There is one group of Pioneer members who have done so much to make our recent renovation project (Renovate: Heart & House) possible - and yet who themselves are still lacking the very renovation they need most. Our senior members are the faithful core who have always cheerfully provided for Pioneer's multifaceted needs through both volunteer time and financial backing. What can we do for them?
 

Hands down the most significant gift of gratitude we could give them is the one they desperately need most: a new spacious elevator on the southwest (awning) entrance to our church. The small, difficult-to-operate freight elevator there now has long ago outlived its usefulness. Instead, we need a spacious, easy-to-operate elevator to transport the physically impaired and senior members of our congregation to all three floors (and for sad occasions accommodate a full-sized casket as well). It will be wheelchair friendly and readily accessible from our parking lot.

Our building committee and church board have voted to install the much-needed elevator and redesign the stairs to reduce their steep climb which in turn can provide more comfortable access to our church for all God's people.

One of our members has stepped forward to pledge a $100,000 matching donation for every dollar we give up to $100,000, thus ensuring $200,000 to launch our project. Because the new elevator shaft will necessarily be larger than our present shaft, there will be adjustments to both the Youth Chapel on the main floor and the choir room on the bottom floor. To accommodate lost closet space in the Youth Chapel, the architects have designed new and expanded storage space at the back of the chapel. That, in turn will extend the floor of our cramped media space above the chapel and provide much needed storage and work space for them as well.
 

The construction manager, Weigand Construction, has a projected cost of $929,641 for the elevator and construction revisions; this figure is a final amount and includes a 3% contingency. Never-the-less, having learned from recent completed renovation project, the church board, wisely, is recommending a million-dollar fundraising goal to ensure completion of this most-needed access. Weigand Construction will begin the demolition phase on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, and it should be completed in six months — which means this vital addition to Pioneer can become reality in half a year!

The bank of heaven has not failed Pioneer - we have not overdrawn God's resources. We can do it, because He can do it through us. If each of us once again joins the Family in cheerfully, sacrificially giving — this time toward Renovate 2.0 — we can finish both the building and the fundraising for this project on schedule.

Financial Documents

• Budget Executive Summary
• Scope of Renovate 2.0 Project

September 15, 2023

The Project:

• The elevator is completed and operational! All those who have needed this addition are welcome to use it.
  
• Next, the glass wall will be installed, and the project will be done!

Fundraising:

• As of 9/2/23, there is $751,570.00 that’s been raised with $249,430.00 left to go.
• We are so close!- Please join with others to finish this wonderful addition!
• Remember Renovate 2.0 in your giving plans and pray for its completion!