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Builders' Club
The Dakotas Conference Builders Club seeks to offer helping hands to sister congregations who are building or renovating churches and parsonages, or who need help due to natural disasters or emergencies. We trust that members of the Dakotas Conference will give faithful support to churches in need well into the future.
The Builders Club is continually adding to its membership list. If the calls were served by 1,000 members, the churches in need could be receiving upwards or over $10,000 per Call!!
Dakotas Conference Builders Club
Board of Lay Ministries
Secretary Pam Whaley
2588 19th St. South
Grand Forks, ND 58201
701-775-2027
Email: Pam Whaley
The mission of the Dakotas Conference Builders Club is:
To seek to offer helping hands to sister churches who are building or renovating churches and parsonages, or who need help due to natural disasters or emergencies. We trust that members of the Dakotas Conference will continue to give faithful support to churches in need well into the future.
At the time of the merger of North and South Dakota Conferences, a decision was made by the Board of Lay Ministries to ask members to consider supporting up to four calls per year by contributing at least $10 to each call. Members are free to choose which of the calls they wish to support, but answering all of the calls is strongly urged.
Priorities for Needs Request:
The Board has adopted a list of priorities when handling requests for help from the Builders Club.
They are as follows:
1) Emergencies and natural disasters
2) Building new churches
3) Church building renovations
4) Purchase or renovation of parsonages
As the request forms come in, they are dated and placed on file according to the priority order. According to the total number of forms submitted and their priority, some may be set back/put on hold. In the event of extreme emergencies, a special call may be made.
Guidelines for Submitting Request Form (Revised 2006)
If a church wishes to apply for help from the Builders Club, the following process is suggested:
1. Obtain an Application/Request Form from the Builders Club Secretary listed above.
2. Complete the Project and Financial plans, including estimates of construction costs, local funding sources, monies on hand and total funding needed for completion. Your congregation's apportionments for the previous year must be paid at 100%.
3. Procure approval of the project from the Congregation and the District Superintendent, submitting all required signatures.
4. Submit the Application Form to the Builders Club Secretary, who will present the application to the Board of Lay Ministries at the next scheduled meeting or conference call.
Upon the approval of a Project Request by the Board of Lay Ministries, a call will go out describing the project and asking for support during a specified time period. ALL monies received are sent to the Conference Office at Mitchell and are disbursed by the Director of Finance and Administrative Services soon after the deadline for that call.
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