Our Member Meeting for Sunday afternoon May 18 was eventful. We announced a vote of 97% approval for our next Minister of Music. He will announce to his church in a couple of weeks, so we will wait until that happens to make a public announcement on our website/social media. We anticipate his first Sunday will be July 13.

We also announced Diana Mathis as our new Preschool Director (detailed announcement can be found in this Beacon). The church approved additional Missions distributions from the surplus as well as church staff bonuses.

The church also received updates and approved a motion from the Strategic Planning Committee. Here is the approved motion: The Strategic Planning Committee makes a motion to allocate $35K to get an architect from Church Interiors to meet with the strategic planning committee to provide recommendations and options for renovating or building a new building. The two updates were: 1) making the church aware of the plans to send a letter of inquiry to surrounding properties regarding the possibility of additional property for parking and expansion 2) announcing a WBC Vision Fund for expansion and building. The Strategic Planning Committee has been diligent to consider a significant variety of ideas after meeting five times between the March and May Member Meetings. The meeting with the architect and anticipated conceptual drawings will take several months to finalize. The Strategic Planning Committee believes this research and planning step will give us a clear idea of what is possible regarding renovation/expansion as well as a close to accurate analysis of cost. I want to thank you for your continued generous support of WBC as we lead our neighbors and the nations to follow Jesus.



Pray for Elders, Staff, Deacons, and the Strategic Planning Committee as we examine growth trends and explore solutions for leading more people in our community to follow Jesus.