Grace Episcopal Church Surpasses Campaign Goal

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
December 18, 2016

Siloam Springs, AR – Grace Episcopal Church in Siloam Springs, AR celebrates its $2.5 million “Growing in Grace” Capital Campaign with $2,567,064 in pledges to date! Proceeds of the campaign will be used to build a new Nave, expand existing facilities, install a new commercial kitchen, and add new classrooms and choir space to better serve the community providing a wonderful setting for worship and communal gatherings. The Vestry also plans to use $200,000 of the funds for an outreach component t0 help with the growing homeless situation through a collaborative partnership between the congregation and an outside organization. The successful pledge amount culminated a very aggressive 6-week campaign and focus group meetings with 97% of church members contacted.

Campaign Chair, Mike Moss said of the campaign process, “It was a very successful capital campaign. James D. Klote & Associates was certainly an important catalyst in assuring the result. Thank You!”

Advance Chair, Shelley Simmons wrote, “Many thanks to you and Klote & Associates for all the work you did in the last weeks and months to make this such a successful campaign. I am more than thrilled with the result, as I am sure all of us involved are.”

The congregation is now moving on to planning the construction management and finalizing the details of the building project.

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