Walking in Love: A Campaign for the Future
Posted 09/01/2023
On July 30, St. Paul’s entered the public phase of the Walking in Love capital campaign. At worship services that day, Jeanne announced that over $4 million had already been committed to the campaign, two-thirds of our goal of $6 million. We are now seeking to engage the whole congregation in conversation about the goals of the campaign and to encourage your participation.
The Walking in Love campaign is the culmination of over five years of strategic and financial planning work by parish leaders. During that time, parishioners were invited to participate through focus groups, surveys, and forum presentations. Amid this work, the COVID pandemic reinforced our belief in the importance of community and that spiritual homes like St. Paul’s must remain strong and vital.
The Walking in Love Campaign seeks to meet a variety of facility, program, and financial goals identified over the past several years, including:
- Addressing various critical infrastructure needs, including replacing roofs and windows, repairing facade and masonry, and refurbishing the elevators.
- Refurbishing the organs to preserve music quality, and improving the nave’s sound system so that all may hear and enjoy the service.
- Enhancing St. Martin’s chapel to create a flexible space for our evolving worship needs.
- Directing $500,000 of campaign receipts to our outreach ministries for St. Paul’s to have an even greater impact in the community.
- Strengthening the endowment to sustain strong ministries and the staff supporting them.
This is an exciting opportunity for us to unite as a congregation to ensure that St. Paul’s continues to be an active, thriving faith home in the Cleveland community for generations to come. We invite you to read the campaign materials that have been, or will be, sent to you. We also encourage you to attend the forum on September 10 at 10:15 a.m. in Tucker Hall, where the campaign committee chairs will offer more details of the campaign and provide an opportunity for your questions.
Your gifts in support of the Walking in Love campaign will have a significant impact on the lives of the families who find their way to St. Paul’s and on those reached through parish outreach and advocacy efforts. We hope that you will give generously.
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