We Are God's Building

In August of 2025, The voters of St. Johns approved a $300,000 capital campaign to help with the upkeep and refreshment of all our facilities.

This is the outcome of two years of work of the committee now called the Refresh Action Committee. The RAC gathered ideas and suggestions of ways we can improve the condition of our facilities and be able to best serve the needs of our congregation.

A number of smaller projects have been taken care of already:

  • New fans in the library and "Children's Church" room to improve circulation and keep the rooms cooler when occupied.
  • Refrigerator repair, which we ultimately we replaced.
  • Taller faucet for the kitchen sink and outlets at the serving counter.
  • Electric outlet, larger mirror, ย and better trashcan placement in the Ladies Room.
  • Replace swings on the playground.
  • New doors for cabinetry in Admin Office. (As a bonus, we also had new sliders put on the drawers).

In June of 2024 the voter's approved the purchase and installation of a new outdoor electric sign which was installed and became operational in late July. Through donations given, we are happy to report that the sign is paid for in full.

But there are bigger projects that we are just now starting to tackle. Two of those projects were approved in a special voters meeting on August 17, 2025:

  • Replacement of the sound system and screens in the sanctuary with updated products (budget of $45,000).
  • Clean and paint the sanctuary walls (budget of $7,000).

The immediate cost of these two projects is being funded by our line of credit at Citizens National Bank.

Other big projects proposed by the RAC that have yet to be debated and voted upon:

  • Replace the flooring in the sanctuary.
  • Potentially move the communion rail down in front of the lectern and pulpit.
  • Remove two pews on either side replacing them with chairs and space to provide flexible wheelchair seating.
  • Paint the remainder of the building interior.
  • Replace flooring throughout the remainder of the building.

The estimated cost to complete all these projects is $300,000.ย 
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