My church barely gets by on the contributions of the entire parish.
- The pastor & clergy barely make enough money to survive while the church building itself has desperately needed improvement & renovations for the past 10 years at least.
Aside from a modern roof, the church needs modern floors, a modern family room, modern windows, & modern weather conditions control. The roof was the first part of the renovation project announced by the pastor last week. They gained a few unexpected giant donations from anonymous parishioners, enough to get started on the improvements. When the modern roof was completed, they upgraded the leaking windows that were starting to rot out from constant rain water. Before putting in a modern family room in back of the church, they’re going to upgrade the weather conditions control systems throughout. The first step is getting a modern cooling system for the entire building, which is going to happen after hours sometime next week. Hopefully the modern cooling system will make the indoor air a lot cooler during church services. But unfortunately, our region also gets harshly cold during the Autumn & Winter seasons. Instead of getting a modern fan forced gas furnace, they’re going to install radiant heated flooring throughout. I can’t wait for the modern radiant floors, especially since we’re getting to the end of November & the snow is not far away. Unfortunately, installing the radiant heated flooring is going to take the entire month to finish the project. I fear we’re going to have to skip a month of church service before the floors are finished.