Room to Grow

WUMC Continued Growth Year Membership Avg Attendance 2001 729 507 2002 773 575 2003 851 634 2004 893 717 2005 926 701 2006 970 697 2007 1026 748 2008 1059 875 2009 1115 949 As of Oct 31, 2010 1170 965

Church Building YOUTH Addition Worship Center Choir Room Show where the new addition will be Education Wing Activities Building

Sunday 8:30 Children Sunday School Choir Youth Worship Still room for expansion – could start small groups for people who attend 9:40 Children Sunday School Choir Youth Worship

Sunday 9:45 Winter Service For 10 weeks starting in January and ending middle of March FULL – If power up grows much more they will be out of room to expand. 9:45 service would then grow into the new space. Children Sunday School Choir Sunday School class moves from worship center to Education wing, 4th & 5th graders move down hall and youth moves to office conference room. Youth Worship

Sunday 11:00 Children Sunday School Choir Youth Worship 9:40 power up has to reset the stage for the Sunday evening programming with the youth. There is no big space available for a large group to go into. Would have to split. New activity room would allow bigger groups to stay together. Can not use choir room as it is used after the last song on the 11 am service. Children Sunday School Choir Youth Worship

Sunday Evening Children Sunday School Choir - 940 Youth Worship Monday the Activities building has to be reset for the MOPS twice a month. Children Sunday School Choir - 940 Youth Worship Life class meets as needed

Tuesday activities Other Boy Scouts MOPS and Moms morning out Worship arts are voice, violin, guitar, piano and drama lessons. UMM meets the second Tuesday of each month for speaker and dinner 9:00 Women’s bible study – Dot Wood Other Boy Scouts MOPS and Moms morning out Worship Arts

Wednesday Activities Children Classes Choir Youth Music Classes Wed. morning the Activities building has to be reset for the Youth Al non meets at Noon CR meets at 10-noon Children Classes Choir Youth Music Classes

Thursday Evening Celebrate Recovery Worship Arts Thursday the activities building has to be reset for CR. Celebrate Recovery Worship Arts When the Start celebration station starts more rooms will be needed for elementary children. 6.30 am men's bible study dot - wood 9:30 am women's bible study – dot wood

Friday Activities Celebrate Recovery noon – 2pm Friday the room is emptied from CR for power up to set up Sunday morning. CR are group meets that has childcare Al Non meets at noon Parents night out once a month Celebrate Recovery noon – 2pm

Quest Camp – weekdays 7:30 am -5:30 pm For 10 weeks during the school summer break (One of those weeks is VBS) Due to set up and take down issues this room could not be used for Quest Sanctuary had to be taken down on Sunday and then put back up on Friday night or Saturday. Made it difficult for staff when sanctuary was need for another purpose during the week. Wednesday kids activities where off site so the choir could practice in the choir room. Quest camp used the sanctuary this past summer. The current activity building and classrooms were used so often that made it impossible to have anywhere else.

Vacation Bible School All activities are suspended for week so VBS can take over the campus No room for growth as we have hit the limit on number of children with the facilities we have.

Other meetings that happen thorough out the year Stephen’s Ministry LifeServer Mission Trips Financial Peace University Missions Golf Tournament Relay for Life STUMO Campus Outreach Project Merry Christmas Leadership Summit Committee meetings Church council Food Addicts Weddings Funerals National CR Conference Arnold Drama Club Voting precinct DOT informational meetings Daraja Children’s Choir Ladies conference UMM Football nights Blue Christmas Candle light Service Easter Hunt

Sunday 9:45 Winter Service NEW Opens up some classroom space for growth Children Sunday School Choir Moves the service to the new space, opens up three classrooms for expansion of SS or children Youth Worship

Wednesday Activities - NEW Youth is moved, children are moved, choir is back in the choir room and frees up sanctuary for dinners, new studies, etc. Al non meets at Noon CR meets at 10-noon Children Classes Choir Youth Music Classes

Thursday Evening - NEW Celebrate Recovery CR now does not need to be set, tables and chairs most likely will stay up. Kitchen is full function. Celebrate Recovery 6.30 am men's bible study dot - wood 9:30 am women's bible study – dot wood As we start celebration station more rooms ware shown for the elementary children.

Quest camp - NEW Moves quest camp to new building – can eat outside on patio, has kitchen access, bathrooms are attached, frees up Sanctuary for other uses, does not disrupt weekly activities in the Dot wood room.

Benefits Woodlawn’s priority to the ministry of Youth and Children Youth only space Children only space Creates a welcoming and inviting environment

Woodlawn United Methodist Church Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg.

Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg.

Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg. Site Plan with New Activity Bldg. Addition

Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg.

Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg.

Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg.

Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg.

Youth Addition to the Activities Bldg.  Project Schedule:   Receipt of Bids 28 October 2010 Charge Conference for Contract Approval: 9 November 2010 Permitting (one month +/-) & Start of Cons’t. 6 December 2010 Substantial Completion (6 months of const. time): 6 June 2011 Final Completion (thirty days): 6 July 2011 Project Cost Estimate: Low Bid from Anderson Construction: $ 583,744.00 Additional Owner Costs, including: Audio / Video, Stage Lighting & Equipment Signage, Security, Data and Telephone Appliances for Kitchen Acoustical Wall Panels $ 236,250.00 Finish Flooring (except stained conc. floors) Permits, Tap Fees and Impact Fees Interior Furnishings & Window Treatments Professional Consultants Contingency @ 5% of Cons’t. Costs $ 30,000.00 ____________ Project Total: $ 850,000.00

Construction Bidding Criteria Contractor’s main focus is on metal building construction Years of experience Is a local contractor Reputable name in the community Builder builds the building and is not sub contracted History of contractor completes projects timely

Selection of Bid Bids where sent to eight contractors in September Six bids where received back Building committee voted and selected the lowest bid

Our giving has given us the room to grow!

Building Fund Responses

Building Funds October 31, 2010 Sanctuary Youth Building Balances from distribution 201,206.46 726,065.89 Contributions to funds Aug-Oct 2010 3,690.25 32,326.64 Interest Received 419.80 1,514.88 Total contributions 205,316.51 759,907.41

Gifts received over the next 9 months should pay for the addition. New building cost Amount of Building $ 850,000.00 Less Amount on hand $ 759,907.41 Amount needed to complete 90,092.59 Gifts received over the next 9 months should pay for the addition. The Finance Committee was able to securing financing and had three good options to choose from. If we did have to finance a portion at a later date we can then revisit the options.

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