Year In Review & Priorities for Next Year

I want to quickly thank all of those who attended our church's annual meeting last Saturday and took the time to vote on our 2019 proposed church budget.  The budget passed with 100% approval.....God is good!

In case you missed the meeting, below is a recap of the main talking points:

2018 Highlights:

• Refinanced existing loan with NW Baptist Foundation
• Sold orchard property and home for $440,000 to THPRD.  The net proceeds from the sale was used to reduce our loan debt
• After the sale of the property and the refinance with NWBF, our new loan balance as of February 1st is $997,320 and our monthly payment dropped from $11,600 to $4,738
• Changed our church name from First Baptist Church Beaverton to Parkside Fellowship
• 3 baptisms
• Provided housing and meals for 6 families over 3 separate hosting weeks.
• Parkside was a summer meal site for the Beaverton School District
• Parkside participated, along with 462 volunteers from other area churches, in the Good Neighbor Project, where Parkside took a Sunday morning to help clean-up and prepare the exterior and interior of Beaverton High School for its upcoming school year

Our council presented a proposed 2019 budget of $404,000.  (Budget was unanimously approved)

I shared some facility projects that we will be focusing on throughout the year.....

• Replace existing sanctuary roof (March)
• Paint sanctuary interior and update lighting (March/April)
• Upgrade I.T.
• Replace existing front-lawn banner sign with a permanent "monument-style" sign

2019 Ministry Goals:​

• Sell Middle (green) home in order to further reduce our debt
• Hire Associate Pastor
• Build healthy ministry to Senior Adults
• More intentional church collaboration

Please join me in thanking God for what He accomplished through us in 2018 and ask Him to guide us in fulfilling our initiatives for 2019.

This Sunday at 9:15am, we will begin a 9 week journey through the book of John.  Take a few minutes and read John 1:1-18, as we will take this first Sunday to look at the purpose behind the writing of this book.

At 10:30am, we will continue to navigate the multi-faith maze that exists in today's religious landscape.  Greg Malinowski will be presenting the differences between Roman Catholicism and our Christian faith.

See you Sunday!

Pastor Doug