby churches have gone through similar experiences recently. These good churches struggled mightily; losing members and facing open conflict. I believe God granted unity and growth through our experiences because we kept our purpose first - to glorify God by making, baptizing, and teaching disciples. Even when we don’t agree on how individual issues are handled, we do agree on the biggest issue of all - why we exist as a congregation. Our church family deserves commendation for the grace, unity and maturity demonstrated as we navigated these challenges. We enjoyed strong growth in many other ways last year. In January we provided leadership training, expecting 25. Forty-nine completed the course. This led to adding one new elder, six new deacons, and several small group leaders. Our summer camp included more students, more conversions, and more baptized than ever before. The same goes for our VBS – more volunteers, parents, children, and decisions for Christ. Our mission giving was the highest ever. Those efforts are bearing fruit in Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, Ghana, the Central African Republic, and here in DuPage County. Last fall brought additional small groups, new members, good responsiveness to the preaching of God’s Word, and many trusting Christ. We heard positive things from the church family regarding our plans to build. Our Christmas services ministered to more people than ever before. We are blessed. And together we learned important lessons from a year like 2014: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
God is faithful in every season. God’s blessings are often more evident in difficult times than in good times. God requires simple obedience when times are hard and choices are complex. God’s people can be trusted with difficult truth, so we don’t have to cover up hard things. It’s always too soon to quit, but never too late to change course when prudent. God’s purpose of bringing glory to himself doesn’t change with our circumstances. Giving our lives to fulfill God’s call to make, baptize, and teach disciples will sanctify our suffering.
Our experiences last year give me great optimism for this year. We intend to complete a five year plan – our 20/20 Vision. Our goal (God willing) is a two-phase building process that will result in education, administration, dedicated worship, and additional property. We will increase our ministry impact locally, regionally, and globally through mission support and church planting. We desire to be well-known in this community for a winsome and fearless gospel witness. Nothing compares to the life-changing power of the gospel. Nothing will sustain our church or our personal lives like the powerful presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5 ESV) Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Crossroads Community Church Annual Business Meeting, 2015
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2014 Membership and Attendance 58 Members Added, 13 by Baptism (*denotes baptism) Lisa Blunt Terry Blunt Dave Brownewell Ruth Brownewell Ariana Diaz Emily Diaz* Isabella Diaz Mary Diaz Natalie Diaz Sofia Diaz Brock Edwards* Erin Edwards* Brad Garling Emily Garling Katie Garling Nicholas Garling Travis Garling Cora Grimes Addison Henninger Carter Henninger
Cole Henninger Craig Henninger Landon Henninger Sarah Henninger* Amy Lambert Luke Lambert Danielle Marquis Dimitri Marquis Ella Mead Grace Mead Kerri Mead Nathan Mead John Norkus Micki Norkus Aimee O'Mara Eleanor O'Mara Oliver O'Mara Owen O'Mara Melissa Reitz Elisabeth Rodemann
Natalie Schacherer Alex Smillie* Korinne Smillie* Mike Solis Amirah Tawfik Andrew Tawfik Ashley Tawfik Cristian Terrazas* Terrie Terrazas* Ashley Turner* Carly Turner* Denise Turner Fred Turner Nathan Turner* Jenny Vitzileos* Evan Whitcomb* Caroline Witt Paul Witt
21 Others Baptized (34 Total Baptized) Kurt Casanova Jordan Caskey Ed Connor Rick Dickson Jasmine Elizondo Bernadette Fasiczka Kayla Flanagan
Yesica Guzman Pete Ittersagen Cynthia Krieter Debra Kurtz Eric Jr. Marquez Janet Mayer Brooke Mulvey
Easton Nicholson Aaron Olsen Dyeato Paye Janell Price Jaime Schulz Katherine Schulz Kenny Walz
Carol Stream Ministry Attendance Averages for 2014 Sunday Services Children’s Ministry AWANA (Sept.-Dec.) IGNITE Student Ministry (Sept.-Dec.) Small Groups
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493 79 81 61 31 Groups
307 Attendees
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2015 Leadership Team Pastors & Staff Senior Pastor Associate Pastor, Worship Pastor of Congregational Care Pastor of Student Ministries Small Groups Director Children’s Ministry Director Administration/Finance Administration/F1 Receptionist
Scott Nichols Eric Marquez *Emanuel Istrate Austin Adams *Nate Nupanga *Katie Crichton Vicki Nichols Emily Adams *Amy Deitch
Elders
Jim Hoffmeier, Joe Loss, Pastor Scott Nichols, *Ben Pierson, Todd Watkins
Deacons
*Melissa Gish, *Dave Jarzemski, *Chris Krol, Suzie Lobdell, *Mike Mulvey, Juan Ramos, *Michael Rhoadarmer, Chris Rodgers, *Brandon Taylor, Jenny Vavrinchik, Hayley Weast
Ministry Leaders Trustees Financial Secretary Men’s Ministry LifeSong Women’s Ministry AWANA HOPE Special Needs Ministry Hospitality Facilities
Joe Loss, Scott Vavrinchik Melissa Gish Mike Mulvey Jenny Vavrinchik Josh Gish Patti Rhoadarmer Joe Dible *Dave Jarzemski
