The School Addition Has Begun

This past week, they should have begun to move dirt for the Phase II addition. I know that this has been a long time coming, at least two years and three iterations of plans, but we are beginning. I know that this is an odd time of the year to begin construction, but if we do not begin now, we will not have enough room in the school for all of the classes. We still have the flexible meeting room in the building, and it does have its own entrance and is isolated from the rest of the school, so that we can have meetings in the room while school or religious education is going on and have the security for the students. This is a wonderful thing to get started, because we are a growing parish.

The good news is that we have a significant amount of cash for the project in hand, and we have a good amount of pledges to cover most of the cost, but we are still short about $300,000 and we do need to raise that so that we will not incur any more long-term debt. I wanted to give a large thank you to the building committee and the finance committee for helping to get this going, and while we have a lot to work on still, I feel confident that we are on the right track. While I personally tend to be someone who worries, I also keep reminding myself to trust in God and stay close to Him and everything will work out in the end. We have a number of challenges, mostly financial, in the parish here, but we have a young and vibrant parish that helps to raise my hope that we can do this.

Over the last few months, whenever something is odd that happens, I keep hearing well, it is 2020! Yes, this year has had more than its share of challenges, there are also some really good things that have happened and will continue to happen before it is over. This is one of them. God in the past has shown us the path that we need to be on and he will always guide us if we are willing to keep our eyes open and have that courage to follow him. This addition has been a long time coming and it will serve us well in the future. I continue to pray for the success of this project and I ask all of you to pray for the success as well as where each of us can help in other ways.

Again, I wanted to thank everyone who has supported the parish of St. Luke in the past and all who continue to do so. Trust in God, and everything will work out.

God bless,
Fr. Ken