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The proposed Parish Center will consolidate the aprish offices to allow staff and ministry leaders to work more effectively together. New multi-purpose rooms will be used for meetings and social spaces for various ministries and church-sponsored events. A new food pantry and goods storage will enable our service ministries to better help and care for those in need in our community.
The campaign is the first phase of completing the projects identified in our larger Master Plan. Fulfillment of our Master Plan offers exciting opportunities to continue to grow our parish family, our service to others, and our faith through the ministries which enhance and enrich our worship.
Today, we serve over 5,000 families that join us in worship, attend our schools, and give back to the community through our outreach programs. Holy Family is prepared to continue growing, but our facilities are not conducive to this growth. The new Parish Center will consolidate our offices, ensure new and expanded programs for our parishioners, increase our outreach in the community through both the schools and our services to the poor, and centralize our campus with multiple meeting rooms. Our vision for the future is exciting, and our efforts ensure that Holy Family will remain vital and vibrant community for generations to come.
We are the benefactors of the foresight and generosity of past generations who have helped to establish and build our parish and schools. We are now called to do the same for the next generation-and it is up to us to preserve and pass on what we have been blessed to inherit.
In 2009, the Master Plan for Holy Family began with input from the parish via in pew and online surveys as well as focus group discussions, Pastoral Council, and Town Hall Meetings. Space needs and parking requirements for the Parish were developed. In 2013, the Master Plan proposal was presented to the Diocese Building Committee, with revisions submitted in January the following year. In March of 2014, the Master Plan Proposal and the idea of a Capital Campaign to fund the plan were presented at the Leadership Council. In 2016, CCS Fundraising conducted a Feasibility Study to further assess our ability to conduct this Phase 1 campaign. For the past two years, the Campaign Task Force committee has prepared for the launch of the campaign by determining our Campaign's theme and messaging, case for support, prayer, and other collateral for the project.
Offertory giving is expected to remain steady. We do not ask parishioners to diminish giving to their parish. Rather, we ask them to consider a gift to the Campaign above and beyond their regular offertory giving. Every effort will be made to remind families of the importance of continuing to support their parish, as well as Together In Mission. In the long term, Campaigns such as these have helped increase Parish offertory giving. Parishioners are encouraged to continue to embrace stewardship as a way of life and strengthen their vision of what it is to be a member of the Church.