Building Update

Hi, Everybody!

A few of you have asked for an update on the Scum of the Earth Church building situation, so here it is (succinctly):

1. We have raised close to $400K in four weeks by the grace of almighty God.
2. A group of Christian businessmen has given us a bridge loan of $250K for 90 days. This provides us the gift of more time to raise the remaining funds. If we don't raise it, we may have to sell the building, however.
3. We close the sale on Wednesday morning at 9:00 AM!
4. We have zoning issues. Although the building has been a church/community center for 120 years and had been "grandfathered" into zoning requirements, the last ten years have been as a single-unit dwelling. We now have to go through all the rigamarole to get a variance for modern parking requirements, etc., in order bring it back to use as a church. The first Zoning Board meeting that we could get into is September 9th.
5. As a result, we cannot use the building for large worship gatherings until the zoning comes through. For more details, please listen to the last two Sunday messages and the "Building Campaign Announcement" here

Thanks to all of you who have been a part of this with us!

By amazing grace,
Mike