City of God: Advanced Commitment Dinner

Gathering
 
On Friday, May 8th, members of Holy Family’s congregation gathered at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Carmel for fellowship and the Advanced Commitment dinner for the City of God capital campaign.
 
Mike
 
Father Mike shared a few words about the campaign and his hopes for Holy Family’s future.
 
                                         Charles  Dan
 
Envision Our Future committee members Charles Forman and Dan Chillemi gave updates on the campaign so far.
 
Tom
 
Generis fundraising consultant Tom Melzoni shared stories from his extensive work with other churches and their capital campaigns.
 
Grey
 
The event’s guest speaker was the Reverend Canon Gray Lesesne. Reverend Lesesne was appointed by Bishop Waynick as the Vicar of the new Episcopal community in Brownsburg, Indiana.
 
Candles
 
Following the main address, congregation members were invited to prayerfully discern their campaign pledges and return their pledge cards to a collection basket.
 
Candles lined up
 
Candle solo
 
Church members lit a City of God candle during this special ceremony and were invited to take them home at the end of the evening. Our initial ingathering of pledges yielded $582,000 toward a total project goal of $1 million. More information about our City of God capital campaign can be found by clicking HERE.