Building Expansion News
We are building an extension on our present facility to better reach, teach and minister to our children and children in our community. Visit this page for updates on the project.
To contribute online to this project financially, follow the link and designate your giving as, "Expansion"
May 4, 2012
Progress that You'll Be Able to See
A lot of progress has been made but nearly all has happened behind the scenes. Lots of planning, phone calls, paperwork and hours of meetings. Much of it has been invisible to you!
The elusive building permit has been holding up our project for many months, but at this point we are confident that our building permit is within reach – although we are not 100% sure when! However, we are so confident that we have begun the preparations around our current facility to ready ourselves for construction.
What you'll see around APC:
- Room 215 will be incorporated into our Children's Wing, so our CreativeAPC team 'headquarters' will be temporarily relocated to Room 228. Their final destination will be Room 222 which will be under construction soon to suit their needs.
- Room 224/225 has been combined to create a large room that will provide a space that ministries who previously used the Chapel will be located
- The Chapel will not be available for use after the May 27 weekend
- South Foyer, where the Chapel and the Reception area are located, will be closed as of May 22. The Main Foyer entrance will be the entrance to use during the week, during business hours
Please continue to pray! We still need to have the building permit in hand, to pray for the construction as we begin to create and re-create spaces, for flexibility and grace (there will be a lot of moving around and changing of rooms during the course of construction).
We are entering a very exciting time! The fruition of many years of praying, dreaming, and planning is finally happening!
About the Author
Pastor Jeff Hackett
He desires to see people come into a personal relationship with God. Helping people grow towards their God given potential, training and equipping them to do what God has called them to do.
On the APC team since 2006. His hometown is Brockville, Ontario.
May 2, 2012
We're Getting Closer!
*It looks hopeful for us to be building by late Spring. We have had our hopes up several times before, but this time we are beyond the areas (often very mysterious areas) at City Hall that have held up our progress in the past. More specifically, a site plan approval letter has been submitted and once it has been approved we go into a 20 business day waiting period. Do keep on praying.
*Vern Gordon has handed the reins of leadership of the building committee to Ron McArthur. Vern has been working with me on this vision for years and without his expertise, knowledge and leadership we would not have the quality of building plan nor would we have overcome the several obstacles we encountered at City Hall. His intervention with municipal officials have saved us tens of thousands of dollars. We are so grateful for his contributions and are also thankful that he has agreed to continue in an advisory capacity. Ron McArthur will now chair the committee and comes into this role with a wealth of project management and administrative skills.
One of these days we are going to have an amazing expansion to our building that will be both a powerful statement to the next generation as to how important we as a church family believe it is for them to live for Christ, and also a secure and effective learning area for them to be discipled in Christ. Let's be faithful in our prayer and giving as we prepare for exciting days ahead!
About the Author
Pastor Keith Smith
On weekends, Keith Smith loves to show how real Jesus is and how relevant the scriptures are to daily life with fresh, Biblical teaching. (Previously, he and his wife Esther led wonderful church families in Ottawa and Edmonton.) During the rest of the week he leads the staff of Agincourt Pentecostal and Toronto Community Churches. Both sons and his daughter-in-law are involved in church leadership. On a day off, you would find him motorcycling, building, canoeing, or doing anything else that enables him to spend some time outdoors.
At APC since 1994. His hometown is Ottawa, Ontario.
January 16, 2012
Building Expansion Progress Update
It has been awhile since progress has been reported. Let's take a look at where we have been and where we are now at in this project.
- Facility planning for “The Next Generation” approved by the Board of Deacons (November 4, 2008)
- APC’s Building Committee, with the help of Redbox Design Group (student education design specialists) prepared plans
- Engagement of Reinders and Reider Ltd as our architects (November 2009)
- Presentation to and approval by members to proceed (September 26, 2010)
- Presentation to congregation with a message about “The Next Generation” (April 30/May 1, 2011)
- Fundraising began with pledges and offerings (during 2011, $281,105.45 was raised)
- Phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the required archeological study was completed over six months (2011)
- Many meetings to remove property changes required by the City of Toronto resulted in $80,000 of savings for us
- PRESENTLY awaiting a building permit from the City
PLEASE BE IN PRAYER!
About the Author
Pastor Keith Smith
On weekends, Keith Smith loves to show how real Jesus is and how relevant the scriptures are to daily life with fresh, Biblical teaching. (Previously, he and his wife Esther led wonderful church families in Ottawa and Edmonton.) During the rest of the week he leads the staff of Agincourt Pentecostal and Toronto Community Churches. Both sons and his daughter-in-law are involved in church leadership. On a day off, you would find him motorcycling, building, canoeing, or doing anything else that enables him to spend some time outdoors.
At APC since 1994. His hometown is Ottawa, Ontario.
July 15, 2011
Archaeological Survey
We remain in the pre-development stage where active changes often come slowly. However, lack of obvious growth does not mean lack of progress.
At this point, our archaeological survey has moved forward allowing submission of our building plans to Community Planning at the City of Toronto. This represents a significant step forward in the building permit application process. It does not guarantee a date on which shovels will go into the ground. However, it does show we have made great progress towards that date.
Continue praying for God's leading and wisdom in this project. The members of the Building Committee continue working faithfully to bring the needs of APC's church families to the design of this structure and to ensure everything is ready for each next step made available to us by City Planners. As we entrust the plans to His care, God can influence the hearts and spirits of our government officials to favourably consider the future needs of our ministries.
Giving Update
So exciting to be able to say that we have surpassed the $100,000 mark! Thank you for your generosity and continued support for this important expansion project.
About the Author
Pastor Dwight Anderson
He wants to see the operations, facilities, and Human Resources department of APC develop into the portion of the church using the spiritual gift of administration rather than the place where administratively skilled people get slotted to work; a place where the Holy Spirit creatively works through people each day validating and anointing them for His intended purposes. His hobbies include continuing education, gardening, and watching the Leafs. He is the Director of Human Resources and Operations and leads Believer's Life Bible Study and 4Forty.
Part of the APC team since 2009. His hometown is Pembroke, Ontario.