Real Life Selkirk
3/1/2026 Direction Team Meeting

  • Direction Team Meeting

    Opening

    Open in prayer

    Celebration

    2025 was a fantastic year
    20 baptisms
    Hired Jason King
    Moved to the Junior High
    Fear and concern involved, turned out ok
    Thank everyone for accommodating
    Attendance has grown for the 5th year
    Opened a Thrift Store
    Added an Elder to our team— Ben Necochea

    Thrift Store

    We opened the thrift store this year.
    The setup was incredible. So many people gave of their time and skills to make this possible
    This was set up to be a ministry, but also to help facilitate ministry within the church
    Ministry story from the thrift store
    Last week, a lady came into the thrift store
    Our team (Ginny) saw her and saw there was more there than a customer.
    She asked for a Bible and Ginny gave her one, prayed with her and invited her back the next day.
    She returned the next day and Ginny was able to hear more of her story
    She said she had a dream that she needed help and just started driving and ended up at our thrift store.
    She didn’t know it was a church store
    She was invited to the Wednesday morning women’s discipleship group and has begun attending
    Now, because of the heart of our thrift store volunteers, she is getting connected and beginning the journey of growing as a disciple
    Our thrift store is profitable
    Numerous people are serving there and finding a way to serve others
    Many people are coming to church in part because of the thrift store
    We need to recognize the value of the thrift store
    We are in a building project
    Many churches begin building projects, and their ministries have to take a step back so they can afford a building.
    The thrift store will enable us to continue in all of our ministries the vision to reach the world for Jesus and be able to still afford moving into a building
    Those who volunteer there are engaging in ministry, but also serving in a way for others to engage into ministry.
    When you go there to drop off donations, or go shopping thank every person you see there.
    Their service, your donations, your purchases are helping us reach the world for Jesus.

    Building Project

    I understand there has been some silence over the winter regarding our progress toward a new building
    This isn’t because nothing was happening, rather there was a lot of pieces being moved around the table that have finally found their place over the last month.
    Financing
    We had been rejected last fall for our loan
    Shopped around, then TSF has come back to the table with a competitive rate
    Site development
    Wetland management
    Timeline
    We were able to develop a timeline
    End of March— Wetland permit expected completion
    End of March— Conditional approval for financing
    Month of April—Civil Engineer Drawings
    Month of April— Construction Drawings
    End of April-May— Subcontractor Bidding (3-4 week bidding period)
    May to early June— Building Permit Application
    May to early June— Subcontractor Contract Signing
    Early June— Construction Start (Ditch Filling Celebration)
    Early June 2026-March 2027— Construction
    March 2027-April 2027— Prepare to Move In
    April 2027-May 2027— Target Opening
    This may all be new information to you, so we will be working to rebuild our Building a Legacy page on the website to add the timeline, photos and other information as it becomes available.
    This leads to communication. A couple of weeks ago, we sent out a newsletter with some of this information on it.
    If you did not receive the email, I have a couple of steps for you:
    Every time I send out an email, there are people who say they didn’t get it.
    Please fill out an Information Card and make a note on there to confirm your email address is correct in the communication system
    They are sent out to the heads of households. If you didn’t get one, check your husbands email. He probably did get it and it was ignored.
    We are working on other communication strategies to ensure everyone who wants the information knows when it is available and where to find it.
    This pause has been a blessing. It hasn’t been a super smooth road, but God has shown Himself to be faithful.
    If we had built as we were prepared to build last year, we would be in big trouble right now
    We learned a ton going through this winter and God has allowed us to learn some really important things and prepare to begin this process with a means of maintaining ministry while building.

    Financials

    I’m going to briefly give you the BIG PICTURE financial snapshot from the end of 2025
    2025 Financials:
    2025 Total Income $830,997.11
    2025 Total Expenses $579,847.07
    Net Operating Income $251,150.04
    2025 Building Fund Contributions:
    $250,414.73
    Bank Balances:
    Operating Accts (inc. Thrift Store) $115,775.53
    Savings Accts (Solomon Fund) $973,333.44
    Total Account Balances— $1, 089,108.97
    If anyone wants a breakdown of these numbers at a deeper level, please speak with Donovan.
    Also, I want to express a tremendous gratitude to Donovan and Jeanette
    They not only maintain our finances
    They were pivotal in launching our Thrift Store
    They helped us continue to build financial structure by creating a more functional budgeting process for the year
    Maintain insurances, licenses, employee stuff,
    Jeanette and Donovan are a blessing that our church cannot operate without.

    Children’s/Youth (Christian)

    Worship (Jason)

    Life Groups (Jared)

    Normally I would have Larry up here, but I am not giving a report. I’m issuing a challenge
    We need to become fishers of men.
    It is open fishing season for life groups
    A sign-up sheet will not build a relational foundation for this church
    You meeting people and hunting for people to connect to your group will build the foundation.
    We are a friendly church. But, we cannot simply remain friendly. We must be relational.

    Conclusion

    We exist to reach the world for Jesus, one person at a time
    Take questions
    Make elders available
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