*started 2014
2015 Missions Support Local
International Outreach Community Center Care Net CMBA
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Papua New Guniea Akuapen Ridge Church, Ghana Gweimen Center, Nigeria FATEB, Central African Republic
Regional/National IBSA
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Church Planting
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Crossroads Community Church
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Building Addition Narrative Purpose: Review our progress to date, outline our next steps, and define success • • •
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Move into current building 08/08, moved to two services (01/11) Presented build to congregation at annual meeting as a three-year process – plan, prepare, build (1/13) Determined to stay & build on site (spring 2014) o We control options o Wetland to be mitigated as allowed o Architecture master planning and professional financial study to determine scope and phases o Acquire property in future (availability now for Kingsland, 5 years for American Slide Chart) Interview fundraisers (spring 2014) o Baptist Foundation of Illinois hired 03/13/14 Interview architects (fall 2014) o JNKA hired 10/6/14 Financial study (fall 2014) o Personal visits, mail survey to church and receive online feedback, church presentation (12/7/14) Architecture preliminary design o Conceptual drawings for finance study, building team refines drawings, Master Plan program design meetings w/architects (12/17/14) o Refining of Master Plan by staff, elders, ministry leaders, and congregation (early 2015) ERA Wetland Study o Delineated and submitted to DuPage County (11/20/14) o New parking/wetland plan per updated drawings (winter 2014-15) Contractor selected o Met with the finalists and selected Fredrick Quinn Construction (11/20/14)
Next Steps Determine project schedule a. Program design – we need a $6,000,000.00 project (winter 2014-2015) b. Funding sources – we can afford a $2,000,000.00 project (winter 2014-spring 2015) c. Determine priorities and process (early 2015) d. Parking and wetland drawings (spring 2015) e. Fundraising campaign (spring 2015) f. Construction schedule (spring 2015) g. Begin build (some in summer of 2015, most fall 2015 or spring 2016)
Keys to Success 1. 2. 3. 4.
Walk with the Lord (that’s who we live to please) Relentless focus on purpose (constructing a building is not why we exist) Grace as we walk through this together (understanding, patience, indulgence) Pray, Positive, Participate
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Crossroads Community Church
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Financial Overview 2014 Income CS General Offering CS Misc. Income CS Building Expansion CS Income Total
$ $ $ $
935,234.95 97,194.33 6,025.00 1,038,454.28
NL Income Total
$
72,437.84
Total Income for 2014 Total Expenses for 2014
$ $
1,110,892.12 1,166,896.16
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
12,139.86 22,477.20 32,932.06 61,000.00 70.00 31.30 2,065.00 130,715.42
$ $ $ $ $ $
3,500,000.00 500,000.00 200,000.00 300,000.00 35,000.00 4,535,000.00
$
2,435,081.78
Current Bank Account Balances Money Market (Waddell & Reed) SBT General Account Old Second General Account Old Second Reserve Fund Old Second Church Planting Old Second Building Expansion Old Second Missions Total
Other Assets Carol Stream Church Building Oak Lawn Church Building Building Equipment Land in New Lenox Van and Trailers Total
Liabilities Mortgage on Carol Stream Building
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Crossroads Community Church Budget for 2015 General Fund Expenses
2014 Budget
2014 Actual
2015 Budget
360,000.00
447,480.06
487,368.00
314,525.00
304,729.05
325,000.00
Administrative supplies, equipment, and accounting fees
57,400.00
58,031.53
36,000.00
Christian Education Children's, student, women's, men's, small groups, leadership development, elders/deacons, and churchwide-fellowship
79,800.00
96,683.84
67,845.00
61,800.00
66,290.83
62,834.00
Category added for 2015 Budget
Category added for 2015 Budget
Personnel - All wages, benefits, insurance, taxes, payroll fees, and mileage reimbursments for present 9 staff and projected 2015 staff
Facilities and Equipment Mortgage, property insurance, utilities, maintenance/repair, furnishings, janitorial, and vehicles on all properties
Administration -
Worship - Supplies, equipment, and audio/video
Communications Promotional materials, website, and all printed material
Hospitality - Assimilation, coffee ministry, connect desk, and ushers/greeters
34,368.00 Category added for 2015 Budget
Category added for 2015 Budget
14,220.00
Deacon Benevolence 6,000.00
Congregational needs
4,279.96
26,000.00
Reserve Fund
6,000.00 50,000.00
21,081.37
Separate budget below
94,612.00
65,787.95
118,557.00
1,000,137.00 220,341.00 1,220,478.00
1,064,364.59 102,531.57 1,166,896.16
1,202,192.00
Building Expansion Expected Missions - 10% of offerings given for: church planting, local and international missions*
Carol Stream Budget New Lenox Budget Grand Total both sites Building Expansion 2015
268,500.00
* Total Mission expense including additional New Lenox support = $112,300.11 Crossroads Community Church Annual Business Meeting, 2015
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