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Our Vision for 
Opening Doors

  • Be good stewards of our treasures

  1. Renovate our worship spaces

  2. Create a new entrance on Main Street​

  • Facilitate connections between members, the community and students​

  1. New technology to reach outside the church walls

  2. Reconfigure the building to create a gathering space

  3. Carve out a library for study and meeting space

  4. Establish and partially fund an endowment to pay the salary of a campus pastor to Davidson College students.

  • Support housing projects in our community​

  1. Davidson Housing Coalition - rental support

  2. Hope House Foundation - Transitional Housing

  3. Habitat for Humanity, Mecklenburg County - Permanent housing

Our Progress
To Date

  • On May 1, 2022 we celebrated the pledging of $6,541,00 to the Opening Doors campaign.

  • The main sanctuary and Lingle chapel have renovated flooring, new pews, new windows new technology,  new paint.  

  • The sound system and our live streaming technology have been updated

  • Digital screens have been installed and are in use in the sanctuary

  • The old office spaces and  Student Center were converted into the Burris Gathering Space and the MacLandress Library

  • Spaces in the upper and lower floors were converted into new preschool classrooms

  • Drainage problems in the lower level were corrected

  • A new Student Center was created for our UKIRK students

  • A new ramp for Lingle Chapel and a new Main Street entrance have been built

  • New playground equipment has been installed

  • $200,000 gift given to Hope House Foundation

  • $200,000 gift given to Charlotte area Habitat for Humanity.

  • $175,000 gift given to the Davidson Housing Coalition

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We renovated our facilities to better welcome, connect, and serve our members and the community

Renovated the main sanctuary and updated video technology and sound equipment.

Renovated Lingle Chapel

Funded an endowment to support a Davidson College campus minister

Moved our library to a more accessible location and provided space for small meetings and a children's corner.

Created a new more visible entrance on Main Street and built a ramp to LIngle Chapel.

Created a large gathering space that will welcome visitors and members. 

Installed new surfacing and new playground equipment.

Created new offices spaces in reconfigured preschool classrooms. 

Reconfigured and furnished a new space for Davidson students.

Fixed the lower level drainagle problems

Moved preschool classrooms to newly created spaces.

Shared our gifts with organizations that address homelessness in our area.

Gift to Hope House Foundation to provide transitional housing for homeless families.

Gift to Habitat for Humanity, Charlotte Region, for building permanent housing for homeless families.

Gift to Davidson Housing Coalition to be used for replacing roofing on Housing Coalition rental housing.

CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Chris Ahearn, co-chair | David Houle, co-chair
Ann Browning | Rebecca Chaffin | Karen Fesperman | Jay Harris | Ed Wadsworth

ARCHITECTURAL STEERING COMMITTEE

Van Beck | Martin Kerr | Jane Cain | Carson Anderson | Harriett Rosebrough | Dave Malushizky

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