St. Luke "Build-and-They-Will-Come" Capital Campaign
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| Campaign Progress (as of May 24) |
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| Pledges $457,619 pledged (61%) |
Households 128 participating (70%) |
St. Luke University Parish wasfounded in 2007 with a distinct purpose: to connect the Grand Valley State University Catholic community to the greater Allendale community and to serve both communities and beyond.
St. Luke's is the first new parish in our diocese in 30 years, and our church community is literally building itself from the ground up. From our very first Masses in the rotunda of Allendale Christian School and at GVSU’s Cook-DeWitt Center, we have embraced our missionary role by growing our church family and establishing our presence on campus and in the community.
We’ve reached a point where the lack of our own space hinders our ability to grow-in numbers and in every other way. Through our Build And They Will Come campaign, we will create our permanent home for all parish activities: worship, ministry, evangelization, faith formation, outreach, as well as parish and community social events.
Click out our progress at the right. You can also see our campaign video by clicking at the image on the left.
Capital Stewardship Campaign Prayer
O God of all things new,
send your Spirit to fill us with the fire of Your love!
You have brought us together as members of Saint Luke University Parish
to live and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We seek Your guidance and wisdom as we look to construct a building for Your People.
Guided by Saint Luke and Saint Paul, bless our campaign
and help us to discern how best to share our gifts and talents.
Give us Your wisdom to find new ways to serve You and share Your Word in western Michigan.
We entrust ourselves to Your care and guidance
that Your Spirit will create in us a new enthusiasm to form a community that reflects Your love and care.
For you are Mighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, for ever and always. Amen.
News
May 9, 2010
91 of our 184 parishioners have pledged $386,247 towards our $750,000 parish goal. This is half our parishioners, and over half of our goal - plus we have members who have pledged prayers, members pledging participation in our fundraiser, and members who have pledged proceeds from services and goods they provide! Our goal is to have 100 percent of our parishioners involved.April 28, 2010
Update: 77 families participating as of April 28.
EVERYONE has a role to play in the Build - and they will come Campaign. If you have turned in your commitment card, thank you! If not, please pick one up in church or the parish office, complete and return it by May 7. Your response will save the parish additional mailings and phone calls. Regardless of the amount of your gift, we ask that you return a commitment card so that parish leadership can plan appropriately for the future.April 17, 2010
"Build and They Will Come" Special Event and Mass
Saturday, April 17th, 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Allendale Middle School
Celebration Mass 5:00 pm followed by a Catered dinner.