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.

 

 

Father Mike shared a few words about the campaign and his hopes for Holy Family’s future.

 

                                          

 

Envision Our Future committee members Charles Forman and Dan Chillemi gave updates on the campaign so far.

 

 

Generis fundraising consultant Tom Melzoni shared stories from his extensive work with other churches and their capital campaigns.

 

 

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.

 

 

Following the main address, congregation members were invited to prayerfully discern their campaign pledges and return their pledge cards to a collection basket.

 

 

 

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.