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North Side Wesleyan Holiness Church
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Serving<br />
THE COMMUNITY OF NORTH SIDE<br />
The North Side Wesleyan (Pilgrim) Holiness<br />
Church is a Protestant, evangelical, holiness<br />
church in the Cayman Islands, with a rich heritage.<br />
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<strong>Building</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
at the North Side Wesleyan (Pilgrim) Holiness Church<br />
Dear Friends and Family of the North<br />
Side Wesleyan Holiness Church:<br />
We greet you in the precious name of<br />
Jesus and trust that this newsletter will<br />
find you and your family in good health<br />
enjoying the blessings of our Father in<br />
Heaven.<br />
We also would like to take this opportunity<br />
to wish for you all a prosperous and<br />
blessed New Year and may you experience<br />
the fullness of God in even greater<br />
measure than before.<br />
The purpose of this newsletter is to make<br />
you aware of a special project that our<br />
Church is about to embark upon, namely,<br />
the construction of our new church<br />
building.<br />
Reasons for this decision:<br />
i) The present facility was constructed<br />
around 1941. While it is still<br />
functioning on the surface, we are<br />
aware of structural concerns and<br />
the fact that it is only a matter of<br />
time when the building will cost<br />
more to maintain than it would be<br />
to construct a new facility.<br />
ii) The Sunday school classrooms,<br />
built in the early 80s require extensive<br />
work if they are to remain<br />
functioning properly.<br />
iii) The church has a small septic for<br />
the toilets in the classrooms which<br />
does not take much to overflow,<br />
since there is no drain system or<br />
deep well connected to it.<br />
iv) The rat bats have taken over<br />
the ceiling of the church and the<br />
classrooms, and in spite of many<br />
attempts to get rid of them they<br />
still keep coming back creating a<br />
very unpleasant odor in the building<br />
most of the time.<br />
v) With the continued growth and<br />
development of our children and<br />
youth ministry, it is essential that<br />
we expand our facilities in order<br />
to effectively grow these ministries.<br />
a.The youth ministry has added<br />
to its portfolio a drama; creative<br />
worship and puppet ministry<br />
and would like to expand that<br />
“...we are aware of structural concerns and<br />
the fact that it is only a matter of time when<br />
the building will cost more to maintain...”
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Spiritual growth<br />
& development...<br />
to video productions and other<br />
forms of ministry utilizing their<br />
technological skills within the Sunday<br />
service and in their separate<br />
areas of ministry.<br />
b. Kidz Klubhouse is in need of its<br />
own space in order for them to<br />
grow alongside the youth ministry.<br />
c. Children’s Church requires<br />
much more space and proper<br />
facilities to operate effectively<br />
on Sundays.<br />
d. Vacation Bible School always<br />
require additional space that we<br />
do not presently have.<br />
vi) The Sunday School is in dire need<br />
of better classroom facilities in order<br />
to promote and enhance the teaching<br />
and learning of the scriptures.<br />
vii) The church on a whole desires<br />
to better serve its members and the<br />
community at large. Presently, most<br />
of our major functions have to be carried<br />
out at the North Side Craddock<br />
Ebanks Civic Centre. These functions<br />
would include funerals, weddings,<br />
conventions, concerts and other large<br />
gatherings. We would like to be able<br />
to have our own facility to support<br />
these occasions.<br />
We could go on and on with the reasons<br />
why it is essential for us to begin this work<br />
now, but I believe in light of the above, you<br />
understand. We owe it to the present and<br />
future generations to construct a facility<br />
that will enable them to reach more people<br />
and do more for Christ than we have<br />
been able to do.<br />
The new Sanctuary and Sunday School<br />
classrooms will cover a total area of 8,350<br />
square feet and is estimated to cost 1 million<br />
Cayman Islands dollars, or 1.2 million<br />
United States dollars to construct. We,<br />
therefore, ask that you first of all pray for<br />
us as we commence this project. Secondly,<br />
we ask that you pass this information on to<br />
as many people as you may know whom<br />
you think would be interested in assisting<br />
us in some way. Thirdly, we ask that, if at<br />
all possible, you too offer us your support
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...for future<br />
generations.<br />
in whatever way you can whether it is a<br />
financial donation or lending a helping<br />
hand during the construction phase. Every<br />
little bit helps.<br />
Finally, we are including in this letter<br />
some images of the present structure<br />
to give you some idea of what we have<br />
now and what the new structure will look<br />
like. Any financial contributions should<br />
be made payable to North Side Pilgrim<br />
Holiness Church<br />
Thank you for reading this letter and we<br />
look forward to your help and support<br />
with this project.<br />
Yours faithfully,<br />
Laurie Whittaker<br />
Secretary<br />
Conway King<br />
Pastor<br />
CNB a/c #: 01213780